Fabrice Iradukunda was just a baby when his father, a pharmacist, was killed in the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi. His mother also passed a few years later, and as an orphan, he was left in the hands of a family that was friends with his parents, and has …
Read More »AFRICA
We will soon have an HIV/AIDs epidemic – Dr. Adu-Gyamfi
The presidential advisor on HIV/Aids, Dr. Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi, has indicated that the country will soon have to deal with an HIV/AIDS epidemic if care is not taken. According to her, an HIV/AIDS epidemic might be eminent because even though the number of cases of the disease keeps rising and …
Read More »Free SHS students being served ‘Gari Jollof’, ‘Donkey Saliva’ over food shortages in the Upper East Region
Some Senior High School students in the Upper East Region have expressed worry over the kind of food usually served them. They said more often “Gari Jollof” and “Donkey Saliva” are predominately on their menu. Gari Jollof as they called it is a mixture of gari, palm nut oil, salt …
Read More »French election: Macron defeats Le Pen
Emmanuel Macron has won five more years as France’s president after a convincing victory over rival Marine Le Pen, who nevertheless secured the far right’s highest share of the vote yet. He won by 58.55% to 41.45%, a greater margin than expected. The centrist leader told jubilant supporters at the …
Read More »Some KNUST students who drive on campus don’t take their cars home; they can’t explain how they bought it – Mgt
The University Relations Officer (URO) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Norris Bekoe, has revealed that some students who drive on campus are unable to take their cars home during vacation because they cannot explain to their parents how they got the money to buy the cars. …
Read More »CLOGSAG continues strike as it increases pressure for neutrality allowance
The strike by members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), in demand for the payment of their neutrality allowances continues this week. CLOGSAG laid down their tools on Thursday April 21, 2022, following the inability of government to pay the allowance as agreed upon in January …
Read More »Over 100 Nigerians killed in explosion
Over 100 Nigerians have been killed in an explosion that occurred at an illegal bunkering site on April 23, 2022. The Saturday night explosion occurred at the site located in the Ohaji-Egbema local government area of Imo State in the Abaezi forest that straddles the border of the two states. …
Read More »2 people killed, 3 injured in 2 separate crashes
Two people have died and three were injured after two separate crashes in Secunda on Saturday. According to paramedics, four people travelling in a light motor vehicle were found lying inside the car at about 11:35 on Saturday. ER24 paramedics spokesperson Russel Meiring said the vehicle had been found smashed …
Read More »108 feared dead as illegal refinery explodes
No fewer than 108 people were killed on Friday night, while several vehicles were burnt after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi forest in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. THISDAY gathered that the fire incident was caused by illegal refining activities at a border community between Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni …
Read More »How Husband allegedly kill wife remove her intestine
32-year-old miner don allegedly kill im wife, Mercy Samuel for Jos, Plateau state wey dey north-central Nigeria. Di Plateau state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Rebecca Sambo wey confam di incident to BBC Pidgin say Mercy dey live wit her husband along Vom road for Jos South local …
Read More »Retract insensitive comments – KNUST PRO ‘fired’
Joshua Opey, General Secretary of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), has called on the University Relations Officer of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Daniel Norris Bekoe, to withdraw his comments about students deferred by the institution. According to Joshua Opey, the comments of …
Read More »Alaafin of Oyo’s 18 wives now available for suitors – Oyo Chief
The 18 wives of Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, may now be available to suitors without undergoing cleansing rituals after the demise of the renowned monarch. Oba Adeyemi, 83, passed on late Friday after receiving treatments at the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti and is expected to …
Read More »Taxi industry worker handed 20-year sentence for torching Cape Town train
A man linked to the Cape Town taxi industry has been slapped with a 20-year jail sentence for burning a train. Ricardo Khan was sentenced in the Blue Downs regional court this week. Eric Ntabazalila, the spokesperson for the prosecution in the Western Cape, said the projected impact on the …
Read More »Stop using aphrodisiacs, they don’t lead to orgasm – Gynecologists
The General Secretary for the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Ghana (SOGOG) has urged the general public to refrain from the use of aphrodisiacs. Dr. Promise Sefogah said that contrary to misconceptions, aphrodisiacs do not help in any way to stimulate sex and they have a lot of high …
Read More »Gov’t begins disbursement of ¢67M to Colleges of Education for feeding trainees
The Chairman of the Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF), Dr. Emmanuel Nyamekye has confirmed that some colleges have begun receiving their cheques for their feeding grants as announced by the government. Government through the Education Ministry on Wednesday, April 20, announced that some GH¢ 67 million have …
Read More »2023: Yemi Osinbajo billboard spotted in Ghana
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who is running for the presidential seat in 2023 has taken his election campaign a step further by mounting his billboards in Ghana. The billboards were spotted on Friday, April 23, 2022, at Accra’s busy streets. The billboard read, “Onyemi Oluleke Osinbajo for president 2023.” This …
Read More »Gunmen kill three police officers
Gunmen killed three police officers on Saturday in Kogi as they launched an attack on Adavi Police Divisional headquarters in the early hours. Commissioner of Police Edward Egbuka confirmed the attack in a statement issued in Lokoja by police spokesperson in Kogi, William Ovye-Aya. He described the attack as callous …
Read More »KNUST reinstates over 3,550 of the 6,000 deferred students
The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has disclosed that it has reinstated over 3,550 of the 6,000 students whose programmes were deferred due to their inability to pay 70 percent of their fees. According to the authorities, the students who have been reinstated made …
Read More »Why you should know about Somalia’s first-ever cheesemaker
At the age of 14, Samira Mohamed Abdirahman left Somalia in order to escape war in her country and to also start life afresh. She found a new home in Sweden where she stayed for more than 20 years. With the seeming return of calm life in Somalia, Samira joined …
Read More »Tears as teacher, 36, perishes in ghastly accident
Sylvia Etornam Gbormita, a teacher at the Border Basic School at Aflao in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region, has died in what many has described as a freak road accident. Etornam, as she was popularly called, died on Friday, April 8, 2022, in an accident that left …
Read More »Girl,15, raped and stabbed; loses one eye
A man has been arrested in connection with the rape and assault of a 15-year-old girl in eMaxesibeni on Good Friday, during which her eyes were gouged out. Eastern Cape police said the arrest of the 23-year-old man was a breakthrough in the case. The girl was on her way …
Read More »Truck accident traps motorists
A truck accident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway has barred motorists travelling outward Lagos. The truck fell across the Kara axis of the road, forcing a column of oncoming vehicles to a standstill. A frustrated driver who gave his name only as Kingsley said the accident occurred at 11:20pm.He said he …
Read More »Deferred students have a month to pay fees – KNUST
The Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has once again extended the deadline for payment of fees for deferred students by a month. According to the Institution, the decision follows a meeting with the Minister for Education, Yaw Adutwum and other stakeholders held today April 22, …
Read More »Turn students with aggregate 25 into 1st class if you you’re best – Dr. Adutwum tells PRESEC, Wesley Girls
The Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has said Grade A Senior High Schools including Presbyterian Boys Secondary School (PRESEC Legon) and Wesley Girls’ Senior High School in Cape Coast must be willing to accept students with aggregate 20 or 25 and make them first class students. He said the …
Read More »GIJ graduation chaos: Graduands demonstrate, family members run for shelter
The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) on Thursday, April 21, 2022, organized the 15th congregation for its graduating students. The graduands protested the institution’s management’s poor planning of the ceremony when the rain forced them to vacate the durbar. The fresh students who were also scheduled for lectures got disappointed …
Read More »Okoe-Boye appointed Acting NHIA boss
President Akufo-Addo has appointed the former MP for Ledzorkuku, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye as the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). “I am pleased to inform you that the President has appointed you to act as the Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance …
Read More »Nigeria leads African countries with most expensive bread prices
Nigeria ranked top among nine African countries with the most expensive prices of bread, according to a report by Business Insider Africa. Bread is a common staple food which is widely consumed and always in high demand in Africa. The report, which compiled data from Numbeo, a leading global database …
Read More »Teacher trainees directed to feed themselves starting May 8
The National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education – Ghana (PRINCOF) has directed that teacher trainees start to fund their own feeding from May 8. This directive is in response to the inability of Colleges of Education to make payments for food items supplied to them. According to PRINCOF, …
Read More »Kwahu Easter festivities: the euphoria is back again
The Ghana Paragliding Festival has become an integral part of the annual Kwahu Easter Festivities. The event rekindled the hither-to dying Kwahu Easter festival and transformed Easter celebration in Ghana into an international event. The Genesis The history of the festival goes back to March 2003 when, as the new …
Read More »11 dead, scores injured in Good Friday bus, minibus crash
Eleven people have died after a bus and minibus collided on the N1 near Leeu Gamka in the Western Cape on Good Friday. The incident took place at around 06:00, said the Road Traffic Management Corporation’s (RTMC) Simon Zwane. In addition to the fatalities, an unknown number of people were …
Read More »