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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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, …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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.  …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Parents of students at the Accra Girls Senior High School are currently at the school premises to demand answers as to the whereabouts of their children who have tested positive for the Covid-19. This comes after a joint communique from the GHS and the GES revealed that 55 persons in …

Six (6) students of Kwahu Bepong Senior High School in the Eastern Region have been isolated over suspected Coronavirus infection. Samples of the Students have been taken for testing. The cases in BESCO bring to 15 the total number of students isolated over Coronavirus in the Kwahu South District . …

The Enugu State Command has arrested one Effiok Umo and his wife, Nnenna Umo, both of Okwojo Ngwo, Udi LGA, for allegedly abusing and assaulting their twelve (12) years old daughter, Mercy Umo, after she fell asleep while slicing onions for the food they were preparing.     A statement from …

A young man simply identified as Godstime has died after he was allegedly stabbed to death by his friend over N12, 000 in Amukpe, Delta state, Nigeria on Sunday, July 12.   According to Facebook user SapeleOghenek, Godstime, pictured above, had gone to a place where they gamble. He and …

A high-profiled Rwandan who contracted the coronavirus pandemic is said to have died of complications from the virus in Ghana. The deceased who is said to be a medical director in the East African country, died at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge) in Accra on Thursday, July 9, Angelonline.com.gh …

Ivory Coast’s Vice-President Daniel Kablan Duncan has resigned. His resignation follows the sudden death of the Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly last week. The secretary-general of the Ivory Coast presidency, Patrick Achi, said that Kablan Duncan, was leaving “for personal reasons.” The vice-president had put in his resignation letter to President Alassane …