A man has been charged over an alleged plot with a Nigerian politician to harvest a man’s kidney. Obinna Obeta, 50, from Southwark, south London, is accused under the Modern Slavery Act of arranging a man’s travel with a view to him being exploited. Mr Obeta is suspected of conspiring …

Reports that government’s flagship Free Senior High School, Free SHS, policy, is set to be reviewed are not true. This is according to Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng, who spoke in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM on Friday, July 22, 2022. “So far as …

A Ugandan man allegedly packed his bags and left his growing family after his wife recently gave birth to their fifth pair of twins. While some people would give anything to have one child, let alone two, others have no problem abandoning their offspring. Case in point, a Ugandan man …

A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja has ordered that the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing and determination of his bail application. Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme gave the order on Friday. He adjourned the hearing on the bail application …

Senior High Schools across the country will not participate in the National Science and Maths Quiz (NMSQ) until further notice. The Conference of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), which announced this said, inter-school sports and debate competitions and other extra-curricular activities have also been suspended. This is as a result of …

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwah, has disclosed that the government is currently reviewing the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy. According to Prof Opoku Amankwah, the review is to determine which benefits of the Free SHS will be relinquished by the government …

That is the message delivered by President Samia Suluhu Hassan when she swore in Mr Camillus Wambura as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP) at Chamwino State House in Dodoma yesterday. The Head of State had on a number of occasions since coming into office early last year publicly …

Member of Parliament for Builsa South Dr. Clement Apaak has suggested that the 2022 calendar for the 2022 BECE and WASSCE would be affected because the government has started the West African Examination Council of the needed resources for the two examinations. The MP says the government has not released any money to the …

Palm wine contains the antioxidant Vitamin C. And Vitamin C, on the other hand, helps in maintaining good eye health. There is nothing that is as beneficial to our health than the various gifts of nature. Unarguably, palm wine is one of them. Palm wine is a sweet, tasty drink …

A man in Osun State, Bolu Bamidele, who died after he was allegedly set ablaze by his wife, Ifeoluwa, over allegations of having an extramarital affair, has been buried. Bamidele, popularly known as Teebam, was said to have returned to Osogbo, the capital of Osun State from Cairo, Egypt, to …

Only Ghanaian candidates are left to write the West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), scheduled from August 1 to September 27, 2022. This is because the other four-member countries of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) — Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia — have returned to …

Domestic airlines have concluded plans to dump less-viable routes as skyrocketing aviation fuel prices cause more flight disruptions amid dwindling revenue and the rising cost of operations. Some of the less-lucrative routes are Sokoto, Katsina, Yenogoa, Kebbi, Gombe, Yola, Maiduguri, Bauchi, Ilorin, Jos, Ibadan, Calabar, and Akure. Jet A1 has …

Police authorities in the Anambra State of Nigeria have arrested suspected cult members who killed a member of a rival group and used his head to play football. The incident happened on the premises suspected to be the residence of some students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Igbariam in …

A number of African leaders will be guests of the American government in mi-December 2022 when President Joe Biden hosts the first in-person summit with his peers. The United States has been under increasing pressure to assert its influence on the continent amid a growing role economic giant and rival …

A video is making rounds of alleged prostitutes taking to their heels after the police stormed all their popular joints in Benin city. It has been alleged that the Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki ordered the eradication of all prostitutes “ashawo” from the state. Edo state has been known to …

A man has been found dead inside a hotel room in Angwan Gwari Kwamba in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State. The tragic incident happened at Unique Hotel opposite Royal Academy, Suleja. Speaking with Daily Trust, the Manager of the hotel, Adeniyi Durojaiye, said the man checked in on …

Angolan billionaire, Isabel dos Santos has requested a pardon to dismiss all criminal accusations brought against her and other members of the dos Santos family. The declaration by the Angolan billionaire, which a spokesman in Lisbon confirmed on Tuesday, July 19 came over two weeks after her father, former President …

With a high mortality rate, health experts have largely expressed concerns about Marburg; the viral infection which appears to have shown up in some countries. Health experts in Ghana became alert after two cases were recorded in the Ashanti Region. The detection of the virus in the region came after …

The island nation of Mauritius has been ranked the most peaceful country in the sub-Saharan Africa region, maintaining a spot it held in 2021. This is according to the 2022 edition of the Global Peace Index, GPI, report released this week. The country’s overall score stood at 1.57 with the …

This article will help us learn about simple home remedies that will help us overcome PE, premature ejaculation. These certain combinations of foods will treat sexual health problems like premature ejaculation with time so that you can rock her world! Premature ejaculation or early ejaculation is one of those sexual …

On Monday, July 18, the Jubba Airways plane crashed and rolled over on the runway of the Mogadishu airport before taking fire. The dramatic video shows the plane upside-down on the edge of the runway, burning fiercely, spewing dense smoke. When the incident happened, the aircraft was traveling domestically from …

Authorities in South Africa said a man collapsed and died after he partook in a drinking competition. According to Sowetan Live, police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said the incident happened at a bar in the village of Mashamba. Mojapelo said the deceased man was part of a group of people …

Lu Ke, a Chinese national behind racist videos involving Malawian children has been charged with five counts of child trafficking by a court in the country. He was extradited over the weekend to Malawi from neighbouring Zambia after he fled in the wake of a BBC documentary that exposed his …

An emir in the Nigerian state of Zamfara has been suspended after he coronated a man said to be a wanted terrorist. According to Premium Times, Aliyu Marafa, who is the emir of Yandoton Daji, was suspended by the Zamfara State government after the alleged turbaning of Ada Aleru. Aleru …

  Leading regional agency network, Ogilvy Africa, has appointed Adderley Williams as Deputy Managing Partner, Social and Performance. Based in Nairobi, Adderley joins the network’s growing digital and data team to lead its social, content and performance marketing practice in the Sub-Saharan region. The Social & Performance group in Ogilvy …

A thunderbolt has claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy and critically injured five others in Buliisa. The deceased has been identified as Howard Okello, a son of Peter Okecha, the LC III chairperson of Biiso town council. The incident happened at around 5:30 pm on Saturday evening. The children …

Two people have died after contracting the deadly Marburg virus in Ghana, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. Both cases were detected in the Ashanti region. The GHS statement said 98 people are now under quarantine as suspected contact cases. There is no known treatment for Marburg. The virus is transmitted …

The Eastern Cape towns of Komga, Mthatha, Maclear, Ugie, Port Alfred and Keiskammahoek dominate the top 10 list of sexual offence capitals in the country for the first quarter of 2022. According to News24’s CrimeCheck online tool, the towns are among the 10 police precincts with the highest reported numbers for …

The Ghana Health Service has confirmed the presence of two cases of Marburg virus disease in Ghana. The cases were first identified in the Ashanti Region on July 7, 2022. A statement signed by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said the cases were confirmed after …

ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe confirmed the death of “comrade Yasmin ‘Jessie’ Duarte, 69, during the early morning of Sunday”. He said Duarte, whom he described as “both a tower of strength to the organisation as well as a matriarch and pillar of her family”, was undergoing treatment for cancer and …