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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 for Grades.’ The ladies, whom he claimed were coerced by lecturers in some notable tertiary institutions in the country, almost failed the papers for not giving in to their sexual advances. Mr Tetteh-Chai’s comment follows a ...

National President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof. Charles Ofosu Marfo has said he is not surprised that some lecturers in the University of Ghana and the University including Prof Ransford Gyampo and Dr. Paul Kwame Butakor as well as their colleagues in the University of Lagos were caught on tape coaxing girls for sex in return ...

A Professor of African and Gender Studies at the Institute of African Studies, at the University of Ghana, Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo has hit hard at critics who absolve lecturers from blame in student-lecturer sexual misconduct. According to her, such utterances expose the unhealthy hypocrisy and the seeming disregard of the dangers such issues present in the society. Speaking on ...

The Acting President of the Sampa Traditional Area, Nana Kwadwo Magsah II, says the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, deserves a second term in office, following the good work his government has undertaken since assuming office in January 2017. Speaking on Tuesday, 8th October, 2019, when a durbar of Chiefs was held in honour of President Akufo-Addo, ...

One of the lecturers captured in the BBC’s ‘Sex for Grades’ documentary, Professor Ransford Gyampo says he has accepted his interdiction in good faith. The University of Ghana Tuesday interdicted Prof. Ransford Gyampo and Dr Paul Kwame Butakor after being implicated in BBC’s documentary on their alleged sexual harassment of female students. They are expected to be hauled before the ...

Renowned investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has argued that the BBC Africa Eye exposé on “sex for grades” cannot be accepted or ought to be rejected because it did not focus on how undeserved grades were offered to sexually harassed female students. Commenting on the raging issue on social media, the award-winning, reigning West Africa Journalist of the year, observed ...

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has reacted to allegations by embattled Professor, Ransford Edward Gyampo of the University of Ghana, urging him to desist from making preposterous remarks that the BBC Africa Eye exposé is an attempt by some Ghanaians to gag him. The BBC Africa Eye documentary captioned “sex for grades” implicated Prof Gyampo in alleged acts of sexual misconduct. But ...

It was a sight to behold when Ghana’s oldest living medical practitioner, Dr Emmanuel Evans-Anfom, celebrated his 100th birthday at his home in Accra yesterday. Government officials, family members and friends joined the celebrated surgeon, academic and statesman to mark the momentous centenary event. In attendance were the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia; the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo; the Governor ...

The Police Service has explained they used water cannon and other forms of force on the demonstrating law students in order to disperse them after they started pelting officers with stones. In a statement, the police said the law students also prevented deputy attorney general Godfred Yeboah Dame from exiting his office during the Monday protest. The Police have come ...

Hundreds of nurse trainees from the Sunyani Nursing and Midwifery Training College have hailed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for restoring their trainee allowance, which was cancelled by the erstwhile Mahama-led NDC government. Wielding placards with inscriptions such as: “We don’t need JM back to cancel our allawa”, “We are happy for the allawa”, “Nana nie, allawa nie”, and “Our ...