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 …

The Private Health Facilities Association of Ghana has threatened an industrial action due to government’s failure to pay claims for National Health Insurance Scheme. According to the General Secretary of the association, Frank Torblu Richard, health care delivery is being compromised due to arrears dating as far back as nine …

The star girl of the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Francisca Lamini, is on her way to the Harvard Medical School. This was announced by the American Chamber of Commerce in Ghana through its LinkedIn page. Francisca Lamini caught the attention of the nation with her sterling performance …

A court in Burkina Faso has sentenced the country’s former president, Blaise Compaoré, to life in prison for the murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara. Sankara, who was not one of those African leaders to be told what to do by western nations, was murdered after four years in power …

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNCOP), has called for an independent probe into the marking of scripts of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates from private schools. Candidates in private schools often do much better than their counterparts in public schools, but the Council argued that private school …

Three people have been killed by bandits who attacked a mosque while worshippers were breaking their fast on Tuesday April 5. Daily Trust reported that the gunmen numbering about 50, killed three persons inside the mosque and also abducted many villagers who were taken to an unknown location. The incident …

A Gauteng teenager dubbed “South Africa’s youngest serial rapist” by police has been handed a 30-year prison sentence. The teen was found guilty of raping three boys. The 17-year-old was recently sentenced in the Palm Ridge Regional Court. Police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Sello said: The teenager is believed to be the …

Investments in construction, real estate, and manufacturing sectors are leading the path to economic recovery in Rwanda as the country seeks to reverse the negative effect of the coronavirus pandemic. The country recorded investments worth $3.7 billion in 2021 up from $1.3 billion in 2020. The three sectors contributed up …

Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaoré has received a life sentence in absentia for his role in the assassination of his revolutionary predecessor, Thomas Sankara. Sankara, 37, was gunned down along with 12 others during the 1987 coup d’état that brought Compaoré to power. The pair had been close friends …

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has served notice to embark on a nationwide strike from April 21 over non implementation of Neutrality Allowance. According to the group payment of the Neutrality Allowance has not been effected as agreed in spite of official reminders and follow …

Three persons have been killed and another one injured after gunmen attacked a community in Bassa council of Plateau State. The attack according to The Nations occurred at a village in the Irigwe chiefdom of Miango district at 1:30 am on Monday, April 5. The report said more than 25 …

A Nigerian atheist has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in the northern state of Kano after being convicted of blaspheming Islam. Mubarak Bala, the 37-year-old president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, pleaded guilty to all 18 charges and asked for leniency. He has …

A deacon at Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Nigeria has been confirmed dead after slumping while preaching during service. The incident occurred on Sunday April 3, while Ogunnusi was preaching against the ‘get-rich-quick’ syndrome. The church was thrown into confusion after the deacon suddenly slumped with a microphone in his hand. Delivering …

The Sunyani Senior High School Old Students Association (SOSA) have rejected the appointment of a new Headmaster for the school, Gordon Osei Marfo. Reasons for the rejection of the new Headmaster, Gordon Ose Marfo who took office in February 2022 is not known. However, this portal has sighted a letter …

At least 11 soldiers were killed after some terrorists locally dubbed bandits raided a Nigerian military base in Polwire village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A source who disclosed this to SaharaReporters said the incident occurred on Monday, April 4, 2022. He said the bandits came …

Limpopo police have arrested a 33-year-old man after a customer was shot dead during a robbery at a car dealership in Polokwane. The business robbery on Monday afternoon ended in the murder of a 57-year-old teacher. The victim has been identified as Muofhe Levwimbe, a teacher from the Vhembe district. …