The Boachipe CHPS Compound has been shut down following an attack by a resident of the community Friday morning. The resident is alleged to have gone to the facility with a gun to shoot a staff of the facility. Information gathered by 3news.com indicates the man went ahead to fire …
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Central Gonja nurses, midwives say ‘no security, no posting to Boachipe CHPS’
The Central Gonja branch of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has said until the security of health workers is guaranteed, no health worker must be posted to the Boachipe CHPS in the Savanna region. The group’s comment follows a shooting incident that occurred at the Boachipe CHPS …
Read More »NAGRAT strike looms over deletion of names of teachers from payroll
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) will soon go on strike unless names of teachers deleted from the government’s payroll unfairly are restored. This has been hinted by NAGRAT President Angel Carbonou. Speaking to journalists in Accra on Thursday, February 17, 2022, the NAGRAT leader described the reasons given …
Read More »Samuel Eto’o declared father of 22-year-old Spanish woman
A Madrid court has declared African football legend Samuel Eto’o as the biological father of a 22-year-old Spanish woman. The court, per reports by multiple European football outlets ruled on Thursday, February 17, 2021 that the ex-Barcelona and Real Madrid striker is the father of Erika Do Ro-sario Nieves. The …
Read More »Video of ‘ailing’ Gabon president struggling with his steps at Brussels summit pops up
Gabonese President Ali Bongo is in Brussels, the Belgian capital, for the African Union – European Union summit. He join dozens of African leaders who arrived at the seat of the European Union for talks between the two continental bloc. But a video of Bongo has become a major talking …
Read More »Snakebites among the real issues facing teachers in rural areas — GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has acknowledged the challenges that teachers go through in Afram Plains and in all other parts of the country. These challenges include snakebites especially in rural areas and also accommodation issues. To that end, the GES said measures have been put in place to deal …
Read More »Snakebites kill teachers in Afram Plains
Two teachers in Afram Plains in the Eastern Region of Ghana, have died as a result of their inability to receive medical care in that part of the country after they suffered snakebites. The Basic Education Coordinator for the Afram Plains North District, Taihdu Mohammed, while speaking in an interview …
Read More »Malawi declares Africa’s first polio case in years
A case of wild polio has emerged in Africa for the first time in five years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Malawian health authorities have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in the capital Lilongwe, the WHO said. The poliovirus paralysed …
Read More »5 die in early morning blaze in Cape Town informal structure
Five people died in a fire in Khayelitsha, Cape Town in the early hours of Friday morning. The fire broke out in Nonqubela, Site B in Khayelitsha, according to City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse. He said: The City’s Fire and Rescue Service was alerted …
Read More »Aisha Buhari clocks 51: Five facts about wife of the Nigerian President
The First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Halilu Buhari celebrates her 51st birthday today, Thursday, February 17, 2022. Aisha Buhari has a bachelor’s degree in public administration at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), a master’s degree in international affairs and strategic studies from the Nigerian Defence Academy, and also holds a post-graduate diploma …
Read More »102-year-old woman declares to run as Nigerian President in 2023
A woman aged 102 has declared her intentions to contest for Nigerian President in 2023. The woman, Nonye Josephine Ezeanyaeche says she has good plans to be executed in Nigeria should she be voted in as President. Ezeanyaeche, who is also called ‘living legend’ or “Mama Africa’, hails from Aguata, …
Read More »South Africa president travels on commercial flight to AU-EU summit in Brussels
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa boarded a commercial flight on his way to Brussels, Belgium where the African Union – European Union, AU-EU, summit is taking place. The presidency shared a video clip that showed Ramaphosa and his team walking down a long hallway at the airport to board …
Read More »Sad: Boafri D/A basic school pupils forced to learn on bare floor
Pupils of Boafri D/A Basic School in the Krachi Nchumuru District in the Oti Region are compelled to sit on the bare floor to learn due to lack of furniture. The situation, according to parents and school management, is affecting teaching and learning activities in the school. Adom News’ visit …
Read More »Nigerian immigrant begins manufacturing first-ever Black-owned fleet of self-driving pods
A black-owned tech firm based in Miami, Florida, has begun manufacturing self-driving vehicles called JéGO Pods. The firm will start releasing the pods in late 2022 and will be used to mobilize healthcare services. JéGO Technologies Inc is founded by Frederick Akphoghene, a Nigerian immigrant, who started his career in …
Read More »Why Michael Jackson was crowned chief in Ivory Coast in 1992
In 1992, Michael Jackson travelled to West Africa, specifically to Ivory Coast. It was there that he was crowned a chief under the name Michael Jackson Amalaman Anoh. His trip was triggered by supposed DNA tests and mystic messages that suggested that he was a descendant of the royal Sanwi …
Read More »Nigeria’s ‘super cop’ turned ‘druglord’ faces demotion
DCP Abba Kyari could be facing possible demotion to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) following a recommendation by the DIG Joseph Egbuniike-led Special Investigation Panel (SIP). The recommendation for his demotion comes after he was found culpable of fraternising with criminals and fraudsters most notably Hushpuppi which …
Read More »2021 BECE candidates to verify school choices via SMS
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has said a bulk SMS will be sent to parents of prospective Senior High School (SHS) students to verify and confirm their schools of choice from Wednesday, 16 to Tuesday, 22 February 2022. “Parents, teachers, candidates are to be informed, that a bulk SMS of …
Read More »Popular Ugandan singer forced to sweep streets after turning up late for music show
Popular Ugandan singer, Pallaso, has been forced to sweep the streets of Masaka City and apologize to his fans after he turned up late for a music show on Monday night, February 14. After many hours of waiting for him to hit the stage in vain, fans got out of …
Read More »Tanzanian man invests US$3,000 to build his own grave
A 59-year-old Tanzanian policeman has built his grave in his compound in the country’s Kilimanjaro region. Paul Kimaro’s decision goes against the norms and customs of his ethnic group but he cites reasons such as cushioning his family after he dies and his personal experience burying his parents. “Being a …
Read More »Rise in use of traditional medicine in China causing new crisis in African nations: Report
A rise in use of Chinese traditional medicines in several African nations have created a new crisis as it is fueling demand for endangered species whose body parts are used to make certain ingredients. The Chinese government has been ramping up the export and production of TCM products in Africa …
Read More »Woman gives birth to baby girl inside courtroom
A Harare woman is reported to have given birth to a healthy bouncing baby girl at Harare Magistrate Court. According to Zimmorningpost, 39-year-old Patience Mubaiwa went into labor this afternoon whilst in the waiting hall of Harare Magistrates Court. Mubaiwa started experiencing labour pains as she waited for her brother, whom …
Read More »Two KTU staff dismissed; 8 others suspended for embezzling over 600k
The governing council of the Koforidua Technical University (KTU) has dismissed two staff of the University for engaging in financial malfeasance. The council, as part of its disciplinary action, also reprimanded and suspended eight (8) others for their involvement in the crime. Three of the staff were, however, exonerated. The …
Read More »We’re studying the court order to advise accordingly – UTAG lawyers
Lawyers for the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have said they are studying a court order that granted the National Labour Commission (NLC) an application against the strike, to advise their client accordingly on the next line of action. The Labour Division of the Accra High Court has granted …
Read More »Court orders UTAG to call off strike
The Accra High Court Labour Court 1, has ordered the University Teachers Association to call off its ongoing strike which has entered its 5th week. The court’s ruling follows a suit filed by the National Labour Commission asking for the enforcement of an earlier order it issued calling on UTAG …
Read More »Security officer shot multiple times during cash-in-transit heist
A 41-year-old security officer is fighting for his life in hospital after he was shot during an alleged cash-in transit heist in Umlazi, Durban, on Tuesday. According to a statement released by Emer-G-Med, whose paramedics responded to the scene in Umlazi R section just before 12pm, the man had suffered …
Read More »Nigeria’s ‘Super Cop’ arrested over role as a drug kingpin
The Nigeria Police Force on February 14, 2022 effected the arrest of former head of the Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari. Kyari was arrested, along with four others, a few hours after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) declared him wanted over alleged drug links. …
Read More »3 Nigerians killed over alleged theft, drug links in South Africa
Three Nigerian citizens in South Africa have been killed following allegations of theft and drug dealings. This was made known in a statement by the Nigeria Union South Africa as the group reiterated its call on the South African and Nigerian governments to stop extra-judicial killings in that country, Nigeriabroad …
Read More »VIDEO: Africa’s third tallest building opened in Ethiopia: Five facts about the edifice
Africa’s third tallest building was over the weekend inaugurated in the city of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia – the seat of the African Union. In attendance was Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and a government delegation given the significance of the building to the country’s economic structure and development. “It …
Read More »Encourage students to pursue STEM-based courses -Dr Adutwum
The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has urged Headmasters of Senior High, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) schools to encourage students to take a keen interest in the study of STEM-based courses. This, he said could be done by engaging the services of various institutions in the …
Read More »Lack of incubators: Two infants mortality recorded at Agroyesum Hospital in 2022
The lack of incubators at the Saint Martin’s Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region has resulted in the death two news born babies in the first month of 2022 The two premature babies according doctors, died at the facility because they could not …
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