In its quest to curb examination malpractice, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) is set to embed a QR Code in each question paper of candidates during examinations. Speaking to Citi News on the sidelines of the 69th Annual Council meeting, the council said this technology and other interventions would make it practically …

Two young men, believed to be students, have been spotted in a viral video trading blows over a lady. Though the identity of the parties is not immediately known, the lady in question is also said to be a student of the university the two students also attend. The two …

Penises are shrinking and genitals becoming malformed because of pollution, an environmental scientist has warned in a new book detailing the challenges facing human reproduction. Dr Shanna Swan writes that humanity is facing an “existential crisis” in fertility rates as a result of phthalates, a chemical used when manufacturing plastics …

Nikita and Amrita Marhguy, the two siblings of Tyron Marhguy, the Rastafarian who was denied admission by Achimota school risk being sacked from St John’s Grammar School if they do not cut their dreadlocks. This is after some old students petitioned the school to have the students trim their hair …

  Dreadlock would-be students, Tyrone Iras Marhguy and Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea are trending because the authorities of Achimota Senior High School and the Ghana Education Service have denied them enrolment. The students successfully secured admission into the prestigious Achimota school by the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) of …

The family of eighteen-year-old Nafisatu Billy Yussif is accusing authorities of the Nkawie Senior High Technical School in the Ashanti Region of denying her admission due to her refusal to remove her hijab. In an interview with Citi News‘ Ashanti Regional Correspondent, Hafiz Tijani, Nafisatu Billy Yussif who was posted to …

Chairman of the Achimota Parent Teacher Association (PTA), Dr. Andre Kwasi-Kumah, has justified the selective application of rules to some students at the school in the midst of the controversy over the rejection of three students because of their dreadlocks. In backing the decision of the school, Dr. Andre Kwasi-Kumah …

The Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has announced that it is accepting applications for the Vice-Chancellor position, which shall be vacant on October 1, 2021, from qualified persons. Qualification Prospective applicants must be of a professorial status or its equivalent, hold a doctorate degree and must …

As some Ghanaians are not fighting Achimota School for not admitting two Rastafarian students, a piece of new information from Cape Coast has also emerged. According to information cited on Mynewsgh, the authorities of Wesley Girls Senior High school has barred all Muslims from worshipping on their campus. Not just …

It is emerging that the Ghana Education Service (GES) has rescinded its earlier decision and thrown its support to Achimota School for refusing to admit the Rastafarian students. This u-turn decision by GES was disclosed by Lawyer for the Parents of the Rastafarian Students Ras George Tetteh Wayo in an …

  Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea, a Rastafarian would-be first-year Achimota Student who has been denied admission because of his dreadlocks says he feels “depressed and disappointed”. Speaking to Blakk Rasta on Zylofon FM on Monday 22 March and monitored by GhanaWeb, Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea, 16, said: “I feel depressed and disappointed. …

Three (3) students of Adeiso Presbyterian Senior High School in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region have been crushed to death in a fatal accident that occurred Sunday, March 21, 2021. The suspect driver yet to be identified was driving Hyundai H100 mini bus with registration Number …

Achimota School has rejected a directive by the Ghana Education Service to admit two Rastafarian students. Headmistress of the school after a crunch meeting on Monday with the Regional Director of Education and the GES stated that the school will not compromise on its school rules and will only admit …

Old Students of Achimota School have raised issues with the directive issued to the school authority by the Ghana Education Service (GES). They said even though the GES has the right to issue such directives, the matter involving the students with dreadlocks should be left at the hands of the …

A 19-year-old dreadlocked student, who has been denied admission at Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS) in the Ashanti Region, says he is considering quitting school for good. It seems the level of stigmatization and frustration meted to students with dreadlocks at the various senior high schools is at an …

Some of us, in fact, were not the least surprised at all when discerning Ghanaians graciously gave President Akufo-Addo a second mandate in the 2020 general elections. There is no denying or ignoring the fact that Akufo-Addo received massive commendations and endorsements from a host of international organisations and other …

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, will on Monday, March 22 appear before Parliament following an urgent question filed last week by North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. The question is related to the content of controversial textbooks said to denigrate some ethnic groups – particularly Ewes – in Ghana. …

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, weeks before a planned withdrawal of all remaining US troops. After meeting President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, he called for a responsible end to the war but would not say whether the deadline would be met. Mr Austin …

The Ghana Health Service has launched an administrative inquiry into the stealing and selling of COVID-19 vaccine by some staff of the service. Stephen Dzisenu, a 37-year-old Disease Control Officer of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital is in the grips of the Greater Accra Police for stealing 36 vials of …

The Ghana Education Service(GES) has directed the headmistress of Achimota School to admit the two teenage students whose admissions were withdrawn because of their dreadlocks. This comes after an intensive and sustained online campaign barely 48 hours in protest against the decision of the Achimota school authorities. A former Member …

Tyrone Iras Marhguy, the Rastafarian student who has been denied admission to the Achimota School has expressed shock at the school’s disregard for his academics prowess and instead are focus on his dreadlocks. To him, his dream has always been to be a student of the Achimota School where a …

News reaching Fillabase indicates that a brawl occurred last night at Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science & Technology (KNUST) leaving some students injured. According to sources at the KNUST, a guy was wearing a Conti (Hostel) t-shirt, and decided to pass Katanga Hostel to his own hostel in Brunei, so on his …

Sixteen percent of children in the Ashanti Region are stunted, the Ashanti Regional Deputy Director for Public Health, Dr Michael Rockson Adjei has said. The Ashanti Regional Deputy Director for Public Health disclosed this at a sensitisation workshop for the media held in Kumasi on Friday, 19 March 2021. The …

President Joe Biden stumbled three times and fell on the steps of Air Force One on Friday, prompting fresh questions about his health. The 78-year-old – the oldest president in US history – appeared to struggle as he boarded the presidential plane. It was not immediately clear what tripped Mr …

The headmistress of Achimota School is under fire for allegedly denying a guy admission because of his dreadlocks. Ghanaians are divided on whether it was a good step to deny a student the right to education based on his choice of hairstyle. Some are hailing the Headmistress for her bold …

One-year-old Legend Smalls, who was accidentally shot by a Texas police officer, reportedly had part of his skull removed in order to relieve the swelling in his brain. The infant was shot on March 3 by Houston police officers after they opened fire at an armed robbery suspect during a pursuit. ABC News reports that …

A public school in the Upper East Region, where schoolchildren sit on the floor to learn for lack of furniture, has received 81 dual desks after a teacher made the children’s ordeal public through social media. A number of entities donated the writing desks to the Naaga Primary School after …

US and Chinese officials have exchanged sharp rebukes in the first high-level talks between the Biden administration and China, taking place in Alaska. Chinese officials accused the US of inciting countries “to attack China”, while the US said China had “arrived intent on grandstanding”. Relations between the two superpowers are …

First-year Senior High School (SHS) students Thursday reported to school to begin the 2021/22 academic year. A visit by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to the St Thomas Aquinas SHS and Accra High School saw the ‘freshers’ going through the registration process. Mr Paul K. Amoasi Baidoo, the Headmaster of …

Police in the US state of Georgia have identified four of the eight people who were killed in mass shootings at three massage parlours in the Atlanta area. Officials say it is still too early to know whether the attack, in which six Asian women were killed, was racially motivated. …