Even a “relatively benign” no-deal Brexit would push UK debt to its highest since the 1960s, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said. The think tank said borrowing was likely to rise to £100bn and total debt would soar to 90% of national income. “The government is now adrift …
Read More »LATEST UPDATES
How Police kill Devil, notorious kidnapper
Personnel of the Rivers State Police Command attached to the Bori Division in the Khana Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday, gunned down a kidnap kingpin, Linus Lebari, aka Devil. Lebari was trailed by the police to his gang’s hideout in the Okwale forest, a boundary between Rivers …
Read More »Opuni, Agongo lawyers cause yet another delay in proceedings
The Accra High Court adjudicating the case of former Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) CEO, Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni and businessman, Mr Seidu Agongo, on Monday, October 7, 2019 forced to adjourn the matter for a month to allow the Court of Appeal make a determination on yet another stay of …
Read More »Messi breaks another Ronaldo record
With a swish of his magic left boot, Lionel Messi broke yet another record as his stunning trademark free-kick sealed a comprehensive win against Sevilla. The strike was his 420th in La Liga, breaking Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 419 goals scored in Europe’s ‘top five’ leagues — Spain, England, Germany, …
Read More »Politicians have not failed Ghana – John Dumelo
National Democratic Congress (NDC), Parliamentary Candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon cum Actor, John Dumelo says Politicians have not failed the Ghana as many have claimed. On social media and in mainstream media, Ghanaians continue to blame their woes of the country on Politicians with some stating that but for them …
Read More »Woman boards Delta flight without ticket or identification
Authorities are investigating how a woman managed to board a Delta Air Lines flight from Orlando to Atlanta without identification or a boarding pass. The Orlando Police Department said in a statement that officers responded to a suspicious person report Saturday morning at the airport. When the officers arrived, the …
Read More »Ayew hits back at critics
Jordan Ayew thinks he has shown enough quality to make his critics eat their words. The Ghana international scored the winner late on in Crystal Palace’s 2-1 victory at West Ham United on Saturday, needing the intervention of VAR after it was initially ruled out for offside by the referee. …
Read More »Nigeria university suspends ‘sex for grades’ pastor
The University of Lagos in Nigeria says it has suspended a lecturer featured in a BBC documentary on sexual harassment at two top West African universities. This comes shortly after Boniface Igbeneghu, who is also a pastor, was suspended by his church. There has been an outcry on social media …
Read More »Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu threatens to resign over controversial CSE
Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has strongly debunked suggestions by a section of the public that his government is bent on introducing ‘alien’ practices into the Ghanaian society through the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). “I will resign from the government if those suggestions turn …
Read More »Police releases 13 persons for ‘demonstrating illegally’
The Accra Regional Police Command has released 13 persons who were arrested on Monday October 7, for embarking on an illegal demonstration. “At about 0830hours, a group numbering about 300 believed to be members of a group of students who failed the entrance exams to the Ghana Law School besieged …
Read More »[VIDEO]: If you joke, I will deal ruthlessly with you – Obinim warns Obofour
‘Angel’ Daniel Obinim has sent a word of caution to Obofour. According to him, Obofour has been peddling falsehood against him; something he hates. He mentioned that Obofour claims he has “stolen” six of his workers from his Television station; a move he claims to be false because only two …
Read More »Student demonstration turns nasty
The demonstration embarked by National Association of Law Students turned nasty when the police fired live cartridges and sprayed water on the demonstrators, who sat in the middle of the road creating traffic jam. This compelled the students to run helter-skelter for their dear lives with some seeking asylum in …
Read More »How a University Lecturer and pastor sexually harassed a 17-year-old ‘student’
Dr Boniface Igbeneghue, the Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos, disgraced in a “sex for grades” undercover investigation by BBC’S Africa Eye looks like an honourable man with the perfect disguise: he is a pastor, not just a pastor but a head pastor of a local …
Read More »Sex for grade: Gyampo is disciplined, BBC was unfair – Legon student
A student of Professor Yaw Gyampo says the under-fire lecturer is well behaved and very respected by his students. According to Enam, the lecturer who stands accused of sexual harassment in the BBC’s latest investigative piece – Sex for Grades- is very much liked by all those he teachers now. …
Read More »FULL VIDEO: ‘Sex for grades’ – Undercover in West African universities
WATCH THE VIDEO
Read More »‘I didn’t touch her; sit up or you’re useless’ – Gyampo to BBC as he threatens to sue
The Head of European Studies at the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ransford Edward Gyampo, who has been implicated in the latest ‘Sex for grades’ investigative documentary of the BBC Africa Eye has hinted at suing the British media house. Prof Gyampo was seen making what the documentary described as …
Read More »Check out Samira’s lovely birthday message to Dr Bawumia
The Second Lady of Ghana, Samira Bawumia on the birthday of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia assured her husband of her undying love for him. In her birthday message via twitter, she said: “We thank Allah for another year of life, good health and favour. I pray for His …
Read More »Gregg Schoof, US pastor, arrested in Rwanda for ‘illegal’ meeting
Rwandan police have arrested a controversial US pastor as he was about to conduct a news conference in the capital, Kigali. Evangelist Gregg Schoof was arrested for holding an “illegal meeting with journalists”, police said. Mr Schoof had been due to criticise the Rwandan government for shutting down his radio …
Read More »And Gyampo cried – Class hoots at him over sex-for-grades allegations
His first lecture of the day after allegations of his involvement in the ‘Sex-for-grade’ practice and the response was epic. Hoots from all directions whiles others encouraged that his face be captured. Political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Edward Gyampo, in a video captured by one …
Read More »PHOTOS: Law students protest over mass exam failure
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 …
Read More »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 »