A year after an explosive expose? by BBC Africa Eye detailing how lecturers in some universities in West Africa sexually harassed their students, two more victims have come out to share stories of how they got trapped in the cycle. In Nigeria, the senate has passed tough new legislation to …
Read More »I fired the gunshots myself – Hawa Koomson admits shooting at a registration centre
Mavis Hawa Koomson, the MP for the Awutu Senya East, says she fired a gun at a voters registration centre in her constituency. “None of my men had guns on then when we got to the centre. I fired the shots myself,” the MP, who is also Special Development Initiatives …
Read More »Receiver to pay GH¢151.8 million to staff of defunct SDI’s
The receiver is set to pay GH¢151.8 million to 5,637 former staff of 209 defunct Specialised Deposit Taking Institutions (SDIs) as outstanding salary arrears and compensation due them before the end of this month. This follows the Bank of Ghana (BoG) making available funds to the receiver and official liquidator to fully …
Read More »18 People Killed At A Wedding Party Thirty Others Injured
Reports from Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna say gunmen have shot dead at least 18 people and injured more than 30 others at a wedding party. The attack happened on Sunday night in the village of Kukun-Daji in the Kaura area of Kaduna. Community leader Jonathan Asake told the BBC …
Read More »Investigative Journalist Arrested Over COVID-19 Exposé
An outspoken journalist who recently exposed alleged government corruption involving coronavirus supplies has been arrested in Zimbabwe. Hopewell Chin’ono live-streamed his arrest on Monday on social media before being told to put his phone down. It is not yet clear why security officials broke into Hopewell Chin’ono’s home and arrested …
Read More »Deputy Minister, George Andah Captured With A Pump Action Gun
Deputy Minister of Communications, George Andah has been sighted in a photo with a pump-action gun. The Awutu Senya West legislator is seen in a photo that has surfaced on social media brandishing the pump-action gun in public. The photo has since raised concerns considering the fact that it comes …
Read More »Poverty ‘photographed’ me Ugly – Delay
Delay is grateful for the growth of her life and she is sharing her testimony to the world. In a video sighted by pulse.com.gh, the celebrated Ghanaian TV Host recounted how she had to beg for food at a point in her life as people looked down on her over …
Read More »PHOTOS+VIDEO: Nicki Minaj announces pregnancy
First came love, then came marriage and soon will come Nicki Minaj with a baby carriage. On Monday the rapper announced via her official social media accounts that she and husband Kenneth Petty are expecting. Minaj posted a photo showing her in what appeared to be a two-piece sporting a …
Read More »Four held over shooting at registration centre
Four persons are in the grips of the police for allegedly disrupting the voter registration exercise at the Steps to Christ Registration Centre in the Awutu Senya East Constituency of the Central Region. The cause of the incident is still unknown but police say the men just stormed the centre …
Read More »Furnish Bishop Obinim with documents – Court orders prosecution
The Kaneshie District Court on Monday adjourned the false publication of news and forgery case against Bishop Daniel Obinim to September 9, 2020 to enable prosecution to serve him and his lawyers with all documents it intends to rely on the case to him. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Sylvester Asare had earlier …
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