• Some 7 persons have been convicted for impersonation • They were caught writing exams for people in the 2020 WASSCE exams • They are each supposed to pay fines while the students involved in it have been banned from writing the exams for the next three years Seven persons …

PBaba (not his real name), a patient at the Tamale Teaching hospital has accused two staff of the X-ray department of pulling a fast one on the hospital by receiving payments from patients instead of allowing them to do so at the official designated paying points dotted across the facility. …

Mr Mathias Tulasi, the Chief Executive Officer of Literacy Ambassadors Ghana (LAG), a non governmental literacy organisation, has lamented over the huge amount spent on printing new sets of ‘Pasco’ for SHS candidates and that the shambles bedeviling Free SHS will not be solved by ‘pasco’ for candidates.   Mr …

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has delivered two Advisory Opinions on the Application of the principle of regional rotation in electing Members of the Bureau of the Pan African Parliament request for Advisory Opinion No. 001/2021. The other was an Advisory Opinion on the Right to participate …

• Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has responded to some allegations regarding the purchase of past exam questions • He was reacting to suggestions made by Dr. Clement Apaak, MP for Builsa • He also provided documents to back his claims Deputy Education Minister, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has responded …

The state has hit back at former president Jacob Zuma, saying his request for a one-week postponement of his fraud and corruption trial should not be granted. Zuma is scheduled to appear in the Pietermaritzburg high court on Monday, where he was set to present a “special plea” that he …

Music star, Davido has visited Obama DMW’s grave in Epe area of Lagos state with other members of his crew. Recall that the Obama who was a member of the singer’s crew, died and was buried according to Islamic rites while the singer was in the United States. Davido who …

Police in the South African city of Durban fire rubber bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades at alleged looters to prevent the people from stealing what’s left at a warehouse – which stores a large quantity of alcohol. The warehouse was initially looted of its stock during the week of …

Twenty South African teenagers have built their own plane and are flying it from Cape Town to Cairo. With the support of U-Dream Global, an NGO, the teenagers built different parts of the plane including the fuselage and the horizontal and vertical stabilisers. BBC Africa’s children’s programme BBC What’s New went …

Unrest in South Africa has claimed 212 lives, the government said on Friday, a sharp jump from the 117 deaths announced the previous day. Government minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told a news conference most of the new fatalities had occurred in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, the epicenter of …

The Department of Agro-Enterprise Development of the Ho Technical University (HTU) has broken new grounds in the re-engineering of baobab seedlings domestically for multiplication in a stress-free manner. Dr Kenneth Fafa Egbadzor, the Principal Investigator of the research, said the team had broken fresh grounds towards making the cultivation of …

For 20-year-old Emmanuel Oduro doing odd jobs to fund his education is the best alternative. He started paying tuition after passing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), worked as a labourer at a brick kiln and as a cleaner at a bank in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. …

Popular Nigerian televangelist Prophet T.B Joshua was exactly a week ago buried in Lagos after a week of funeral rites at his Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in the Ikotun area of Lagos. One distinctive attraction at the funeral was the clear view casket in which the Philanthropist was …

Ills at the Taifa Polyclinic in Accra have been exposed in a follow-up story after the Pay or Die documentary that uncovered rot in service delivery to pregnant women in Ghana’s public hospitals. It has emerged that expectant mothers, who are supposed to benefit from the government’s free Maternal Healthcare Programme under …

Leading a comfortable life in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban, John – not his real name – risks running out of food for the first time ever following the mass looting and burning of supermarkets and shops after protests over the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma spiralled out …

Some are calling events over the last week democratic South Africa’s “darkest hour”. Is it more than a spontaneous triggering of anger brought about by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma? Many analysts say it is and that there is a “third force” sympathetic to the former president at …

The South African president on Friday visited the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal to assess the extent of damage caused by looters. Cyril Ramaphosa said the events following the imprisonment of his predecessor Jacob Zuma were instigated. He added that authorities have identified some of the instigators. “It’s quite clear that …

A man sentenced to death for raping his three-year-old stepdaughter has been executed by firing squad in southern Somalia’s Jubaland state. BBC reports that the man, Hussein Adan Ali, had been chewing khat leaves, a mild stimulant, when he sexually assaulted the child. It is currently not known when the …

A Kenyan lawmaker, who recently made the headlines after she was spotted in the company of an all-female, armed security detail, says she decided to choose them over male bodyguards because she believes they can do better. Garissa County Woman Representative Anab Gure was seen being escorted by her conspicuous …

Relatives on Wednesday mourned the death of a 14-year-old boy killed in the violence that has left South Africa on edge, as the government urged communities to “work with law enforcement agencies to stop the looting and violence.” At the Chris Hani Mall in Vosloorus, far east of Johannesburg, Vusi …

• A mother who threw her baby from the first floor of a building has spoken • The incident took place in Durban, South Africa and its video has since gone viral • Naledi said she was afraid and relieved to have taken a decision that was hard and easy …

Most of us want to feel sexy and confident, especially when it comes to our performance in the bedroom. A tight vagina could heighten pleasure for both man and woman during sex. For men, it’s the sensation of feeling those soft, cushiony walls gripping their penis. And for women, it’s …

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has a long standing beef with some ‘Men of God’ he considers ungodly in their words and deeds. Through Net2 TV and other channels under the Ken City Media group he owns, Agyapong has waged a consistent war especially on some leaders …

The Ghana Infectious Disease Centre has warned Ghanaians against the seeming non-adherence to the Covid-19 safety protocols as it notes that government can not be of help should anyone fall severely ill. The Ga East Municipal Hospital has disclosed that the facility lacks adequate nurses needed to take care of …

Social media took a different turn after a nurse exposed a hospital for meddling with COVID-19 test result. It will be remembered that, ever since the cases of the virus was recorded, everything came to standstill. year later we are still stuck because of the corona virus , its lock-downs …

Johannesburg residents react to the widespread unrest and looting that has occurred in South Africa since ex-president Jacob Zuma’s arrest on July 7. Several individuals have been killed, with the official death toll standing at 32. Many claim that poverty and unemployment the country is experiencing is exasperating the situation. …

The Top 30 Miss South Africa contestants vying to make the cut for the grand finale include one woman who has been in the spotlight particularly because of her history-making feat and what her presence in the competition means for other people like her. Her name is Lehlogonolo Machaba. And …

The Nigerian Senate has approved N4.8 billion (equivalent to US$11.6 million) to be allocated to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for the monitoring of WhatsApp messages/calls, phone calls, text messages, among others. This was contained in the supplementary budget approved by the National Assembly on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Premium …

COVID-19 cases are rising steadily in the country, with the number of new cases recorded a day going up from 85 to 143, data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has shown. Active cases have increased from 1,674 to 2,314 from June 30 to July 13, 2021. The GHS Covid-19 …

Men who perform sex within 6 minutes and above are considered normal   • Men who perform sex within 6 minutes and above are considered normal • Those who perform below 6 minutes are either stressed out, smoked or have had too much alcohol • This was made known by …