Two final year students of St. Fidelis Senior High Technical School in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District of the Eastern region who recently delivered and a seven month old pregnant student are struggling to cope with the compulsory boarding directive. President Akufo-Addo directed that all final year Senior High …
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Lawyer writes Buhari, seeks removal of Akpabio, Pondei, Ojuogboh
A human rights lawyer in Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Ojeh, on Friday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to take steps to remove Mr. Godswill Akpabio as Minister of Niger Delta. ‘’We passionately appeal to Your Excellency to curb the excesses of Mr. Akpabio by relieving him of ministerial duties of the …
Read More »Man arrested after being found with ‘father’s bones’ he had dug up
A man is behind bars after being found with two bags containing what he says was his dead father’s bones that he had dug up from his grave site, North West police have said. Fikille Modukanele, 28, appeared in the Molopo Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on a charge of violation …
Read More »Man in dock for allegedly stabbing his mother to death
A man who allegedly stabbed his mother to death is expected in the dock of a Cape Town court on a murder charge on Friday. The 26-year-old suspect was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly fleeing the scene in Gugulethu on Tuesday, police spokesperson Captain Ntomboxolo Sitshitshi confirmed. “The 67-year-old deceased …
Read More »US ‘open to lifting’ South Sudan arms embargo
The US is willing to consider lifting an arms embargo and targeted sanctions against Sudan Sudan if a number of conditions are met, its outgoing ambassador Thomas Hushek has said. The conditions include a “reduction in level of violence and corruption” in the system. The UN Security Council renewed the arms …
Read More »Repentant Nigerian bandits offered cows for AK-47s
Repentant bandits in Nigeria’s north-western state of Zamfara are being offered two cows for every AK-47 they surrender. It is an attempt to encourage them to give up a life of crime and live a normal life as responsible citizens, Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle says. Motorcycle-riding armed bandits operating out …
Read More »1st batch of Accra Girls students who tested positive for COVID-19 return after recovering (Video)
The first group of Accra Girls students who tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered. On Sunday 5th of July 2020, several media houses reported that some students of the Accra Girls Senior High School have tested positive for coronavirus. The news did send shivers down the spines of parents with some …
Read More »Cyril Ramaphosa lauds Mandela family for disclosing Zindzi had Covid-19
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has lauded the Mandela family for publicly disclosing that Zindzi Mandela, the country’s ambassador to Denmark, lost her life due to complications related to Covid-19. Ramaphosa was paying tribute to the daughter of anti-apartheid stalwarts Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, affectionately known as “Mazet”, during a …
Read More »SA’s Covid-19 death toll nears 5 000, confirmed cases now 324 221
Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize says there have been 13 172 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours to take South Africa’s confirmed infections to a total of 324 221. Mkhize also said the country had recorded an additional 216 deaths, with the death toll now nearing the 5 000 mark. As …
Read More »Boy, 5, drowns in the Buffels River
The body of a five-year-old boy, who drowned in the Buffels River near Osizweni in Newcastle, has been found. According to ER24, it, together with a police search and rescue team, was called to the scene on Wednesday afternoon, but the search was called off due to bad light and …
Read More »Uber driver killer not our student – KNUST
Authorities at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says Mr Emmanuel Awuah, the man who is in the news for murdering an Uber driver in the Ashanti region is not a student of the university. The 23-year-old was reported to be a final year Geological Engineering student …
Read More »G/A GES Boss Assures Parents Following Disinfection In Accra Girls’ SHS
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has assured parents and guardians of final-year senior high school (SHS) students in the country that it will do everything humanly possible to protect their children against COVID-19. The Greater Accra Regional Director of the GES, Mrs Monica Ankrah, gave the assurance on the …
Read More »Mandela’s daughter Zindzi tested positive for virus
Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela and anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, had tested positive for Covid-19 on the day of her death. She died in a Johannesburg hospital earlier this week at the age of 59. Her son Zondwa Mandela told public …
Read More »US visa lottery winners sue Trump
More than 200 would-be immigrants from about 70 countries, who were winners in the United States government’s Diversity Visa lottery programme and residents in the United States, have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the president’s recent executive order suspending immigration until next year. “The plaintiffs in the …
Read More »Man allegedly burns wife’s skin after accusing her of gossiping (Photos)
A man has been arrested for allegedly brutalizing his wife and his stepchildren in Anambra state. According to people who claim to be close to the situation, the man identified as Iwuchukwu Anajemba Samson is in the habit of brutalizing his wife, Ifunanya Georgina Anajemba, and her kids at their home at …
Read More »Police monitor adherence to alcohol ban and curfew
Following the reinstatement of the alcohol ban and curfew, police will do random stop and search operations to ensure citizens adhere to the imposed regulations. “There will also be random stop and search operations to ensure that the prohibition on the trade of alcohol and tobacco is not being subverted. …
Read More »Statue of UK slave merchant replaced with Black Lives Matter protester
The statue of a slave trader that was torn down and thrown into a river last month in Bristol, England, was replaced overnight by a sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester with a fist raised to the sky. The new statue of Jen Reid, who helped pull down the …
Read More »Another final year SHS student passes away in Western Region
A final year student of Gwiraman Senior High School in the Western Region has sadly passed away. The deceased, Nathaniel Yankey, is said to have complained of headache and later passed on at the hospital. This comes just a week after a final year student of KNUST Senior High School, …
Read More »KNUST student in Police grips for killing uber driver over GHC1,200 debt
Tafo Divisional police commander Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Akwasi Annor Arhin has confirmed that a final year student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) is in Police Custody for the murder of an Uber Driver. According to the Police, Emmanuel Awuah committed the crime after his victim, …
Read More »Kenyan 12-year old girl married to two men within a month
A 12-year-old girl has been rescued by authorities in Kenya after she was married off to two men in the span of one month. The girl’s father, in Narok County west of the capital Nairobi, forced her to marry a 51-year-old man. She escaped and then got married to a …
Read More »South Africa tops 300 000 confirmed Covid-19 cases
South Africa has topped the 300 000 mark for confirmed Covid-19 cases, climbing to a total of 311 049 cases as of 15 July. South Africa has steadily moved up the chart of countries with the most confirmed cases of the virus, currently sitting in the eighth spot, just behind Mexico which …
Read More »Gunmen kill immigration officer and his sister, kidnapped his wife
An immigration officer and his sister were killed and his wife was kidnapped after gunmen stormed Gudi, the ancestral home town of Nasarawa Governor Abdullahi Sule, in Akwanga local government. Immigration officer Salisu Usman, the nephew to the former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, was kidnapped alongside his wife. He …
Read More »Prof Opoku-Agyemang wades into death of KNUST SHS student
Running mate to National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Mahama, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has reacted to the death of a student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Senior High School. Leonard’s death triggered a demonstration by his colleague students who accused the school authorities of failing …
Read More »COVID-19: The Scientific Knowledge Has Failed. Let’s Try Common Sense – Educate Africa Institute
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away” these are the words of the President of Educate Africa Institute, Boadi William. When I toured around various schools and read from the various media and heard from parents …
Read More »Provide Sick Bays with Qualified Health Staff at all SHS – Kwabena Frimpong Appeals
The General Secretary for Kumasi Youth Association(KuYA) Mr Kwabena Frimpong has called on the Government through the Ghana Education Service (GES) to collaborate with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to help establish functional sick bays with qualified health professionals to manage , in all Senior High Schools across the country. …
Read More »We don’t know if ‘COVID-19 SHS students’ brought virus from home – GES to Nana B
Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) says they have not been able to clarify whether infections of the deadly coronavirus recorded among students were imported from their various homes to the schools or not. The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party, Henry Nana Boakye popularly known as …
Read More »KATH staff reportedly dies, another on admission after contracting coronavirus
A health worker at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has died after contracting the deadly Coronavirus, officials say. Although management will not give full details of the recorded fatality, it says a number of its staff have recovered from the virus too. “As at the last check, Komfo Anokye has …
Read More »All SHS students will be quarantine after WASSCE – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says the measures to be adopted are a possible mandatory quarantine of the Senior High School (SHS) students after the successful completion of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) before they are finally allowed to integrate with the larger community. Director-General of the …
Read More »Ladies: Five things you shouldn’t do after sex
Your post-coitus behaviour could have a huge impact on your health. Sex is an enjoyable activity and the best form of intimacy a couple can have in their relationship. While there are many tips on tricks on how to be more intimate with your partner there are other health factors …
Read More »Girl commits suicide over continuous fights with brother
A 20-year-old girl identified as Sherifat Suleiman has reportedly committed suicide over incessant fights with her brother. The incident occurred at about 4pm on Sunday July 12, in Isawo area of Ikorodu, Lagos state. It was gathered that the deceased who lived in a two-room apartment with her brother, was …
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