The National President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Perpetual Ofori Ampofo, says the government should not heed to any calls demanding the cancellation of nurse trainee allowances. “I will not subscribe to any government abolishing the trainee allowance,” she insisted in an interview with TV3‘s Daniel …

Nigeria’s fuel shortage and a month-long power blackout have converged into a perfect storm scenario, paralysing the economy of Africa’s most populous country, causing social anxiety and raising questions about the country’s self-sufficiency in a resource it produces. As the sixth world crude oil producer, with a significant chunk of …

Sudan’s military junta is seeking regional support months after deposing Prime Minister Abdula Hamdok’s administration with pressure mounting from international partners to hold elections. Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan made whistle-stop tours to South Sudan and Uganda this week as the Sovereign Council he chairs struggles to bring peace and calm …

Committee members and residents of Edwinase in the Ejisu Municipality have called for the renovation of their eighty-year-old Basic School which has now become a death trap. According to the residents in the Ashanti region, school pupils are compelled to run home to save their lives whenever it is about …

A 12-year-old North West pupil, who was allegedly subjected to bullying at school, took his own life following a fight with three fellow pupils who had allegedly ganged up on him. A 12-year-old pupil who was allegedly subjected to bullying at school, took his own life following a fight with …

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has paid an amount of US$145,000 for the importation of parts of a crucial cancer treatment machine at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, KATH. He issued the checque during the week on Net 2 TV when some of the medics who work at …

Julius Odupitan, a lawyer who was called to the Nigerian Bar at 76, was buried in Atan Cemetery in Lagos on Thursday. He passed away in 2021 at the age of 89. Popularly called ‘Baba Ayu’ (Baba and you) by his classmates, he started his journey to the legal field …

Yet-to-be identified gunmen during the early hours of Saturday bombed the Umuguma Divisional Police Headquarters situated at the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo state. The attackers also killed two police constabularies who were on duty.Our correspondent learnt that on arrival, the gunmen who came with guns and Explosive …

Two children have been confirmed dead following the collapse of a toilet at UK Bello Memorial Primary School, Paiko, in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State. Daily Trust reported that it is unclear what the children were doing around the building that was said to be weak. While some …

Three classrooms of Anglican Senior High Technical School in Akyem Kwabeng in the Atiwa West District of the  Eastern region have been ripped off by a violent rainstorm recorded in the community Friday March 18,2022. The incident occurred at about 6:10pm. According to Agnes Minta, the Assistant Headmaster in Charge …

The Minister of Health has confirmed that Ghana has only four active Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines stationed in selected Government Hospitals. According to the Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu four (4) out of the seven (7) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Machines in major hospitals across the country are functional. The Minister in his …

A final year student of the University of Ghana, Felix Tawiah Ayittah has proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the Students’ Representative Council (UG SRC). Felix Tawiah Ayittah is on a quest to secure a declaration from the SRC Judicial Board which will deny executive officers their voting right …

A Gauteng man who set his former lover’s home alight and killed her five-year-old sibling in the process, has been sentenced to life in prison. Tebogo Daniel Maphopho was sentenced in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday after he was convicted for arson, murder, and attempted murder. The …

Squatters have invaded the premises of the Tema General Hospital, posing danger to residing medical staff and patients at the facility. There have been several reports of robbery attacks on the hospital premises, which the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) believed were linked to the squatters; Mr Yohane Amarh Ashitey, the …

Commercial sex workers in Tana River County, Kenya, have elected to digitise their business by forming WhatsApp groups led by various veterans in the trade. According to Nairobi News, the sex workers said they were yet to recover from the effects of Covid-19 despite the lifting of regulations by the government, …

Torrential rains in Bekwai in the Ashanti Region have ripped off the roof of some schools in the area. The rains, which lasted for hours on Thursday, 17 March 2022, caused an interruption in power supply, leaving the town in darkness. The roof of some classrooms at the Bekwai Senior …

The Chief of Takyikrom in the Achiase district of the Eastern Region, Nana Nyarko has given a worrying account of how expectant mothers in the area are often carried on broken doors to access healthcare at the nearby Aprade community. According to the Chief, the Aprade community is about one …

Five vehicles – two Golden Arrow buses, a council truck and light duty vehicle, as well as an Eskom vehicle – were set alight during protest action in Nyanga on Friday morning.   It is understood that the protest action could be linked to a law enforcement operations held on …

A rainstorm that lasted more than an hour at Janga in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region on Sunday evening (13 March 2022) has razed down several houses including school buildings and other structures in the community. Many of the residents have been rendered homeless including women …

Mbali Ntuli, a prominent political figure in the DA, has resigned as a member of the party and as a member of the KwaZulu-Natal legislature. In a resignation letter on Thursday, she said her departure was a necessary move and that it did not come easily. “Change is good. It …

Prof Stephen Adei has urged the government to review its flagship Free Senior High School policy. Speaking on Joy News, the economist and Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission stated that the flagship programme has stretched the already impacted economy seeing that government allocates about GH¢7.5 billion every year to the …

Fear has gripped students of Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) in the Ashanti region following attacks on male student’s hostel by armed robbers at Asafo. The students fear that if adequate measures are not put in place, they might be forced to quit school to protect their lives. Their concerns follow a …

Challenges and deep concerns are growing in the General Reference Hospital in Beni, northeastern the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), overcrowded with victims of armed conflicts carried out by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). Injured civilians, mostly women who have barely survived gunshots and machete wounds, have …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has justified the decision for teachers to pay 10 per cent of their salaries to occupy government bungalows. According to the GES, the letter from Western Regional Education Director was purely based on the Ministry of Finance’s circular which the GES fully endorse. “Management of …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to immediately rescind its decision for its members to pay 10 percent of their basic salaries as rent for staying in government bungalows. The GES has directed teachers living in all government bungalows to get …

Hundreds of thousands of condoms, mosquito nets and tuberculosis drugs worth $100,000 (£77,000) are alleged to have disappeared from a warehouse operated by the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa). They are believed to have been stolen and resold on the black market and to private chemists, according to the UN’s …

Commercial sex workers in Kenya say they are yet to recover from the effects of Covid-19 despite the lifting of regulations by the government. This, some of them say, has forced them to look for other means of sustaining their trade. Thus, they have elected to digitize their business, in …

Forty-five General Arts students of Ebenezer Senior High School in Dansoman, a suburb of the Greater Accra Region have been studying on the floor since Thursday, March 10. This is because the headmistress of the school has parked all the desks from the classroom because the students could not pay …

The University of South Africa (Unisa) has suspended further graduations following disruptions allegedly by protesting National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) members at a ceremony on Tuesday. “University management is currently in conversation with Nehawu about the issues in dispute that led to the disruption, as well as …

An African has for the first time won the world’s most prestigious architecture prize, the Pritzker Prize. The winner is Diébédo Francis Kéré, a Burkina Faso-born architect who also holds German nationality. The -year-old Kéré said he was the “happiest man on this planet” to win the award in its …