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FACTCHECK: Drinking coffee with lemon will not cause melting of body fat
Claim: Viral TikTok trend suggests that drinking coffee mixed with lemon will lead to loss of belly fat in as little as five days. Verdict: Misleading The ingredients, coffee, lemon, and hot water are known to be linked to weight loss. However, taking them together is not a “special brew” …
Read More »Plane bursts into flames on runway after ‘botched landing’
A BOEING 747’s engine burst into flames in dramatic scenes after an apparent botched landing at East Midlands Airport last night. No one is believed to have been injured on the jumbo-jet cargo carrier, which arrived from Leipzig in Germany and lit up the evening sky with orange flames. The …
Read More »The Importance of Education On Gynaecological Conditions and Menstrual Hygiene
Speciallady Awareness carries a yearly outreach program to inspire, educate, and raise awareness for women on reproductive health issues, and to combat menstrual poverty. From Monday 27th September to Thursday 30th September 2021, the NGO carried out outreach projects, providing education on women reproductive health and donating sanitary products, hygiene …
Read More »Morning Devotion by Pastor Arnold Asante ‘The Presence Of God’
THE PRESENCE OF GOD KEY TEXTS:Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. Psalms 139:7-8 NIV One of the most important pieces of …
Read More »790 out of 2824 students pass Law School entrance exams
A total of 790 students out of 2824 representing 28 per cent passed the 2021 School of Law entrance exams. The figure is a 10 per cent drop from the total number of students who passed in 2020. A total of 1045 students passed the 2020 exams. The rate of …
Read More »Ghana receives 1.5m doses of AstraZeneca from Germany
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service Dr. Patrick Kumah Aboagye has revealed that the Ghana Health Service has taken delivery of a total of about 3.2 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines with another 1.5 million doses arriving in the country on Sunday from Germany. This brings the total number …
Read More »St Johns Grammar students use dining hall tables to learn – Headmaster reveals
The headmaster of St. Johns Grammar Senior High School in Accra, Dr Edmund Fianu, has revealed that over 4,228 students use dining tables and chairs in their various classrooms due to lack of furniture. According to the headmaster, the school is overpopulated and lacks enough learning desks for the students …
Read More »Ghana to receive 1.3m Pfizer vaccines from US
The Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, has assured the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, that the United States will soon donate some 1.3 million Pfizer vaccines to Ghana. This is in addition to some 1.2 million Moderna vaccines received by …
Read More »Tyrone Marghuy tops class in Science & Elective Maths despite admission woes
Tyrone Marghuy, one of two Rastafarian boys in a legal battle with Achimota School has reportedly topped his class in Science and Elective Maths. The Rasta student excelled in the Exams despite his inability to study with the class against the backdrop of his predicament in relation to his admission. …
Read More »V*ginal gas (flatulence): Why women queef during s3x and what to do about it
You may not be familiar with the term, but most women have experienced a queef at least once in their lives. For most of us, queefing is a normal, albeit annoying, bodily function. It’s nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about and a very common thing that most women experience. …
Read More »Why you falling asleep after having sex is good
We get countless benefits from having a good, regular sex life and sleeping better is just one of them. Many women still seek the answers to these questions. Is it abnormal to fall asleep after intercourse? Not at all. The tiredness that appears after intercourse is a natural reaction of …
Read More »Student of Kweneboah Koduah SHS dies after trying to escape from Prep Master
A final year student of the Tweneboah Kodua Senior High School in the Ashanti Region has died after landing on his chest while attempting to avoid regular checks by school authorities. Reports say the deceased, Edward Duut, 19, together with other the students upon learning of the presence of the …
Read More »WASSCE: Kumasi High School Headmaster prescribes solutions to stop examination leakages
The Headmaster of Kumasi High School in the Kumasi Metropolis Mr. Bernard Hall-Baidoo is advocating for alternative credible examinable bodies to rival the existing West African Examination Council as one of the measures to stem the perennial exams leakages and other malpractices associated with the WASCCE exams. According to …
Read More »Akim Oda MP organises free mock exams for JHS students
The Akim Oda Constituency Education Committee, established by the Member of Parliament (MP), has organised a special mock examination for 1,688 Junior High School candidates in the area. The cost of the mock examination was fully borne by the MP, Mr Alexander Akwasi Acquah. Teachers would also be motivated for …
Read More »Adansi South District records first COVID-19 death
The Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region has recorded its first COVID-19 death. Mr William Asamoah, the District Disease Surveillance Officer who told the Ghana News Agency in an interview said the deceased would be buried according to medical advice. He gave the assurance that the District’s COVID-19 response team would …
Read More »2021 WASSCE: There are no leakages; just speculations – Education Ministry
Ad The Ministry of Education is insisting widespread reports about the leakage of some papers in the ongoing 2021 WASSCE forcing the rescheduling of some papers are false. Deputy Spokesperson at the Ministry Yaw Opoku Mensah said the papers in question were put on hold to investigate portions of the …
Read More »JHS girl badly bruised after being whipped for scoring 17/30 in class test
A female Junior High School(JHS) student of Kumasi Bantama Church of Christ School in the Ashanti Region is nursing injuries after she was allegedly flogged by her teacher to a pulp for scoring 17 out of 30 in class test. Mr Jones Owusu gave the victim several strokes of the …
Read More »Students of Mirigu Senior High School protest against poorly cooked meals
Students of the Mirigu Senior High School (MISCO) in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region have protested against the school’s caterer over the quality of their meals. According to reports, the caterer who has been tasked to feed students with one hot meal a day under the …
Read More »400 students of YIKROSEC crammed into wooden structure meant for 100
Authorities of the Yilo Krobo Senior High School (YIKROSEC) in the Eastern Region are appealing to the government to help expand its infrastructural facilities to ease congestion in the school’s dormitories. They said there has been overcrowding in the dormitories which has been posing as a threat to the health …
Read More »WAEC releases dates for cancelled papers
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released dates for the papers cancelled in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The papers – Physics 1 & 2 and Business Management 1& 2 – were cancelled as a result of widespread leakage. They were cancelled on Wednesday, September 15. In a …
Read More »Girls Excluded As Afghan Secondary Schools Reopen
The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom. A statement from the Islamist group saying secondary classes would resume made no mention of girls or women. One Afghan schoolgirl told the BBC she was devastated. “Everything …
Read More »Parents agitated following GES’ interdiction of Aburi Girls’ headmistress
Parents of students of Aburi Girls’ Senior High School are least enthused about a decision taken by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to interdict the headmistress, Alice Prempeh-Fordjour. The parents and guardians have, therefore, started agitations to get Mrs Prempeh-Fordjour reinstated as they consider the decision rash and uninformed. According …
Read More »Ghana’s active COVID-19 cases drop to 4,358; death toll up 1,111
As of 12 September 2021, Ghana’s active COVID-19 cases in the third wave had fallen to 4,358, the latest figures from the Ghana Health Service indicate. The death toll, however, increased to 1,111. Some 125 new cases were also confirmed within the period. Out of the active cases, 42 are …
Read More »US and UK face international backlash over Australia defence deal
The US and UK are facing growing international criticism over a new security pact signed with Australia. The deal – seen as an effort to counter China – will see the US and UK give Australia the technology to build nuclear-powered submarines. But the move angered France, which said it …
Read More »Parliament to haul WAEC over exam leakages
Akatsi North Lawmaker Peter Nortsu-Kotoe has revealed that Parliament will be hauling examinations body, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) before it to answer questions relating to how some five papers were allegedly leaked in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Mr Nortsu-Kotoe told TV3 Wednesday September …
Read More »WATCH : Security takes over KNUST campus
The police and the Operation Calm Life team which includes the military will take over the campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) from Saturday, September 18. Already, the police water canon has been detailed on campus. The University Relations Office tells TV3’s William Evans-Nkum the directive …
Read More »Rasta student quits Achimota for GIS following AG’s appeal
Oheneba Nkrabea, one of the Rasta students has currently been enrolled at Ghana International School(GIS) in Accra. Kasapa News sources say the parents of the Rasta student moved their ward to the prestigious international school after they learned of the Attorney General’s decision to appeal against the High Court’s ruling …
Read More »VIDEO: ‘We’ll amputate you’ – Osei Tutu candidates warn headmaster over strict invigilation
Final year students of Osei Tutu Senior High School in the Ashanti Region have threatened the Assistant Headmaster in charge of Academics, Mr Francis Aidoo. This was after the students who were aggrieved by Mr Aidoo’s strict invigilation in the ongoing WASSCE exam, stormed his farm and destroyed plants on …
Read More »7 Things you should never apply on your face
In a time where there are various DIYs and hacks on how to get a radiant face or glowing skin, it may be difficult to differentiate between what is good or bad. There is also an increasing demand to resort to home remedies and natural ingredients, however, not all of …
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