Is this the real life?

You got to be kidding!

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Chale News
October 10, 2025

So, what’s in the bag today?

  • Economic: TEWU says ‘make it 50% or we clock out!’ Because vibes can’t pay bills”

  • Regional: The Health Ministry just dropped the ultimate “soft life” protection for girls…free HPV vaccines. Because cervical cancer? We don’t know her.

  • Politics: From rail line to mine line, when Galamsey met Ghana Railways.

  • Crime: The Immigration Officer’s murder case has been adjourned again because apparently, the forensic results are still “loading” like a bad Wi-Fi connection.

  • National: Chairman Wontumi dropped a cool GH¢1 million for bail like he was paying for brunch, but chale, the galamsey wahala isn’t over yet.

  • Fact of the Day: How old is the oldest university, really?

  • Regional: Two nannies in East Legon allegedly turned nap time into a pharmaceutical experiment, mixing mystery “sleep juice” in twin toddlers’ milk.

  • Crime: CSOs say teachers are vanishing from rural classrooms. 68% of vacancies still empty, and the kids? Basically teaching themselves.

QUICK BYTE

  • You know that moment when you check your bank balance and whisper “God, abeg”? That’s basically the soundtrack for most workers right now. TEWU looked around, saw salaries shrinking faster than a biscuit dunked in tea, and said, “Nope, this can’t be life.” So now they’re demanding a 50% base pay increase, half their current salary again because, well, everything in Ghana has gone premium except their pay. Meanwhile, Employment Minister, Dr. Rashid Pelpuo is out here playing the diplomat, saying government “understands the hardship.” You can almost hear him thinking, “Lord, how do I tell them there’s no money without sounding wicked?” Read more

  • You know when you think the worst thing a nanny can do is let your kids watch too much Cocomelon? Well, these East Legon nannies said, “Hold my sachet.” Two women have been arrested for allegedly drugging twin toddlers so they could “get some peace and quiet” to do house chores. I mean… what happened to lullabies? According to police reports, the nannies were spiking the kids’ milk with some unidentified sleep-inducing substance, basically turning baby bottles into nightcap cocktails. One even confessed that she learned it from her colleague, talk about a twisted workplace mentorship program. Get the full deets in the Deep Dive section.

  • You know how your mum says, “Don’t touch what isn’t yours”? Well, 12 folks in Tarkwa clearly missed that memo. They allegedly excavated the actual foundation under parts of the Tarkwa-Takoradi railway line, yes, the same one that carries Ghana’s manganese exports. They scooped out the earth beneath the tracks until the rails were basically doing long division in real life, separated from their base and logic. The Western Regional Minister showed up on-site looking like every Ghanaian dad who just found out the kids broke something expensive. He told chiefs to “take charge of their communities” and called on the Ghana Railways Authority to step up patrols. But even GRA is struggling. Apparently, their only rail car for inspections is broken. You can’t make this up. Read more

  • Ghana’s Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, just launched a nationwide HPV vaccination campaign, and it’s giving protect the girls era. The goal? To vaccinate over 2.4 million girls aged 9 to 14 across all 16 regions against cervical cancer. The vaccine, called Gardasil 4, is approved by the WHO and the FDA. And apparently, access isn’t a luxury, it’s free. You don’t need to “know someone” or slide any brown envelope. Whether your dad’s a minister or a mason, if you’re 9 to 14, you’re getting that jab. But before your aunty from the family group chat starts sending voice notes about “vaccines changing DNA,” take a breath. The Health Minister has made it clear: this shot is safe. Read more

FACT OF THE DAY

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The world’s oldest university still in operation is the University of Bologna in Italy, which was founded in 1088.

  • You ever been waiting for your food delivery, and the rider says, “I’m almost there,” but 45 minutes later, he’s still “almost there”? That’s exactly what’s happening with this Immigration Officer murder case. The court has pushed the hearing to October 22 because the forensic results and autopsy report are still not ready. The prosecution says they can’t move forward without it. Outside the court, emotions were flying left and right. The family, tired and frustrated, basically said, “We’ve waited long enough.” And honestly? You can’t blame them. The man was an officer of the law who left home one evening to meet a friend and never made it back. The least the system can do is move faster than a government printer when it’s time to print exam results. Read more

  • E be like Wontumi just treated the police station like a VIP club appearance, pull up, pay GH¢1 million bail, pose for the cameras, and dip. The Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman is back home (for now), but three more galamsey-related charges are waiting for him. Ei, man barely blinked and dropped that million like momo change. According to reports, he was invited by the CID over alleged illegal mining activities, and when the Attorney-General gave him 24 hours to show up or get picked up, my man didn’t play macho. He just went, did the needful, and boom, case adjourned. But word on the street? The real drama hasn’t even started yet. Read more

  • So apparently, up north, classrooms are starting to look like ghost towns: chalkboards lonely, desks empty, and students probably writing “Our teacher went to town” as the daily composition topic. Civil society groups in Northern Ghana are crying out, saying the teacher shortage there is getting real scary. Nearly 68% of teaching positions are unfilled in rural areas. Sixtyyy-eight! That’s not a shortage; that’s a full-on teacher drought. The groups say the government’s centralised recruitment system isn’t helping either. Basically, teachers get posted to the bush and vanish faster than your ex after you ask, “So what are we?” Many allegedly pull strings to get reposted to “nicer” areas, leaving villages stranded. Read more

DEEP DIVE

Acccccccraaaaaaaaa!!!

You’re a working mum in East Legon, hustling through the week, thinking your twins are just heavy sleepers, “Aww, they’re such good babies.” Meanwhile, your nannies are out here running a low-budget Breaking Bad episode in your living room. Instead of “peek-a-boo,” they’re whispering, “pass me the sachet.”

Apparently, one nanny, a student nurse, told police that she gave the kids the “sleep mix” so they could nap longer, so she could do laundry and chill small. But like… sis, multitasking exists for a reason. Even her partner-in-crime confessed that she learned the trick from her colleague and had also been calling the poor babies “chimpanzees.”

The police, obviously not amused, swooped in and found both used and unused sachets of the mystery substance in their quarters. The stuff’s now off to the lab for testing because clearly, even the investigators are like, “What in the pharmacy hell is this?” Both nannies are in custody and expected in court later this month, facing charges that’ll probably make them wish they’d just stuck to watching cartoons with the kids.

And the lesson? In Accra, it’s not just rent and fuel prices you have to stress over — even your nanny might be out here remixing your kids’ milk like a bartender at Carbon. Parents, please, vet your domestic staff. Ask questions. Maybe even set up a nanny cam. Because these days, “sleeping like a baby” might not mean what it used to. Read more

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