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 …
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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 »Here are Africa’s Top 20 club sides – IFFHS report
North Africa dominated the latest list of top 20 African teams as released by the International Federation for Football History and Statistics(IFFHS) from 1st April 2021 – 31th March 2022. Egyptian giants and reigning CAF Champions League holders, Al Ahly, top IFFHS 2022 African Clubs Ranking. Whiles North African sides …
Read More »Quality of condoms not determined by their prices – Gynecologists
A gynecologist at the Ga East Municipal Health Directorate, Dr. Benedict Afari, has refuted claims that the quality of a condom is determined by its price. The medical practitioner speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, asserted that if the condom has been approved by the Food and …
Read More »4 killed, 11 injured in Good Friday head-on collision
Four people were killed and 11 others injured after two minibus taxis collided in Mpumalanga. The incident took place on the N17 between Leandra and Kinross at around 01:00 on Good Friday, when the two minibus taxis collided head-on, said Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison spokesperson Moeti …
Read More »A brief history of the floating market of Benin
In Benin, lying in Lake Nokoué, near Cotonou, is Ganvie and its famous floating market. This is where items found on canoes are not just seafood products but any product you would find in an ordinary market — vegetables, fruits, soaps, medicinal plants, cooking oil, and so on. In the …
Read More »SHSs hit by shortage of desks as students stand to learn
There is a shortage of mono desks in many Senior high Schools in the Asuogyaman District in the Eastern Region. Many students are struggling to get desks to sit on. The situation has compelled some students to resort to using dining hall tables and benches while others stand to learn. …
Read More »11-year-old pregnant girl lists those who slept with her
An 11-year-old girl has stirred reactions after she listed out all the men who allegedly raped her despite being a minor. According to a journalist based in Port Harcourt identified as Martha Okere shared the list on her facebook page. In the list, the lady mentioned some uncles and other …
Read More »Murder of Dagbon State SHS teacher triggered reprisal killings of 8 – Report
Latest reports emerging suggest that the murder of a Teacher of Dagbon State Senior High School (SHS) in Yendi is believed to have triggered reprisal attacks resulting in the murder of 8 persons on Wednesday. MyNewsGh.com has gathered that one Jacob Quwalah was accosted and killed on the Yendi-Zabzugu road …
Read More »“Patient detention” room uncovered at St. Joseph Hospital
Starr News has uncovered a Patient “detention room” at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Koforidua in the Eastern Region. The room has been designated to detain patients who have been discharged but are unable to pay their medical bills. The room has obsolete medical beds where the affected patients sleep on. …
Read More »CENTSAG suspends strike
The Non-Teaching Staff Association of the Colleges of Education, Ghana, (CENTSAG) has called off its strike. This comes on the back of a meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) on Wednesday, 13 April 2022. The strike has been suspended pending a meeting with the Fair Wages Commission and the …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: KwaZulu Natal flood death toll rises to 306
The death toll from the widespread flooding in KwaZulu-Natal has risen to at least 306. In a statement, the provincial department of Co-operative Governance has confirmed that mop-up operations have commenced across the province. Residents are urged to be patient as teams in municipalities affected by the flooding are stretched …
Read More »Bride-to-be, 28 others die as boat capsize in Sokoto
Tragedy struck on Wednesday, April 13 at 8 am in the Shagari LGA of Sokoto State when twenty-nine persons including a bride-to-be died in a boat mishap in the Shagari River. The victims, who were mostly children were crossing the river to a nearby bush to fetch firewood which they …
Read More »NLC orders CENTSAG to call off illegal strike
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered the leadership of Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) to call off their strike and return to engage with their employer, Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) on their concerns. The NLC ruled that CENTSAG did not follow due process before …
Read More »4 suspected ‘illegal miners’ found dead
Four bodies were found on the side of a Benoni road on Tuesday, wrapped in blankets and plastic. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said: The bodies are not identified yet, but are suspected to be that of illegal miners. He said police received an anonymous tip-off about the bodies. An …
Read More »‘The taxpayer looked after me in jail’ – South African mayor rejects salary, perks
A new mayor in South Africa has pledged that he will not take salary and other perks of office. Gayton McKenzie of the Patriotic Alliance (PA) party, was recently sworn in as mayor of the Central Karoo district municipality in the Western Cape province. In his inauguration speech, he stressed …
Read More »At least 20 feared dead in South Africa due to heavy rainfall
At least 20 people are thought to have died in South Africa’s eastern coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal due to unusually heavy rainfall, according to media reports, while officials were still trying to assess the extent of the damage. There are fears that numerous people have been injured while damage to …
Read More »Lead NSMQ stars for Prempeh, PRESEC and Keta get admission into world’s top universities
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 …
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