Riot police have shut a popular radio station critical of Liberia’s president and former football star George Weah. The officers broke a steel gate and stormed the offices of Roots FM in the capital, Monrovia, shortly after its breakfast programme, The Costa Show, discussed alleged wasteful spending by Mr Weah …
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Mozambique election observer killed by ‘elite police’ in drive-by shooting
A group of elite Mozambican policemen have been implicated in the shooting of a prominent poll observer just days ahead of elections. Anastacio Matavel was shot dead as he left an election training session in the southern Gaza province on Monday. Five men armed with assault rifles shot Mr Matavel …
Read More »Hermaphrodite narrates her ordeal – The trauma of living with two sex organs
When people started seeing it and asked, why is your clitoris so big? It is then I realized mine was different,” these are the words of a 32-year-old hermaphrodite. Depression, mockery and embarrassment are just a fragment of the trauma Pokuaa (not real name) went through growing up, having been …
Read More »University of Ghana lecturers sacked over ‘sex-for-grades’ – Dean of Students
The Dean of Student Affairs of the University of Ghana, Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin, has said the institution frowns on ‘sex-for-grades’, a reason it has in the last three years dismissed lecturers who have been found guilty in that regard. Prof. Bokpin in an interview with GhanaWeb on the heels …
Read More »Committee probing ‘sex for grades’ to start work next week – Audrey Gadzekpo
An Associate Professor and the Dean of the School of Information and Communications Studies at the University of Ghana, Professor Audrey Gadzekpo has said that the committee set up to probe the sexual misconduct allegations leveled against some lecturers of the university will start its work early next week. She …
Read More »Sex-for-grades: Nigeria introduces anti-harassment bill
A bill has been introduced in the Nigerian senate that seeks to prevent sexual harassment of students in universities. This follows the broadcast of a BBC documentary exposing widespread sexual misconduct by multiple lecturers at two top West African Universities. In a statement, the deputy president of the senate said …
Read More »‘Hold my breast’ – Lecturer recounts seduction attempt by student at AUCC
The art of seduction has been a widely used technique or weapon by many to achieve desirable results when the quest seems unsurmountable. It is especially adopted when the subject of interest has a reputation to uphold at all costs. Throughout history, many male leaders have fallen prey and had …
Read More »GNAT urges GES to provide logistics for new curriculum implementation
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has urged the Ghana Education Service (GES) to make sure teachers get appropriate logistics to facilitate implementation of the new standard-based curriculum introduced into public basic schools. It said teachers across the 260 districts nationwide had been trained on the curriculum introduced this …
Read More »Frequent SEX prevent HEART ATTACKS according to Science
We already know that having sex not only feels spectacular, but it’s ridiculously good for your health, too. It boosts your immune system, protects from certain cancers, relieves stress, improves your mood, and helps you sleep better. And now, thanks to a new study, we also know that it protects …
Read More »Suspend education bills immediately – Teacher unions tell Parliament
Some teacher unions are demanding that Parliament suspends three educational bills which the Ministry of Education (MoE) has laid before the House. The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGR AT), Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) and Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana (CCT-GH) say …
Read More »Rwanda breaks own world record on women representation in parliament
Rwanda has toppled its current world record of 64 per cent women representation in Parliament, setting a new one of 68 per cent. Out of 80 seats, women now occupy 54 seats, which is 67.5 per cent – a new world record for women representation in Parliament globally. The new …
Read More »Ethiopian Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Dakar
An Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing minutes after taking off in Senegal because an engine had caught fire, an airport spokesman said. None of the 90 passengers or crew were injured, spokesman Tidiane Tamba told Reuters. The airline confirmed on Twitter that its Boeing 767 …
Read More »I enjoyed killing my victims – Suspected cultist
The suspected leader of a secret cult group, Eiye, Paul Sunday, has told the police that he enjoyed seeing his rival cult gang members beg him to spare their lives. The 28-year-old one-eyed suspect, known as Blade in the underworld, had been on the police wanted list for over six …
Read More »‘Hungry’ Boko Haram fighters surrender to troops
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said that five Boko Haram fighters belonging to the Al-Barnawi faction have surrendered to troops of the 3 Battalion following sustained bombardment of the insurgents’ hideout in the Northeast. Army Operations Media Coordinator, Colonel Aminu Iliyasu in a statement made available to journalists, gave the …
Read More »Anger in Police over stalling of promotions, retirements
Anger is building up within the ranks of Police officers, which may snowball into a protest due to the stalling of promotions and retirements as a result of the face of with the Police Service Commission (PSC) over the recruitment of 10, 000 constables, The Nation has gathered. Following a …
Read More »Two Policemen kidnapped by gunmen
Two police sergeant and a civilian have been abducted by Sea pirates in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers state. The victims were said to be returning to Port Harcourt, the state capital early hours of Tuesday before they were ambushed on Andoni river and kidnapped. The incident reportedly happened …
Read More »Sex For Grades: “Some female students want Sexually Transmitted Degrees (STD)”
Professor Okwechime Emmanuel of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has said in a phone interview that there are some female students that dress half nude to class because they want to “obtain Sexually Transmitted Degree (STD)”, thereby a possible cause of the widespread Sex for Grade in Nigerian tertiary institutions. …
Read More »[PHOTOS] Dog butchers 1-yr-old boy to death
It was a sad Tuesday morning at CBA, Mambilla Barracks, Abuja, when a pit bull dog owned by one Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) attacked and butchered a 1-year-old boy. It was gathered that the victim was playing outside when he was sighted by the dog which immediately pounced on him …
Read More »RE: UN sacked Professor Adei for objecting to LGBTQ – Foh-Amoaning
A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, has said claims he was sacked from the United Nations (UN) because he was questioning activities of the intergovernmental organization that had to do with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) rights, are untrue. …
Read More »Police To Inaugurate Sub-Forum Committee To Fight Crime In South Africa
Carolina Police Command in the Mpumalanga province of the South African Police Service will hold a Sub- Forum Meeting to elect Sub-Forum committee on Thursday, 10th October, 2019 to support efforts at maintaining security in the community. In accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 …
Read More »I am not corrupt – Zuma’s son
“I’m not corrupt,” said the son of South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday. Duduzane Zuma was giving evidence for a second day at an inquiry that’s investigating corruption. Like his father, the young Mr Zuma denied each and every corruption allegation that was put to him. He also …
Read More »11 Fumbisi SHS girls collapse after ‘strange’ events; school closed down
Fumbisi Senior High School in the Builsa South District of Upper East Region has been closed down following a series of strange incidents on the school’s campus. At least 11 female students were rushed to the hospital on Monday after falling down and becoming unconscious. The school’s management has sent …
Read More »University of Ghana interdicts Ransford Gyampo, Paul Butakor
Professor Ransford Gyampo and Professor Paul Kwame Butakor have been interdicted by the University of Ghana following the BBC’s “Sex for Grades” documentary. A press statement copied to Ghanaweb states that two lecturers will be invited by the Anti-Sexual Harassment Committee for investigations. “Given that commitment, the Business and Executive …
Read More »UN sacked Professor Adei for objecting to LGBTQ – Lawyer Foh-Amoaning
Staunch and relentless critic of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) community and their agenda, Lawyer Moses Foh-Amoaning has revealed that former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei was sacked from the United Nations (UN) because he was questioning activities of …
Read More »Governor sacks aide over Facebook comment
THE Special Assistant to Ondo State Governor on Political Matters, Augustine Pelemo, has been sacked over a Facebook comment. Vanguard gathered that Pelemo who was attached to the office of the deputy governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi, posted a comment alleged to be offensive to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on his Facebook …
Read More »How Police kill Devil, notorious kidnapper
Personnel of the Rivers State Police Command attached to the Bori Division in the Khana Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday, gunned down a kidnap kingpin, Linus Lebari, aka Devil. Lebari was trailed by the police to his gang’s hideout in the Okwale forest, a boundary between Rivers …
Read More »Nigeria university suspends ‘sex for grades’ pastor
The University of Lagos in Nigeria says it has suspended a lecturer featured in a BBC documentary on sexual harassment at two top West African universities. This comes shortly after Boniface Igbeneghu, who is also a pastor, was suspended by his church. There has been an outcry on social media …
Read More »Student demonstration turns nasty
The demonstration embarked by National Association of Law Students turned nasty when the police fired live cartridges and sprayed water on the demonstrators, who sat in the middle of the road creating traffic jam. This compelled the students to run helter-skelter for their dear lives with some seeking asylum in …
Read More »Sex for grade: Gyampo is disciplined, BBC was unfair – Legon student
A student of Professor Yaw Gyampo says the under-fire lecturer is well behaved and very respected by his students. According to Enam, the lecturer who stands accused of sexual harassment in the BBC’s latest investigative piece – Sex for Grades- is very much liked by all those he teachers now. …
Read More »‘I didn’t touch her; sit up or you’re useless’ – Gyampo to BBC as he threatens to sue
The Head of European Studies at the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ransford Edward Gyampo, who has been implicated in the latest ‘Sex for grades’ investigative documentary of the BBC Africa Eye has hinted at suing the British media house. Prof Gyampo was seen making what the documentary described as …
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