Director of Human Resource at the Ministry of Health, Dr Akwasi Asabir has described nurses at the Nalerigu Nursing and Midwifery Training College as “ungrateful” health practitioners. His comment comes after videos and photos in which some students of the training college were seen chanting “JM we’re sorry”. The students …
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SHS heads seek postponement of reopening as disbursement delays
Heads of Senior High Schools in the country are pushing for the postponement of the reopening date for the 2019/2020 academic year due to delays in the disbursement of funds to the Schools. Management of Ghana Education Service has fixed September 6,2019 for the beginning of the 2019/2020 Academic year …
Read More »Photos: Bride collapses as groom’s ex-girlfriend storms their wedding
A scene was witnessed on Saturday, August 31 at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church in Benin City – Nigeria, as a jilted lady stormed the wedding venue of her ex-lover she reportedly dated for seven years. The angry lady, who learnt of the wedding ceremony of the groom identified as …
Read More »Gov’T Urged To Adopt IRECORP To Save Ghanaians As Kpone Landfill Site Poses Danger To Residents
Residents at Kpone in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal of the Tema Region have raised serious concerns about the way the Kpone Landfill poses serious threat to their lives at the moment. Mr. Kofi Okrah a resident of the area in an interview complained of intermittent but overwhelming fire outbreaks on the …
Read More »LIVE | Police outnumbered, Joburg shops looted as unrest continues
Protesters in Turffontein, Johannesburg, looted shops as they demonstrated in the area on Monday morning. The protesters targeted shops they believed to be owned by foreign nationals. Police were on the scene but residents in the area outnumbered them. The protesters burnt tyres in the streets and forced passengers out …
Read More »Army arrest 1 officer, 9 Soldiers over death of 5 Policemen
The Nigerian Army authorities have arrested one officer and nine soldiers in connection with the killing of five officers of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT), on August 6, in Taraba State Daily Sun, can authoritatively report. This is just as our correspondent gathered that the arrested officers risk death …
Read More »3 shot dead, dozens abducted as gunmen waylay passenger buses
Three people were killed while some passengers were whisked away into the bush by suspected kidnappers on the Lokoja-Abuja express road on Sunday evening. It was reported that the suspected kidnappers waylaid a 14-seater bus fully loaded with passengers and was heading to Abuja before the unfortunate incident. It was …
Read More »Deputy Governor, accused of forgery, perjury
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi has been accused of altering his academic records. According to a series of posts on Twitter as well as some purported documents on social media, it was alleged that while serving as Chairman of Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, …
Read More »5 die as Oro festival turns bloody
The annual Oro cultural festival held in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has turned bloody, as suspected members of Aiye and Eiye cult gangs were embroiled in a clash. Five members of the secret cult groups died in the fight, while several others sustained bullet and machete wounds. The gangs were said …
Read More »Police arrest armed robbery suspect, recover firearms at church ground
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an armed robbery suspect, Wasiu Kamarudeen, 19, of No. 8, Olaniyi St., Iyalode, Ilogbo in Badagry and recovered one locally-made short gun with one live-cartridge from him. This is contained in a press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer ( PRO), …
Read More »How to be a good partner without losing yourself in a relationship?
I met a couple recently for a session of marital counselling. They shared their individual experiences in being married for over a decade. They repeatedly circled back to one aspect, each sharing individually, albeit in different words “My marriage is not the way I would like it to be. I …
Read More »16-year-old girl’s arm chopped off over bathroom slippers
The left arm of a sixteen-year-old first year Junior High School (JHS) student, Josephine Amoabeng has been severed following a brawl with a young man on a farm at Komfour-Nkwanta in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti region, MyNewsGh.com reports. Father of the girl, Kwadwo Sakyi who narrated the …
Read More »Katanga alumni unhappy with unresolved hall conversion brouhaha
Some male students of the University Hall popularly known as Katanga at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology (KNUST) have raised concerns over the admission of female students into the hall. The University started admitting female students into two male halls, namely University Hall (Katanga) and Unity Hall (Conti) after …
Read More »Peeping through microwaves dangerous
Microwave oven users who are fond of peeping into it while the machine is in use expose themselves to contracting eye diseases such as cataract. This is because microwaves have a heating effect and produce radiation which could harm the eyes or any delicate organ when it gets closer to …
Read More »I Have Been Groping Effortfully To Understand Something About John Mahama
When the one village one dam projects started, Mahama and his troops ridiculed them, labelled them as dug-outs. In fact, they said they were unfit for purpose. The hypnotic effects of the ongoing projects have coerced Mahama to change his narrative. The dams he claimed were not suitable for the …
Read More »Uganda confirms nine-year-old girl has Ebola
Uganda’s health ministry has confirmed a new Ebola case in the western town of Kasese. A girl of nine who had travelled from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo was found to have a fever during screening for Ebola at the Mpondwe border crossing. A blood sample that was sent …
Read More »DR Congo Ebola deaths top 2,000
The numbers of people who have died in the current Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached the 2,000 mark, government figures show. The health authorities have struggled to contain the spread of the virus. On Thursday, neighbouring Uganda confirmed that a nine-year-old girl …
Read More »South African pays settlement for racist rant
Adam Catzavelos, the South African man who filmed himself while on holiday on a beach in Greece, saying it was “heaven on earth” as there were no black people present, has reached a settlement with the human rights commission. In the video, widely shared on social media, he used a …
Read More »[PHOTOS]: Gunmen kill Catholic priest, set him ablaze
The chairman of the Kufai Adamu local government, Shiban Tikari, has confirmed the killing of a Catholic priest, barely 24 hours after gunmen raided villages in Taraba. Tikari, who identified the deceased as Reverend Father David Tanko, also confirmed that the gunmen set him and his car ablaze. Rev. Father …
Read More »BECE: WAEC releases 2019 results, withholds 2,497 results
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced that the results of 19 BECE candidates have been cancelled for using mobile phones in the examination hall. Also, the subject results of 173 candidates have been cancelled for sending foreign materials into the examination hall. “2,497 subject results have been withheld pending …
Read More »Few diasporans giving Nigeria bad name with criminality – Buhari
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says the country will do all it takes to combat the negative image that some citizens have saddled the country with. He stressed that all will be done to combat the activities of such elements, be it at home or abroad. Speaking at a side event …
Read More »Zoomlion and MOH Ends Nationwide Mosquito Control Training In Eastern Region
The vector control unit of Zoomlion Ghana limited and the Ministry of Health have concluded its nationwide mosquito control training exercise in all regions to equip its operatives across the country on modern ways of undertaking effective larval source management. The last session which was organized in Koforidua, the eastern …
Read More »We are not importing new uniforms for JHS – GES
The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has debunked reports that it is importing new school uniforms for students in the Junior High School (JHS). Casandra Twum Ampofo, PRO of the Service reacting to reports from the Textile Workers, said such claims are baseless and have no merit whatsoever. …
Read More »WAEC yet to release 2019 BECE results
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it is yet to release the results for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School Candidates. A message from the council said it “would duly make an announcement when the results are released”. It, therefore, asked the public to ignore messages …
Read More »Nigeria reduces visa fees for US citizens
The Nigeria government has conceded to pressure by the US to reduce visa charges for Americans visiting the West African nation. Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola told journalists that the government had approved a reduction in visa charges for US citizens from $180 (£147) to $150. The climb down comes after …
Read More »Lady commits suicide after her four year marriage was annulled
A Nigerian lady has reportedly committed suicide after her 4-year-old marriage was annulled recently. Twitter user @somadina___ who shared the story online, said her aunt who is deceased, took rat poison over the weekend. Read the sad story below…
Read More »It’s Madness To Import New GES Uniform – Textile Workers
The Textiles Workers Union has raised concerns over the alleged importation of the new uniforms introduced by the Ghana Education Service (GES). They say the move makes no sense at all. The new uniform, which was introduced in April this year, was met with criticism as some said it was …
Read More »I was assaulted by policemen for refusing them sex, female student shares her sad story
The female student of Federal University of Technology Akure Ondo State, left with grievious injuries by policemen, has revealed that she was assaulted for refusing to have sex with the security operatives. The student identified as Sheba Ogbu, said the incident happened at about 9:30pm along Oyemekun Road in Akure on …
Read More »Zimbabwean doctors threaten to strike over pay
Zimbabwe’s teachers and doctors, who make up the bulk of the public service, on Monday rejected the government’s wage offer, with medical personnel threatening a strike if their demand to have their wages benchmarked in the U.S. dollar is not met. The government proposed a 60% pay increase for doctors, …
Read More »GHS outlines immunisation schedule against polio
Children between zero and 59 months old living in six districts of the country will from September 4 to 7, this year, be vaccinated against polio. The areas to be covered are Chereponi, Bumkurugu, Gushegu, Saboba, Tamale and Sagnarigu. The exercise, Round Zero of Three Rounds of Polio Immunisation, is …
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