Police in Indianapolis is investigating the murder of a woman who was killed after she allegedly walked in on a male friend having sex with another man and then threatened to expose them in a Facebook Live video. The shooting occurred just after 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday near the intersection of …
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Computer Scientist who invented Cut, Copy and Paste dies aged 74
Larry Tesler, an icon of early computing, has died at the age of 74. Mr Tesler started working in Silicon Valley in the early 1960s, at a time when computers were inaccessible to the vast majority of people. It was thanks to his innovations – which included the “cut”, “copy” …
Read More »First-year students at Ashesi University build drones as their end of Semester Project
First-year students at Ashesi University have built their first-ever drones. The engineering class of the class of 2023, built delivery drones from scratch. In freshman year, engineering students take a course called Introduction to Engineering; where they are introduced to the various aspects of the engineering programme offered at the …
Read More »Germany shooting: ‘Far-right extremist’ carried out shisha bars attacks
A suspected far-right extremist has killed at least nine people in attacks on two shisha bars in a city in western Germany, officials say. Chancellor Angela Merkel said there were many signs the attacker in Hanau had acted out of racism. Federal prosecutors are treating the case as terrorism. Turkey …
Read More »American Rapper, Pop Smoke, Murdered In Cold Blood
Twenty year old popular American songwriter and rapper, Bashar Barakah Jackson, professionally known as Pop Smoke, was murdered in his home. The fast rising star was shot and killed on Wednesday morning in a robbery. TMZ reports that, the rapper was at his rented apartment in the Hollywood Hills at …
Read More »Hanau shooting: Nine dead after two attacks in Germany
Nine people were killed in two shootings at shisha bars in the western German city of Hanau. Several other people were also injured after a gunman opened fire at 22:00 local time (21:00 GMT) on Wednesday, police said. The suspect was later found dead at his home, along with the …
Read More »Man Stabs His Four Children To Death After Accusing Their Mother Of Cheating And Infecting Him With HIV
The police in Mecklenburg outside Burgersfort have launched a manhunt for a 52-year-old suspect Senyatse Lucas Phasha, who allegedly killed his four children at ga-Pasha village, Polokwane. The bodies of the children were found at two different locations in the area. The suspect allegedly informed a neighbor on Tuesday morning, …
Read More »Over 800 Takoradi Technical University students deferred
Over 800 students of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) have been deferred for failing to register with the school during the 2019/2020 academic year. During a press conference on Monday, the University’s Registrar, Moses Maclean Abnory, noted that students were given ample time to register from September 2019 to January …
Read More »Wuhan hospital director dies from coronavirus
The death toll from the novel coronavirus has reached 1,873, as almost half of China’s 1.3 billion-strong population remain subject to varying forms of travel restrictions and other quarantine measures. On Tuesday, Liu Zhiming, director of the Wuchang hospital in Wuhan, the city at the center of the outbreak, himself died of …
Read More »Trump fires back after Obama claims credit for economic boom
President Donald Trump fired back Monday after former President Barack Obama, in a subtle swipe at the commander in chief, claimed credit for the economic gains in both their terms. Obama tweeted Monday morning to note the anniversary of his signing the 2009 economic stimulus package. “Eleven years ago today, near the …
Read More »UE/R: Pupils, teachers walk 1km to drink water, use the toilet
Pupils and teachers of the Salebuga Junior High School in the Upper East Region have to walk 1 or 2 kilometres to have access to potable water and use the toilet on a daily basis. Speaking on the Executive Breakfast Show on Class91.3FM on Tuesday, 18 February 2020, a teacher …
Read More »7 out of 21 coronavirus tests at Noguchi showed symptoms
The Head of the Virology Department of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, says seven out of the 21 cases tested for coronavirus showed symptoms as outlined by the Ghana Health Service despite all proving negative. He, therefore, called for vigilance and heightened effort as the …
Read More »JUST IN: Meningitis kills Two students of Nyankumasi SHS in the Central Region
Two(2) students of Nyankumasi Ahenkro Senior High School (SHS) have died out of Meningitis out of seven reported cases in the Assin South District of the Central Region, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. Health authorities disclosed that cases of Meningitis were reported in three communities within Assin South involving a farmer, some traders and …
Read More »Very sad news from Legon
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the core function of every university is to solve problems and advance the frontiers of knowledge. They do not just award degrees, but they carry out research regularly to suggest solutions to the problems of the people. Right now as I write, the …
Read More »VIDEO: Iraq set BOMB in US Embassy
Several rockets landed near the embassy of the United States in Iraq’s capital early on Sunday, US and Iraqi military officials said, in the latest of a series of attacks against US assets in the country. The rockets struck an Iraqi base hosting US troops and other coalition forces in …
Read More »GES investigates teacher’s assault of pupil over ‘sobolo’ drink
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has started investigations into the case of a teacher assaulting a nine-year-old pupil who criticised the taste of her ‘sobolo’ drink. Jonathan Korsinah, the Nkwanata South Education Director, said it was an unfortunate development and they will get to the bottom of the …
Read More »NHIA owes mission hospitals GH¢87m – Catholic Bishop reveals
It has emerged that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is indebted to mission hospitals across the country to the tune of GH¢87 million. A news item published in the Catholic Standard, the official newspaper of the Catholic Church in Ghana, indicates that Bishop of Koforidua, Most Rev. Joseph Afrifah-Agyekum, …
Read More »Free SHS: Ningo SHTS students study on bare floor
First-year Home Economics students of the Ningo Senior High Technical School at Ningo in the Greater Accra Region have to sit on the floor for classes due to lack of desks. The students, who number over 40, sit on the bare floor for lessons as the classroom has less than …
Read More »Two companies under investigation for importing infested gizzard
Chief Executives of two food import companies are being investigated by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for importing four 40-footer containers of salmonella infested gizzard into the country. Veterinary officials said they were able to impound one of the containers but three others which can feed millions of people have …
Read More »Ruth Eshun’s Murder: Nurses threaten to withdraw services in Ashanti region
Nurses in the Ashanti region have given the police a two-week ultimatum to find the killers of Ruth Eshun Arhin, a community health nurse who was murdered on February 3. The Community Health Nurses Association and (CHNAG) Ghana Registered Nurses Association (GRNA) want answers regarding the assailants or they will withdraw their …
Read More »Volta barracks sewage poisons river in Ho Dome
Untreated sewage from a non-functioning sewer treatment plant that serves the Volta barracks of the 66 Artillery Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces, is flowing into a river in the Ho Dome community. The treatment plant, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) was told, had stopped working since 2016, causing overflowing …
Read More »US-based Ghanaian doctor indicted for more than $23m in healthcare fraud
A US-based Ghanaian surgeon, Dr Moses deGragt-Johnson has been indicted after allegedly falsifying $26m in claims from private health insurers and the US government. The Ghanaian born surgeon who is facing 58 counts of indictment has been accused of performing unnecessary procedures on patients, billing health care companies millions for …
Read More »Coronavirus: First death confirmed in Europe
A Chinese tourist has died in France after contracting the new coronavirus – the first fatality from the disease outside Asia. The victim was an 80-year-old man from China’s Hubei province, according to French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn. He arrived in France on 16 January and was placed in quarantine …
Read More »Massive Boost: California Fitness Center Supports Black Muscles
California Fitness center has come to the support of the national bodybuilding team of Ghana the Black Muscles, offering its gym to them to be used for free. California Fitness Centre, which is considered as one of the best fitness centers that can boost of modern fitness equipment in …
Read More »Denying your husband sex can kill him – Counselor Ogochukwu Nweke
When you reject your husband sexually, do you know what that does to him? Well, I’m sure the consequence of death might be the last to come to mind. According to Marriage and Relationship Counselor Ogochukwu Nweke, a woman denying her husband sex can lead to the death of the …
Read More »GES suspends Upper West regional director for misconduct
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted the Upper West Regional Director of the Service, over allegations of misconduct and corrupt practices. The Director, Duncan Nsor, has been asked to step aside for investigations into allegations of bribery in the appointment of heads of some second-cycle schools in the region. …
Read More »Ghana observes National Mathematics Day today
As today marks Valentine’s Day, Ghanaians are also observing the day as National Mathematics Day. The Ghana Education Service (GES) in collaboration with the Ghana Mathematics Society (GMS) set February 14 as a day to observe this. This is to create awareness of the importance and use of Mathematics in …
Read More »25 NABCO Trainees Get Permanent Jobs In Kpandai District
A total of 25 Nation Builders Corps(NABCO) personnel have gained permanent employment in the Kpandai district of the Northern region. The personnel have therefore exited from the scheme to create employment opportunities for some unemployed youth in the area. The Kpandai District Chief Executive(DCE), Atta Emmanuel Kofi Tatablata , made …
Read More »GES interdicts Upper West Regional Director of Education
The Ghana Education Service has interdicted the Upper West Regional Director of Education, Duncun Nsor with immediate effect after complaints were made about his conduct. According to the GES, the interdiction is to enable the Service to conduct investigations into the allegations leveled again him. In a statement copied to …
Read More »Over 2million Ghanaian children not protected against polio
It has been revealed that over two million Ghanaian infants are at risk of been infected with poliomyelitis and needed to be vaccinated as early as possible. This was made known in the Upper East Region during a press encounter with the Ghana Health Service(GHS). The delay in the early …
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