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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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National Service Personnel to undergo compulsory military training
Posted on | CommentDeputy Minister for Education in charge of Tertiary, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that the National Service Law (Act 426, 1980) is being reviewed to ensure that service personnel undergo compulsory military training. According to the Minister, a committee had … Read more →
Korle Bu facing imminent shutdown
Posted on | 1 CommentThe Korle Bu Teaching Hospital may have to close its doors to patients due to a financial crisis which the Senior Staff Association of the Hospital say looms. The association has petitioned the Health Minister to intervene to prevent a … Read more →
Man, 66, defiles girl, 12
Posted on | CommentThe Kumasi Gender-based court, presided over by Mrs. Rita Agyeman-Budu, has sentenced a 66-year-old security man to 15 years’ imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 12-year-old girl at Asonomaso, near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Antwi Gyeabour pleaded guilty … Read more →
PHOTOS: 5 Togolese arrested for electoral fraud
Posted on | CommentThe vigilance of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the registration centres in the Ahanta West constituency of the Western Region, has led to the arrest of some Togolese, who managed to register in the on-going limited registration exercise by … Read more →
PHOTO: Man Kills mother for using witchcraft to stall his progress
Posted on | CommentA 29-year-old man, Ekene Ucheagwu, who killed his 65-year-old mother, Agnes in her home at Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria was yesterday paraded by men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Awkuzu. Ekene, … Read more →
Details: Ghana Immigration Service deports 1,065
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Immigration Service descended heavily on foreigners who broke immigration laws in 2013. The Service repatriated 1,065 foreigners who broke immigration laws of Ghana to their respective home countries after exhaustive investigations. This figure shows a significant increase of … Read more →
Kenyan men in hiding fearing circumcision
Posted on | CommentKenyan men from several ethnic groups in the western town of Moi’s Bridge have gone into hiding fearing they will be forcibly circumcised. This follows the forced circumcision of at least eight men in the small agricultural town by groups … Read more →
Canada to give WHO Ebola vaccine
Posted on | CommentCanada says it will donate up to 1,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine to help battle the disease’s outbreak in West Africa. It comes after the World Health Organization said it was ethical to use untested drugs on Ebola … Read more →
Tertiary institutions to delay re-opening for 2 weeks
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Education has directed all tertiary institutions in the country to postpone the 2014/2015 academic year by at least two weeks as part of measures to prevent an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Ghana. The directive also … Read more →
Spain Priest dies of Ebola
Posted on | CommentSpanish priest Miguel Pajares, 75, the first European infected by a strain of Ebola that has killed more than 1,000 people in West Africa, has died in hospital in Madrid, a spokeswoman for the city’s health authorities said on Tuesday. … Read more →
33 trafficked children intercepted
Posted on | CommentThe Police Anti- Human Trafficking Unit in collaboration with Challenging Heights, a non-governmental organization (NGO), has intercepted 33 children being trafficked to Yeji at Bunso Junction. Briefing the press at Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Public Relations Officer of the Police Service, … Read more →
PHOTO: 16-year-old St. Johns SHS Student hangs himself
Posted on | CommentThe entire Township of Daboase, the District capital of the Wassa East in the Western Region of Ghana was virtually thrown into a state of bewilderment and amazement last Sunday when news broke out that a 16 year old boy … Read more →
WHO gives green light to untested Ebola drugs
Posted on | CommentUntested drugs can be used to treat patients infected with the Ebola virus, the World Health Organization says. The WHO said it was ethical in light of the scale of the outbreak and high number of deaths – over 1,000 … Read more →
Lighthouse Chapel bans handshakes and hugs
Posted on | CommentThe Lighthouse Chapel in Accra has directed its members to stop exchanging pleasantries through handshakes and hugs as part of measures in preventing the outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease in Ghana. Although the disease is yet to be recorded … Read more →
PHOTO: Man beaten to death by co-workers
Posted on | CommentTwo employees of a borehole drilling company who allegedly participated in the lynching of a co-worker have been arrested by the Kwabenya District Police Command in Accra. The suspects, Emmanuel Sodja, 47, a driver mechanic, and Anthony Akpenyo, 31, a … Read more →
Nsawam and Bawku cases intensify fight against Ebola
Posted on | CommentOne of three persons who reported at the Nsawam Government Hospital with symptoms of the dreaded Ebola disease has had his blood screened by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR). The result, however, proved negative. The victims are … Read more →
PHOTO: Spanish businessman nabbed with parcels of cocaine at Kotoka
Posted on | CommentA 52-year-old Spanish businessman has been arrested at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) with 17 parcels of cocaine. The drug, which weighed 11 kilogrammes, with a street value of about $800,000, was found concealed in two travelling bags which the … Read more →
Paternity leave introduced in Ghana
Posted on | CommentNestle Ghana has introduced paternity leave for its male employees to support exclusive breastfeeding for infants within their first 1000 days in life. “As a recognised leader in Nutrition, Health and wellness, Nestle is fully committed to supporting breastfeeding worldwide … Read more →
Tamale chief wants sex tape boy dead
Posted on | CommentThe chief of Tamale, Dakpema Naa Alhassan Dawuni, has insisted that his resolve to publicly flog to death, the young man at the centre of the Tamale pornographic pictures and videos, is non-negotiable. He warned that even if the young man, Khamil, stays away from Tamale for decades, he would … Read more →
Starbow airplane catches fire mid-air
Posted on | CommentSome passengers who were on board a Kumasi-bound domestic airline, Starbow say they have been left traumatized after the plane on which they were travelling caught fire mid-air. The aircraft left the Kotoka International Airport in the morning but had to … Read more →
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