Founder of Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, has asked major stakeholders in Ghana’s educational system to pay critical attention to the training and development of teachers in the country. According to him, while recent backlashes have been targeted at students who rioted and destroyed school property for strict invigilation during their …

Ghana Union of Traders Association locks shops of Nigerians engaged in retail business Nigeria is to take “urgent steps” following a viral video showing the forced closure of shops belonging to Nigerian traders in Ghana. It comes just months after a major diplomatic row in which a building in the …

The Nigerian government has announced that it will reopen the country’s airspace for international passenger flights from the 29 August. Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika tweeted that the flights’ resumption will begin with the country’s major airports in the capital, Abuja, and the commercial hub, Lagos. Nigerian airports were closed for …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has apologised for an earlier decision by the Mahama-led administration to scrap both teacher and nursing trainees’ allowances. The National Youth Organiser for the party, George Opare Addo admitted that the decision by former President John Dramani Mahama was unpopular. According to him, the …

Elebuibon said, “Eledumare is displeased with the shedding of the blood of innocent Nigerians. And there is grave punishment for that. It is happening in the north and down south. Political leaders and heads of security agencies in Nigeria must work to put an end to this. If they fail …

Scores of hygiene students have picketed at the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources in demand of their 3years unpaid allowances. As early as 3 am on Monday, the students stormed the Ministry in protest of their unpaid allowances. The students who besieged the Ministry with their mattresses, food items, …

The latest update on Ghana’s Coronavirus figures indicates that a 9-week-old child has succumbed to the disease. According to the Ghana Health Service, the baby’s unfortunate demise occurred in the Central region. He is one of the 8 persons who are said to have been killed by the virus in the latest …

A 30-year-old man has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command after a CCTV camera exposed him for raping an 11-year-old girl in the state. The man, identified as Jomaph, was reportedly arrested along Oleh Road in the timber town at about 7a.m. Vanaguard reports, that the victim (name …

South Africa’s police minister has said the suspect who killed himself in police custody had confessed to the murders of several women in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Hundreds of community members gathered outside the Mzumbe magistrates’ court on Monday hoping to catch a glimpse of the suspects who were arrested for the …

Twelve people have been killed in three days by militia in the Beni region in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials have told AFP. The Allied Democratic Forces group attacked an army position in the village of Mwenda on Saturday night, killing eight people, local administrator Donat Kibwana is …

Cricket South Africa (CSA) president Chris Nenzani has resigned with immediate effect. Nenzani‚ who has been the head honcho of the embattled organisation since February 2013‚ stepped down on Friday when he submitted his letter of resignation. Nenzani’s resignation‚ less than a month before he was due to step down …

A white man got more than he bargained for after going off on a racist tirade while travelling with some black people in a Tube in Central Line on Sunday, August 16.   The video which has gotten lots of reactions on social media, came with the caption ‘Being black in …

The Tertiary Education Students Confederacy of the New Patriotic Party (TESCON) in the Sunyani based University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) last Saturday conferred special honors on Mr. Francis Owusu-Akyaw, a minerals expert and NPP member.   In a citation the student’s wing commended Mr Akyaw for displaying commitment to …

A 60-year-old woman has been killed in Parkwood. It’s understood she was driving her vehicle when she was shot in the head, according to Radio786. The incident happened on the corner of Parker’s Walk and Acacia Road on Saturday, August 15. Police say no arrests have yet been made and that …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that continuing students in schools that could not write their end of semester examinations will be reopened on August 24. According to the President, this is to allow them the opportunity to write their final exams for the academic year. The President made …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the Gender Minister to provide one hot meal to all final year Junior High School (JHS) pupils in schools preparing to write the BECE. …More soon… Source: www.ghanaweb.com

A group of community members in Matlala, outside Polokwane, attacked an 18-year-old and set him alight. His body was burnt beyond recognition. Police are on the hunt for a vigilante group after the murder of a Limpopo teen in a mob attack. The 18-year-old’s body was burnt beyond recognition in …

Suspected Islamist militants have attacked a hotel on the beachfront in the Somali capital Mogadishu. A loud explosion at the Elite hotel on Lido beach was followed by gunfire, amid reports that government forces were fighting the attackers. The hotel is popular with local politicians and Somalis from the diaspora. …

Mr. Joseph Kabuleta who declared his intentions to contest against President Museveni in 2021 has been intercepted by riot police in Hoima town. Mr Kabuleta was driving in a white Toyota vehicle in his home town of Hoima on Friday. He had just left his home Rwenkobe, on the way …

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, popularly known as Omosexy, has contracted coronavirus. The actress took to her social media account to make the announcement. According to the veteran actress, she has been ill for a while and has isolated herself due to the illness, although, she did not give further …

South Africa’s president has said coronavirus infections appear to have peaked in the country, as he announced a sweeping relaxation of lockdown measures. President Cyril Ramaphosa said nearly all restrictions on the country’s economy will be eased from Monday. A controversial ban on the sale of alcohol and tobacco will …

The Malawi High Court on Thursday ordered the police force to financially compensate 18 women and girls who were raped and assaulted by officers in the small town of Nsundwe on the outskirts of the capital Lilongwe. The Women Lawyers Association (WLA) instituted court action after the Malawi Human Rights …

As we are congratulating Joe Mettle and his wife, Salomey Selssie Dzisa; it was all drama between Somali President and his Vice as they exchange blows. In a rather unpopular turn of events, Somalia president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and his vice Hussein Kulmiye Afrah exchanged ‘James Bond’ kind of blows to the point …

Prosecutors in Angola have ordered the closure of places of worship belonging to one of Brazil’s biggest churches, accusing it of corruption. At least seven buildings belonging to the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) have been seized in the capital, Luanda. Prosecutors said the evangelical church had …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the country will be moving to alert level 2 with bans on travel between provinces and the sale of alcohol and tobacco products being lifted. The easing from level 3 is effective from Monday midnight. The move follows a special cabinet meeting on Saturday …

Four people were killed when a car hit a wall in Cape Town early on Saturday. Three bodies were found in the remains of the burnt-out car and the fourth was found on the roof of a house alongside the R300 in Belhar, said Cape Town fire and rescue services …

I watched  openmouthed  and rested in melancholy after the pitiful and contemptuous submissions from the recalcitrant students, that affront to the president’s dignity were presented to my  sight and hearing.    The Ghanaian educational system and status quo have been corrupted and on the verge of dilapidation, where respect for …

A Nigerian man has been rescued from the garage of his parents’ house in the northern city of Kano, where he had been locked up for three years, police say. Ahmed Aminu, 30, was discovered after a police raid on the family’s residence. Neighbours had alerted a local NGO about …

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has announced the operationalisation of the computerisation of the final phase of all its clinical functions on Saturday, 1 August 2020. In a statement issued by KATH and signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Dr Oheneba Owusu-Danso on Thursday, 13 August 2020, the hospital noted …

A food poisoning incident at Auki village of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State has left seven members of same family, consisting of five children and two housewives dead. It was further learnt that husband of the late women, Mallam Hassan also developed a psychiatric disorder after eating the food …