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03 Aug

3 KNUST Students Honoured For Saving Suicidal Colleague

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Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, on August 2, 203, honoured three students for saving the life of a suicidal colleague. Prof. Akosua Dickson handed a special award to the three students identified as Theophilus Amo Oduro Aboagye, Kwabena Amoako Marfo and James Michael Mozley Nsafoa. The trio made a timely intervention on July 4, 2023 at a private hostel facility on campus to rescue their colleague who was hanging by a balcony on the brink of falling off the storey building. In a viral video, the three held onto the victim and pulled him…

06 Jul

KNUST Confirms Suicide Attempt At 5-Story Hostel, Victim In Stable Condition

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Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have confirmed the attempted suicide incident that happened earlier in the week on campus. The victim, a second-year medical science student, is currently in stable condition and is receiving treatment from medics and counsellors, Dr. Daniel Norris Bekoe, the Public Relations Officer of KNUST told the media. “For now, he is stable and investigations are ongoing to find out the cause of his attempted suicide and the various support systems that we can afford him.” The PRO stressed that the authorities are also working to ascertain the reasons the…

29 May

Tension At KNUST As Students Who Paid 70% Of Fees Are Unable To Register For Second Semester

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Some students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) studying through the University’s Distance Learning programme have been left aggrieved and uncertain of their ability to continue with their programmes of study after being unable to register for the second semester even though they have managed to pay 70% of their fees as required by the University. The students are therefore appealing to the University to extend the deadline for registration to sometime in August 2023 to enable them to raise the fees and pay. They cite current economic challenges and the costly nature of the programnes…

06 Feb

Former NSMQ ‘Shark’ Now Lives In Pain Due To Bipolar Disorder, Needs Help

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In September 2022, JoyNews’ Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen travelled to Jirapa, Upper West Region to meet Ningwie Leonard Lanyeli, who was rumored to be suffering from a mental illness. But Leonard was nowhere to be found when the team arrived. His mother sat with her two hands on her cheeks, a sad and depressed expression on her face. Leonard had left the house many hours before, and his mother, Ningwie Gladys, had no idea where he had gone. We needed a search team to find him so we could hear his story and experiences. Leonard had known for months that JoyNews would…

28 Jan

Accommodation For Freshmen: Survival Of The Fittest At Legon – UCC, KNUST Get It Right

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An opportunity to have university education is supposed to be an exciting moment but for many freshmen, that could also be a moment of frustration and anxiety, as they are thrust into a worrying situation even before they settle down to the new phase of life. This is because, like the biblical son of man, some of them would have nowhere to lay their heads while on campus. Gaining admission to any of the public universities in may be easier these days, but having accommodation as part of the admission arrangement is not. In recent times, improved performances from students…