At least 11 female students of the Fumbisi Senior High School in the Builsa South District of the Upper East region have reportedly collapsed on campus after seeing ghost. The school has subsequently been closed down on Monday, 3news.com has gathered. The DCE for Builsa South, Daniel Gariba confirmed the closure in a telephone interview … The post Fumbisi SHS closed down over ghost scare appeared
The Accra Regional Police Command says it has released all the 13 persons who were arrested on 7th October, 2019 for embarking on an “illegal demonstration”. They were part of a group numbering about 300, largely students who failed the entrance exams to the Ghana School of Law. The students besieged the entrance to the … The post 13 persons arrested in law students demo released
Gabby Otchere-Darko, a legal practitioner and cousin to Ghana’s president, has expressed disgust at how prospective lawyers were maltreated by personnel of the Ghana Police Service in what started as a peaceful demonstration. The protesters were met with brute force – beaten, teargassed, bombarded with water cannons, firing of warning shots – while marching to … The post Law
A church in Nigeria says it has ordered a pastor to step down from ministerial duties after a BBC Africa Eye investigation implicated him in a “sex for grades” scandal at a leading university. Boniface Igbeneghu, a lecturer in French at the University of Lagos, was caught on video sexually harassing a 17-year-old undercover reporter. … The post ‘Sex for grades’ pastor suspended
Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, has implored employers to review the contract and working conditions of fixed term contract workers to improve upon their welfare and ensure job security. He urged the National Tripartite Committee to dialogue with employers on fixed term contracts of workers to ensure sustainable jobs and … The post Employment
Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Yaw Gyampo says the BBC documentary titled ‘Sex For Grades’ was meant to silence him. Though he would not mention names, he said he knows the people behind the documentary seeking his downfall. “I am aware of those behind this, just for the purposes of gagging … The post #SexForGrades exposé: I can’t
Former President John Dramani Mahama says the demand for legal services in Ghana has necessitated the need to expand legal education. He has therefore urged the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to push for expansion of legal education in Ghana, but without compromising on quality. Mr Mahama said this when he and some top officials of … The post Mahama backs calls for expansion of legal education
The Ghana Rugby National Women’s Sevens Rugby team, the Ghana Eagles, has concluded preparations for chasing the Olympics Dream in Tunisia at the 2019 Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens Tournament that also serves as a qualifier for the 2020 Olympics Games in Tunisia. The ladies of Ghana Rugby took part in a social tournament in Lome-Togo … The post Ghana Rugby Women’s Eagles
Hard drives in about five High Courts located in the Law Court Complex building have been stolen from system units of computers used for recording and storing Court records and proceedings, Starr News has learnt. The case of theft is believed to have happened during the just ended legal vacation which was observed from 1st … The post Hard drives containing Opuni trial stolen from Court
The Technical Universities Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has declared an indefinite strike, with immediate effect. This is “to press home our demand on government to implement the conditions of service of public universities for staff of technical universities”. The action was declared on Monday, October 7 by TUTAG President Dr Solomon Keelson. More soon. … The post TUTAG declares
Diploma nurses and midwives currently undertaking their national service at various health institutions across the country are demanding immediate payment of their allowance which has been in arrears for six months now. According to the 2019/2020 rotation nurses, they have since the commencement of the national service in April this year not received their allowances, … The post Nurses,
At least 10 protesters have been arrested after the demonstration by law students on Monday ended abruptly. The demonstration, seeking reforms to legal education in Ghana, started peacefully at the main campus of the Ghana School of Law. But on their last-ditch effort to present their petition to the president at the Jubilee House was … The post Tear gas, gun shots halt law students’ demo
Outspoken senior lecturer at the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ransford Yaw Gyampo, has been cited in the explosive sex for grade scandal in West African universities. In one of a series of trailers released by the BBC Monday, the political scientist was captured on tape proposing marriage to an undercover female journalist posing as … The post [Video] Prof Gyampo cited
Twenty-five candidates of the Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern Region have had their concerns met as they have been placed under the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) after a month. Onua FM’s Yen Sempa on Thursday, October 2 reported that barely one month after the Ghana Education Service (GES) began the … The post 25 Akropong
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says his party will continue to promote greater academic freedom in the universities, promising that disturbances on the campuses of the University of Education, Winneba, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) will never occur under his administration. He has therefore … The post Stop
A philanthropist in the Upper East Region has donated items worth thousands of cedis to an orphanage, hospital and schools in the region. Items including cartons of bottled water, soft drinks, educational materials, school bags and t-shirts were distributed at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital, Kingdom of Hope Orphanage, and schools in the Binduri district. Presenting … The post Philanthropist
Law graduates and students of the Ghana School of Law are demanding a total scrap of the School’s controversial entrance examination, which has seen systematic failure in recent times. The Supreme Court in 2017 declared as unconstitutional, the entrance examination and interview session used in admitting students for the two-year professional law course. These two … The post Scrap
Students of law, particularly those who sat the entrance examinations of the Ghana School of Law, are protesting in Accra over the recently recorded mass failure. Under the auspices of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the School, the demonstration is to demand immediate reforms to legal education in Ghana. Other law students from the … The post [Photos] Law students’ demo appeared first on
Teachers at the various Colleges of Education across the country are gearing up to embark on strike to push for the payment of their outstanding book and research allowance and market premium. Government in January this year signed an undertaking to pay the teachers who form the Colleges of Education Tutors Association of Ghana (CETAG), … The post CETAG likely to strike over
Saudi Arabia has said it is working on removing Sudan from the United States’ list of state sponsors of terrorism. The announcement was made in a tweet by Saudi Arabia’s foreign affairs ministry following a meeting in Riyadh between King Salman and the leader of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC), Lt Gen Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman … The post Saudi Arabia seeks
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