The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), as part of its new academic policy has introduced what the University termed, as the “dual qualification scheme” for all its students. Under the dual qualification scheme which will begin this (2019/2020) academic year, students who enroll in a degree programme will compulsorily …

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 44-year-old trader into police custody for allegedly robbing a businesswoman. Ebenezer Larbi pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and robbery. He told the Court that he and his accomplice did not mean to rob their victim but just played a “419” trick on her. …

Founder of the National Democratic Congress, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, has already cast his vote for his candidate in the parliamentary primaries underway in all constituencies across the country. The former President had the crowd’s attention when he arrived at the polling center at the Arts Center in Accra …

Uber Driver hitmaker, Wendy Shay raised eyebrows recently when she blurted out on TV Africa that she has able to acquire the latest gadgets which will be the envy of girls her age. She made this known after she was quizzed by the host to name some properties she has acquired since …

A video making rounds online captured moment a lady was forced to swear with corpse of a young lady she was accused of killing. The lady identified simply as Mama ThankGod was forced to undergo the ritual at Amuzukwu Ibeku in Abia State, by relatives of the deceased from Ebonyi State. She …

In a sad report, a young lady has been flogged by her uncle and her uncle used a sharp cutlass to commit such atrocity. According to sources, she was flogged by the uncle because she expressed herself in an argument which involved her and her uncle. Per what we have …

Brazil’s president has ordered the armed forces to fight record forest fires in the Amazon, amid international outrage over rising deforestation. President Jair Bolsonaro deployed soldiers in nature reserves, indigenous lands, and border areas beset by fires. The move is an apparent reversal from Mr Bolsonaro, who has been accused …

The US authorities have charged 80 people, “most of whom are Nigerian nationals”, with participating in a conspiracy to steal millions of dollars, prosecutors say. They are accused of using business email fraud schemes and romance scams to con victims – many of them elderly. Police have so far arrested …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disbursed a further transportation allowance of GHC50 per person to participants of the just ended curriculum training programme. The money has been released to the districts through GES’ regional offices. A total of 152,000 KG to class 6 teachers across the country participated in …

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP) have engaged stakeholders the school feeding programme. The event which took place at the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council focused on the dissemination of Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) on the Programme. The engagement according …