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The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has hinted at plans for the country to pilot the dual education system next academic year in some selected Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in the country. He explained that the dual system would allow TVET students to dedicate almost equal time to learning at school as well as spend time with industry for their internship, so they would be well-equipped with the requisite skills before graduating from school. Dr Adutwum gave the hint on Monday, November 14 when he visited the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in…

Students at some colleges of education in the Ashanti region are resorting to personal studies and group discussions in classrooms as their teachers and non-teaching staff embark on an indefinite strike nationwide. The National councils of both teaching and non-teaching staff at the colleges of education laid down their tools after the government failed to implement the agreed 2022 conditions of service, postponing it to 2023. When the Luv News team visited the St. Louis College of education, Mbrom at 10 am, literally every academic activity was grinding to a halt. It is typical to find students actively engaged in…

Eight students of the Koforidua Technical Institute are reportedly injured. The injury is after fire gutted the Boys’ dormitory of the school situated in the New Juaben North Municipality of the region. According to media reports, the fire which started around 11:45 pm on Monday, November 14. The fire is said to have swept through four rooms before personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) managed to douse it. In all, 75 students lost their entire belongings.  The cause of the fire is not yet fully known. However, the GNFS through its preliminary investigations has attributed it to an…

The social media platform, Diaklo, that has a mission to become “Africa’s best social network” has said it has seen an uptick in new users in the weeks following Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. The company – named after the Douala language word for message – was founded by Cameroonian Alain Ekambi in 2017. Earlier this year, Dikalo announced that more than 100 million messages had been sent on the platform which is free to use and download around the world. The social media platform is still in testing mode on Apple’s iOS system and is also available on mobile…

The UK is withdrawing troops from Mali earlier than planned due to political instability in the country, Defence Minister James Heappey has said. Since 2020 around 300 British soldiers had been in the country as part of a UN mission to protect the local population from Islamist extremism. Mr Heappey said two coups in Mali in three years had “undermined” efforts. He also attacked the current Malian government for working with the Russian mercenary group Wagner. “The Wagner Group is linked to mass human rights abuses and the Malian government’s partnership with the Wagner Group is counterproductive to lasting stability…

An ongoing investigation into the deaths of more than 70 children in The Gambia linked to cough syrups made in India, has been delayed by parents of the victims not cooperating with investigators, a senior medical officer has said. In October, the World Heath Organization (WHO) issued a global alert over four brands of cough syrups, saying they could be linked to acute kidney damage, following reports from The Gambia of children diagnosed with serious kidney problems. Investigators in The Gambia now say some parents could not recall the quantity of doses they gave to their children, and places they purchased…

Police in Nigeria say suspected Biafran separatists have shot dead a traditional ruler and his two aides in the south-eastern state of Imo. The gunmen visited the palace in Oguta under the guise of reporting an emergency situation before opening fire. It was not immediately clear why the monarch, Eze Ignatius Asor, was targeted in Monday’s attack. The Nigerian authorities said the gunmen also attacked the office of a community vigilance group as they fled – killing at least one person and stealing three motorbikes. The secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra – which police blamed for the killing -…

There is a looming public health danger for residents of Dambai and adjoining communities in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region as the major source of water has suffered from faecal matter pollution, resulting from the spillage of the Bagre dam, in neigbouring Burkina Faso. Public toilets sited close to the Oti River were submerged by the floodwaters with the only source of water for the people suffering major sanitation pollution. Many households along the River and parts of Dambai Market, including shops have been submerged by the flood waters, raising public health issues and endangering lives and…

Zambia has demanded answers over the death of a student who was fighting for Russia in Ukraine. Lusaka has asked Moscow “to urgently provide information on the circumstances” surrounding Lemekhani Nyirenda’s death. The 23-year-old, a student at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, had been serving nine years in jail for a drug offence. He died in September but Russia has only just informed Zambia’s government. The Zambian embassy in Russia established that Mr Nyirenda’s body had since been transported to the Russian southern border town of Rostov-on-Don in readiness for repatriation to Zambia, Zambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Stanley Kakubo said.…

A “long and difficult path” lies ahead despite the liberation of Kherson from Russian control, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. But Ukraine is “moving forward”, he told soldiers on a visit to the city. Losing the southern city is a major setback for Russia – though Moscow insists it remains Russian territory. Russia declared it the centre of the illegally annexed Kherson region, and it was the only regional capital to be occupied since the invasion. Pro-Russian billboards on the drive in to the city – along with periodic crumps of artillery – act as a reminder that Russian…