The flag of Ghana has been raised high in the top educational echelons in the U.S. as the star performers of the three competing schools in the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), gear up for their next challenges. Eden Nana Obeng Kyei of team Prempeh College, Prince Debrah …

As a result of heavy rain in Durban, bones of some of those buried at a cemetery in Ntuzuma D section, at Lindelani informal settlement, have been exposed. The area has been severely affected by the heavy rains. The cemetery has flooded, leaving some graves excavated. Residents of the Lindelani …

The Electricity Company of Ghana has issued a disconnection notice to Ghana’s premier university, the University of Ghana, UG, over power debts to the tune of GH¢33 million. The power distributor issued a 72-hour ultimatum for the university to settle the bill or face disconnection from the national grid. Reports …

A man, Ifeanyi Njoku, has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Precious Okeke, 24, in an estate at Badore, in the Ajah area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the live-in lovers stayed on Oke Street, where Njoku allegedly killed his girlfriend for ritual purposes. Our correspondent learnt …

Rita Offin, a 64-year-old mother of seven, is among hundreds of pupils who have gained admission to various Senior High Schools (SHS) across Ghana. The sexagenarian, who has secured admission at Christ The King Senior High School (CKC) at Obuasi, commenced her studies on Monday, April 11, 2022. Madam Offin sat …

The University of Ghana, risks being disconnected from the national power grid if it fails to pay a GH¢33 million debt it owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) within the next 72 hours. A disconnection notice has been served on the university, and any further delay will leave the …

The Chief Executive Officer of the Awareness Healthcare Centre in Ghana, Dr. Samuel Ato Duncan, has revealed that some influential people in the country and some Scientists want him dead for discovering a cure for HIV/AIDS. According to him, people are hunting him to stop him from making public the …

Five people, including a child, were killed in a fiery car crash in Mpumalanga on Sunday evening. Three others were injured. The accident took place when a Volkswagen Golf and a Nissan sedan collided on the R23 between Standerton and Val. Both vehicles burst into flames on impact. According to …

The Gauteng Department of Education has expressed concern after several pupils were hospitalised after consuming cannabis-laced edibles. Department spokesperson Steve Mabona said 11 pupils from Randfontein High School on the West Rand were rushed to various medical facilities on Thursday after they fell ill during school hours. He added two …

The Students’ Representative Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it would engage management of the university to seek an extension of the deadline for students who are yet to pay their fees. This comes after management announced that students, who could not pay 70% …

A pregnant woman, a two-month-old baby, and two others have allegedly lost their lives during an early morning fire at the Bonny-Bille-Nembe Jetty in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday. Also, over 40 boats were burnt in the fire said to be caused by persons who attempted to load illegally …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed claims on some social media that it has prescribed uniforms for teachers in the country. Social media especially Facebook is replete with pictures of people posing as teachers wearing what appears as a new uniform for staff of the service. But speaking to …

Another mass shooting in Khayelitsha left two men dead and three people injured on Friday night, Western Cape police said. Spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said they were shot in Mandela Park, Harare, shortly after 23:00. The dead men were 30 and 37 years old. A woman, 30, and two men, …

Numerous countries, including Nigeria, have a long history of dog-eating and consider it part of their culinary tradition. Did you know that South Korea, Vietnam and Nigeria are the top three countries with the highest dog consumption in the world? These are the findings of a recent report by Matthew …

The global leader in fixed broadband and mobile network testing applications, Speedtest, has released the ranking of mobile and fixed broadband speeds from around the world. On the fixed broadband speeds, Speedtest Global Index has ranked Ghana number one in Africa and 79th globally, with a speed of 53.28 Megabit …

More than a thousand students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology will likely have to defer their courses due to their inability to pay their tuition fees by the stipulated deadline. The deadline for the payment of fees was extended from March 24, 2022, to April 7, …

School feeding caterers in the Eastern region are demanding increment in the school feeding grants following skyrocketing prices of food items. According to the caterers, food prices have increased multiple times but the government still pays Ghc1 per plate of meal making it extremely difficult to improve the quality of …

The Kogi government Friday directed the burial of the carcasses of some of the 20 poisoned cows discovered on Wednesday in Lokoja. The government also directed residents of Lokoja to stay off consumption of beef for seven days not to fall victim of some of the poisoned meat allegedly already …

Zulu Princess Thembi Zulu-Ndlovu has passed away. Zulu-Ndlovu was the sister of the late Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu. The news was confirmed to Weekend Witness by her brother, Prince Mbonisi Zulu on Friday evening. He said: “Yes, she passed away at a hospital in Newcastle. The family just found out so …

It seems the recent comments of the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana on educational matters, most especially the Free SHS, is becoming one too many recipes to satisfy his disenchantment with the program. Not only that, but he has also taken contentment in factoid submissions, even in the …

And also education is a backbone of any country that aims at achieving greater things in the future with its youths, by giving them proper educational background and the needed tools that will aid them in learning. But Kobeda No 1, a farming community under the Kintampo North Municipality is …

Three Junior High School (JHS) final year students and one teacher of Abbey Kopey DA Basic School in the Ningo-Prampram District of Greater Accra Region have sustained injuries as a result of a heavy rainfall that collapsed part of a poor structure school building on the students and the teacher …

Four mourners have been killed while 15 others sustained various degrees of injury in an auto accident in Benue State. The accident occurred along the Gboko-Makurdi highway after the vehicle they were travelling in lost control and rammed into a tree on Thursday morning, April 7. The accident was said …

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly attempting to rape his housemaid in Ifite, Awka, the state capital. PUNCH Metro gathered that the 12-year-old house girl jumped from a storey building to escape as she fractured her legs in the process. She was said to have …

An explosion that occurred on Wednesday on the Ijebu Ode- Ibadan Expressway has claimed the life of a yet-to-be-identified male adult. The fire incident occurred when two tankers caught fire early Thursday morning. The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, said this in …

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Kwaku Afriyie has called on Ghanaians to stop purchasing food wrapped in plastic in order to avoid the risk it poses to one’s health. The Minister also wants laws to be put in place banning the use of plastics for selling …

In a bid to ascertain firsthand information and improve on the reported shortage of rice in the local market in Liberia, President George Weah has toured various warehouses at the Freeport of Monrovia with a vow to take punitive measures against unscrupulous business owners and others creating an artificial shortage …

Burkina Faso’s former President Roch Kabore, who had been under house arrest since he was toppled in a military coup in January, has been allowed to return to his family home, according to the country’s interim government. Kabore was allowed to return to his residence in the capital Ougadougou on …

Former Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday evening, escaped death after he was involved in an auto crash in Abuja. The accident claimed the lives of two of his aides, Leadership reports. One of his aides was quoted as saying that the former president was fine and back home. The …

Wife of former Burkinabe leader and African revolutionary icon, Thomas Sankara, has reacted to the legal determination reached in the murder of her husband decades ago. Mariam Sankara said she was relieved because the April 6 sentencing of her husband’s former ally and exiled former President Blaise Compaore, to life …