Angry parents of some graduates of the Presbyterian Experimental Junior High School in Tamale, who sat for last year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), are threatening to sue the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for withholding their results. They today (Monday) picketed at the Tamale Metropolitan Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) and petitioned the Director there. They further ...

The MP for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has awarded scholarship to 200 students in his constituency. The scholarship will supplement government’s newly launched Free Senior High School Education programme being enjoyed by the current first year students in public second cycle institutions. The Education and Skills Development Programme committee in the constituency received over a 1000 applications, but 200 students from ...

Twenty people have been arrested on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar for alleged homosexuality, police say. The 12 women and eight men were picked up in a hotel where they were receiving training about HIV/Aids education programmes. Earlier this year, authorities banned many private health clinics from providing HIV/Aids services, saying they encouraged gay sex. Homosexuality is a crime in ...

Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has commended President Akufo Addo for giving a ‘very matured’ speech at the launch of the free SHS policy. President Akufo-Addo during the launch of the free SHS programme at the West African Secondary School (WASS) at Adenta in Accra on Tuesday urged politicians to take politicking out of the free ...

Wayne Rooney pleaded guilty to drink driving during an appearance at Stockport Magistrates Court on Monday morning. The 31-year-old was banned from driving for two years, and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service. He must also pay a £170 fine. In a statement released after his plea, Wayne apologized for his “unforgivable lack of judgement”. He said: Following ...

Workers at state media organization Ghanaian Times are demonstrating over what they say is managerial incompetence. According to them, their acting managing director Carol Annang is managing the company into the wrong direction. “We are suffering at the New Times corporation. Our conditions of service are bad. The managing director has not fulfilled her promises, everything has come to a ...

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Dadieso in Western Region, Samuel Baah, has caused the arrest of a mathematics teacher at Dadieso Senior High School for charging unapproved fees. Last week eleven Senior High School heads were sanctioned over a similar incident. The accused, Akpor Adjei, is also reported to have been selling mathematical sets, sandals and other learning materials ...

Award-winning dancehall artiste Livingstone Etse Satekla popularly known by his stage name Stonebwoy has revealed that he’s the reason why Shatta Wale is famous in Ghana. The two artistes have for some years now been involved in one of the fiercest rivalries the Ghanaian music industry has ever witnessed. Speaking in an interview with KMJa on HitzFM, Stonebwoy claimed Shatta ...

Comedienne, Radio, and Television personality Afia Schwarzenegger has added her voice to what seems to be obvious — the weight gain of Kumawood actress Clara Benson aka Maame Serwaa. The child actress undoubtedly has gain weight and it is clear for all to see. Following her social media handles, the most common comment under her pictures is “you have gain ...

Female musician Mzbel, originally known as Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah, has disclosed that she never slept with the former Unique Trust Bank (UT Bank) boss Prince Kofi Amoabeng. According to the controversial musician, she made up the story of having slept with the business mogul on several occasions to satisfy speculators and false attributions by the media. In an interview ...