The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has revealed that 10.7 percent of teenagers aged between 15 and 19 got impregnated last year. That is about 102,000 teenagers countrywide. According to ISSER’s latest report, this is one of the key issues now affecting teenagers across the country. The …
Read More »Popular Actress, Maureen Okpoko Goes Blind, Begs For Financial Help In Sad Video
Veteran Nollywood actress, Maureen Okpoko, has cried out for financial assistance over the sudden loss of her sight. In a video shared online, the actress revealed that she urgently needs medical attention or would completely lose her sight. The ailing thespian explained that she needs money to treat her vision …
Read More »Gloria Orwoba: Why I Walked Into The Kenyan Parliament With A Period Stain
A Kenyan senator has defended her decision to walk into parliament with a period stain on her trousers on Tuesday. Gloria Orwoba was ordered to leave the chamber by the speaker, who said she needed to go and change her clothes. Proceedings were disrupted by some lawmakers who accused her …
Read More »Pastor Dies Attempting 40-day Jesus Fast
A Mozambican pastor has died after fasting for 40 days, in an attempt to copy what Jesus Christ is said to have done in the Bible. The death of Francisco Barajah, the pastor and founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church in the central province of Manica, was confirmed on …
Read More »Protests Over Cash Shortage Hit Parts Of Nigeria
Protests have broken out in parts of southern Nigeria as anger mounts over the scarcity of cash following the central bank’s controversial decision to scrap old banknotes and to replace them with new ones that are not widely available. Two people are feared dead after the security forces foiled …
Read More »Drama As Senator Ejected From Parliament Over ‘Period Stain’
A Kenyan senator was ejected from parliament after attending a session while wearing a white suit stained red in an apparent menstrual activism campaign. Gloria Orwoba, of the ruling coalition, is due to table a motion on a bill to provide for free sanitary pads on Wednesday as part of …
Read More »Accra: Fire Engulfs Structures Close To Timber Market [Photos]
Fire has engulfed several structures close to the Timber Market at Old Fadama popularly called Sodom and Gomorrah in the Amamomo Electoral Area of the Greater Accra Region. While properties worth thousands of Ghana cedis have been lost to the fire, hundreds of residents have also been rendered homeless. Firefighters …
Read More »Let’s Prioritise The Needs Of The Less Privileged School Children – Ama Val To Fellow Teachers
Val Charity Foundation, has distributed free sanitary pads to school girls in the Brim central Municipal Assembly and Asene Manso Akroso District in the Eastern region. The beneficiary schools were; Aboabo Presbyterian Primary and JHS, Aboabo Salvation Army, Asene Presbyterian and Akyem Esem. The donation forms part of the social …
Read More »Eastern Region: Catholic Priest “Dumps” Father To Marry
A Catholic Parish Priest of the St. Barbara Parish at Akosombo in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, Reverend Canon Amankwah has defied his Religious orders which barred him from getting married to a teacher, who is an Anglican, Ruth Amankwah. Reverend Canon Amankwah as gathered was mentored by …
Read More »2 Students At St. Don Bosco Special School Die Over Transport
Information gathered, indicates that two students of St. Don Bosco Special School at Loho in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region have met their untimely death. This follows a lack of transportation to convey them to the community hospital when they felt sick. The school currently has no …
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