AFRICA

TUTAG members expected to return to work after court order

Teaching and learning at the various Technical Universities across the country is expected to commence today following an Accra High court order directing striking Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) members to return to work. The decision was arrived at after the National Labour Commission (NLC) secured a court …

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3rd Ghana Teacher Licensure Exams results out

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has released the results of the third Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE). A total of 27,171 out of the 34,724 candidates who sat for the examination representing 78.2 per cent passed the examination, while, 7,553 representing 21.8 per cent failed. A statement from the NTC …

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Fire guts Zimbabwe defence forces officer’s house

Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) director of legal and advisory services, Group Captain Albert Murove, on Saturday lost property worth thousands of dollars when his house in Ruwa was gutted by fire believed to have been caused by lightning. Ruwa Local Board engineers are still investigating the case to establish the …

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Sudan says some soldiers mutinied against reforms

Gunfire was heard from military bases operated by the Sudanese intelligence Service in Khartoum as some members of the facility mutinied against various reforms, the military said. The camps in Kafouri, north of Khartoum and Riyadh which hosts the Operations Corps, involved a group of soldiers who were protesting against …

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Man sues Buhari’s daughter, DSS, demands N500m

A trader, Anthony Okolie, who was arrested by the Department of State Services and detained for 10 weeks, has sued the DSS for N500m. Okolie, in a suit filed before the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, by his lawyer, Tope Akinyode, also demanded N500m from Hanan Buhari, the …

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Intensify breast cancer education among youth- BCI

President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has called on stakeholders to intensify breast cancer education among the youth for a cancer free future. She explained that educating the youth on breast cancer will enable them to identify the specific threats and warning signs of breast cancer, …

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Man machetes his mother to death

The Imo state police command have arrested 47 year old Sunday Agwim, pictured above, for allegedly murdering his 62-year-old mother in their home at Umuobom in the Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, Orlando Ikeokwu, said the command …

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Pastor Beds Wife’s Underage Sister,Promises To Marry Her

Zimbabwe – A Mutare pastor was arrested for allegedly having sexual intercourse with his underage sister-in-law. The 30 year old Felix Mazengero is alleged to have had an affair with his wife’s 14-year-old sister (name withheld) which resulted in a pregnancy. The matter came to light before Magistrate Prisca Manhimbi. Mazengero …

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Son Kills Dad, Mother Tries To Conceal Murder

In Zimbabwe – A 19-year-old man from Inyathi in Bubi District, Matabeleland North province allegedly fatally struck his father with an axe and his mother attempted to conceal the murder. Musawenkosi Ncube allegedly struck his father a 42 year old,Mr Sipho Ncube with an axe more than a week ago …

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Bus transporting ANC supporters collides with Upington police captain

The officer’s private vehicle was engulfed by flames following the head-on collision. Northern Cape police are investigating a case of culpable homicide, after a bus transporting African National Congress (ANC) supporters from the party’s birthday celebration in Kimberley, was involved in a collision which left one person dead. The ruling party’s …

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Student Kills Self Over Relationship Break-up

A form 3 girl of Malindi secondary school in Zomba by the name Victoria Tebulo has committed suicide over relationship break up. Reports reaching this publication shows that the boyfriend to Victoria wanted to end the relationship but the girl refused to break up. “She decided to go and hang …

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Free SHS: Akuapem North Assembly to end Double-Track System

The Akuapem North Municipal Chief Executive, Dennis Aboagye, has assured that the Municipality is poised to be the first to end Double track system. The assurance by the MCE follows handing over of a 16 unit storey classroom block by a Contractor for academic use in Okuapeman Senior High School. …

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Banks borrow N19.6tn from CBN amid rising liquidity problems

Commercial banks borrowed a total of N19.64tn from the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2019, an increase of 73 per cent from the N11.36tn borrowed in 2018. This has raised concerns among analysts following the rising liquidity problems in the financial services sector. This happened barely one month after the …

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Teachers to undergo aptitude test before promotion – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced teachers in the country will now undergo aptitude test before they get promoted. According to a statement by the GES, the move is to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the promotion process. Other categories of teachers will undergo interviews and the aptitude test …

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PHOTOS: Woman pours hot water on her niece

A woman has been arrested for pouring hot water on her niece who lives with her in Ajaokuta township in Kogi state. A facebook user, Enikan Olusanya, shared pictures of the little niece, showing the scalds she sustained from the hot water burn on her arm and leg. Sharing the …

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Teachers to undergo aptitude test before promotion – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced teachers in the country will now undergo aptitude test before they get promoted. According to a statement by the GES, the move is to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the promotion process. Other categories of teachers will undergo interviews and the aptitude test …

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Photo: Prophetess poisoned by junior pastors

A Popular Warri Based Prophetess Success Onwaeze who is the General Overseer of Salvation Solution Centre of All Nations has died after failing to survived food poisoning. It was gathered that the Prophetess whose Ministry was booming in Warri Delta State was poisoned by the Pastors in her Ministry in …

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Niger army base attack kills 25 soldiers

At least 25 soldiers have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack on a military camp along the western border with Mali, Niger’s army says. More than 60 militants were also killed when the army – supported by partners – responded with air power, it says. Last month, 71 soldiers …

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Man kills father over cooked yam

An Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki, on Thursday, remanded in a correctional centre a 37-year-old man, Chibueze Iduma, for allegedly killing his father with his walking stick. It was learnt that the suspect and his father, Mr Emmanuel Iduma, had an altercation over a piece of cooked yam …

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AU confident of peaceful elections in Ghana

The African Union (AU) is optimistic Ghana will hold a peaceful and successful general election this year. While acknowledging that the contest will be intense and fierce, the AU remained “confident that Ghana will pull it off successfully since we have no doubts about the country’s credentials as far as …

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Parents point fingers at hospital over stolen newborn

A heavily pregnant Ms Victoria Zubeida walked into Mikindani Medical Centre in Jomvu on Sunday evening after experiencing excruciating labour pangs. At 11pm, she successfully delivered a baby boy. However, doctors admitted the infant, saying he had developed complications. On Tuesday, around 4pm, Ms Zubeida, 25, met another expectant woman …

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South African woman found hacked to death in house fire

Police in South Africa have found a woman hacked to death in the remnants of a house fire in what they suspect was a dispute with her husband. The police suspect that Phillip Mafalo killed his wife Magdeline Mpana Mahlokwane and then set their vehicle on fire before dousing himself …

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