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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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#DumsorMustStop: 233times.net joins campaign and offers free platform
Posted on | CommentThe Publisher of www.233times.net , Nana Kwesi Coomson has announced the medium’s intention to join the #DumsorMustStop campaign, offering free platform on the website to Celebrities and anyone who is interested in joining the social media war to end the … Read more →
Woman gets Ebola after having unprotected sex
Posted on | CommentA woman in Liberia is feared to have caught Ebola after having unprotected sex with a survivor more than six months after he was cured. The 44-year-old, from Monrovia, was diagnosed with Ebola on March 20, 14 days after having … Read more →
Upper East Region: Catholic Church father commits suicide (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentA Reverend Father of the Catholic Church at Navrongo in the Kassena Nankana municipality in the Upper East Region, Sebastian Dery has committed suicide..According to the Upper East Regional Police Command, Sebastian took his life around 6 am on Wednesday. … Read more →
Naked demo hits Koforidua Polytechnic
Posted on | CommentABOUT 40 students of the Universal Hall, popularly known as Animal Kingdom of the Koforidua Polytechnic in the Eastern Region, on Wednesday joined a demonstration organized by the Students Representative Council (SRC) through the principal streets, having stripped themselves naked. … Read more →
ADB sells head office for $10m; rents new one for ?1m monthly
Posted on | CommentThe decision of ADB to sell its Head Office for $10million only to pay a monthly rent of GHC1million for a new office has caused a stir and dissatisfaction amongst the bank’s staff. The bank is now headquartered at the … Read more →
We can’t account for govt’s election year spending – Controller
Posted on | CommentThe Controller and Accountant General’s Department has told the Public Accounts Committee that it is unable to justify expenses by most ministries, departments and government agencies because they were made during the 2012 election year. Most ministries, departments and agencies … Read more →
APOLOGY: I’m disappointed in Sarkodie – Castro’s father
Posted on | CommentOur attention has been drawn to a story by this medium on 27th April, 2015 with the title ‘I’m disappointed in Sarkodie – Castro’s father’ which Mr. John Eshun, father of the Hiplife Artiste has not taken lightly. The story … Read more →
PHOTO: 10-year-old girl gives birth
Posted on | CommentTen years old Gladys Chelagat holds her baby weighing 2.8kg at Kericho District Hospital in Kenya. The former pupil of Chemamul Primary School gave birth through caeserian section…. This is serious and guys this is not a laughing matter a … Read more →
PHOTO: Convicted Ghanaian in Indonesia to be executed in less than 72 hours
Posted on | CommentMartin Anderson, the Ghanaian convicted of drug offenses in Indonesia, and eight others, is to face execution by firing squad in less than 72 hours. Martin Anderson, also known as Belo, was convicted of possession of 50 grams of heroin … Read more →
PHOTO: Tanker explosion kills 3
Posted on | CommentA TANKER EXPLOSION has claimed three lives, including two siblings, at Agric Kokode, a suburb of Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital. The incident occurred on Sunday around 7pm when a fuel tanker caught fire whilst offloading petrol at a small … Read more →
University of Ghana acquires software to detect plagiarism
Posted on | CommentThe University of Ghana has deployed software under its current e-Learning platform that detects plagiarism in all forms, from class assignments to project works and other academic work. The software which is part of the university’s e-Learning management system called … Read more →
ITLOS stops Ghana from drilling new oil wells
Posted on | CommentThe International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has ruled that Ghana cannot drill new oil wells in the disputed West Cape Three Points area. However, the Tribunal said Ghana could proceed with $4.9 billion offshore oil exploration … Read more →
Foreign Ministry confirms 6 Ghanaians thrown into Mediterranean sea
Posted on | CommentThe Foreign Ministry has confirmed that six Ghanaians were part of some twelve Christians thrown overboard following a row on a boat heading to Italy. According to the Ministry, only three of the drowned Ghanaians have been identified by the … Read more →
Security man kills house girl over sex
Posted on | CommentA security man has killed a housegirl at the Airport Residential Area in Accra, it has been reported. According to a report by Accra-based Joy FM, the security man stabbed the girl multiple times apparently after she declined to let … Read more →
PHOTO: Vehicle in convoy kills 3-year-old girl
Posted on | CommentA vehicle in a convoy of metropolitan, municipal and district co-ordinating directors from the Eastern and Ashanti regions last Tuesday knocked down and killed a three-and-a-half-year old girl at Toamfom in the Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti Region. The girl, … Read more →
JHS leaver stabbed over girlfriend
Posted on | CommentWe have gathered that a final year student of Gyampomani D/A Junior High School (JHS), Kwasi Reidorf, popularly known as Shatta, has stabbed a 17-year-old JHS leaver, Godfrey Yaw Apraku, at Akyem Hemang in the Fanteakwa District of the Eastern Region. According to report, the incident took place … Read more →
Tertiary Students to pay water and electricity bills next semester
Posted on | CommentStudents in public tertiary institutions including universities, polytechnics and colleges of education would have to brace themselves to pay water and electricity (utility bills) next semester. This follows a decision by government to levy them for the water and electricity … Read more →
“My wife wants to kill me; she beat me almost every day’ – Man tells court
Posted on | CommentA 55- year-old retired civil servant, Emmanuel Osuya, has asked an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve his 32-year-old marriage over alleged battering by his wife. Osuya told the court on Wednesday that his wife, Abigail Osuya, 50, had turned … Read more →
Akuapim: 75 yr old woman beaten and stripped naked
Posted on | CommentA 75-year-old mother of two, Janet Odi was stripped naked in public and beaten by irate youth of Dawu Sanfo, a village near Konko in the Akuapim North Municipal Area for allegedly murdering her brother. Madam Odi’s face was smeared … Read more →
Xenophobia in South Africa, a Case of Insipid Resentment
Posted on | CommentWhen you are little, night time is scary because there are monsters hiding under the bed. When you get older, the monsters are different and though you may be mature, you still find yourself scared of the dark. Fear … Read more →
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