A man has shared the story of how his wife’s attempt to get rid of an unwanted pregnancy backfired, causing her to birth a physically challenged child who she would later abandon. 9-year-old Perpetual has been unable to walk since birth following a failed abortion attempt by her mother before …
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Sorcerer who masterminded lynching of old woman to be arraigned today
Hajia Sirina, 40, the Sorcerer who accused a 90-year-old woman of being and witch and masterminded her lynching at Kafaba in the Savannah Region will be arraigned before court today. The soothsayer popularly known as ‘Alhajia’ was arrested by the police at her hideout at Yeji in the Bono East Region …
Read More »Arrested teacher interdicted for dictating answers to students during WASSCE
A teacher [name withheld] in one of the Senior High Schools in the Eastern region has been interdicted for dictating answers to students in the ongoing West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations(WASSCE). According to the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, the police is conducting further …
Read More »NDC to cancel teacher’s licensure examination
The Deputy Eastern Regional Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Richard Nyarko said if the NDC wins the 2020 elections, they will cancel the teacher’s licensure examination. He explained that the party did not see the licensure examination as necessary as it reduced the number of qualified …
Read More »Nigerian Man Jailed 11years For Raping 72-Year-Old Woman
A 52-year-old Nigerian healthcare assistant, Emmanuel Adeniji, has been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for raping a 72-year-old woman in the United Kingdom. He raped the woman with Alzheimer in a nursing home, according to court details. He initially denied the charge but later confessed to raping the elderly woman …
Read More »Man gruesomely murdered at Mankessim
A man believed to be in his mid-20s has been savagely murdered and tied to an electricity pole by unknown assailants at Subse, a suburb of Mankessim in the Central Region The sad incident occurred on Sunday. It is believed the suspect was killed elsewhere and brought to the community …
Read More »Young Man Butchered To Death At Begoro
Amey Kwame, a 27-year-old man has been butchered to death at Akyem Dadatsunya, a farming Community near Begoro in the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased Amey Kwame Albert has been deposited at the Begoro Government Hospital. According to the local Police, one Tetteh Laweh a resident reported to …
Read More »Fetish Priestess who pronounced Akua Denteh a witch arrested
The high priestess who led a mob that gruesomely murdered 90-year-old, Akua Denteh, in Kafaba in the Savannah Region has been arrested. According to a JoyNews report, the priestess, Sirina Fatima, was arrested at her hideout in Yeji in the Brong Ahafo region. In a video sighted by Myjoyonline.com, the …
Read More »The Ball Is On Your Court To kick And score; Makes Us Proud – KMA To WASSCE’s Candidates
The Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Hon Osei Assibey Antwi together with Sub Metros Education Committee and Metro Education Director pay a civility call on various West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination centers that falls under Kumasi Metro on Monday,3rd August 2020. The various WASSCE Centers visited includes; …
Read More »Educational Workers Connect Cautions WAEC
“It is said that Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful”. Educational Workers Connect, once again congratulates all the stakeholders who are putting their shoulders to the wheel to ensure that this year’s WASSCE is malpractice free. We, however, wish to caution …
Read More »Koforidua: Woman kills alleged rival for flirting with husband
A 40-year-old woman has allegedly been killed by her rival for allegedly flirting with her husband. The deceased Millicent Opoku, was clubbed many times with a stick by the suspect – identified as Christiana in the room of the man -Richard at Trom a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality …
Read More »Man jailed 26 years for raping mentally challenged girl
A Lupane villager who took advantage of and raped a mentally challenged teenage girl with whom he was herding cattle, has been jailed for 16 years. Hwange regional magistrate Collet Ncube said Jonathan Sibanda, aged 37, of Mateteni village under Chief Mabhikwa took advantage of the girl’s condition when he …
Read More »Ladies and gentlemen: 5 facts about orgasm you probably didn’t know
Orgasm is widely regarded as the peak of sexual excitement. It is a powerful feeling of physical pleasure and sensation, which includes a discharge of accumulated erotic tension. There are lots of conceptions on orgasm, like an improved immune system and reduced pain or condoms prevent you from climaxing. …
Read More »VIDEO: Students Vandalize School Properties As WASSCE ‘Apor’ Swerves
This year has been a year of trials and complications with the outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a nation, any projects have been halted, education has been a standstill as a majority of students has been staying home in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. #wassce2020 Awww Yakubu has started …
Read More »Lady who whipped 90-year-old woman remanded
One of the suspects who allegedly played a role in the lynching of a 90-year-old woman at Kafaba has been remanded by the Bole Magistrate Court. In her first appearance presided over by Prince Cudjo, the suspected was asked to reappear on August 20, 2020. Latifa Bumaye, 25, was arrested …
Read More »Two Nigerians killed in a bloody clash with Police at Kasoa Liberia camp
Two members of the Nigerian Community in Buduburam, Liberia Camp, in the Central Region have been stabbed to death. The two angrily attacked another with cutlasses and machetes and led to injuries to three yet-to-be-identified guys who were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. Two of them were pronounced …
Read More »Police Chases Persons Who Stripped, Assaulted Teacher
The Upper West Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for a gang of men who allegedly beat up a teacher and stripped him naked in public after accusing him of sleeping with a married woman in Wa. In a statement issued and signed by the Regional Police Public Relations …
Read More »President, Asantehene congratulate KNUST’s first female Vice-Chancellor
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, have congratulated Professor Mrs.Rita Akosua Dickson on her investiture as the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The newly-invested Vice-Chancellor is the first female to occupy that prestigious position in the history of Ghana’s foremost …
Read More »Depression Cause Two Men To Commit Suicide — Police
It is reported that two men who allegedly committed suicide by hanging committed the act out of depression. The police said one of the deceased persons had a history of mental illness while the other way suspected to be depressed. The bodies of Roy Kwasi Wilson, 41, and Samuel Ofori …
Read More »Student Getting Ready as WASSCE starts today
This year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will commence on Monday, August 3, with a total of 375,737 candidates in over 796 examination centres across the country. According to registrations data, 187,574 of the candidates are males and 188,163, females. The Ashanti region had the highest number of …
Read More »Two butchered at Gomoa Buduburam
Two people, believed to be Nigerians, have been stabbed to death in a cutlass fight between two factions at Gomoa Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central region. The incident, according to reports, happened at a place called Golden Gate. The cause is still unknown but information gathered …
Read More »WASSCE leakage: GES statement does not address issue, not reassuring -Ablakwa
Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has stated that the statement issued by the Ghana Education Service (GES) on the supposed leakage of the 2020 WASSCE Integrated Science paper does not address the issue, and is not reassuring. He is, therefore, calling on Government to commission …
Read More »Double Track system in SHSs will end before 2024 – Akufo-Addo
The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted that the Double Track system currently been used at the Senior High School(SHS) level will end when his second term in office ends. Senior High School students under the Free SHS policy are practising the semester-based system where students are …
Read More »Man in trouble for attempting to disarm policewoman
A 30-old-man who allegedly attempted disarming a policewoman of her gun has been arrested by the police in Accra. Seyram Tony Adonu is in the custody of the police assisting in investigations, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Accra Regional Public Relations Officer (PRO), disclosed this to the Ghanaian …
Read More »Government considering free tertiary education – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo says his government is considering implementing free tertiary education in the country. According to the president, the greatest investment to make in a country is to invest in it’s people, therefore, he intends to do so by investing in the education of the people. “What I’ve realised is …
Read More »Barbados: Nine nurses from Ghana test positive for COVID-19
Twelve people, including nine of the nurses who recently arrived in Barbados from Ghana, have tested positive for COVID-19 after tests conducted on Friday by the Best Dos-Santos Public health Laboratory. Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George made the announcement during a live media conference on CBC TV yesterday afternoon. …
Read More »GES, WAEC deny leakage of 2020 WASSCE Science Paper 1 and 2
The Ghana Education Service and the West African Examination Council in different releases have denied reports that the 2020 WASSCE Integrated Science Paper 1 and 2 scheduled to be taken on Monday, August 3, 2020 has been leaked. In its release, WAEC while allying the fears of students and other …
Read More »KNUST’s first female vice-chancellor promises ‘one student one laptop’
Professor Rita Akosua Dickson has officially taken over as the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). She takes over from Professor Kwasi Obiri Danso whose tenure of office came to an end on Friday, July 31, 2020. Prof. Rita Dickson, until her appointment was the …
Read More »Mother arrested for beating her ‘wizard’ son till he collapsed
A 32-year-old woman is in the grips of the police for mercilessly assaulting her 13-years-old son with a spatula till he collapsed at Gomoa Fetteh Kakraba in the Central Region. The woman’s action comes after a supposed man of God pronounced the boy a wizard. Madam Juliana Arthur reports say …
Read More »WASSCE 2020 Integrated Science questions Leaked?
Less than 72 hours to the start of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE), there are suspicions that the questions have been leaked. A sample of the Integrated Science paper which is scheduled to be written on Monday, August 3, 2020, has surfaced on social media. A post sighted on …
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