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 …

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 …

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 …

A dormitory of the St Charles Minor Seminary Senior High School in Tamale went up in flames Monday afternoon destroying students’ personal belongings, a development that is likely to render the students homeless. The fire, which started at 12:29pm at the Cardinal Dery dormitory, completely burned eight of the nine …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Ugandan Revenue Authority, URA, on Wednesday (January 8) recorded a marvelous bust as a woman attempted to smuggle a baby full of banned cosmetics into the country. The baby in question was actually just the dress filled with cosmetic products and strapped to the back of the woman. URA …

Police in Mutitu, Kitui East, are investigating the circumstances under which a teacher was burnt to death following protests at a school. Mr Wambua Mwangangi and Mr Chris Kyalo Muli were arraigned on Thursday over the killing of Ms Daisy Mbaluka Mbathe, who taught at Ndooni Primary School. It was …

Listen to the full interview below… Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has gazetted the Refugees Amendment Act, which came into effect from 1 January. The amended act has new rules for refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa. Speaking to Clement Manyathela on the Xolani Gwala Show, Dr Motsoaledi …

26-year-old Ojo Ibrahim presented above, got himself consumed while attempting to vandalize a transformer at Araromi road in Ijebu-Ijesa in Oriade Local Government Area of Osun state. As per the state police direction, Ojo had gone to the transformer house in the dead of the night when force supply had …

OccupyGh.com has stumbled on a sad story of a 27-year-old man identified as Meshack Keith Bwisa, has been found dead after being declared missing since December 25. The deceased said to be an employee of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) — registry department — in Kakamega, was found after his relatives …

Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed that his outfit would soon be publishing the performances of second cycle schools to the public. Speaking at an education forum on the theme, ‘Ghana’s transformation agenda on education, basic and Secondary’, Dr. Osei Adutwum said the objective is for …

A court in Zimbabwean has freed the estranged wife of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga on $50,000 (£38,000) bail following her arrest last month on charges of attempting to murder him, and of being involved in fraud and money laundering. Marry Mubaiwa was ordered to surrender her diplomatic passport and the title …

The Special Development Initiatives Ministry headed by Mavis Hawa Koomson, under which the procurement of ambulances for each constituency as promised by President Nana Akufo-Addo falls, says a new emergency number for the ambulance service will be introduced soon. The government procured 307 ambulances in total in line with a …

Members of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) have declared a strike effective immediately, following the non-payment of their allowances. The strike by TUTAG follows what they describe as the government’s failure to migrate them onto the public universities’ salary structure. They are also demanding an increase in …

A Kenyan pastor reportedly stabbed his wife multiple times during a church service and then killed himself with the same knife in a murder-suicide witnessed by a shocked congregation. On Sunday, Elijah Misiko, an assistant pastor with the Ground for God’s Gospel Church in Mombasa, left his front-row seat and …

Thus, the founder of Speciallady Awareness Foundation, Elizabeth Amoaa will be visiting Ghana with her team again as part of her ongoing campaign towards the awareness on women reproductive health issues. Although, many agencies have been tackling these issues, there seems to be quite a large amount of people who still …

The Nigerian Diaspora Commission has said a campaign dubbed ‘Door of Return’ that has been trending on social media does not have authorisation. The Commission said in a post on Twitter that it disassociates itself from the campaign that has been criticised widely for copying Ghana’s successful Year of Return …

The Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has likened the Double Track System to first and Second Church Service which allows Church members as many as possible to have equal access to listen to the Word of God. According to him, the Double Track System under the Free Senior High School …

Many parents of children with disabilities in the Eastern Region of Ghana continue to deny their children access to education. Out of the handful of parents who admit their children in special schools at the right age, majority waste early childhood education of the children after years of failed desperate …

The National Ambulance Service and the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu have urged the President, Nana Akufo-Addo to delay the intended distribution of some 275 ambulances to each of the constituencies in Ghana. The President had indicated in a press encounter in 2019 that the ambulances would be distributed …

Details have emerged how an artisan deceived a mother and her two daughters before taking advantage of them. An artisan, Monsuru Adesiyan a.k.a. Oba Idan has been arrested after allegedly deceiving a widow and her two daughters into sleeping with him. It was gathered that Adesiyan lured the widow into …

Eight lions at a North West bush lodge have been killed during an alleged poisoning, police have confirmed. The carcasses were found on Friday morning at the Predators Rock Bush Lodge, near Rustenburg. Their paws and snouts were cut and removed, said police spokesperson Sabata Mokgwabone. “A case of illegal …

South Africa’s struggling state power firm Eskom said on Sunday that it would extend electricity cuts until 5 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) on Monday. Eskom said late on Saturday that it would cut up to 2,000 megawatts (MW) from the national grid from 2000 GMT on Saturday until 0600 …

The commander of Libya’s east-based government, Khalifa Hafter said “men and women” would bear arms “to defend our land” after Turkey authorised the deployment of troops to support the UN-backed government in Tripoli, in the country’s west. On Friday, Khalifa Hafter said that his government, which is seeking to capture …

Somalia’s government forces beat and arrested a record number of journalists in 2019, the country’s journalists’ syndicate told Reuters news agency, prompting suggestions that the government is suppressing scrutiny of its security record ahead of this year’s elections. State security forces arrested an “unprecedented” 38 journalists in Somalia last year, …

A Kenyan woman identified as Edna Mukwana has left many shocked after she sold her husband for Ksh 1700 equivalent to N6,000 to buy clothes for her children. According to Mukwana, she took the decision after she caught her husband who didn’t return home for over 7 days with another …