Suspected political thugs on Friday set ablaze the family house of Kofoworola Babajide, the Minority Leader in the Osun State House of Assembly. Mr Babajide, the lawmaker representing Ede North constituency, confirmed the attack on Saturday. The lawmaker said the arsonists burnt his parents’ house in Ede on Friday night. …

Kano Fire Service on Friday rescued a 15-year-old boy who was stuck inside a layer of a flyover bridge located at ‘Kofar Nasarawa’ in Kano metropolis. The spokesperson for the Kano State’s Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, told PREMIUM TIMES that the boy was rescued unhurt and handed over to the …

The strength of the Beninese woman in modern history was reasserted this week in the West African nation when the President of Benin, Patrice Talon, unveiled a giant Amazon statue. It’s a 30-meter statue made of bronze and situated in Benin’s capital of Cotonou. It’s christened ‘Esplanade des Amazones’. For …

An inter-hall fight ensued between the residents of the Commonwealth and John Mensah Sarbah halls of the University of Ghana last night. Narrating the incident to myjoyonline.com, an eyewitness who pleaded anonymity said residents of Sarbah Hall celebrated ‘Sarbahfest’ on Friday. As part of the festivities, the residents of the …

Following the battle between the Vandals and Vikings last night, a vehicle at the Mensah Sarbah Hall parking lot caught fire. Sarbah Hall residents are referred to as Vikings, whereas Commonwealth Hall residents are known as Vandals. However, according to a tweet from Univers TV, the cause of the altercation …

GhanaWeb has received multiple reports on a violent clash that occurred between two feuding clashes at the campus of the University of Ghana. While it is unclear what exactly started the violent clashes, videos in the position of GhanaWeb show the two factions, on either sides of a street in the evening, pelting …

Armed security men have arrested the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Plateau State, Amb. Yohanna Margif. According to The Sun, Margif was arrested in Abuja on Thursday by security personnel from Plateau State Police Command and was taken to Apo police station in Abuja where he is currently …

One month after his prison sentence, convicted Nigerian Senator Peter Nwaoboshi has yet to turn himself in at the correctional facility to serve his seven-year jail term for money laundering. He is feigning sickness at the National Hospital, Abuja, where medical experts have tried, in vain, to diagnose his ailment. …

One Nigerian police officer don die afta some officers of di Nigerian Army allegedly beat am and im colleagues for Lagos state on Wednesday. Di second one dey fight for im life for hospital. According to reports, di army men bin dey ride on dia coaster bus wen dem enta …

The headmistress of Benso Senior High Technical School, Helen Ama Bogobley has been accused of ordering 207 WASSCE candidates to pay GHC200 cedis each as transportation fees to convey exam papers. Reports gathered indicate that parents and the Education Directorate are not aware of the decision for students to pay …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, August 4, 2022, warned African countries against supporting Russia’s aggression on his country, saying the continent had gained little from siding with Moscow. Zelensky told a group of African journalists that it was in Africa’s interest to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine because …

  The Deputy Minister, Hon Ama Pomaa Boateng has opened the training of this year’s Girls in ICT for SHS on Cyber Security and Data Privacy targeted at a 100,000 girls across seven regions. The beneficiary regions are Northern, Bono East, Bono Ahafo, Volta and Oti. The Deputy Minister for …

Everyone wants to have a good sex life and it is their right to feel that way. Having a terrible sex life sucks and talking about it sometimes can make the experience even more unbearable. More often than not, this problem is the consequence of mostly preventable sexual health problems—and …

The Asokore Mampong Magistrate Court on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, remanded six students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, for allegedly gang-raping a first-year student. All six were in court for the first hearing of their case with the judge agreeing to a request by the …

An investigation by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)’s Corruption Watch has uncovered the nefarious academic activities rife in two senior high schools in the Bono Region of Ghana. According to the report made available to GhanaWeb, it was discovered at the two schools: All For Christ Senior High/Technical School …

Justice has been delivered to victims of the September 11 attacks following the killing of Ayman Al Zawahiri, the known leader of al-Qaeda terrorist group. The US government through President Joe Biden announced this week that al Zawahiri had been killed by two Hellfire missiles in a targeted operation in …

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa has urged the Italian government to provide a job for the widow of Ogorchukwu Alika, a Nigerian beaten to death by an Italian in the European country. Dabiri-Erewa also noted that the deceased was the breadwinner of …

Corruption Watch Ghana conducted a series of investigations into corruption allegations during West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations in various senior and junior high schools in Ghana. This investigation exposed the scheming ways of headteachers, teachers and invigilators during West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) as well as Basic …

  On Tuesday 9th August, Kenyan voters will be heading to the polls for the 2022 General Elections, where they will vote to elect a new President, as well as voting to elect members of the National Assembly, and members of the Kenyan Senate. In addition to this, local county …

Some harmful levels of aflatoxins [a family of toxins produced by fungi called Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus] that can cause cancer have been found in samples of ‘Brukina’ and the millet and dairy milk used to prepare it. This was revealed through a research conducted by Noguchi Memorial Institute …

A former deputy leader and spokesperson of Somali militant group al-Shabab has been appointed as a government minister. Mukhtar Robow has been chosen as the religious affairs minister in Somalia’s new cabinet. He had been under house arrest for four years after being detained during the term of the previous …

President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed the instability in Libya as the main cause of insecurity in Nigeria and the Sahel region. Receiving Letters of Credence of Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador James Kingston Christoff and Ambassador of Mexico to Nigeria, Juan Alfred Miranda Oritz on Tuesday, Buhari commended the collective efforts …

The Upper East Regional Minister,  Stephen Yakubu has asked students of the Bolgatanga Technical Institute to leave the school premises before 4pm today, 2 August 2022, following the rioting of some final-year students. The students destroyed school and staff properties after some of them were arrested on Monday, 1 August …

The arrest of a suspected Boko Haram leader in Abeokuta, Ogun State has caused tension in the state. According to the reports, the suspected terrorist was picked up on Saturday night by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Ogun State. Now, most residents of Abeokuta have been …

The world’s leader in instant delivery services, Zipline, has announced the appointment of Mr. Mawuli Atiemo as the new General Manager of its Ghana operations. His appointment takes effect from July 2022. Mawuli is joining Zipline from AstraZeneca where he was the Ghana Country Lead and having had over 15 …

This year’s West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will start from today, August 1, 2022, to Tuesday, September 27, 2022. Information from the West African Examinations Council’s (WAEC) website showed that the candidates would begin with project work subjects like basketry, ceramics and graphic design on Monday, August …

Nigerian billionaire and leading industrialist Aliko Dangote has seen his net worth fall by $700 million since the start of July as a result of the double whammy of stock sell-offs on the Nigerian Exchange and the recent naira depreciation on the country’s official foreign exchange window. According to the …

The Teke people of the Republic of Congo were forced to cohabitate with the French in the 1800s. They returned to their own way of life after independence in the 1960s. Teke which means ‘to buy’ in the Bateke language indicates the main occupation of the people — merchant traders …

A young Nigerian man who is yet to be identified has reportedly been handed over to the police after he was accused of murdering his girlfriend, identified as Kate and burying her in his room.  The incident was said to have happened on Friday July 29th 2022 after the deceased …

Widespread anger at chronic insecurity in the West African countries of Mali and Burkina Faso paved the way for military men to kick out failing governments over the past two years. “There’s no more room for mistakes,” said Mali’s coup leader as he seized power in August 2020. “We have …