AFRICA

Traffic officer killed, body dragged 200m by taxi at roadblock

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 …

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Beating of invigilators, journalist, arrest of headmaster: The inside story

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 …

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Soldier killed during an attack on a commercial bus

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 …

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Akufo-Addo Directs GES To Recall 14 Dismissed WASSCE Students

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 …

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Mogadishu: Several killed in attack at Somali military base

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 …

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Gunmen kill at least 21 in north-west Nigeria

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 …

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Dozens die in migrant boat off Mauritania

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 – …

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Nigerian governor appoints aide to divorced women

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 …

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Headteacher of Bright Senior High School released on bail

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 …

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Free SHS has come to stay – Mahama

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 …

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WASSCE violence: GES sacks 14 students

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 …

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WASSCE: Bright SHS no longer examination centre – WAEC

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 …

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Popcaan gets angry after a fan drew him on paper

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 …

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Arrest students who assault teachers during WASSCE – GNAT

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 …

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Nigeria’s Lagos mosques reopen

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 …

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WASSCE violence: WAEC must probe and take action – Adutwum

The Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has stated that the West African Examination Council will take action against Senior High Schools flouting examination rules in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). On Thursday, a reporter with the Daily Graphic in Koforidua, Damalie Emmanuel Pacome, was …

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We’ll deal with you – GES tells rioting students

The Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng, has said authorities will deal with all students who rioted and vandalised school property to protest against the non-featuring of past questions procured for them by the government, in their final exam. The GES, in November last year, procured 400,000 …

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WAEC to Cancel entire 2020 WASSCE of Some Ashanti Region Schools

WAEC to Cancel entire 2020 WASSCE of Some Ashanti Region schools – The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) is investigating allegations of examination malpractices in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Teachers of some Senior High Schools (SHS) have been implicated in acts of misconduct in the …

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Man tied up, wife and young daughters raped during robbery

An elderly man was tied up and beaten and his wife and two young daughters raped during a robbery at their home in Muldersdrift, north of Johannesburg, over the weekend. According to police spokesperson Constable Boitumelo Sehloho, three men, two of them armed with handguns, forced their way into the …

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