Every new senior high School (SHS) student remembers their first week: navigating unfamiliar corridors, adjusting to dormitory life and meeting new friends.

It’s an exciting time, but it also comes with risks. Safety isn’t about fear—it’s about being prepared. Here are practical tips every student should keep in their ‘school survival toolkit.’

The Bible recounts that the beautiful world we see today has not always been this beautiful. It used to be null and void. It was a space that looked as though it had no future; a place anybody would write off.

In other words, there was a time when this Earth looked hopeless. In the beginning, the world was without any beauty or form. However, it went through a process to be what it is today. This is the story of the beginning of every dream.

Tell you what, the beginning of everything is difficult. Starting every dream is the hardest in the beginning. 

A Community Health Consultant has warned that the practice of some traders, particularly women, at the Accra Central Market, urinating into plastic water bottles and storing them at their spots until the end of the day is a serious health risk.

Others pour the urine into nearby drains or on pavements — a habit that has become disturbingly common despite rising concerns about communicable diseases.

The consultant, who is the Head of the Department of Community Health at the University of Ghana Medical School, Professor Benedict N.L. Calys-Tagoe said that such practices could expose traders and customers to diseases.

A boy died after participating in a social media ‘craze’ called Chroming, which had been shared on TikTok, an inquest has heard.

Oliver Gorman, 12, was found in his bedroom on the evening of May 5 this year, after arriving from holiday at the family home in Hyde, in Tameside, Greater Manchester.

He later died in the hospital, and investigators found empty deodorant bottles in his room, and a post-mortem found he died as a result of the inhalation of butane gas, a propellant found in many aerosol deodorants.

Kidneys are among the hardest-working organs in the body and daily, they filter close to 150 Liters of blood, eliminate waste, regulate electrolytes, and manage blood pressure.

But they remain silent until something begins to malfunction. An unhealthy diet, lack of fluids, high salt consumption, and unmanaged high blood pressure quietly tax these sensitive organs and kidney stress doesn't usually have any major symptoms, early on, but the body sends very early warning signs that should not be ignored. 

A principal library assistant at the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Ghana (UG), Baba Hamidu emerged the winner of the 2025 Wear UG Day fashion contest.

He earned the top honours in the competition that featured 14 contestants.

Saying "no" to a boss can feel impossible.

Whatever our job, we all want to impress rather than disappoint.

But ambition can be a very slippery slope. Before you know it, work is coming home with you - seeping into weekends and disrupting time with family and friends.

Barely two months after completing her radiotherapy sessions following a mastectomy — a surgery to remove one breast affected by cancer — Ms Akosua Sarh (not her real name) discovered she was pregnant.

Although she was sexually active, she had not anticipated getting pregnant so soon after her treatment. She assumed that the treatment processes and medications would have reduced her fertility and chances of conception.

By the time she confirmed her suspicions, she was already two months into the pregnancy.

Back in primary school, whenever we returned from school, we would change our clothes and play football.

There was, however, a hurdle to jump if our parents were at home. We had to seek permission. A “No” or “Yes” could make a world of difference.

My father was the difficult one. He was not predictable. Our hearts throbbed whenever we were approaching him for a favour. 

Keeping your heart healthy is vital for overall well-being. Regular exercise strengthens your heart muscle, improves blood flow, and lowers blood pressure. 

Activities like brisk walking, swimming, and strength training are beneficial. Even daily movements like climbing stairs contribute to a strong heart. 

In a community where teenage pregnancy, truancy and low school enrolment threaten children’s futures, English Teacher, Portia Dzifa Dzilah is helping change the narrative.

The kidney is one of the most important organ of the body, which filters blood to remove waste and extra fluid, which the body then excretes as urine. 

With poor lifestyle, genes, or age, kidney function can become severely impaired, leading to Chronic kidney disease (CKD). 

While CKD is not reversible and is a progressive, and long term condition, it is hugely preventable.

While we often hear that it is important to drink a lot of water to keep the kidneys healthy, (and that is indeed true), your kidneys require a bit more effort from your side. 

From the quiet town of Breman Asikuma in Ghana’s Central Region has emerged a young man whose name has become synonymous with brilliance and history-making.

Did you know that Billie Eilish’s full name is actually Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell? Or Pablo Picasso, who we should really be calling Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.

Human nature is selfish. We fight for what we want — when and how we want it. When our needs are not met, we often turn to our lovers for blame.

We ignore the lump in our own eyes while criticising the speck in theirs. When something goes wrong, our natural tendency is to point fingers. 

Hunger is a burden. It is a thought that consumes people and sets them on fire. Hunger is the force that drives a (wo)man. It predicts their destiny ― the impact they will make. Hunger is passion. It makes them go hungry for days.

Hunger is what keeps you awake when everyone else is snoring. It is the destination one sees that others cannot. When a (wo)man is hungry, they place their emptiness above everything. Until this emptiness is satisfied, they know no rest. No amount of loss is enough to let them give up.

The internet is a wonderful place for learning, connecting and exploring. But for today’s youth, it has also become a hunting ground for scammers, predators and fraudsters. One wrong click can cost money, reputation or even safety.

Take the story of Ama, a 16-year-old senior high school (SHS) student. She received a message on social media promising free airtime if she filled out a form with her phone number and password. 

A consultant general surgeon and breast cancer specialist, Dr Florence Dedey, has dismissed the widespread claim that men sucking women’s breasts can help prevent breast cancer, describing it as false and misleading.

Speaking in an interview with The Mirror in Accra last Monday as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dr Dedey, who works with the Department of Surgery of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, said there is no scientific or medical evidence to support such a claim, stressing that breast cancer is a complex disease influenced by several biological and lifestyle factors.

When you don't get along with your child's other parent, or it isn't safe to interact with them, parallel parenting can help "create space".

That's according to Gabriella Pomare, a family lawyer and co-parenting coach.

"It's for those families where communication between parents is just too hard, too heated, or unsafe."

Prostate cancer is often called the silent killer of men, claiming lives worldwide while many remain unaware of its risks. 

Women carry a higher genetic risk of depression, a new study has found.

Claiming to be the largest genetic study to date on sex differences in major depression, the research published on Wednesday in Nature Communications has found 16 genetic variants linked to depression in women and eight in men.

The study, led by Australia’s QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, showed a large proportion of the variants associated with depression were shared between sexes, but there was a “higher burden of genetic risk in females which could be due to female-specific variants”.