Ghana law students have embarked on a protest, today October 7, 2019, to demand reforms in the legal education system. The law students marched from the Law School in Makola to the Jubilee House to present a petition to the president. The demonstration is as a result of the mass …
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Security personnel save BoG from losing GHC60.5 million
The timely intervention of security personnel saved the Bank of Ghana (BoG) from losing GH¢60.5 million in a fatal accident involving one of its bullion vans and a tanker truck at the outskirts of Techiman in the Bono East Region, which also claimed one life. The van, with registration number …
Read More »CSE saga: Akufo-Addo deliberately spoke in Twi to deceive foreign partners
President Nana Akufo-Addo has been accused of peddling falsehood in his claim that he has not approved the guidelines on the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia alleged that the government has already received monies from donor partners to roll …
Read More »Tear gas, gun shots halt law students’ demo
At least 10 protesters have been arrested after the demonstration by law students on Monday ended abruptly. The demonstration, seeking reforms to legal education in Ghana, started peacefully at the main campus of the Ghana School of Law. But on their last-ditch effort to present their petition to the president …
Read More »VIDEO: Prof Gyampo ‘flees’ over sex scandal
One of Ghana’s vocal political commentators and avowed critic of politicians, Professor Edward Ransford Yaw Gyampo is reported to have fled the country ahead of the premiering of the ‘sex for grades’ scandal that has hit prominent West African Universities. The hitherto active social media user and Lecturer with the …
Read More »Boko Haram Insurgents ambush, kill 11 soldiers – Source
Nigerian soldiers have suffered yet another round of casualties in their patriotic battle to drive out insurgents from the country. PREMIUM TIMES reported a devastating attack on October 3 in which Boko Haram terrorists killed 11 soldiers and wounded 14 in an ambush on a military convoy in Borno State. …
Read More »How Sarkodie warned lecturers against ‘sex for grades’
Music is a tool for communication, the reason some musicians do subtitling in music videos when they realize the language barrier is likely to limit the extent to which their messages can fly and impact. More often than not, some music enthusiasts dance or bounce to the beat without paying …
Read More »Government has lied to us – TUTAG
The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has threatened an industrial action against the government over its failure to implement the conditions of service for public universities. In a press statement sighted by MyNewsGh.com, TUTAG expressed disappointment, explaining the government has downgraded some professors to assistant lecturers without the …
Read More »38-year-old woman dies after giving birth to triplets
Grandmother of eight children, Mary Akosua Korankyewaa has given a chilling account of events leading to the death of her only daughter, Adwoa Dankwa, who died at the age of thirty-eight. “My daughter had initially given birth to triplets and twins. She got pregnant again and brought forth another triplet, …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Professor Gyampo implicated in BBC’s ‘Sex for Grades’ exposé
A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Edward Gyampo has been caught up in the “sex for grades” investigations carried out by BBC Africa Eye. Professor Gyampo, who is also the Head of European Studies at the University of Ghana, in the compromising video was seen …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Legon Lecturer caught in sex for grade scandal
Academic institutions in West Africa have increasingly been facing allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers. This type of abuse is said to be endemic, but it’s almost never proven. After gathering dozens of testimonies, BBC Africa Eye sent undercover journalists posing as students inside the University of Lagos and the …
Read More »Hard drives containing Opuni trial, others stolen from Court
Hard drives in about five High Courts located in the Law Court Complex building have been stolen from system units of computers used for recording and storing Court records and proceedings, Starr News has learnt. The case of theft is believed to have happened during the just ended legal vacation …
Read More »[AUDIO] 2020 Elections: Ghanaian Associations In South Africa To Sponsor Campaign Against NPP If The Controversial CSE Is Approved
Ghanaian associations in South Africa have threatened to mobilize and sponsor people in both Ghana and South Africa to campaign against the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government ahead of the 2020 general elections if the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) programme education is approved. According to them, President Akufo-Addo …
Read More »Former Minister of Mines & Energy dies at 83
The former Minister of Mines & Energy under President Jerry John Rawlings’s government, Mr Fred Ohene-Kena, has passed away on Friday, October 4, 2019, at the age of 83. He died in Accra after a prolonged illness with his family at his side, confirmed a close relative. Mr Ohene-Kena served …
Read More »I have been betrayed – Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams
Nicholas Duncan-Williams, Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International Ministry, has revealed that he is a constant victim of betrayal and ingratitude from people who benefit from his selflessness and benevolence. Speaking to Joy FM’s Daniel Dadzie on the Super Morning Show Friday monitored by MyNewsGh.com, he …
Read More »CSE won’t happen under my presidency – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has emphatically stated that his government will not approve the teaching of homosexuality in schools. There have been concerns that the new curriculum for basic schools has one of its topics Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). Many have explained the CSE to be the teaching of …
Read More »Akufo-Addo’s Cabinet rejects CSE
The Cabinet of President Akufo-Addo rejected the proposed guidelines on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) when it came up for consideration, Kasapafmonline.com has learnt. The Minister of Education Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh who made the confirmation at the National Teachers Awards Ceremony in Kumasi said the country has no plans of …
Read More »3 females missing in Takoradi found
Three out of the five missing persons published on the Ghana Police Website have been found. The three are Fauzia Aliu, Augustina Koomson and Rosina Gyekyewaa. Fauzia Aliu, 17, returned home on the October 2, about 8 pm. Her father, Aliu Suleman, brought her to the Police on October 4. …
Read More »“Why Saraki’s properties was seized”
The Kwara State House of Assembly has disclosed why it directed the seizure of the Alimi Chalet and a landed property popularly called Ile Arugbo which was allegedly acquired by the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki. It disclosed that it directed the seizure of the property because they belonged to …
Read More »Stonebwoy reacts to Sarkodie victory at BET
Sarkodie became the first rapper from Africa to be crowned winner of BET Best International Flow – a newly created award category – at the just ended BET Hip Hop awards 2019. Several artistes from the entertainment industry both local and international have reacted to the good news. Key of …
Read More »VIDEO: Sarkodie wins BET Best International Flow award
Ghana’s fastest and most decorated rapper, Michael Owusu Addo, has made history once again, as he has been announced the very first winner of BET’s Best International Flow act at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards. Sarkodie in his acceptance speech dedicated the award to his daughter, Adalyn Owusu Addo …
Read More »Children need knowledge on CSE – Aheto Tsegah
A former Director of the Ghana Education Service, Charles Aheto Tsegah, believes that the Comprehensive Sexuality Education is very necessary for Ghanaian children in this modern age. Speaking on The Big Issue on Citi TV, he challenged the argument that comprehensive sexuality education would cause the kids to engage in …
Read More »Armed bandits kidnap six persons
Armed bandits have kidnapped six persons in Adamawa state. A source said the kidnappers stormed Gurin, a village in Fufore Local Government Area, Saturday morning, and took the six away. “The victims were kidnapped some four kilometers from Fufore along the Fufore-Gurin road in the early hours of Saturday,” the …
Read More »7-hour down pour displaces 1,200 residents in Eastern Region
Some 1,200 residents of Asuboni Rails in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region have been displaced following heavy rainfall. The 7-hour downpour destroyed some 50 homes forcing residents to take refuge in a church building. Speaking to Citi News, Eastern Regional National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Director, Kwame …
Read More »Emir’s palace set ablaze in fresh Boko Haram attack
Report has it that rampaging insurgents who attacked Babbangida the headquarters of Tarmuwa local government area of Yobe State have set ablaze Emir of Jajere’s palace. The attackers reportedly drove into the town in a convoy of gun trucks According to a resident, normalcy was said to have returned in …
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