Malawi’s former finance minister and ex-central bank governor have been arrested for allegedly misleading the IMF over the southern African country’s compliance with a bailout. Joseph Mwanamvekha and Dalitso Kabambe, respectively the finance minister and head of the central bank until last year, are suspected of having “procured and masterminded” …

Pupils and Teachers at St. Francis Anglican M/A in the Krachi East Municipality of Oti Region are in danger due to the deplorable nature of the school’s structure. The JHS is housed in a dilapidated structure with no doors and window locks to safeguard the place after school hours. A …

A prominent artificial intelligence computer scientist who was fired by Google has announced the launch of an independent artificial research institute to focus on topics she felt were being sidelined at Google. Timnit Gebru, born and raised in Ethiopia, was reportedly fired for a research paper “critiquing Google’s lucrative AI …

Soldiers found the body of another migrant in Poland’s border region with Belarus, where thousands of people from crisis regions have been stranded in recent weeks in sub-zero temperatures. The soldiers found the body of the man, a backpack and a Nigerian passport in a forest near Olchowka on Tuesday, …

The pupils, according to the headteacher, are compelled to use wood slaps as tables and either lie on their bellies or sit on the bare floor to write. Eggu R/C Primary School is a six-unit classroom block which has a 297-students population. Mr. Malik Seidu, headteacher of the school says …

Ghana has recorded 27 new cases of COVID-19, the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has said. The country’s active cases are now 692, this, according to the Service has brought the country’s total confirmed cases to 131,246 as of December 1, 2021. The Service has also indicated that there were no …

446,352 wrote 2021 WASSCE WAEC cancels results of some students WAEC creates a shortcode for candidates to check results The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has disclosed that a total of 1,339 subject results and 174 entire results of some students who sat for the 2021 West African Senior School …

some major hospitals in Ghana struggling with lack of beds KATH refused to admit a baby due to lack of space Hospital begins investigation that led to the death of seven-month-old baby A seven-month-old baby has died after being rejected by the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti Region …

Anan was awarded $40,000 She donated the scholarship to the less privileged in her class She receives a Kia Niro vehicle from Steve Harvey Verda Annan, a Ghanaian student at Harvard University who generously donated her $40,000 scholarship from her High School to the less privileged in her class, has …

Government has provoked Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) following its directive to Ghana Oil Company (GOIL) to reduce fuel prices by 15pesewas. The 175 OMCs are asking government to immediately withdraw the directive to Goil and desists from ever interfering in the market in one way or the other if the …

Dangote speaks at Development Finance Forum held in Accra Nigerian business magnate, Dangote challenges African leaders to fix power supply challenge Dangote tags Akufo-Addo, Paul Kagame and Alassane Ouattara as visionary leaders Africa’s most successful businessman, Aliki Dangote has posited that the continent of Africa only requires a maximum of …

Former Chadian leader Idriss Deby Itno was the only five-star general the country had till his death in April 2021. He died on the frontlines when he joined a campaign to halt the advance of rebels who were threatening to depose him. Eight months after his death, Chad has a …

Video from the wedding of John Nana Erere, the man who tied knot with two pregnant lovers, has found its way online. The flowery-themed wedding, which took place on Saturday, December 5, has prompted netizens to enquire about the tradition of the people of Delta State, Nigeria. In the viral …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana has taken the lead among African countries to ensure that coronavirus vaccines are produced locally. Mr Akufo-Addo said African countries could no longer rely on other countries around the globe for vaccines to inoculate the people.. His comments came on the back of a …

President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina has waded into recent travel bans related to the Omicron variant of coronavirus. He agrees that the bans are a type of apartheid against Africans seeking among others to hurt its economy and ultimately the lives and livelihoods of Africans. “Global vaccines’ …

The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Abiodun Abdulramah, has refuted claims that two students were turned into tubers of yam in Ibadan area of the state by a suspected ritualist. The alleged suspected ritualist, a middle-aged man, was attacked by irate youth on Friday, December 3, after a security guard …

Buying a car is a big decision especially for first time buyers because of the huge financial input it requires to get even a moderately priced vehicle in Ghana. Therefore, such a decision should be taken with the best awareness of what to look out for in order to get …

As flight KL592 was in the air between Johannesburg and Amsterdam on November 26, the rules of the Covid-19 pandemic changed. The spread of an alarming new variant named Omicron, first reported by South Africa, had prompted an abrupt reappraisal of the risks of international travel. The Netherlands banned entry …

President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to meet with the National Coronavirus Command Council as soon as he lands back in South Africa from a tour of Africa in the coming week, to discuss the rising number of Covid cases in the country. According to the City Press, the president will return …

At least 23 people have drowned after a bus travelling to a wedding plunged into a flooded river in Kenya. Video footage shows the bus was swept away after the driver tried to cross fast-flowing water over a bridge in the Enziu River, about 200km (125 miles) east of the …

Some updated good news coming in is that the three contestants of the Keta Senior High Technical School who won bronze for their school in the just-ended National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will all get the chance to travel to Dubai. This is coming after the girl of the …

Keta SHS finishes third in 2021 NSMQ Fransisca Lamini celebrated for being first girl to make final in 8 years Fransica Lamini rejects Dubai trip Former Deputy Communications Minister, Victoria Hammah, has described as a betrayal, a decision by Francisca Lamini, the female member of the Keta Senior High School’s …

President Akufo-Addo says recent travel bans imposed on multiple African Countries following the discovery of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 by South African scientists is unacceptable and regrettable. The President’s comments follow the decision by the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) to bar entry to …

Conservationists in South Africa have developed a new app that will help them to monitor South Africa’s unique renosterveld landscapes using satellite images to detect when farmers are illegally encroaching into this critically endangered ecosystem. The renosterveld means rhino fields. It’s a land of rolling hills stretching across the Western …

Gambians voted by dropping marbles into coloured tubs, due to high levels of illiteracy. By JOHN WESSELS (AFP/File) Gambians were waiting Sunday to find out the winner of the first presidential election in the tiny West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile, with incumbent Adama Barrow …

Uganda on Friday dismissed as “baseless propaganda” reports that its airstrikes and artillery bombardments launched at several bases of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the Eastern Congo provinces of North Kivu and Ituri killed civilians. This come barely days after Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and their Congolese counterparts …

Africa is indeed a strange continent with some of the weirdest traditions: from cleansing corpses and using the water to prepare communal meals to beat one another senselessly just to impress a woman, the continent is undeniably rich in culture. Whether these customs are beneficial in any way to those …

12-year-old boarding student dies in Nigeria The deceased was bullied by his seniors Public demand justice for the late student of Dowen College The has been a massive outcry and demand for justice in Nigerian, West Africa over the death of a 12-year-old student of the Dowen College in Lekki, …

The first cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus have now been detected in the United Kingdom (UK). It was highlighted by scientists in South Africa as a potentially worrying new strain. What tests are used to detect Omicron? Swabs from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, which are sent …

Terror attacks happening in West Africa Ghana security on high alerts for terrorist attacks Ghana Armed Forces says collaborations are important to fight terrorism Ghana has joined three other West African countries in a joint operation that was aimed at countering terror attacks in the sub-region. The countries, Ghana, Burkina …