Winneba -The Dean of the Faculty of Educational Studies of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Professor Samuel Kweku Hayford, has asked the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to deal drastically with any teachers found to have sexually abused a student.

MTN Ghana has dismissed reports that the company planned shutting down its MTN MoMo Service.

THE Deputy Majority Leader of Ghana's Parliament, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has urged the Republic of South Africa to commit itself to doing more to end xenophobic attacks that is fast becoming an annual occurrence.

Takoradi -President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged media practitioners to be humble and apologise whenever they go wrong or make mistakes.

A 30-member experts drawn from Customs administrations across the continent and international organisations involved in Customs and Trade Facilitation has paid a working visit to the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) to familiarise themselves with the company's operations.

The Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly (AWMA) in Accra last Tuesday presented 500 dual desks to eight basic schools in the Assembly.

World's leading chocolate company, Mondelez International through its Cocoa Life Sustainability Programme says it is working towards sourcing 100 per cent of its cocoa from Ghana.

Kwesimintsim -The Health Services Workers Union of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Ghana has complained about the unnecessary discrimination among health workers within the public health sector.

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) on Tuesday conducted a nationwide medical screening exercise for all school-going children across the country.

Kpetoe -The chiefs and people of Ziope have released 200 acres of land for the cultivation of tomatoes to feed the proposed tomatoes processing factory.

A 38-man contingent from Renaissance Sportive Berkane from Morocco have arrived in the country to face Obuasi AshantiGold in the first round first leg clash of the 2019/20 Confederation Cup group stage qualifier to be played at the Len Clay Stadium on Saturday.

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye, has called on academia and think tanks not to sit on the fence when laws are being made by Parliament only to turn round and criticise same.

An Accra circuit court yesterday remanded into police custody two suspects, who were arrested by the police at Kaneshie in Accra for attempting to transport 125 quantities of compressed cannabis to Tarkoradi in the Western Region.

Ho -SENIOR Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has reminded technical universities to stick to their mandate to produce graduates with the needed hands-on skills to transform the country's economy and build the needed human capital base for set national development programmes.

A total of 1,430 people died and 8,325 were injured in 7,993 road accidents, across the country from January to August, this year, as against 1,546 deaths and 8,674 injuries in the same period last year.

The uncertainty and anxiety that characterises elections of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) will be missing in this year's exercise as members go to poll on Saturday, October 5.

Takoradi -The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Ms Gloria Afua Akuffo, has called for serious reflections on challenges that undermine the safety and security of the citizenry.

The motor courts have imposed GH¢1,671,712.00 fines on 3,142 drivers, arrested by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service for various road and traffic offences, from January to August, this year.

Techiman -Six suspected drug peddlers were arrested by the police in two separate operations at dawn on Saturday in the Techiman municipality of the Bono Region.

Yesterday marked the first day of school for kids across the country. Many children took their first major step in the academic journey as basic schools re-open for the 2019/2020 academic year.