The headmistress of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Senior High School (KNUST SHS) has been interdicted after the death of a student at her school on Tuesday evening. The headmistress, Felicia Asamoah Dankwaa, was accused of negligence by her students who went on to demonstrate and vandalise her car. A statement from the Ghana Education Service (GES) said the Regional Director of Education in the Ashanti Region will take over her duties. Meanwhile, academic activities are expected to resume at the school tomorrow following the protests. There is heavy police presence at the school to quell the protests. Officials from the Ashanti Regional Directorate of the GES have been at the school to ensure calm is restored. Speaking to journalists after meeting the management of the school, the Ashanti Regional Director of the GES, Mary Owusu Achiaw, said: "classes will begin tomorrow, by which time we hope the school will have returned to normal." "Everything...

Acting Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu has expressed satisfaction with documents presented by the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo challenging the $1m surcharge on him. This comes at a time when the substantive Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Demelevo has been asked to proceed on his accumulated annual leave by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo. Mr. Domelevo had recommended the disallowance of the payment of the US$1million made by the government, through the Ministry of Finance to a private UK firm, Kroll and Associates. He surcharged Mr. Osafo Maafo and four other officials of the Ministry of Finance, following what he said was the persistent failure of the Senior Minister to provide proof of actual work done. A memo from Acting Auditor-General and sighted by  citinewsroom.com  advised both parties to continue the legal tussle given the successful inspection of the documents on the deal. "We wish to state that we are satisfied with the processes and therefore propose ...

Six students of the Accra Girls Senior High school have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Citi News  gathered that some students of the school showed symptoms of COVID-19 and were isolated in the school's sickbay on Monday, June 29, 2020. Health officials from the Ayawaso North Health directorate were called in to deal with the matter. COVID-19 tests were subsequently run on 11 students. Six of them tested positive and were on Saturday, July 4, sent to the Ga East Municipal Hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, calm has returned to the school after agitations over COVID-19 fears among the students. Reopening of schools Three days after Ghana recorded its first two cases of the novel coronavirus, President Akufo-Addo on March 15, 2020, directed the closure of schools at all levels to curb the spread of the virus. But after almost 10 weeks of closure, final year Senior High Schools (SHS) students were asked by the President to return to school on Monday, June 22, whereas their ...

Former General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, is dead. He is reported to have died in Accra after a short illness. Until his death, Sir John was the CEO of the Forestry Commission. He died after testing positive for Covid-19. He succumbed to complications of the disease while undergoing treatment at the ICU of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Mr Owusu Afriyie became CEO of the Forestry Commission in March 2018 after being appointed to that position by President Akufo-Addo. The lawyer cum politician had previously served as general secretary of the governing party between 2010 and 2014. Profile Sir John was born in the Ashanti Region and he attended Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School in Bekwai from where he obtained his GCE Ordinary level certificate. He proceeded to obtain his GCE Advanced level certificate from Konongo Odumase Secondary School in Konongo. Mr Owusu Afriyie was admitted to study political scien...

What was believed to be an earth tremor on Wednesday evening was actually an earthquake, according to Ghana Geological Survey Authority. Nicholas Opoku, a senior Seismologist at the Authority, said the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale and described it as a mild earthquake. "This is a small earthquake. If you are moving from 4.5 to 6.0 [on the Richter scale], you are moving into a moderate earthquake. Then from 6.0 going, you are moving into a bigger one," Mr. Opoku explained on the  Citi Breakfast Show . He noted that the epicentre of the earthquake, which was felt outside the Greater Accra Region, was "between Dansoman towards Bortianor." The foreshock of the earthquake was measured at 3.7 on the Richter Scale, the mainshock registered at 4.2 on the scale and the aftershock was the weakest measured at about 3.5 on the scale. In the past few years, environs of Accra have been hit by a series of earth tremors of magnitudes ranging between 2.6 an...

The Ghana Geological Survey Authority has confirmed that many parts of Accra were affected by three earth tremors on Wednesday night, saying the nature of the incidents is an indication of an imminent major earthquake. The tremors were made up of a foreshock, which struck at 10.48 pm and measured 3.7 on the Richter scale, then the main shock which occurred at 10.54pm and measured 4.2 on the Richter scale.  This was followed by the aftershock at 10.57 pm, which measured 3.5 on the Richter scale. Mr. Nicholas Opoku, a senior Seismologist at the Ghana Geological Survey Authority, told GNA in an interview that the source of the tremors was strongly believed to be the coast of the Dansoman Beach, and estimated to be between 200 and 500 meters into the sea. He said it was worth noting that Accra was an earthquake-prone zone with active fault lines. Mr. Opoku said whenever minor earthquakes occurred closely after each other as had been happening since 2018, it meant a major quake was defi...

Venezuela's Administrative Service for Identification, Migration and Foreigners, known as SAIME, plans to accept bitcoin ( BTC ) as a new payment method for citizens seeking a Venezuelan passport. The information was  originally leaked  via a Reddit post on June 23. News of the update soon reached Twitter, with some Venezuelan users abroad confirming the information. Cointelegraph Spanish  managed  to verify this news as well. "I have just verified it personally and it is totally true. #Venezuela, the immigration service, is accepting bitcoin for payments. Renew passport or request an extension,"  wrote  Twitter user, BTCLovera. Similar payments can already be made in the country using Venezuela's own pseudo-cryptocurrency, the Petro (PTR). Before now, the only other option was to purchase with bolivares through the national bank. Not available to Venezuelans in Venezuela Surprisingly, the option does not seem to be available to users actually living in Ven...

The Ghana Health Service will continue to count recoveries and discharges for the novel coronavirus together despite concerns of observers who insist they should be kept apart. At a press briefing on Tuesday morning, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said the current use of the term "discharge" would be more accurately described as a "clinical recovery." "Maybe the word discharge is what is causing confusion. It is a clinical recovery," he noted after a question on the matter. Explaining further, Dr. Kuma-Aboagye said, "if you have malaria and you are treated and you are fine, we can decide to do a test. We can also discharge you because you are symptom-free and the explanation also shows that you are not going to be infectious and those people, having been discharged, are not going to be sick again." "They [those discharged] have all recovered and for the purpose of work and social functions, they ar...

An aspirant in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary primaries at Assin North constituency has gone back for all the bicycles he donated to delegates after an embarrassing defeat. Eric Amankwa Blay had shared 250 bicycles to delegates prior to the election to each of the polling stations in the constituency. Although he campaigned vigorously across the length and breadth of the constituency, his performance was abysmal when the final results were announced on Saturday. He secured 44 votes as against the incumbent MP Abena Duruwa Mensah who polled 389 votes. Obviously disappointed, the results made Mr Blay and his supporters stormed into various houses of delegates across the constituency to retrieve the bicycles shared among party members to cast the ballots in his favour. The defeated aspirant who spoke to Adom News' Alfred Amoh said the motive behind the distribution of the bicycles was for campaign purposes. He said for that matter, failure to endorse his candid...

Rapper Sarkodie has joined the other celebrities to celebrate his father and himself today Father's Day as he announces the arrival of his son Micheal Nana Yaw Owusu Addo Jnr. Sarkodie posted on his twitter celebrating the men in his family as he begins with his father, to himself, and then his son whom he calls 'MJ'. He shared a photo of himself with his father and that of himself with his son looking all adorable and excited as they bond together. His fans were so excited that he has finally announced the arrival of his son confirming all the rumors that he welcomed his second son in the UK.

Ghana’s COVID-19 recoveries have risen to 10,074 following the new discharge protocols. The review of discharge protocols covers patients who do not display symptoms of the virus and patients whose symptoms die down during treatment. For patients who are asymptomatic, they are being discharged 14 days after their initial positive test. For symptomatic patients, if they respond to treatment 14 days after testing positive, they are discharged after a further three days without symptoms. According to the government, the change in policy is in line with revised guidelines by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Following new discharge protocols, the service is now counting recoveries and discharges together. Initially, each infected person had a minimum of three tests. Ghana also recorded its largest daily jump in COVID-19 fatalities with 15 more deaths. In addition to the death count rising to 85, Ghana has seen its case count rise to 13,717 after 514 new cases. No details were provided o...

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) held its Parliamentary primaries on Saturday ahead of the 2020 general elections. A total of 374 aspirants contested in 168 constituencies. There were 325 men and 51 women contesting. Some of the aspirants, 67, went unopposed and were acclaimed by delegates of the party in the various constituencies. Find the RESULTS below Kumawu Robert Ahomka-Lindsay-52 Dr. Yaw Bannor-60 Edward Kofi Osei-73 Philip Basoah-184 Wa East Godfrey Bayong Tangu – 182 Adam Nasirideen Baduon – 16 Salifu Yakubu – 214 Dr Sorikuon – 140 Note: Incumbent defeated Ejisu John Kumah – 397 Kwabena Owusu Aduomi – 307 Abena Pokua 5 Note: Incumbent defeated Sunyani East Kwasi Ameyaw Cheremeh – 605 Alfred Tuah Yeboah – 246 Suhum Constituency Fredrick Opare Ansah – 272 Kwadwo Asante – 394 Ablekuma North Sheila Bartels-Sams – 518 Nana Akua Afriyie – 315 Kwadwo Barwuah – 88 John Agbotey – 20 Note: Incumbent defeated Dome Kwabenya Mike Oquaye Jnr. – 488 Adwoa Safo – 496 Bantama Asenso-Boa...

La Meme Gang member Kwaku BS has announced his split from the Music collective. The trap music artist made this known via a statement he released on his social media pages. According to him, his decision to part ways with the collective was due to a disagreement between him, the management and other members of La Meme Gang. Kwaku BS who's known for easily switching between English, Twi, Patois, and Pidgin in his lyrics revealed he's entering a new chapter in his music career. Read his full statement below.