Yearly Archives: 2019

Tear gas, gun shots halt law students’ demo

At least 10 protesters have been arrested after the demonstration by law students on Monday ended abruptly. The demonstration, seeking reforms to legal education in Ghana, started peacefully at the main campus of the Ghana School of Law. But on their last-ditch effort to present their petition to the president …

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VIDEO: Prof Gyampo ‘flees’ over sex scandal

One of Ghana’s vocal political commentators and avowed critic of politicians, Professor Edward Ransford Yaw Gyampo is reported to have fled the country ahead of the premiering of the ‘sex for grades’ scandal that has hit prominent West African Universities. The hitherto active social media user and Lecturer with the …

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Boko Haram Insurgents ambush, kill 11 soldiers – Source

Nigerian soldiers have suffered yet another round of casualties in their patriotic battle to drive out insurgents from the country. PREMIUM TIMES reported a devastating attack on October 3 in which Boko Haram terrorists killed 11 soldiers and wounded 14 in an ambush on a military convoy in Borno State. …

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How Sarkodie warned lecturers against ‘sex for grades’

Music is a tool for communication, the reason some musicians do subtitling in music videos when they realize the language barrier is likely to limit the extent to which their messages can fly and impact. More often than not, some music enthusiasts dance or bounce to the beat without paying …

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Government has lied to us – TUTAG

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has threatened an industrial action against the government over its failure to implement the conditions of service for public universities. In a press statement sighted by MyNewsGh.com, TUTAG expressed disappointment, explaining the government has downgraded some professors to assistant lecturers without the …

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38-year-old woman dies after giving birth to triplets

Grandmother of eight children, Mary Akosua Korankyewaa has given a chilling account of events leading to the death of her only daughter, Adwoa Dankwa, who died at the age of thirty-eight. “My daughter had initially given birth to triplets and twins. She got pregnant again and brought forth another triplet, …

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[VIDEO]: Legon Lecturer caught in sex for grade scandal

Academic institutions in West Africa have increasingly been facing allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers. This type of abuse is said to be endemic, but it’s almost never proven. After gathering dozens of testimonies, BBC Africa Eye sent undercover journalists posing as students inside the University of Lagos and the …

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Hard drives containing Opuni trial, others stolen from Court

Hard drives in about five High Courts located in the Law Court Complex building have been stolen from system units of computers used for recording and storing Court records and proceedings, Starr News has learnt. The case of theft is believed to have happened during the just ended legal vacation …

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[AUDIO] 2020 Elections: Ghanaian Associations In South Africa To Sponsor Campaign Against NPP If The Controversial CSE Is Approved

Ghanaian associations in South Africa have threatened to mobilize and sponsor people in both Ghana and South Africa to campaign against the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government ahead of the 2020 general elections if the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) programme education is approved. According to them, President Akufo-Addo …

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