President Akufo-Addo has appealed to the Ghana Education Service to reconsider the decision to ban some 14 students from writing the ongoing WASSCE following their involvement in the recent chaos in their schools. In a statement Sunday, the President directed the Education Minister to intervene in order to ensure that …

The Lagos State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a man, Adekunle Adeyemi, alleged to have stabbed his neighbour, Stanley Dickson, to death in the Grammar School, Ikorodu area of the state. Adeyemi, currently on the run, was accused of having an affair with a neighbour’s wife, identified as …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Friday, August 7, 2020, issued a press release to dismiss some 14 students for engaging in acts of indiscipline as well as interdicting three teachers for their alleged roles in some of the reported cases. The affected students, per their dismissal letters, are barred …

Unidentified gunmen have killed about 20 people in an attack on a cattle market in eastern Burkina Faso, the government said in a statement. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in the village of Fada N’Gourma, around which the army is carrying out a search operation. …

The Ministry of Education says there are no immediate plans to reopen schools from next month for full academic activities. Consequently, it has called on the public to ignore reports to that effect. “The ministry will like to state categorically that aside from final-year students who are in school, the …

The island nation of Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a vessel offshore began leaking oil into the ocean. MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island on 25 July and its crew was evacuated. But the large bulk carrier has since …

The government is being urged to introduce alternative public education examination bodies to break the monopoly currently enjoyed by the West African Examination Council (WAEC). According to the Executive Director of the Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, this will force the West African examination body to sit up and act …

Allegations of financial impropriety, sexual harassment and favouritism implicating several senior staffers at Gauteng-based radio station Kaya FM are being investigated by the board of its holding company. This as the radio station’s MD, Greg Maloka, has volunteered to take a leave of absence. Maloka has not yet responded to …

A taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly killing a traffic officer in a hit-and-run incident in Cape Town. Deon Sampson, 46, died after being dragged nearly 200m by the vehicle. He had stopped the taxi at a vehicle checkpoint on Spine Road on Friday night, said police spokesperson Sergeant …

Bright Amponsah, the proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern region has reportedly been picked up by police from the Eastern Regional command. The arrest follows allegations of assault by some students of the school on West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) invigilators upon his alleged command …

Nigerian prophet, leader, and founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Balogun Joshua who’s well-known by many as TB Joshua has reacted to publications making rounds on the internet about a supposed prophecy he made about the upcoming December 7 elections to be held in Ghana. According to …

A military officer was killed along the Enugu-Makurdi highway at about 11.30 pm on Friday, August 7.   SaharaReporters reports that the deceased officer whose name was given as Sergeant Bulama Aji, was serving at 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Jos, Plateau State, when he was killed while traveling …

After vandalizing school property in protest against sitting arrangements of 1.5 metres distancing in the examination hall, some 365 final year students of Nedewura Jakpa Senior High Technical School at Damongo are to pay dearly for their actions. A bill of not less than one thousand cedis is expected to …

It has emerged that President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has directed the Ghana Education Service(GES) to grant clemency to all the 14 final year students who have been dismissed, reportghana can report exclusively. This portal is reliably informed that President Akufo-Addo has taken notice of the decision by the Ghana …

An attack on a military base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has killed at least eight people and injured 14 others, officials say. Witnesses told local media a car loaded with explosives attacked the compound near a sports stadium. The extremely loud explosion was heard across the city. Islamist militant …

Reports from Kaduna state in north-west Nigeria say gunmen have killed at least 21 people including women and children in a series of overnight raids on several villages. A community leader in southern Kaduna told the BBC the gunmen raided five villages in the early hours of Thursday in Zangon-Kataf …

United Nations agencies say 27 people have died after their migrant boat ran into trouble in the Atlantic off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week. The UN’s refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration said the boat’s engine failed as it tried to reach Spain’s Canary Islands – …

Governor Bala Mohammed in Nigeria’s Bauchi state has sent tongues wagging after appointing an aide for divorcees. There was public derision after an appointment letter confirming Balaraba Ibrahim as “Special Assistant to the governor on Women Affairs (Unmarried)”, surfaced on social media. Government officials in the north-east state have told …

The proprietor of the Bright Senior High school at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has been granted self recognizance bail by the Akyem Tafo police command following his arrest this morning. Bright Amponsah was arrested by a team of police officers on Friday when he will be billed to address …

Former President John Mahama has urged Ghanaians to dismiss suggestions that he will cancel the free SHS policy if he wins the December polls. According to him, what he is against about the policy is its ‘poor’ implementation by the Akufo-Addo government – which initiated it. “Free SHS has come …

The Ghana Education Service has dismissed some 14 final year students who are believed to have caused chaos and destroyed properties in their respective schools in the wake of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The GES in a statement said the action is to serve as …

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has relocated its examination centre from the premises of Bright Senior High School to the Ofori Panin Senior High School following the student riot that occurred at the centre on Thursday. WAEC in a statement also noted it will not hesitate to sanction students …

South African dancer, Zodwa Wabantu risked exposing too much as she bent to clean her house while wearing only a t-shirt. Zodwa Wabantu sent shockwaves to many when she decided to do her household chore p.a.nty-less. The socialite flaunted her raw behind and many asked her why was she not …

Sad information Reaching our front desk indicates that an Engineering Student of the KNUST is dead after celebrating her birthday recently . Information from Reports The friend of Maame Ekua, whose party she attended said that she wasn’t too happy at the birthday party which was celebrated yesterday. We also …

The final year student of Sekondi College in the Western Region who was seen in a viral video insulting President Nana Akufo-Addo after he failed to perform in a paper in the ongoing West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has apologised to the President. The boy and his father …

Citi News has gathered that the proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has been picked up by police from the Eastern Regional command. The arrest follows allegations of assault by some students of the school on WASSCE invigilators upon his command. The students also attacked …

Popcaan took to Twitter to jokingly bash out at a fan who drew the ghost version of him. Popcaan commented on viral drawings of himself on his official Instagram page. The drawings clearly had him looking so different. Commenting on the image, Popcaan wrote: “yow me ago dis bomboclaat somebody …

Students of Bright Academy in Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region have assaulted officials of the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The incident, which happened Thursday, August 6, 2020, resulted in angry students smashing phones of the officials and injuring some of the officials. The angry students allegedly smashed the phones …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on authorities to arrest students who perpetrate violence against its members facilitating the ongoing examinations in senior high schools across the country. According to Philipa Larson, reports of threats of assault on teachers over the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations …

Muslims in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, will hold their Friday prayers in mosques for the first time in nearly four months. Churches will resume services on Sunday. All places of worship were closed in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the reopening was a …