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 …
Read More »AFRICA
Final year WASSCE candidate who insulted Akufo-Addo in viral video apologises
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 …
Read More »Bright SHS proprietor arrested following attack on WASSCE invigilators
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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »SAD Photos: WASSCE candidates in Kukurantumi beat WAEC officials, destroy their phones over strict invigilation
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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: Man buried waist-deep in a grave after trying to steal a coffin
Gauteng police rescued a victim of mob justice who allegedly spent two days partially buried in a makeshift grave at Avalon Cemetery in Soweto, south of Johannesburg. On Monday at approximately 11:00, police responded to a call from a security guard who had found a 31-year-old man buried waist-deep in …
Read More »VIDEO: Watch How An Ethiopian Nanny Saves Her Master’s Daughter During The Explosion In Beirut
Social media users have showered praises on an Ethiopian nanny after she saved her master’s child during the massive explosion at Beirut. In a video currently making rounds on social media, the nanny who is yet to be known was seen mopping the floor while the child was playing around …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »5 SHS students injured after ‘clash’ with Kukurantumi townsfolk
Five students of Only Believe Senior High School, a private school at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region, have been reportedly injured during a clash between the town folks and the students. The five were rushed to an unknown hospital by the police who intervened. The school reportedly belongs to the …
Read More »Blame chiefs for the siting of E-blocks in bushes – Yammin to NPP
Former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister Mr. Joseph Yammin has responded to critics blaming the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government for siting the Day Senior High School E-Block in bushes to channel their blames to Chief of those communities instead. According to him, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) did not …
Read More »Four in custody after horror discovery of bodies buried in yard
Four people were detained after the shocking discovery of three bodies in a grave in a yard in Olievenhoutsbosch near Centurion in Gauteng. Provincial spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said the detention of the four was pending confirmation by forensics that they were murdered. “This comes after police on Tuesday evening, …
Read More »Four die in two separate fires
Four people have died after two structures caught fire in separate incidents in Cape Town on Wednesday. Cape Town Fire and Rescue services found two men and a woman burnt to death after they received an alert of a fire at an informal settlement in Phase 2, PW Mama Way …
Read More »Mozambique declares second virus emergency
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has announced another 30 days of emergency from Friday midnight in a bid to limit the spread of coronavirus. This is the second time the country has declared a health emergency since March when it confirmed its first case. In a televised address on Wednesday night, …
Read More »Botswana bans alcohol sales
Botswana’s government has banned the sale of alcohol and suspended all liquor licences. A gazette notice said the suspension was until further notice. All alcohol selling stores will remain closed. The reason given for the ban was that alcohol had “negative effects on adherence to Covid-19 protocols”. Last week, the …
Read More »Gambian leader declares state of emergency
Gambian President Adama Barrow has declared a state of emergency and introduced nationwide night curfew for 21 days as coronavirus cases keep rising. The president said the borders and airspace will remain closed except for cargo, diplomats and those seeking treatment abroad. He said the rising cases were “worrisome”, Anadolu …
Read More »I’m waiting to hear from God on church reopening – TB Joshua
Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, has said that he’s waiting to hear from God on the reopening of churches. Recall that the Lagos State Government announced that worship centers in the state can reopen as from August 7. The worship centers have been on …
Read More »Egypt investigates alleged gang rape at luxury hotel
Egypt’s public prosecutor said Wednesday it has ordered an investigation into a gang rape allegation at a luxury hotel in Cairo in 2014 that surfaced on social media last month. “The Public Prosecution received a letter from the National Council for Women, accompanied by a complaint filed by one of …
Read More »5 reasons why you should have s3x during pregnancy
Pregnant women and their partners often wonder if it’s safe to have sex during pregnancy. Sex is a natural, normal part of pregnancy, if you’re having a normal pregnancy. Penetration and intercourse’s movement won’t harm the baby, who is protected by your abdomen and the uterus’ muscular walls. If you …
Read More »Lady paraded after being caught stealing cassava
A lady has been caught stealing cassava from a farm in Nkwedi village of Ohafia local government area of Abia state. The lady got more than she bargained for as she was paraded round the village with what she stole. Facebook user, Endurance Kalu wrote; A vibrant married lady …
Read More »Two senior health officials suspended over death of 67-year-old man
KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu has announced the immediate suspension of the medical manager and nursing manager at Northdale Hospital, as well as the redeployment of the acting CEO to her original position as a maternal health specialist. This follows the death of Sibusiso Edward Khumalo, 67, while in the …
Read More »Four remanded SHS students denied access to write WASSCE
Four final year students of Zebilla Senior High Technical School in the Upper East Region who have been remanded into Police Custody by a Bawku Circuit Court have been denied access to write the ongoing West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination(WASSCE). The students in the early hours of Monday, August …
Read More »WHO surge team expected in SA
The first team of experts from the World Health Organisation, who will assist South Africa in its fight against Coronavirus, is set to arrive in the country today. A total of 43 senior experts from across the globe, including renowned specialists Dr David Heymann (a seasoned infectious disease epidemiologist and …
Read More »Arrested teacher interdicted for dictating answers to students during WASSCE
A teacher [name withheld] in one of the Senior High Schools in the Eastern region has been interdicted for dictating answers to students in the ongoing West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations(WASSCE). According to the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, the police is conducting further …
Read More »Lord’s Chosen pastor allegedly impregnated two underaged sisters
A minister in the Lord’s Chosen Church has been accused of raping two underaged sisters for years and finally impregnating them under the guise of casting out bad luck from them. Pastor Nduka Anyanwu, who ministers in the Lord’s Chosen Church, Canaan Land branch in Oshodi, allegedly impregnated the …
Read More »NDC to cancel teacher’s licensure examination
The Deputy Eastern Regional Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Richard Nyarko said if the NDC wins the 2020 elections, they will cancel the teacher’s licensure examination. He explained that the party did not see the licensure examination as necessary as it reduced the number of qualified …
Read More »