National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, Dr Gertrude Quashigah has disclosed that government is spending GH¢3.50 on each student as it provides students and teachers in Junior High Schools with one hot meal per day. According to her, the money covers meal, water, and its related expenses both …

Nigeria has criticised what it calls the “incessant harassment of its citizens in Ghana and the progressive acts of hostility towards the country by Ghanaian authorities”. The statement from Information Minister Lai Mohammed says Nigerians in Ghana are “being made… objects of ridicule”. Report He lists a number of issues …

A statement going Viral in the internet emphasized that, the war against the good people of Volta Region by the New patriotic Party is not stopping soon as some sections of Voltarians working under  the Ghana Education Service has not received their past three Months Salaries for reasons best known …

The authorities in Niger say recent flooding in the capital, Niamey, has forced over 225,000 people from their homes. The number of deaths has risen to 45. Parts of the city have been submerged since Tuesday when the River Niger breached its banks. Heavy rain since then has caused further …

The Nigerian authorities have postponed the resumption of international passenger flights by a week. The flights will now resume on 5 September instead of the previously announced date of 29 August. Officials have said the delay was due to logistical issues not related to aviation – including enforcing coronavirus safety …

Celebrities Buzz has sighted a clearer video fo bodies being moved from the crashed helicopter in Lagos. Earlier, we reported on a crashed helicopter. We stated that the helicopter with three occupants crashed into a building around Salvation, Opebi, Ikeja and there was only one survivor. A clear video shows …

Two persons are feared dead after a helicopter crashed into a building in the Opebi area of Lagos state on Friday, August 28. The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained.   More details later. See more photos below   –By Linda Ikeji

Educationist, Daniel Fenyi has called on government to provide more computers in Senior High Schools to facilitate the effective use of free Wi-Fi as promised in the New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) 2020 manifesto. Speaking to UniverseNews on this issue, Mr. Daniel Fenyi stated that the provision of electricity and infrastructure to house …

A group of suspects brutally killed five family members in Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, police said. Police spokesperson Brig Tembinkosi Kinana said the mob went to the home at about 1am on Wednesday and called one of the family members outside. As the 55-year-old man came …

Controversial Kenyan preacher, Godfrey Migwi has announced that he won’t officiate any wedding in which the groom is yet to see his bride’s face without makeup. The Pastor, who noted that the groom should see his bride’s face without makeup at least three weeks before the wedding, added that this is …

A Kenyan governor and four of his children have been arraigned in court over the alleged embezzlement of public funds amounting to 73m Kenyan shillings ($675,000; £511,000). Governor Okoth Obado of Migori county in western Kenya is accused of indirectly receiving the money through his children – who received multiple …

Stakeholders in the education sector are considering reviewing the ban on mobile phone usage in schools. Mrs Esther Jones Safo, Ga North Municipal Director of Education, who disclosed this in Accra on Thursday, said the review would be done so that mobile phones could be used strictly for academic purposes. …

Unconfirmed rumours gathered by Celebrities Buzz is indicating that about 16 final year JHS students in the Volta Regional capital, Ho has been hit by a suspected food poisoning   This came about after the said students consumed food cooked under the 1 Hot meal per student agenda implemented by the …

National Teaching Council (NTC) has fixed September 24 and 25 for this year’s Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination. A statement signed by Mr Dennis Osei-Owusu, the Public Relations Officer, NTC, and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Thursday, said registration for the examination was open from August 27 to September …

A 49-year-old man who raped his wife’s cousin after he was denied sex was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday. The man, who knew he was HIV-positive, did not use a condom during the sexual assault. The Port Elizabeth regional court sentenced Mongameli Mapuma to life for raping his wife’s …

Mali’s coup leaders have announced freeing ousted President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. According to the soldiers, Mr Keita has been released from detention. The soldiers said on Thursday, August 27, 2020 that he was at his home. Mr Keita was arrested during last Tuesday’s military takeover. He announced his resignation hours …

A suspect in the brutal rape and killing of Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, a level 100 student of the University of Benin, (UNIBEN) has confessed that he was offered the sum of one million naira by the victim’s landlady to carry out the dastardly act. The suspect, identified as Collins Ulegbe, …

Yep, if your period often ranks as one of your best sex weeks of the month, you are in fine company. Aunt Flo is in the house, and while she brought along PMS and cramping (major buzzkills), she also brought another (much, much more fun) guest to the party: But …

The suspects in an alleged gang rape incident at a luxury hotel in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, have fled the country, according to the public prosecutor. Seven of the suspects left in July when reports about the rape started circulating online. This was a month before the rape victim filed an …

A well-known South African conservationist has died after he was mauled by two white lions as he was taking them for a walk. The wife of West Mathewson, who followed in a car, tried to distract the lions but it was too late. He ran a popular safari lodge, Lion …

At least 17 dead dolphins have been found on the coast of Mauritius, prompting debates about whether a recent oil spill was to blame. Environmental campaigners say the deaths were either caused by the oil spill from a Japanese-owned ship or by authorities sinking part of the vessel. But the …

Final years students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) will be expected to pay GH¢250 for the school’s first-ever virtual graduation. According to the school, the fee is meant to cater for Congregation Publication, Graduation Medals, Certificate Holders, University Souvenirs and Administrative costs. The Graduation Ceremony …

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says more than 40,000 people across Africa are registered as missing as a result of conflict, migration and climate shocks. It says almost half of them are children. Conflicts in Ethiopia, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya and Cameroon are having …

A 48-year-old pastor, Nduka Anyanwu, on Wednesday, pleaded guilty to defiling and impregnating two teenage sisters. Anyanwu made the plea before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. He is facing a two-count charge of defilement. Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, ASP Roman Unuigbe, told the court that the defendant …

In his most recent address on the coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo instructed the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to provide one hot meal for final year Junior High School students. The president in his speech did not in any way ascribe a political condition to the gesture. …

At least 13 dead dolphins have been found on the seashore in Mauritius, more than a month after the huge oil spill caused by a Japanese-owned ship. The deaths have been caused either by the spill or the authorities’ decision to sink the ship’s stem, environmental campaigners say. The carcasses …

No headteacher in any of the schools in which pupils are sitting for their Basic Education Examination Certificate (BECE) has complained about the quality of food being served their pupils, the Minister of Gender, Child and Social Protection, Mrs Cynthia Mamle Morrison has said. “So far, no headmaster has called me to …

A branch of Access Bank in Lagos caught fire on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. The raging fire was captured on phone cameras by pedestrians from the road and people in surrounding buildings in Adetokunbo Ademola, Victoria Island where the building is located. Fire fighters are reported to have responded to …

Persons advocating for the legalisation of phones in secondary schools, among other gadgets, may have gotten a boost from Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum. Following the Akufo-Addo administration’s assurance that it will provide Senior High Schools with free Wi-Fi, Dr. Adutwum says a …

Four men died and a woman was wounded after they were shot by unknown suspects in Adams Mission.The victims were travelling in a double-cab bakkie when they were attacked in Sunnyside.The KwaMakhutha police are investigating charges of murder and attempted murder. Four men died and a woman was injured after …