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RUBY BRIDGES: THE COURAGEOUS 6 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO FOUGHT RACISM AND HATE TO STANDSTILL

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In 1960, a 6 year old girl, Ruby Bridges became the world symbol of the courage to learn amidst untold intimidation and hate. The US Supreme court had just ordered that all schools be desegregated in the US to allow black children and white ones study together. The American South, the heart of racial segregation could hear none of it. New Orleans, where Ruby’s parents had settled from Mississippi decided on a plan to keep off the black youngsters and scuttle the court order. They decided to have very difficult entry examinations that black students couldn’t pass to frustrate their efforts to study with white students and the exam was only given to black students. Despite the painfully difficult exams, six black children passed, including Ruby. The examinations body decided Ruby Bridges be admitted to the William Frantz Elementary school to begin her nursery studies. The community, teachers of the school and pupils would hear none of it. When Ruby reported for her first day in nurs...
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Microsoft to equip viral Ghanaian rural IT teacher

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Remember this Ghanaian teacher whose photos broke the internet after he was pictured teaching IT to his students on a blackboard without computers? Well, Microsoft has promised to send him new computers and equipments to enhance his teachings. Richard Appiah Akoto's school did not have the resources to buy computers, so he improvised and showed students using coloured chalk. His 'needs must' attitude has resulted in Microsoft stepping in to help out. The computer giant said it would send him free equipment and free access to online resources. His story was brought to the attention of Microsoft by entrepreneur Rebecca Enonchong who tweeted the company to point that he was teaching the use of their product without having physical access to it. 'Surely you can get him some proper resources,' she suggested. On Tuesday, the software giant acted on her request. The information and computer technology (ICT) teacher has been contacted by Microsoft afte...
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Maame Biney - Do you know her?

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Well, Maame is the history-making Ghanaian born 17-year-old who became a viral sensation after making the U.S. Olympic short track speedskating team. Maame Biney blew the world away when she became the first African American woman to make the U.S. Olympic speedskating team. As she trains in Salt Lake City for the games, she has become appreciated for her ability to keep everyone smiling. Biney was born on January 28, 2000 in Accra, Ghana. She started skating lessons at six years old after moving to Reston, Virigina to live with her father, Kweku. The father and daughter were driving one day when Kweku saw a “learn to skate this fall” sign on the side of the road. He asked Biney if she was interested, then had to explain to her what ice skating was. “She didn’t even know what that word [skating] was and I explained it to her. The only thing cold in Ghana is cold beer,” Kweku told the AP. She started with figure skating lessons then switched to speed skating on a coach’...
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Controversy as Bishop Obinim orders members to bring used undies to church for prayer

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Controversial Ghanaian preacher, Bishop Obinim Orders Congregation To Bring Used Panties, Brassieres, Boxers To Church. The Founder and Leader of the International Godsway Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim has ordered his Tema Church members to bring their used underwears and brassieres to church as part of a spiritual direction. He also directed the men to bring their used boxer shots and singlets. In a video that has gone viral, the Bishop said, “the underwears and brassieres would be collected and burnt at Church on Tuesday. God told me after that, all your problems will be taken away”.
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Loud sex is punishable offense - Ghanaian legal practitioner

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Legal practitioner Maurice Ampaw says incessant loud moaning during sex is a crime which must be punished. According to him, moaning infringes on the rights of others and must be stopped. “Why is it that you are having sex and I cannot sleep? In a compound house, they are having sex with you and everybody cannot sleep, you are infringing upon their rights to privacy and you are committing a crime and a wrong to them because you are committing what we call sexual nuisance,” he said. The legal practitioner told Lexis Bill in an interview on Behind the Fame on Drive Time on Joy FM that, “Everything that makes noise, everything that makes you uncomfortable is a nuisance.” The controversial lawyer explained that, “There are some girls when they are having sex and you are passing on the streets, you will hear them moaning and screaming.” “The worst ones are the men, if you are a man and you are having sex too and you are talking and moaning…can’t you control yourself? You should h...
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Atomic Junction gas explosion: 4 people killed, properties burnt

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Residents were thrown into a state of pandemonium following the piercing sound of the explosion as well as the giant scary fireball that was formed in the sky. The first explosion was heard at about 7:20pm. A second explosion was heard few minutes later and the fire caught an adjacent TOTAL fuel station and nearby taxi park. It is currently unclear what triggered the fire, but some eyewitnesses said it started from an offloading gas tanker. The explosion occurred at the MANSCO gas station at Atomic Junction, Accra. Life is returning to normalcy around the area this morning as unlookers gathered to see things for themselves, but the entire scene of the incident has been cordoned by the authorities on ground. The Police who have been at the site of the explosion, MANSCO Gas Filling Station have blocked vehicular movements towards the area, and traffic on the main Accra Central and NI Highway to Aburi road has been diverted. The fire which was reported to have starte...
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P-square's fight is publicity stunt - Kenny Ogungbe

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Nigerian Veteran broadcaster, Kenny Ogungbe has dismissed the latest brouhaha between Africa’s favourite twins, Psquare Peter and Paul Okoye as a publicity stunt. You recall Peter and Paul Okoye have been trending all week after Peter announced they were parting ways and a video of the twins fighting each other went viral. Speaking on his Kennis Music Radio last Wednesday, Kenny Ogungbe popularly known as Baba Keke, said the latest Okoye family feud is nothing but mere publicity stunt. “I am sure they have a massive show coming up in December and they are using this as a publicity stunt. They have over 100 songs and people who called us on the radio within 15 minutes, requested for about 29 of their songs. “If you are breaking up after recording about 100 songs, will you break up to record another big song as a solo artiste? At what age? How many songs are they going to release that would be up to what they have released already? At what age do they want to do that whe...
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