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The Nkwanta Senior High School (NKWANSEC) in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Volta Region has been closed down indefinitely. This follows violent protests by students over the seizure of mobile phones Monday. District Chief Executive Officer for Nkwanta South, Hon John Tason confirmed this on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem Tuesday. Two teachers, according to reports, made an unannounced visit to the dormitories after preps and saw some students making phone calls and seized their phones. The students allegedly went berserk on Monday night after mobile phones seizures and resorted to the destruction of motorbikes, air conditions and shutters. They also smashed the windscreens of the Municipal Police Commander among others. Hon John Tason said students have been asked to go home and given school authorities a week to put things in order so that the school can be re-opened. Meanwhile, the 30 students who were arrested during the riot have been g...

One of the five victims of the helicopter crash outside the home of Leicester City Football Club was a runner-up in Thailand’s Miss Universe beauty pageant. Nursara Suknamai, 33, died alongside her boss and the club’s owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha  in the incident, which also claimed the lives of colleague Kaveporn Pupare and pilots Eric Swaffer and Izabela Roza Lechowicz .  The former beauty queen’s social media pages are filled with photographs of her with Leicester City players including Harry Maguire and Jamie Vardy. Yoga fanatic Ms Suknamai regularly posted her workouts on Instagram as well as other shots from Venice, Milan, Nice, Paris, Royal Ascot and the FIFA World Cup in Russia in the summer. Leicester City Owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha The crash happened justo outside King Power Stadium. In 2005, she finished runner-up in Miss Thailand Universe and won a “Miss Photogenic” compe...

Inspector Friday Ogbeifun, a policeman attached to Border Patrol Unit, Ilaro, Ogun State, is currently undergoing investigation over the circumstances surrounding the death of his lover at a hotel in Igando, Lagos State. It was gathered that the inspector and his lover, identified simply as Esther, had checked in at the hotel on Dele Toye Street, Igando, on Monday around 8 pm to have fun and while they were in the facility, the woman, a mother of five, slumped and was rushed to the Igando General Hospital, where she was confirmed dead on arrival. According to a report by Punching, the deceased was a widow whose husband died about two years ago and the corpse of the woman had been taken to the Mainland Hospital mortuary, Yaba, for autopsy. Her lover, Ogbeifun reported himself at the Igando Police Station from where he was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba. The state Police Public Relations O...

Pregnancy is a beautiful journey for every woman. It’s even much better when such a sacred moment is shared with friends and family. It is no wonder three sisters have the internet green with envy over their maternity shoot photos. The sisters, Ogechi, Chika and Onyee, are expecting mothers and decided to document the wonderful journey of them planning to become mothers at the same time. Interestingly, the three sisters are expecting four babies and counting down to the days they will welcome their bundles of joy. It is so beautiful to see three sisters go through this special time together and all that beauty is easily reflected in their photos which is now making waves online. The sisters can be seen rocking matching, off-shoulder white dresses as they posed in the gorgeous environment of Manhattan Beach, California. SOURCE: https://www.adomonline.com

South Africa's newly appointed Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has promised additional funds to ensure female students have access to sanitary pads. There have been growing calls for this amid complaints that girls - especially those in poor, rural communities - have been missing out on school because of the high cost of the pads. In some provinces they are already free for all female students. To cheers in parliament, he also announced that from next April the 15% tax on sanitary pads would be scrapped. Bread flour and cake flour were also now going to be exempt from VAT, he said, explaining that he had asked people on social media for their tips ahead of the speech: Quote Message: I received 3,299 tweets in total. One of them is from Tintsi Ngwenya in Johannesburg, who said: 'Sanitary pads should be tax free - after considerable debate and consultation, as of the 1 April 2019, government will zero-rate the following items: One, sanitary pads. Two, br...

A pantryman of the St. Louis Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region has been suspended for three months without pay, for fondling a student’s breast and touching her buttocks. Kwesi Boampong, who is in his 30s, admitted to committing the act to Luv News’ Erastus Asare Donkor but said allegations that he had sex with the girl are not true. The student in question has also been suspended from school for one month for breaking school rules and entering an area which is out of bounds to students. The school’s Board is yet to take a decision on what further action of discipline to take with the two as investigations continue. The Disciplinary Committee of the school has forwarded the matter to the regional directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) which has invited both parties. St. Louis SHS has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently after news of some teachers alleged to have sexually abused students, made t...

A High Court in Kumasi has granted bail to three members of the Delta Force after they were arrested for invading a meeting organised by the Tafo Pankrono Member of Parliament. The vigilante group, affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) stormed a meeting ground in October to register their displeasure with their MP, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, for what they refer to as failed promises. The leader of Delta Force in the Tafo Pankrono Constituency, Jafar Saeed, also known as ‘O.D.4’, told Luv FM’s Kwasi Debrah the MP has failed to honour a promise made to them prior to the 2016 general elections. “He met us and told us when we work hard for the party [NPP] to win the election, he will make sure we also enjoy and live comfortably,” Saeed said in the Akan dialect. some of the rioters were picked up by the police and arraigned before court. One other accused person, Yaw Brefo, has been discharged for lack of evidence. The other three have ...

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi is threatening to stop former President John Mahama from going to do politics in any school in the Ashanti Region. He noted that recent comments by the former president at school in Garu that he will be campaigning in schools so government should come and arrest him are unbecoming of the former president. The former president’s comment came in the light of the controversial video that went viral on social media, showing NDC stalwart David Akamba using school kids for politics on their campus. Akamba was invited by the police on the matter, and in the wake of that invitation, John Mahama said he will also go to schools and campaign so the police should come and arrest him too. Chairman Wontumi said the former president is “desperate” and “a joke”, adding that he can take his school politics everywhere but if he dares come to the Ashanti Region with it, he will be stopped one...

D The wedding of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s daughter, Carissa, to her Ghanaian beau, Phillip Frimpong, is currently taking place in Lekki, Lagos. The wedding is being officiated by Pastor Benny Hinn. See more photos from the wedding below. The wedding was a classic one as several important guests attended including former Nigerian president, President Olusegun Obasanjo. Healing evangelist, Benny Hinn was also present at the wedding. SOURCE: https://www.adomonline.com