The Cabinet of President Akufo-Addo rejected the proposed guidelines on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) when it came up for consideration, Kasapafmonline.com has learnt. The Minister of Education Dr. Matthew Opoku Premeph who made the confirmation at the National Teachers Awards Ceremony in Kumasi said the country has no plans of …
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Honoris United Universities’ member institution, YKBS, receives accreditation for six new Career Development Programmes
Honoris United Universities, the first pan-African private higher education platform, announces the accreditation of six new programmes at YKBS. As a leading private business school in Mauritius, YKBS now offers more than 20 degree and certificate programmes. YKBS worked to adapt and accredit the six programmes from two other prestigious …
Read More »John Mahama transmogrifies his desperate moves to an obsession
For many, John Mahama’s desperation in his comeback agenda cannot be underestimated. Now he has transmogrified his desperate moves to an obsession. The Minister of Education has given ample evidence to convince Ghanaians that CSE would not be part of the course outline to be taught our children in schools, …
Read More »Serial rapist sentenced to 14 life terms for 14 counts of rape
A serial rapist was sentenced to 14 life terms for each of the 14 counts of rape that he was found guilty of in the Mpumalanga High Court, sitting in Delmas, on Friday. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Sipho Alfred Sithole from KwaMhlanga was caught after raping a …
Read More »Akufo-Addo to speak on Comprehensive Sexuality Education
President Nana Akufo-Addo is set to speak on the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) programme. The Information Minister took to Twitter to announce the event but did not State the day. President @NAkufoAddo will this wknd address faith based organizations on the fears that pro LGBTQ teachings will soon find …
Read More »10 unconventional Ghanaian meat delicacies that may knock you down
October 4 is marked internationally as World Animal Day to take action for animal rights and welfare. Animals are a large part of the Ghanaian community and ecosystem hence the need to protect their being no matter how wild or dangerous they are. While protection is a key factor in …
Read More »Magufuli praises official who caned students
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has praised a senior government official for caning a group of secondary school students who were accused of setting fire to their dormitories. A widely-shared video shows regional commissioner Albert Chalamila administering beatings to a group of students who were lying face down. Earlier, a government …
Read More »Nine killed as gunmen open fire on Soldiers, Policemen
Suspected gunmen on Thursday killed nine soldiers in Sunke village in Anka local government area of Zamfara state. Reports said the dozens of unidentified gunmen arrived on motorcycles, firing at the soldiers and policemen stationed at the community. Sunke community is just 30 km south of Anka town, the local …
Read More »Audio: CJ announces plans to construct a larger campus for Ghana School of law
Chief Justice (CJ) Sophia Akuffo has announced that plans are advanced to ensure that the 2020 budget will provide funding for the construction of a larger campus for the Ghana School of Law. She says land was acquired years back but construction had not started. The General Legal Council, which …
Read More »CSE: You can’t run away from your mess – Minority to Gov’t
The Minority in Parliament has said government actually intended instructing the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) at the basic school levels. The Minority Leader, Harruna Iddrisu at a press conference on Friday, 4 October 2019 said the funding for that project featured in the 2019 budget statement presented to parliament …
Read More »Thirteen killed in Kenya bus crash
At least 13 people have been killed and others injured after a bus collided with a truck in a town near the lakeside city of Kisumu. The accident happened on Thursday night in Awasi town, 42km (26 miles) away from Kisumu. The bus was heading to the capital city, Nairobi. …
Read More »Nigeria, South Africa address xenophobic concerns, sign trade deals
In September, mobs armed with makeshift weapons attacked businesses and homes owned by foreigners, leading to at least 10 deaths, dozens of injuries and up to 400 arrests. In response Nigeria repatriated around 600 of its citizens living in South Africa. The local units of South African telecoms company MTN …
Read More »NDC introduced CSE in 2015 – Education Ministry claims
Education Ministry has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) begun a process to introduce the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) into the curriculum of public basic schools. The Spokesperson for the Ministry, Vincent Assafuah, said Wednesday, that members of the opposition party who are joining the public condemnation of …
Read More »Akufo-Addo Directs Secretariat To Reward SHS Graduate Full Scholarship
President Akufo-Addo has directed the Ghana Scholarships Secretariat to issue a full scholarship to one Abednego Sackey after some persons at the presidency drew the President’s attention to the plight of the Senior High School graduate on social media. Abednego Sackey, a native of Subriso, in the Eastern region, who …
Read More »Nationwide clampdown on okada, keke begins
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has commenced a nationwide clampdown on motorcycles and tricycles without number plates. The Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Abuja. Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi had said that …
Read More »Suspended Manaf Ibrahim Can’t Eat His Cake And Have It !
Suspended member of the New Patriotic Party Manaf Ibrahim is reported to have said that, the seat of government presented two options for him to choose, either to contest the seat or to be sacked and he chose the former, I.e to contest the seat. If that was the case, …
Read More »UDS Navrongo campus disconnected from nat’l grid for owing light bill since 2012
The Students Representative Council (SRC) of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Navrongo Campus has given management of the school and the government a three-day ultimatum to restore electricity on the campus following the disconnection of the school from the national grid by the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) or …
Read More »Tribunal rules on suit challenging Ganduje’s election
The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano on Wednesday upheld the victory of the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The tribunal declared that the petition of the main opposition, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Abba Yusuf, challenging the victory of All Progressives Congress(APC) lacked merit. The …
Read More »Woman burns 7-year-old stepdaughter’s private parts with charcoal
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Borno State has arrested a 38-year-old woman, Hauwa Adamu, who allegedly drops flaming charcoal in the private parts of her seven-year-old stepdaughter. The NSCDC Commandant, Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim, told a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Maiduguri that …
Read More »Pastor killed girlfriend, stole her money to renovate church
A pastor with a new generation church, the Royal Prince Prophetic Ministry, Chukwuemeka Eze, has been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Miss Ogechukwu Ogbodo. Eze allegedly killed his girlfriend for refusing to buy a tricycle for him. Southern City News gathered that the …
Read More »Pastor dies while officiating member’s funeral service
The 42-year-old founder of Divine Mount Zion Gospel Ministry, Pastor Femi Olorunsoromidayo reportedly died while conducting the funeral service of one of his members. Pastor Femi, who was conducting the burial ceremony of 78-year-old Samuel Rotimi at Erusu in Akoko North West Local Government, was said to have gone against the wish of the …
Read More »Mugabe’s family to ‘inherit Zanu-PF properties’
Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party will transfer ownership of the palatial home in which the late President Robert Mugabe lived in the capital, Harare, to his family, the state-owned Herald newspaper has quoted a party official as saying. The “clarification” by Zanu-PF’s secretary for administration Obert Mpofu followed speculation that the …
Read More »Drop ‘satanic’ sex education programme – Chief Imam
The National Chief Imam Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu has described the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education curriculum. According to him, Islamic teachings do not tolerate the exposure of children below age 10 to sex education. “We would like to state unequivocally that the Islamic Community does not accept any form …
Read More »Breast Cancer: Dr. Wiafe Addai calls for increment of awareness creation
The President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai has called for the increment of awareness creation on the threat breast cancer poses to women in the developing countries, particularly Ghana. She said most women in Ghana are yet to come to terms that the disease exists, …
Read More »Sex education sparks outrage in Ghana – BBC’s report
Parents and Christian groups in Ghana have pushed back against a planned introduction of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) for primary school children aged four. Education officials in Ghana say the Unesco programme will empower children with information on their sexuality and reproductive health issues. Director of the Ghana Education Service …
Read More »Nigeria ‘torture house’: Hundreds freed after Kaduna police raid
Nigerian police say they have rescued nearly 500 people from a building in the northern city of Kaduna where they were detained and allegedly tortured. Those held were all men and boys – some were found chained up. Kaduna state’s police chief Ali Janga told the BBC the large house …
Read More »Gautrain station water cuts: Mashaba ‘scoring cheap political points’ – Mamabolo
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba’s comments on Sandton Gautrain station water cuts display “extreme desperation”, Gauteng Public Transport and Road Infrastructure MEC Jacob Mamabolo said. Mamabolo said Mashaba was trying to drag the Gauteng provincial government (GPG) and Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) into a rates and taxes dispute between the City …
Read More »Ex-KZN police spokesperson jailed for fake matric certificate gets parole
As a first-time offender, he was considered to have a “positive support system” and was placed on parole in line with Section 73 of the Correctional Services Act. This law determines the minimum periods of sentence that must be served before consideration may be given to possible placement. “Offenders placed …
Read More »Several killed as masked men open fire on passenger bus
Suspected kidnappers have opened fire on an Abuja- bound passenger bus around Kotin-Karfe, Kogi State, killing an unspecified number of the occupants while others escaped with bullet wounds. The suspected kidnappers, on Tuesday, laid seige on Abuja bound vehicles, killing all the occupants of the Sharon bus, said to be …
Read More »Gunmen kill Soldiers in ambush attack
Suspected gunmen believed to be bandit have laid ambushed and attacked military personnel on patrol in Gudu Local Government Area of Sokoto State. A source in the local government area told said that the suspected gunmen stormed Balle town, the local government headquarters on Tuesday and attacked soldiers on routine …
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