Secret dates, dead-drops and “bullet-free” maths lessons: these are just some of the ways residents of the Islamic State group’s Syrian bastion Raqa resisted years of jihadist rule. IS has been ruling Raqa with an iron fist since 2014, imposing its draconian interpretation of Islamic law on the northern city’s 300,000-strong population. But as a … Read more
Parents within the Berekum Municipality of the Brong Ahafo region have bemoaned the growing trend at which teenagers are getting involved in cyber crime popularly referred to as Sakawa in the local parlance. Many are particularly worried about the upsurge in the trend of Sakawa activities which has led to many pupils of Junior High … Read more
As the soothsayer warned Emperor Julius Caesar to beware of the ides of March, the failure of which led to his assassination by Brutus and his co-conspirators, so shall I once again warn President-elect Nana Akufo Addo to beware of 7 January 2017? When God reveals an impending doom, it normally indicates that He is … Read more
Students at Suame in the Ashanti region are abandoning the classrooms for the internet scam, popularly known as Sakawa, after one of their colleagues hit a jackpot of GHC1billion through the fraudulent practice. Authorities of one of the most affected schools, the Suame King Faisal Islamic junior high school, are therefore calling on the government … Read more