All students admitted to hospitals following Monday’s clash between protesting students of Islamic Senior High School and the Police in Kumasi have been discharged. 22 of them were treated and discharged on Monday while the remaining 17 students were equally discharged on Tuesday and have reunited with their colleagues on …
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Free SHS branded T-shirts estimated to cost GH¢38m being shared for students
Starrfm.com.gh has uncovered bulk printing of Free SHS branded T-shirts for distribution to about 1,274,412 students who are currently in schools across the country. The T-shirts are being procured by the Free Senior High School Secretariat at the office of the Presidency. The cost of procuring the shirts has not …
Read More »Six pupils killed, 13 injured after truck, bakkie collide
Six pupils have died in an accident in the Eastern Cape after a truck and a bakkie transporting school children collided, and then ploughed into pupils on the side of the road who were walking home. Police said the children are aged between 14 and 18. Police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana …
Read More »Another Chibok girl found with a baby
Troops of the 26 Task Force Brigade have reportedly rescued Mary Ngoshe, who is believed to be one of the girls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014. Recall, that some members of the insurgent group invade the government school abducting 276 students. Their …
Read More »Fulani herdsmen planning to disguise as worshippers, attack churches in South-East Nigeria
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has sent a warning to the Christian community in the South-East about plots by the Fulani herdsmen to attack churches in the region. The spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, who made this known in a statement, affirmed that the herders had already infiltrated …
Read More »‘People have branded me a killer’ – South Africa boxer becomes suicidal after opponent dies
South African boxer Siphesihle Mntungwa says the “criticism and insults” he has been subjected to in the wake of his opponent Simiso Buthelezi’’s death after their fight is causing him stress and making him contemplate suicide. During their bout, Buthelezi, 24, was seen fighting an imaginary opponent in the final …
Read More »Former Nigerian footballer found dead in his car
A former Nigerian striker, Akeem Omolade, has been found dead inside his vehicle at Palermo, Italy According to a report by Goal, the 39-year-old, who spent his entire career in Italy, was found dead on Monday in a Peugeot car. He was found dead in his car days after complaining …
Read More »Afram Plains, Birim North record three suspected cases of Monkeypox
Afram Plains South and Birim North districts in the Eastern Region have recorded three suspected cases of Monkey Pox disease. Speaking on Nkawkaw-based Agoo FM, Richard Essien, the director of Health at Afram Plains South District explained that two suspected cases were identified in the district during a community outreach …
Read More »Nigerian police hunt for killers of Abuja businessman who dumped his body inside well
An Abuja-based businessman identified as Hussaini Aliyu Takuma has been murdered and dumped inside a well around his farm at Jeda village in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Kuje Police Divisional Headquarters, FCT, had on Saturday, exhumed the body of Hussaini, which was taken …
Read More »Sex worker beaten to death by customer for keeping Quran under pillow
The Lagos State Police Command has charged three suspects to court for allegedly beating a sex worker, Hannah Saliu, to death and setting her corpse ablaze for keeping the Holy Quran in her room, reports Thecitypulsenews. According to our source, one of the suspects patronised Saliu and after having sex with her, …
Read More »Pope apologises for cancelling trip to Africa
Pope Francis has apologised to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan for postponing his July visits to the two countries indefinitely for health reasons. He had planned to visit the DR Congo cities of Kinshasa and Goma on 2 to 5 July before travelling to the South Sudanese …
Read More »Nigerian government gives new regulations on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp
The Nigerian government has issued new guidelines for the operations of social media multinationals in the country including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and other platforms. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) late on Monday issued the new regulations for the interactive platforms in Nigeria. A statement signed by NITDA spokesperson, …
Read More »Nigerian Catholic church to conduct mass burial for victims of terrorists’ attack in Ondo Friday
The Catholic Diocese of Ondo State has said that the victims of terrorists’ attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State would be given a funeral mass on Friday. The church disclosed this in a pamphlet seen by SaharaReporters. According to …
Read More »London-Lagos biker receives Chieftain title in Nigeria
The London-Lagos biker, Kunle Adeyanju, has been conferred the Are Aniyikaiye of Offa Land in his state of origin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Adeyanju announced the reception of the chieftaincy title conferred on him by the Olofa of Offa on his verified Twitter page on Monday. The member of Rotary Club …
Read More »35 staff of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital infected by COVID-19
Some 35 staff of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have reportedly contracted the COVID-19 virus. According to sources at the hospital, 70 percent of the 35 infected staff got the virus from within the hospital while 30 percent of the infections came from outside the health facility, asaaseradio.com reports. A …
Read More »VIDEO: Snakes invade St Paul’s SHS, 2 students bitten
Students of St Paul’s Senior High School ( SHS) at Kwawu Asakraka in the Kwawu South Municipality of the Eastern Region are currently on the edge as snakes and bedbugs take over the school. Speaking to Adom News‘ Akwasi Dwamena, the students stressed that they are suffering because the school doesn’t …
Read More »Nigerian gunmen kidnap three pastors on their way to a crusade, demand N80m ransom
Gunmen who abducted three pastors on their way to a crusade in Kogi State, Nigeria have demanded a ransom of N80 million for their release. The clerics were reportedly kidnapped on Friday along the Ochadamu-Okele-Ejule Road in the Ofu Local Government Area of the state while going to minister at …
Read More »VIDEO: Gunshots at Kumasi Islamic SHS as police allegedly fire live bullets, students unconscious
Scores of students of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi have reportedly been rushed to the hospital following an incident with police. According to a 3news report sighted by GhanaWeb, some students of the school early on Monday morning blocked the Abrepo Junction-Barekese road to protest the absence of …
Read More »Two security guards in custody for allegedly robbing petrol station
Two security guards have been arrested in connection with a business robbery in which they allegedly used their service firearms to rob a petrol station in Mpumalanga. The security guards, aged 30 and 40, allegedly robbed an employee at Majuba King Petroleum in Bethal on Saturday. “According to our information, …
Read More »COVID 19: Alarm as infections rise in East Africa
Numbers of Covid-19 cases are rising again in East Africa even as countries bank on vaccinations to prevent another round of restrictions. Over the past one month, Kenya’s positivity rate has risen from zero to more than five percent, the level which the World Health Organisation (WHO) often considers threatening. …
Read More »Muammar Gaddafi: The real truth behind the Libyan revolutionist’s death
Mu’ammar Al-Qadhdh?f? died on October 20, 2011, and this is the untold truth about his death. What was the Trigger? In 2009, Colonel Gaddafi, then-President of the African Union, proposed to African countries that they transition to a new currency, the gold dinar, which would be independent of the US …
Read More »Father who allegedly gave sons poison-laced energy drink dies in hospital
The 39-year-old father of the three Ratanda brothers who died after they consumed poison-laced energy drinks has died, police said on Sunday. According to police spokesperson Colonel Brenda Muridili , he died on Friday while still in hospital. He was admitted after attempting to take his life and had been under …
Read More »VIDEO: Pastor shows up in church with a gun
A pastor was captured in a video holding a gun in church whiles preaching. In the video, he was heard telling the congregation that he got the riffle in 1994 as he showed the church his license. He noted that although the license has expired he was going to renew …
Read More »Chinese kills fellow countryman in Dar over a woman
Police in Dar es Salaam is searching for a Chinese national Zheng Lingyao, 42, who is accused of killing Fu Nannan, 26, a fellow countryman. The incident occurred on Saturday June 11, at 11:45pm, in Kalenga Street, Ilala according to the statement issued by the Dar es Salaam Special Zone …
Read More »NSS announces postings of 10,975 nurses, midwives
The National Service Secretariat has announced the postings of some 10,975 nurses and midwives to undertake their mandatory national service for the year, 2022/2023. The NSS in a statement issued on June 9, 2022 disclosed the newly-trained nurses and midwives have been posted to various health facilities in the country …
Read More »June 12: Buhari’s full Democracy Day speech
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY 12TH JUNE, 2022 1.Fellow Nigerians, Today, June the 12th marks another Democracy Day anniversary and an occasion to celebrate …
Read More »Ashesi University first-class graduate reportedly lands job with Goldman Sachs
A Ghanaian lady identified as Davidal Kobi has graduated from the Ashesi University with first-class honours after being on the list of the Dean throughout her study period. Davidal did not just graduate with first-class honours but according to edwardasare.com, she has landed a job with investment bank, Goldman Sachs …
Read More »Gov’t owes Korle-Bu GHC5m in COVID treatment – Mgt.
The Management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra says the government is owing the facility a whopping GHC5 million in COVID-19 expenditure. Speaking to GHOne News, the Chief Executive Officer of the facility, Dr. Opoku-Ware Ampomah stated that a lot of factors are affecting the operation of the hospital including …
Read More »Gambia under Yahya Jammeh: Witch hunts, PTSD and veiled faces
Fatou Terema Jeng was overcome with emotion when she first saw her photographs in the grounds of a museum called The Memory House. But it was not the usual despair and sadness she feels when she thinks about what she said was done to her family by the Yahya Jammeh …
Read More »Its deleterious, so be measured in your expectations — Otumfuo tells UTAG
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has implored the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to be measured in their expectations as they continue to engage the government on their conditions of service. The university lecturers in January this year embarked on strike over what they described as worsening condition …
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