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Audio: Former MP shares ‘Sex for Grade’ experience

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma Central, Theophilus Tetteh-Chai, has recounted how some young ladies he has mentored have been victims of 'Sex...

Law students demo: Some police officers were drunk [audio]

Some police personnel, who clashed with demonstrating law students in Accra, were said to be drunk.A student, Thomas Kojo Quansah, who was at the...

Persons living with cerebral palsy at Weija appeal for govt’s support

Mildred Osei Asiamah, founder of Impact Care and Rehab Foundation at Weija is appealing to the government and civil society organizations to support the...

Farm labourer jailed for stealing two rams in Enchi

The Enchi District Magistrate court has sentenced a 29-year-old farm labourer to 18 months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing two rams valued at...

Document: BBC letter to Prof Gyampo on ‘Sex for Grades’ exposé

Read the full content of a letter written to Prof Ransford Gyampo by producers of BBC Africa's 'Sex for Grades' exposé:Source: Myjoyonline.com

Judge shoots himself in court after being forced to give guilty verdict

A judge shot himself in a Yala courtroom in Thailand after handing down a ruling on Friday.Khanakorn Pianchana pulled out a pistol and...

UG interdicts Prof. Gyampo, Dr Butakor over BBC’s ‘Sex for Grades’ exposé

The University of Ghana (UG) has interdicted two of its lecturers, Prof. Ransford Gyampo and Dr Paul Kwame Butakor who were implicated in the...

Malaysian law student who failed 18 times, finally graduates

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again is a motto that has served law student Muhammad Rafiq Izzat Zaidi well.After failing his...

Oppong Nkrumah condemns assault on law students

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has described the police brutality meted out to members of the Law Students Association during a demonstration to demand...

Listen: How Deputy Attorney-General was ‘harassed’ by law students

A Deputy Attorney-General, Godfred Dame, has recounted how he was hassled by some law students who had failed the entrance exam to the Ghana...

Audio: Sex for grades started from Adam – Lecturer

A lecturer at the Accra Technical University, Dr Jones Ntiamoah, has said lecturers trading academic grades for sex is an age-old problem.He noted that...

Why Akufo-Addo confirmed Oppong-Buanuh as IGP

President Nana Akufo-Addo has explained that he decided to confirm the appointment of James Oppong-Buanuh as the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) because of how...

Sex for grades: I’ll never sleep with my student, I’m a gentleman – Prof. Gyampo [video]

Political Science lecturer, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has refuted claims that he sleeps with vulnerable girls in exchange for grades in the University of Ghana.Speaking...

Audio: We owe law school applicants no apology – Police

The Greater Accra Police Command has justified the minimum force used to disperse demonstrating prospective law students of the Ghana Law School in Accra.Deputy...

Farm labourer jailed for stealing two rams in Enchi

The Enchi District Magistrate court has sentenced a 29-year-old farm labourer to 18 months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing two rams valued at...

‘Fetish Priest’ ‘kills’ aunt

A 24-year-old self-style fetish priest has been arrested by the Sege District Police Headquarters for allegedly butchering his aunt.The sad incident occurred at Goi,...

Let’s not link good grades for female students to sex – Otchere-Darko

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Otchere-Darko, has cautioned against linking good grades for female students to sex.According to him, he...

SexForGrades: No more ‘cold room experience’ as UNILAG shuts down location

Following the revelation in the ‘Sex for Grade’ documentary released by BBC Africa Eye, the University of Lagos has shut-down the ‘Cold Room’, where...

Don’t confuse us with where your zip is – Gabby Otchere-Darko to Gyampo

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has, in reaction to Prof Ransford Gyampo’s assertion that people are trying...

Photos+Audio: Man arrested over gruesome murder of friend at Budumburam

Charles Blankson, a 32-year-old man, has been arrested by the Kasoa Police command for allegedly kidnapping and killing his business partner and friend, Bright...

I paid back N1.1m loan “in kind”, woman tells court

A Lagos-based businesswoman, Ejioma Ahibafu, 49, on Monday told an Ojo Magistrates’ Court how she paid back “in kind” part of a N1.1 million...

Church suspends Nigerian lecturer implicated in BBC’s ‘Sex for Grades’ exposé

The Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria has suspended its pastor, Prof Boniface Igbeneghu, a senior lecturer at the University of Lagos (Unilag), who was...

Student bought me boxer shorts, £100 to date me – Lawyer recounts ordeal as lecturer (Audio)

Private legal practitioner, Dr Maurice Ampaw, has been detailing how some female students sexually harassed him when he was a lecturer at the Central...

Sannie Daara exposes weaknesses in BBC’s ‘Sex For Grade’ documentary

As a person who formerly worked for the BBC I am deeply worried about the recent drop in standards at the world's best journalism...

Family of four drown taking selfie near reservoir

A newly married woman and three of her family drowned in a reservoir after trying to take a selfie, said police in the southern...

95% BECE candidates placed under CSSPS

Ninety-five percent of candidates who sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) this year have been successfully placed under the Computerized School Selection...

Hard drives missing at Law Court Complex

Computer accessories including hard drives have been stolen from about four High Courts located at the Law Court Complex in Accra.The Daily Graphic has...

Two teenage boys allegedly rape corpse after breaking into her coffin

TWO teenagers have been arrested after allegedly robbing the grave of an 84-year-old grandmother and raping her corpse, it has been reported.The youngsters were...

13-year-old boy allegedly kills sister

A 13-year-old boy has allegedly shot his 8-year-old little sister dead at Mamponteng in the Kwabre East municipality of the Ashanti Region.The incident occurred...

Police releases 13 persons for ‘demonstrating illegally’

The Accra Regional Police Command has released 13 persons who were arrested on Monday October 7, for embarking on an illegal demonstration.“At about 0830hours,...

Sex for grade: Gyampo is disciplined, BBC was unfair – Legon student

A student of Professor Yaw Gyampo says the under-fire lecturer is well behaved and very respected by his students.According to Enam, the lecturer who...

Video: Law students clash with police; 9 arrested in demo

The National Association of Law Students on Monday clashed with the Ghana Police Service during the open up legal education demonstration in Accra with...

Akufo-Addo to grace Breman Odwira festival

President Nana Akufo-Addo is the special guest of honour for the 2019 Breman Odwira festival.Omanhene of Breman Traditional area, Nana Amoakwa Boadu Vlll announced...

307 ambulances to be ready by end of November – Hawa Koomson assures

Minister for Special Development Initiative, Hawa Koomson, has disclosed that the long awaited 307 ambulances will arrive in the country by the end of...

Audio: Akufo-Addo’s CSE comment belated but commendable – Clergy

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has commended President Nana Akufo-Addo for bringing clarity to the government’s intent on the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality...

I know those behind BBC’s ‘Sex for Grade’ documentary – Gyampo

A Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo is accusing his detractors of framing him with alleged sex for grade documentary...

Video of Prof. Gyampo in class pops up online after BBC’s ‘Sex For Grades’ trailer

A video of senior lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo in class has popped up online...

Senior army officer denies coup plot

Colonel Samuel Kodjo Gameli, who has been in Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) custody following linkage to a plot to destabilise the government, has...

38-year-old woman dies after giving birth to triplets

Grandmother of eight children, Mary Akosua Korankyewaa has given a chilling account of events leading to the death of her only daughter, Adwoa...

How 16-year-old was dragged into forest and defiled by two SHS boys

“I struggled with them until I became too weak to fight. One of them squeezed my breast and I really felt pain in it....