The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports that it has contracted a foreign firm to design the new school uniforms to be used in junior high schools from the 2019/2020 academic year. It said, “it has not imported, neither, has it contracted any individual, locally or internationally to bring …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports that it has contracted a foreign firm to design the new school uniforms to be used in junior high schools from the 2019/2020 academic year. It said, “it has not imported, neither, has it contracted any individual, locally or internationally to bring …

Teachers and students of Senior High Schools running the single-track system are demanding an explanation from the Ghana Education Service over the new time table for 2019/2020 academic year describing it as unfair. Teachers and Students of the single track SHSs have been in school since September 15, 2019, and …

The Ebonyi Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old herdsman, Laulo Isa, in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a 56-year-old woman, identified as Mary Okereke. The Commissioner of Police, Awotunde Awosola, told newsmen in Abakaliki that the suspect allegedly committed the act around 8pm on December 28, 2019 …

A man’s attempt to reclaim his estranged wife who had remarried turned disastrous after he was allegedly stoned to death by her new husband. Reports indicates, that Bonus Kuvhirima of Gokwe North under Chief Chireya was murdered by his ex-wife’s husband for trying to mend relations with her. In accodance …

It was earlier reported that the founder and President of Jesus Deliverance Ministry in Abuja, Pastor Shola Akande was arrested by the Nigerian Police Force on Saturday, December 28 for allegedly selling anointing oil to his church members at the rate of one million per bottle. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the …

The Nigerian Army said on Thursday that its troops have killed several Boko Haram/Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno State. The troops also rescued 165 women and children from the terrorists’ den in the state. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, said in …

If you are asthmatic, here are some tips to deal with the Harmattan. 1. Carry your inhalers everywhere you go. Having an inhaler doesn’t make you weak or show you’re going to die. 2. Know your triggers. Stay away from them. 3. Carry a sweater, pullover, coat with you, where …

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that Senior High School (SHS) Form Three students would re-open on Sunday, January 5, to continue academic work for the 2019/2020 academic year. This is to enable the final year students prepare adequately towards the 2020 West African Senior School …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that Free Senior High School (SHS) students will re-open on Sunday, January 5, 2020. A statement issued by the GES and signed by its Head of Public Relations Unit Ms Cassandra Twum Ampofo explained that the move will enable the final year students …

Another rape incident was recorded last night in Ondo State (Nigeria), and it involved a little girl whose private part was torn as a result of the sad incident. It was gathered that the little girl identified as Oluwatosin Abosede, was dragged into a shop and raped by an unknown person. The police was …

The Arab League urged the warring sides in Libya on Tuesday not to do anything that might enable the deployment of foreign fighters in the North African country and worsen its conflict. The Arab League’s council, its top body, met in Cairo after Egypt called for an emergency meeting on …

“No two ways that Doggy style is the most practiced sexual position during intercourse, the act is dangerous and can send one to his grave than you could ever imagine”, South Africa’s Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi told The Insider. According to the minister in the interview sighted on The …

The former Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr. Daniel Tapang in 2006 questioned the campaign strategy of HIV/AIDS educators who were advising the youth to stay away from sex. Dr. Daniel Tapang argued that “sex is biologically driven” and, therefore, it was impossible to ask the youth …

Despite new claims of a significant reduction in national Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome prevalence rate in Nigeria, it is quite mortifying that the country still tops the mother-to-child transmission rate in the world. This is evidence that a lot needs to be done before the epidemic can be …

A look back at some of the figures on the African continent who we said farewell to this year. January Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean musician, 66: He came to prominence in the 1970s as one of voices of the revolution fighting white-minority rule. Affectionately known as “Tuku”, his lyrics often carried …

The Free Senior High School Policy has increased enrolment in secondary schools by 69 percent within the last three years, Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said. “There was a lot of skepticism about whether we could actually implement the free senior high school education, but with conviction and determination …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the new academic calendar of 2019/2020 for double-track and single track Second Cycle (Senior High School) Institutions. Academic calendar attached Source: Peacefmonline.com

A staff of Daniel Security Services situated in Ikoyi Lagos identified as Muyiwa was allegedly attacked by yet-to-be-identified area boys on the directive of his employer, the proprietress of the private school where he works. The sad incident occurred inside the premises of a private school named Kotright international school …

Voters in Guinea-Bissau will choose their next president on Sunday in a run-off election pitting two former prime ministers who both promise to bring stability to the turbulent West African nation. Incumbent President Jose Mario Vaz failed to make it to the second round after a five-year term marred by …

A man raised from dead, an imposter as president, Jesus on a visit, or imminent attacks: The lines between reality and fiction were outrageously blurred on African social media networks in 2019. South Africa was the scene of a resurrection miracle, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was said to have died …

At least 90 people were killed when a bomb-laden truck exploded at a busy checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an international organization working in the country said, in the deadliest attack in more than two years. The dead included many students and two Turkish nationals, Somalia’s foreign …

Many Africans cheered and applauded when Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara announced on Saturday “that, in agreement with the other West African Economic and Monetary Union Heads of State, we have decided to reform the CFA franc with the following three major changes: First, the name change of the currency …

Latest statistics from the World Health Organisation shows that Ghana’s capital, Accra, is less congenial for human habitation due to unacceptable levels of contaminants in the air. The data, which is based on perceptions of persons surveyed over a period of three years, is presented below.  It indicates a very low perception if the value is …

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has declared an indefinite strike again over the non-payment of their December allowance after they called off a similar strike in October. In a letter notifying the authorities of their strike, TUTAG accused the government of reneging on the agreement they had …

Normally in the festive season in Ghana, what you see most teenagers do is work on their own toy guns but this is not the case for 14-year-old Kelvin Amaniampong. While other teens are craving to make their holidays more fun, Kelvin is busily fixing problems with the Free Education …

At least 76 people are reported to have been killed by a car bomb during morning rush hour in Somalia’s capital. The blast took place at a checkpoint at a busy intersection in Mogadishu. Dr Mohamed Yusuf, director of Madina hospital, told the AP news agency they had received 73 …

Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers has kicked against plans by the opposition National Democratic Congress, to cancel the licensure exams if it is voted into power. According to Mr Awotwe Nkansah, they need this accreditation to differentiate themselves from the “fake” teachers that have flooded the …

The Head of the Children’s Ward at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Madam Joyce Oppon Ayisi has expressed worrying concern at the rate with which challenges facing the health facility has to force children to be detained because their mothers could not afford bills. According to Madam Ayisi, it sometimes takes the …

A boy was forced to change his T-shirt with a picture of a snake on it before boarding a plane, his family claims. The 10-year-old Stevie Lucas had flown from Wellington, New Zealand, to Johannesburg in South Africa to visit his grandparents when the incident occurred. At OR Tambo airport in Johannesburg, …