The Coalition of Rotation Nurses and Midwives has given government and other stakeholders in the health sector a one-month ultimatum to address salary issues confronting members or risk a complete withdrawal of service by members of the association. The coalition claim its members have not been paid since April 2019. …

At least 101 houses and shops were razed following a raid by terror group Boko Haram in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, an official has said. Three villages were raided late Friday in Konduga local government area of the state. Yabawa Kolo, head of the government-owned disaster management agency, told …

A quality education specialist with the SOS Villages Ghana has indicated that the new curriculum for basic and high schools is being rushed. Beginning the 2019 – 2020 academic years, Ghana will be moving towards a standardized practical based curriculum with national assessment examinations to be written in classes two, …

A housewife identified as Auta Dogo Singe, as repeatedly killed her husband in Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi State so as to free herself from the marriage and rejoin her former lover. It was gathered that the housewife conspired with one Garba Hassan and Sahabi Garba at Sabon Gari …

Gunmen in the early hours of Sunday invaded the Nigerian Customs Service premises in Calabar with the intention of carting away seized food items meant for delivery to Internally Displaced Persons camp across the country. The hoodlums, who invaded the premises around 4:00 a.m shot indiscriminately while trying to break …

Gunmen on Monday abducted the Chief Medical Director of the Irrua Specialist Hospital, Edo State, Prof. Sylvanus Okogbenin, after killing two policemen attached to him. The Medical Director was said to be travelling to Benin. This is coming on the heel of a similar abduction of two Assistant Directors of …

Following the recent security challenges in Enugu State, students in the state under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have joined in the call for the immediate removal of the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Suleiman Balarabe, for lack of capacity to secure the state. In a statement …

The Presidency on Monday said the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has “nothing to do with President Muhammadu Buhari since he arrived Yokohama, Japan, on Monday.” Buhari had departed Nigeria yesterday for Japan to participate in the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) holding in the City of …

A University of Cape Town student has reportedly been missing since Saturday, the authorities have said. Uyinene Mrwetyana, 19, was last seen at around 13:30 in the Claremont area, NGO Pink Ladies said in an alert posted on Facebook on Monday. Mrwetyana lives at Roscommmon House on Main Road in …

The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced a coalition government, seven months after the inauguration President Félix Tshisekedi. Mr Tshisekedi, son of the late veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, won a bitterly contested election in December, marking the first peaceful transition of power since DR Congo gained independence from Belgium …

Algeria’s culture minister has resigned, after the deaths of five young music fans in a stampede at a packed concert by a popular rapper. Meriem Merdaci’s resignation follows public outrage over Thursday’s stampede in the capital, Algiers. Thousands had gathered at a stadium to see Abderraouf Derradji, better known as …

South African authorities have seized a plane from Tanzania’s national carrier, the Tanzanian government said. The Airbus 220-300 was due to fly from Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. It was not immediately clear why the action was taken, and South African authorities have not …

I certainly can not be happy with comments from some of the aspirants who did not emerge victorious at yesterday’s primaries.  It can’t be justify in anyway, but I believe we must give them the second chance. We can not throw the baby away with the bath water. There are …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has neutralised scores of Boko Haram terrorists (BHTs) and destroyed their hideout at Bula Korege on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno. NAF made this known in a statement on Saturday by Air …

Belinda Zumebome, a young Ghanaian midwife in the Asikiri CHPS compound, Bawku Municipal Assembly, has received national praise for her humane service to a birthing mother. The 29-year-old midwife was captured in a photo transporting a mother who had just given birth in a tricycle to a referral health facility …

Organised labour met with the Federal Government on Friday in Abuja over the implementation of the N30,000 new minimum wage. However, no decision taken on a new wage structure. A source said that both parties agreed to wait for President Muhammadu Buhari’s position on the issue. The proposal from the …

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), as part of its new academic policy has introduced what the University termed, as the “dual qualification scheme” for all its students. Under the dual qualification scheme which will begin this (2019/2020) academic year, students who enroll in a degree programme will compulsorily …

The US authorities have charged 80 people, “most of whom are Nigerian nationals”, with participating in a conspiracy to steal millions of dollars, prosecutors say. They are accused of using business email fraud schemes and romance scams to con victims – many of them elderly. Police have so far arrested …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disbursed a further transportation allowance of GHC50 per person to participants of the just ended curriculum training programme. The money has been released to the districts through GES’ regional offices. A total of 152,000 KG to class 6 teachers across the country participated in …

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The Kogi state national assembly/state assembly election tribunal has sacked Dino Melaye as the senator representing Kogi west district. In a judgement delivered on Friday, the tribunal led by A.O. Chijiok ordered a fresh election in the district. Smart Adeyemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February …

There was tension in Nsukka, Enugu State, on Thursday following the reported killing of three students of the University of Nigeria in a cult war. It was learnt that the ongoing cult war between the Aiye Air Lords and Black Axe confraternities started three weeks ago and had left about …

The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Prof. Mawutor Avoke has apologised to the Education Minister for undermining the process of resolving the impasse at the University. Prof Avoke who lead a six-member delegation to pay a courtesy call on Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh said their conduct of taking matters …

Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Thursday morning killed five persons in Ilile community, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. The incident occurred around 3am in the agrarian community. A community source who does not want his name in print disclosed that some of the persons who were killed …

Gunmen have killed Edward Okechukwu, the Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ward 5, Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State. Okechukwu, the son of the paramount ruler of Azuogu Ndoki community and four other young men were shot dead in the early hours of Monday. Residents alleged …

The Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh on Thursday morning met with the Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Professor Mawutor Avoke and five other senior who were dismissed by the defunct governing council. MyNewGh.com sources gathered that this move is a major step towards …

Members of the University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) say they are angry over the comments of the  the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Senyo Hosi against the university and its management. The lecturers say they believe Mr. Hosi …

In a sad report, an angry father has allegedly killed his little daughter. According to reports, the incident happened at Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Per what we gathered, the father killed the little girl by beating her massively resulting in the girl’s death. Details about the little girl’s death is …

The Joint Investigative Panel set up by the Defence Headquarters to unravel the circumstances surrounding killings of three Police detectives and a civilian in Taraba during an encounter with troops of the 93 Battalion is worried over the trending confessional video of the principal suspect in the case, Alhaji Hamisu …

A High Court in South Africa has nullified the findings of a commission that found no wrongdoing in a 1999 arms procurement deal. South Africa spent more than $2bn (£1.6bn) on military hardware for its armed forces, 20 years ago. But the deal was mired in allegations of large-scale bribery …