A Nurse at the War Memorial Hospital in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region has died of COVID-19 at the Regional treatment centre in Bolgatanga. The Kassena-Nankana Municipal Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Mr Habib Mahama who confirmed the death of the nurse to the …

Uganda’s longtime leader Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for a sixth term amid allegations of fraud and lack of transparency around the vote count. The country’s election commission said Museveni won 58.64% of the nearly 10 million ballots cast, while opposition leader Bobi Wine received 34.83% of the vote. The …

As vote-counting for the 2021 General Elections is still ongoing at the National Tally Centre in Kyambogo, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate has claimed that the government blocked his phones and he could not communicate with people. “Like my wife’s, my phone …

Uganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni has a clear lead in the presidential race following Thursday’s vote, preliminary results show. The country’s electoral commission has dismissed allegations of vote rigging, made by opposition candidate Bobi Wine, a former pop star. But election monitors say confidence in the count has been damaged …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has insisted it is in the best interest of the nation for kids at the Kindergarten (KG) level to be allowed to resume school. According to GNAT, the country has about 461,000 kids aged four (4) who would be entering the KG level …

A woman, who confessed that she used black magic to “tie her husband spiritually to milk him dry”, has lost the marriage eventually. Reports say a customary court sitting in Mapo in Ibadan of Nigeria’s Oyo State has dissolved the 15-year-old marriage between a mother-of-two, Olubunmi Faseyitan, and her husband, …

Some Junior High School (JHS) students in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region have said despite the reopening of schools across the country, their schools remain closed. The students who reported to school on Friday, 15 January, 2020, were unable to access their classrooms as the doors and windows …

A student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is being wanted by the police after bolting away with hostel fees of other students worth over GHC 100,000. The student identified as Agyapong Kwabena Fred is said to be in his 3rd year at the prestigious University. …

Mid-month data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) points to another large fuel hike for South African motorists in February, following a significant increase in January. The CEF data shows an under-recovery in prices across the board, expected to rise around 78 cents per litre for petrol, and 60 cents …

The basic education department on Friday confirmed the reopening of schools has been postponed to February 15. “Given the pressure experienced by the health system in the past few weeks, occasioned by increased Covid-19 infections which has led to the second wave, the council of education ministers in conjunction with …

Collaboration between North West and Gauteng police has led to the arrest of a father who allegedly kidnapped his six-month-old twins. The man, 37, was arrested in Evaton, the Vaal, on Wednesday in connection with his children’s disappearance last November. Police spokesperson Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone said they were allegedly kidnapped …

Sergeant Mary Ehiarinmwain, a Nigerian working in the United States as a soldier, has been awarded the USO’s Soldier of the Year 2020. Hiram Figueroa on LinkedIn said Mary was selected for the award following her bravery after she rescued a soldier who was involved in an accident. According to …

The National Union of Ghana Students has sent a stern warning to the Students Loan Trust Fund to immediately pay students their loans or they will hit the streets very soon across the country. According to the union Managers of the SLTF seem to be taking the students of the …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has described the rate of COVID-19 infections in Ghana as “alarming and dire”. According to the GMA, there is the need for increased public awareness campaign and strict adherence to prevention protocols in order to stem the tide of infections in the country. “This increasing …

Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, has explained why mass COVID-19 testing was not carried out for all children returning to school. The GHS boss explained that doing so would have meant deploying roughly 9.2 million tests across the country. He was speaking on Peace …

Ugandans are Thursday casting their votes in a high-stakes election held under heavy security as veteran leader Yoweri Kaguta Museveni pursues a sixth term against a former pop star half his age. On Wednesday, soldiers swarmed the streets of the capital and authorities blocked access to social media after one …

Thirteen people were killed and fourteen others injured in a road accident in Nigeria’s central state of Niger on Tuesday morning, road police said. The accident happened at about 6:30 am local time in Panti village along the Bida-Mokwa road in the state, said Joel Dagwa, Head of the Federal …

President Museveni Wednesday said he would “accept the results” if he lost the January 14, 2021 election. “Uganda is not my house. If I lose election I will go to my house and do my own thing if the views of Uganda don’t want me to help them with their …

MyNewsGhana.net has intercepted a video on Twitter showing the heartbreaking treatment being leveled on the wife of Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine. Uganda has over the past few weeks been under serious unrest as the country goes to the polls on 14th January 20201. Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has …

The 37 Military Hospital will close down it’s Medical and Emergency Unit (MEU) to the general public from Thursday, January 14th, to Thursday, February 4th 2021 to conduct a fumigation exercise. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency and signed by Colonel E. Aggrey-Quashie, Director Public Relations, Ghana Armed …

Many diseases like polio, HIV/AIDS tuberculosis, and coronavirus have either killed or maimed mainly due to infodemic or wrong information. In the 70s about 1000 children in Senegal were given jabs of polio medicines. Later 30 percent of the children were maimed all due to infodemic. What then is infodemic? …

The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) has called for comment on a discussion paper which aims to introduce a single marriage statute for South Africa. As part of this process, the discussion paper proposes the introduction of two alternative draft bills: The Protected Relationships Bill; and The Recognition and Registration of …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has revealed that per their research about 651,000 kids are expected to register for ‘My First Day at School’ when school reopens on Monday 18 January. They have explained that these children fall under 4years and any further delay in reopening the schools …

Some seven persons have been announced as those vying for the office of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana. Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu is the current Vice-Chancellor of the University but his tenure ends on 31st July 2021. The seven vying for the office include the two Pro-Vice-Chancellors of …

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai on Tuesday visited the 44  Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna, where he checked on Operations LAFIYA DOLE and SAHEL SANITY recuperating troops, inspected upgraded facilities as well as commissioned some completed  projects. He later went round Comilla Barracks where he …

Members of the Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) will today, Wednesday, January 13, 2021, begin a nationwide strike to press home their demand for better conditions of service. TEWU says the failure of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to conclude negotiation on the demands by its members for …

Ugandan officials ordered internet service providers to shut down social media and messaging applications on Tuesday. The move comes two days ahead of the country’s presidential election which will see one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, Yoweri Museveni, against opposition front runner and popular singer Bobi Wine. What happened? Uganda’s communications regulator …

A trooper identified as Azunna Maduabuchi has been sentenced to death by firing squad for killing the adjutant of his unit, one Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi. The soldier who sat before a court-martial in Maiduguri, Borno State capital was arraigned for shooting Lieutenant Ngorgi in July 2020 at close range in Bama Local …

Relevant stakeholders in the education sector— Ministry of Education(MoE), Ghana Education Service(GES), National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA)— jointly discarded the old curriculum for  Primary schools and subsequently implemented a new curriculum. The new curriculum took effect from the 2019/2020 academic year with no textbooks to aid in effective teaching …

From Wednesday, 13th January 2020, all members of the Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) will lay down their tools over the government’s failure to finalise their conditions of service. According to TEWU their strike is due to the inability of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to conclude …