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Thirty-four students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) were on Saturday, arrested on the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The suspects were rounded up during the climax of a hall week celebration by students of the Unity Hall of KNUST. The police said the suspects failed to explain why they were on the ...

Ranking Member on the Education Committee of parliament is calling for the immediate amendment of the GETFund law to explicitly forbid it from awarding scholarships to individuals who do not qualify as needy but brilliant. A latest Auditor General report found that the scheme gave scholarships meant for needy students to some Members of Parliament and other politically connected individuals. ...

A famous mobile money vendor and Assemblymember for Sogakofe South, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli has been shot and killed by suspected robbers at his residence Sunday dawn. Reports say the victim fought back the suspects, numbering eight with one of them in a hood when tried to snatch his safe away. Several calls by the victim to the police went unanswered ...

Divisional Chief of the Kpikpira Traditional Area in the Tempane District of the Upper East Region, Naba Dazuur II has appealed to government to minimize restrictions on movements across borders, to enhance trade among neighbouring countries. The Chief indicated that Bimoba lands were largely in the border towns of Togo and Burkina Faso and the people desired to have easy ...

The Constituency Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) in the Assin North constituency has sent his wife packing for allegedly sleeping with the ruling New Patriotic Party’s(NPP’s) parliamentary aspirant one Mr. Amankwaa Blay. This was disclosed by a group calling itself Concerned Patriots of the New Patriotic Party in Assin North who have called for the disqualification of the ...

Thieves have burgled the Methodist Church of Ghana at Tinkong in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern region. The burglars made away with a Yamaha keyboard, 12 channels sound Mixer with an Amplify, Sound Exciter, 2500 Power Amplifier, and Cordless microphones. The incident affected the mood of Church Members Sunday. Rev.Maxwel Owusu, Minister in Charge of the local Methodist ...

Integrated recycle and compost plant currently under construction at Adegya in the Ashanti Region is expected to sustainably manage over 1000 tons of waste generated daily in some parts of the region. The project would undertake the function of treating both solid and liquid waste. It will also drive the employment of about 500 people for the start. Management of ...

Some documents intercepted by GhanaWeb from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), shows that its Board has approved some outrageous amounts which run into millions of Ghanaian Cedis and US dollars as donation and sponsorship requests. The beneficiaries and projects which received the cash include the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid Charter’ which is chaired by the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo. The ...

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Acres of green plantation at Danyame in the Kumasi metropolis of the Ashanti region has been destroyed over the weekend. The land which stretches from the Miklin Hotel junction, through to some homes and offices behind the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council, was seen lying fallow after a supposed three-day exercise. A visit to the area on Sunday by Ultimate FM’s ...