Survey: Job creation is the highest priority of voters in Ghana
About thirty-eight per cent of Ghanaian voters say job creation should be the priority of the next Government, with 20 per cent prioritising education while 14 per cent chose healthcare as their top area of concern, a survey has revealed.
In Nigeria, man drags father to court for taking second wife
A U.S based Nigerian, Emeka Mazie, on Wednesday dragged his 96-year-old father to court for taking a second wife after the demise of his wife eight years ago.
CPJ: South African paper harassed over painting
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the campaign of harassment and intimidation against a newspaper in South Africa after it published a photo of a painting of President Jacob Zuma more than two weeks ago.
50-year cholera bacteria mystery solved by Biologists
For 50 years scientists have been unsure how the bacteria that gives humans cholera manages to resist one of our basic innate immune responses. That mystery has now been solved due to a research by biologists at The University of Texas at Austin.
Nigeria: UNILAG Students protest over institution’s name change
More than a thousand UNILAG students and youths have taken over a main artery leading into the business center of Nigeria’s largest city in protest of the unethical name change of the institution by the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
South Africa: ANC drops case against Goodman gallery over Zuma portrait
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party agreed on Wednesday to drop court proceedings against a gallery and an artist over a painting depicting President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
TECH NEWS: Ghana’s K-Pad tablet becoming a prefered product to iPad
Ghana’s K-Pad tablet, an Alltel Limited’s flagship product, is said to becoming an African preferred device gaining worldwide attention due to its increased patronage, affordability and locally developed free web applications for users.
Ghana Statistical Service to release census results come May 31
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) on Tuesday said it would work hard with the support of the final district boundary disputes report to release the district level census data by Thursday, May 31.
Libya, Africa, Africom: An Ongoing Disaster, More Than 50,000 Deaths
The scale of the ongoing tragedy visited on Libya by NATO and its allies is becoming horribly clearer with each passing day. Estimates of those killed so far vary, but 50,000 seems like a low estimate; indeed the British Ministry of Defence was boasting that the onslaught had killed 35,000 as early as last May.
