Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Health Service Workers Union(HSWU) elections which was scheduled to come of Friday October19, 2019 has been called off. The suspension is due to a court injunction placed on the elections by two aggrieved members of HSWU- Awuni Akyireba and Emmanuel Kusi Sarpong, who are also …
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[VIDEO]: School feeding policy is for pupils, not teachers – Gender Minister silences ‘whining teachers’
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection has told teachers to stop complaining about the food they receive from caterers implementing the School Feeding Programme. Cynthia Morrison said the caterers are only doing the teachers a favour because the programme covers only school children. “There are a lot of …
Read More »Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei: School dropout, mother of twins and world record-holder
Athletes often have that one thing that fuels their determination to succeed and for women’s marathon world record-holder Brigid Kosgei, it is her difficult childhood. “When I think back to my humble beginnings and the challenges we went through growing up, I tell myself I cannot go back to that …
Read More »Photos: University of Energy bus catches fire mid-way to Kumasi
A bus conveying students from the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Sunyani to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi has caught fire. Photos circulating on multiple online platforms show huge flames breaking out through the windows of the white bus. The cause of the fire is yet …
Read More »Administrators in Technical Universities declare indefinite strike
Administrators of Technical Universities have declared an indefinite strike. The administrators, who are members of the Technical Universities Administrators Association of Ghana (TUAAG) say their decision is premised on the failure of the government to address their concerns. Key among these is their base pay in line with their new …
Read More »Renamo calls for Mozambique elections to be cancelled
Mozambique’s main opposition party has called for Tuesday’s elections to be cancelled, citing violence and fraud. Renamo accused the ruling party, Frelimo, of violating the August peace deal between the two sides. A European Union observer mission said the elections were marred by an uneven playing field, violence and a …
Read More »Video of how Air Force bombs Boko Haram terrorists during a meeting
On Friday, October 18, some Boko Haram terrorists were killed in a bombardment of their meeting venue by the Air Task Force (ATF) of the operation ‘Lafiya Dole’. The bombardment was in Ngoske at the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said the …
Read More »VIDEO: University of Energy & Natural Resources student bus engulfed by fire
A school bus conveying students of the University of Energy and Natural Resources from Sunyani to the campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi has been engulfed by fire. According to Ghpage.com sources, the bus was carrying level 300 Electrical Engineering students of the university to …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Nsawam prisoners enrolled on NHIS – Bawumia
The Ghana News Agency has reported that 80) per cent of inmates at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison have been registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This is to enable them get access to quality healthcare. That is not all, an additional 40 medical practitioners have been seconded …
Read More »Mahama presents crucial report on Mozambique elections
Former President John Dramani Mahama, who is in Maputo, Mozambique to observe presidential, legislative and provincial elections, has presented a preliminary report. Addressing the media on behalf of a team of observers deployed by the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA)Mr Mahama commended Mozambique for upholding democratic norms …
Read More »Group protests renaming of Navrongo UDS after C.K. Tedam
A group calling itself the Concerned Navrongo Citizens for Development in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal is demanding the suspension of plans to rename the now autonomous University for Development Studies, Navrongo campus after C.K. Tedam. The group on Friday marched on the streets of Navrongo in protest to the change. President Nana Akufo-Addo …
Read More »Kenya to open $1bn Chinese-built railway line
The second phase of Kenya’s new railway line, connecting the capital Nairobi to the Rift Valley region, will be opened today for passenger services only. Cargo services will have to wait for the construction of a dry port, which could take longer than planned after the local Maasai community moved …
Read More »Ghana’s food in danger as chemicals pose health threat
Some traders have called on the Government to stop farmers from applying chemicals to the food they grow because the chemicals pose health threat and shorten the life span of most of the perishable food items like vegetables and fruits. In an interview on the World Food Day today, the …
Read More »Schools in Sunyani to be closed today
The Bono Regional Coordinating Council in collaboration with the Sunyani Municipal Education Directorate have declared Friday, October 18, 2019, a holiday for schools in the Sunyani township. This was due to the one-week funeral observation rite of the late Nana Yaa Nyamaa Puduo II, the Paramount Queen of the Sunyani …
Read More »VIDEOLegon students mock ‘chalewote’ girlfriend
A video has emerged of some University of Ghana students making a mockery of a colleague lady who was recently in the news for slapping her boyfriend with slippers commonly known in Ghana as ‘chalewote’. The young lady identified as Karen became an internet sensation last week for slapping her …
Read More »Moroccan king pardons journalist jailed for having an abortion
Morocco’s king has pardoned Hajar Raissouni, a journalist sentenced to a year in prison last month for extramarital sex and an abortion, along with her fiance, a doctor and two of his colleagues, the justice ministry said on Wednesday. The case of Raissouni, who had denied the charges against her, …
Read More »Liberia ranked number one for helping strangers
Liberia has been named number one in the world when it comes to helping strangers, according to the World Giving Index, an annual ranking of people’s generosity. Helping strangers is one of the three criteria the UK-based Charities Aid Foundation used to draw up the overall index of generosity. It …
Read More »NDC can’t end Double-Track within 90 days – Deputy Education Minister
A deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum, has dispelled claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it could use 90 days to complete 100 E-Block Schools started by the John Mahama-led administration and were at various stages of completion before they left power to create enough space …
Read More »Gari fotor introduced onto school feeding menu
A two-day nutrition training programme has been organised for caterers at Agona Bobikuma and Agona Kwaman in the Agona West Municipality in the Central Region. The event was aimed at engaging the caterers in the preparation of gari fotor and introducing it onto the school feeding menu in the two …
Read More »VIDEO: Nigerians spotted scooping fuel from a tanker that spilled its content in Lagos
In spite of reports of fuel tanker explosion killing many across the country, some Nigerians were spotted in a viral video scooping fuel from a tanker that spilled its content. The incident occurred this morning at Mile 2, Lagos and eyewitnesses said it was a near-tragic incident that led to …
Read More »Sex for Grade Can Produce Intellectual Bankrupt – Education Lecturer
Education Lecturer at Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, Dr. Y. Gyeke Darko has appealed to the government of Ghana and the Council of the various Universities to implement policies that will deter lecturers from offering grades in return for sex in tertiary institutions. Dr. …
Read More »Nigerian police rescue 67 from ‘inhuman’ conditions at Islamic ‘school’
– Police in northern Nigeria rescued nearly 70 men and boys from a second purported Islamic school where they were shackled and subjected to “inhuman and degrading treatments.” The raid in Katsina, the northwestern home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, came less than a month after about 300 men and …
Read More »SHS Gold track set to re-open on November 12
The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said November 12 is the new date for the re-opening of Senior High School (SHS) Two Gold Track. The decision was made at a joint meeting between the Management and Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High School (CHASS) Executives. A …
Read More »11-year-old Nigerian wows 200 global delegates at the Education for Justice in Austria
Children have a voice that is often overlooked but when close attention is paid to them, the world would realize the wealth of wisdom that resides in these little humans. After an outstanding performance in a debate on “How to combat corruption in Nigeria,” 11-year -old Naomi Oloyede was selected …
Read More »Sex for grades: Lecturer openly dares female students
The raging controversy about sex for grades scandal that has hit two prominent West African Universities, the University of Lagos and University of Ghana lingers. In a recent development, a senior lecturer in a Nigerian university has dared some of his students. Only identified as liyu Maigado, he sought to …
Read More »Police officer beheaded as robbers attack NNPC
Suspected armed robbers over the weekend beheaded a police officer in Kwara State. It was gathered that the police sergeant alongside other security personnel attached to the station were beheaded while the armed robbers attacked Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) mega station in Ilorin. Spokesperson of Kwara State Police Command, …
Read More »Repent and seek God’s face – Boko Haram leader tells Borno residents
Abubakar Shekau, the founding leader of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, has asked the people of Borno state to repent and seek the face of God. Shekau made the appeal in an audiotape released by the media team of the sect on Sunday, October 13th. Speaking in Hausa and Kanuri languages, Shekau …
Read More »Two die from rabies at Somanya
Two persons have been confirmed dead from rabies in Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. The situation has left some residents worried over what they believe is an outbreak of the disease. The Regional Health Director, Dr. Albert Antarah who confirmed the news said one of …
Read More »Passenger slumps, dies while waiting to board flight at Muhammed International Airport
A Nigerian passenger, Jude, on Saturday slumped and died while undergoing boarding procedures at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Spokesperson for the MMIA Police Command, Lagos, DSP Joseph Alabi, confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria ) on Sunday in Lagos. Alabi said that the 44-year-old passenger was …
Read More »6 kidnapped residents regain freedom after N4.4m ransom payment
Six persons kidnapped by heavily-armed gunmen eight days ago in Gurin, a remote border town in Adamawa between Nigeria and Cameroon have regained their freedom after N4.4 million was paid as ransom. A relative of the abducted persons who wanted anonymity told our correspondent that the victims were released in …
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