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NAGRAT says NaCCA knew of LGBTQ content before public outcry
Posted on with No CommentThe President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) knew about the controversial content in a Senior High School teacher manual long before public outrage forced its withdrawal. Jacob Anaba … Read more →
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Nigerian man who married 57 wives dies
Posted on | CommentSimon Odo, popularly known as “King of Satan”, has died at the age of 74, according to his son Uchenna Odo. Mr Odo said his father died in the early hours of Tuesday morning, after a brief illness. “He is dead,” … Read more →
Ghana secures 26 million vaccines – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has indicated the country is expected to take delivery of additional 8,529,090 doses of Covid-19 vaccines by the end of the year. Addressing Ghanaians in his 27th Covid-19 update, President Akifo-Addo said already the Ghana Health Service (GHS) … Read more →
Not a good time to open land borders – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentGhana is open to international flights, but land and sea borders remain closed, says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to him, it is not the best time to open Ghana’s land borders with the fourth wave of the coronavirus … Read more →
Chicken imports delay – Local farmers can’t meet demand
Posted on | CommentFor the first time in a long while, availability rather than cost, risks denying some households access to chicken and other poultry proteins during the Yuletide celebrations. It follows a historic delay in poultry imports into the country from key … Read more →
GRA will collect E-levy – Ministry of Finance
Posted on | CommentThe Finance Ministry says all the processes for the collection of the proposed Electronic levy (e-levy) on mobile money (MoMo) transactions, inward remittances and ATM withdrawals will be done by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The Ministry, in a statement … Read more →
Switzerland ‘legalises’ suicide machine that kills users in a blink of an eye
Posted on | CommentA coffin-shaped capsule that allows occupants to kill themselves has passed legal review in Switzerland, according to its creators. The Sarco machine can be operated from the inside –conceivably just by blinking if the person suffers from locked-in-syndrome and works by … Read more →
South Africa President being treated for Covid
Posted on | CommentSouth Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment after testing positive for Covid-19, his office says. The 69-year-old has mild symptoms and is isolating in Cape Town, the statement added. Mr Ramapahosa started feeling unwell on Sunday after attending the … Read more →
Kentucky tornadoes: Death toll likely to pass 100 – Governor
Posted on | CommentThe death toll from powerful tornadoes that devastated towns in Kentucky is likely to pass 100, the governor says, as hope of finding survivors wanes. Andy Beshear said this was the most devastating tornado event in the state’s history, with … Read more →
WASSCE 2021: WAEC explains change of grades
Posted on | CommentThe West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has explained that one of its platforms, ERESULTS.WAECGH.OR, used for checking of results experienced a technical hitch last Friday, December 10, 2021 between 4.45 p.m. and 6.00p.m. A message posted on its website, explained … Read more →
Christian leaders declare 3-day national prayer and fasting
Posted on | CommentChurch leaders in the country have declared a three-day national prayer and fasting programme for unity, understanding, peace and prosperity of the country. The programme starts from today, Monday, December 13 to Wednesday, December 16, 2021. It is being held … Read more →
15,000 Rape cases annually – DOVVSU describes as alarming
Posted on | CommentStatistics available at the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service indicate that 1,047 girls were defiled, while 305 women were raped in 2020. The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Mr Isaac Ken … Read more →
Confusion over WASSCE results
Posted on | CommentThe recently released results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have been eclipsed by confusion. The results which some candidates saw earlier have changed, a situation which has led many to conclude that the examination body’s system … Read more →
Free SHS critics shamed with eggs on faces – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the weekend stoked fresh Free SHS ‘fight’ with the opposition NDC after saying his opponents are pained that the social intervention policy which has put about 1.6 million teenagers in secondary schools for free, … Read more →
Corpnation Foundation launches annual ‘Community Hype Event’
Posted on | CommentThe Maiden edition of the “CorpNation Foundation Community hype” event was launched at the Takoradi Mall on the 3rdand 4th of December, 2021. The two-day event is an initiative of CorpNation Foundation and was under the theme “collectively projecting the good … Read more →
Nick Cannon loses youngest son to brain cancer
Posted on | CommentAddressing an audience on The Nick Cannon Show, Nick Cannon announced that his five-month-old youngest son, Zen Scott Cannon has died from brain cancer. Cannon revealed that his youngest son was diagnosed some months ago after noticing that the child had a“sinus thing” and “interesting breathing.” According … Read more →
Covid: Vaccines should work against Omicron variant – WHO
Posted on | CommentExisting vaccines should still protect people who contract the Omicron variant from severe Covid cases, a World Health Organization (WHO) official says. It comes as the first lab tests of the new variant in South Africa suggest it can partially … Read more →
Nigeria added to UK travel red list over Omicron
Posted on | CommentMuhammadu Buhari Nigeria has become the latest country to be added to Britain’s travel red list – which imposes stringent coronavirus testing and quarantine restrictions on people who wish to enter. They will have to pay for and self-isolate in … Read more →
Court rejects evidence of Opuni’s witness
Posted on | CommentThe Accra High Court hearing the case of the former Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, has rejected an evidence given by the first defence witness on the value for money analysis of agro … Read more →
6 Busted over AK47 rifle deal
Posted on | CommentThe police have arrested six suspects for their alleged involvement in illegal AK 47 rifle transactions. The suspects were named as Alhassan Jamah, Bashiru Salifu, Kassim Aninga, Mohammed Asako, Salifu James and Ibrahim Mohammed. A statement signed by the Director … Read more →
YALI TV trains 26 Journalists and Communications Professionals in disability reporting
Posted on | CommentAs part of efforts to train professionals in the communications space on disability reporting, YALI TV has organised a two-day workshop for Journalists and Communications Professionals. The seminar which started on Thursday 2nd December and ended with an awards night on … Read more →
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