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UN General Assembly: Admit AU to G20 – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo President Nana Akufo-Addo has said “admitting the African Union to an expanded G21 would have the same galvanising effect within Africa that the EU’s participation in the G20 has within Europe, strengthening policy coordination and coherence across the fifty-four (54) African economies.” Speaking on Wednesday, 22 September …
Read More »Student of Kweneboah Koduah SHS dies after trying to escape from Prep Master
A final year student of the Tweneboah Kodua Senior High School in the Ashanti Region has died after landing on his chest while attempting to avoid regular checks by school authorities. Reports say the deceased, Edward Duut, 19, together with other the students upon learning of the presence of the …
Read More »WASSCE: Kumasi High School Headmaster prescribes solutions to stop examination leakages
The Headmaster of Kumasi High School in the Kumasi Metropolis Mr. Bernard Hall-Baidoo is advocating for alternative credible examinable bodies to rival the existing West African Examination Council as one of the measures to stem the perennial exams leakages and other malpractices associated with the WASCCE exams. According to …
Read More »Sudan foils coup by loyalists of ousted president Bashir – Reports
Authorities in Sudan have confirmed foiling a coup attempt in the early hours of Tuesday, September 21, 2021. The state-run SUNA News Agency said in its report: “At dawn today, the security and military authorities thwarted a coup attempt. “And the attempt was completely controlled and all those involved were …
Read More »Dozens hospitalized after Kenya school fire
Panicked students along with their teachers came out to survey the damage after a fire gutted a dormitory at the Ofafa Jericho high school in Kenya’s Nairobi county. About 40 students were hospitalized after inhaling smoke in the Monday night disaster. “Most of the students actually who were taken to …
Read More »Akim Oda MP organises free mock exams for JHS students
The Akim Oda Constituency Education Committee, established by the Member of Parliament (MP), has organised a special mock examination for 1,688 Junior High School candidates in the area. The cost of the mock examination was fully borne by the MP, Mr Alexander Akwasi Acquah. Teachers would also be motivated for …
Read More »Adansi South District records first COVID-19 death
The Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region has recorded its first COVID-19 death. Mr William Asamoah, the District Disease Surveillance Officer who told the Ghana News Agency in an interview said the deceased would be buried according to medical advice. He gave the assurance that the District’s COVID-19 response team would …
Read More »Afrifa was an imperialist agent used to topple Nkrumah – Uganda President writes
• Nkrumah’s overthrow was the act of imperialist elements • The 1966 coup brought an end to the First Republic • Gen. Afrifa was one of the architects along with Kotoka President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda has classed former military ruler General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa as a pawn that …
Read More »2021 WASSCE: There are no leakages; just speculations – Education Ministry
Ad The Ministry of Education is insisting widespread reports about the leakage of some papers in the ongoing 2021 WASSCE forcing the rescheduling of some papers are false. Deputy Spokesperson at the Ministry Yaw Opoku Mensah said the papers in question were put on hold to investigate portions of the …
Read More »Bees kill over 60 endangered South Africa penguins
Sixty-three endangered African penguins have been killed by a swarm of bees in a rare occurrence near Cape Town, bird conservationists in South Africa say. The protected birds, from a colony in Simonstown, were found on a beach with multiple bee stings but no other injuries. An official from the …
Read More »SA is becoming a ‘constitutional dictatorship’; Zuma speaks out after ConCourt loss
Former President Jacob Zuma says SA is moving from a democracy to a constitutional dictatorship. This after the Constitutional Court on Friday gave its verdict on the former president’s rescission application. Zuma had asked the apex court to set aside his 15-month contempt of court jail sentence, which was handed …
Read More »Liliesleaf Farm where Mandela started anti-apartheid journey risks closure in South Africa
The farm that served as the nerve center of Nelson Mandela and other activists in their campaign to overturn South Africa’s apartheid regime risks permanent closure, according to British broadcaster Sky News. The secret base at Liliesleaf Farm was used by leading figures of the country’s liberation struggle, including Walter …
Read More »JHS girl badly bruised after being whipped for scoring 17/30 in class test
A female Junior High School(JHS) student of Kumasi Bantama Church of Christ School in the Ashanti Region is nursing injuries after she was allegedly flogged by her teacher to a pulp for scoring 17 out of 30 in class test. Mr Jones Owusu gave the victim several strokes of the …
Read More »Students of Mirigu Senior High School protest against poorly cooked meals
Students of the Mirigu Senior High School (MISCO) in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region have protested against the school’s caterer over the quality of their meals. According to reports, the caterer who has been tasked to feed students with one hot meal a day under the …
Read More »400 students of YIKROSEC crammed into wooden structure meant for 100
Authorities of the Yilo Krobo Senior High School (YIKROSEC) in the Eastern Region are appealing to the government to help expand its infrastructural facilities to ease congestion in the school’s dormitories. They said there has been overcrowding in the dormitories which has been posing as a threat to the health …
Read More »Johannesburg mayor killed in car accident
The mayor of Johannesburg was killed in a car accident as he returned from campaigning with South Africa’s president on Saturday, just over a month after being elected, his office said in a statement. Jolidee Matongo, 46, was returning from a voter registration drive in Soweto township ahead of local …
Read More »ECOWAS communicates 6 months constitutional rule demand to Guinea military junta
The Guinea military junta who seized power from President Alpha Conde, in a coup on the 5th of September 2021, have assured the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), that they are prepared to respect the regional bloc’s six-month demand to restore constitutional rule as theirs is only a …
Read More »WAEC releases dates for cancelled papers
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released dates for the papers cancelled in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The papers – Physics 1 & 2 and Business Management 1& 2 – were cancelled as a result of widespread leakage. They were cancelled on Wednesday, September 15. In a …
Read More »Parents agitated following GES’ interdiction of Aburi Girls’ headmistress
Parents of students of Aburi Girls’ Senior High School are least enthused about a decision taken by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to interdict the headmistress, Alice Prempeh-Fordjour. The parents and guardians have, therefore, started agitations to get Mrs Prempeh-Fordjour reinstated as they consider the decision rash and uninformed. According …
Read More »Why Guineans celebrated Akufo-Addo, slammed Ouattara in Conakry
• Akufo-Addo was in Guinea as Chair of ECOWAS to meet the military junta • He was met in Conakry by Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara • Guineans celebrated ‘democrat’ Akufo-Addo and protested against Ouattara, who they called a ‘copy of Conde’ President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addoalong with his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane …
Read More »Coup leaders reject ECOWAS’ demand for Conde’s release
Junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya said Conakry would not surrender deposed President Alpha Conde. Regional leaders have put pressure and sanctions on the junta members. After a meeting with regional leaders Friday, Guinean junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya dismissed the idea of letting deposed President Alpha Conde leave the country. …
Read More »Ghana’s active COVID-19 cases drop to 4,358; death toll up 1,111
As of 12 September 2021, Ghana’s active COVID-19 cases in the third wave had fallen to 4,358, the latest figures from the Ghana Health Service indicate. The death toll, however, increased to 1,111. Some 125 new cases were also confirmed within the period. Out of the active cases, 42 are …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo meets Guinea coup leader
• President Akufo-Addo has landed in Guinea to deliberate with leaders of the September 5 coup • He arrived in Guinea in the company of Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara • President Akufo-Addo is leading the delegation in his capacity as Chairperson of ECOWAS President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is currently in Guinea …
Read More »ECOWAS blocks Guinea coup makers from traveling, freezes bank accounts
Leaders from 14 of the 15 Western African countries in the ECOWAS regional group met in the Ghanaian capital Accra on Thursday to discuss their approach towards Guinea after it was suspended following a coup there earlier this month. The Economic Community of West African States decided to freeze bank accounts and introduce travel bans for …
Read More »Parliament to haul WAEC over exam leakages
Akatsi North Lawmaker Peter Nortsu-Kotoe has revealed that Parliament will be hauling examinations body, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) before it to answer questions relating to how some five papers were allegedly leaked in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Mr Nortsu-Kotoe told TV3 Wednesday September …
Read More »WATCH : Security takes over KNUST campus
The police and the Operation Calm Life team which includes the military will take over the campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) from Saturday, September 18. Already, the police water canon has been detailed on campus. The University Relations Office tells TV3’s William Evans-Nkum the directive …
Read More »Rasta student quits Achimota for GIS following AG’s appeal
Oheneba Nkrabea, one of the Rasta students has currently been enrolled at Ghana International School(GIS) in Accra. Kasapa News sources say the parents of the Rasta student moved their ward to the prestigious international school after they learned of the Attorney General’s decision to appeal against the High Court’s ruling …
Read More »Zuma to know his fate on Friday as ConCourt rules on his bid to rescind contempt sentence
In a tweet on Thursday, the apex court said its decision on former president Jacob Zuma’s application will be made at 10am on Friday South Africans will know on Friday whether the jail sentence handed down to former president Jacob Zuma should be set aside. At the end of June, …
Read More »WATCH | Rosemary Ndlovu explains how she ‘stole guns’ from police station in undercover footage
“It works best when I am not the one working at the safe. I just take the keys‚ steal it and afterwards I throw it in the hole at the back. I will then call you and say‚ ‘Njabulo‚ go fetch it‚’” said Ndlovu. “It will be dark since it …
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