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Mfantsipim School Beats St. Augustine’s, Keta SHS To Claim 3rd NSMQ Trophy

Mfantsipim School Beats St. Augustine’s, Keta SHS To Claim 3rd NSMQ Trophy

Mfantsipim School has been crowned champions of the 2024 National Science and Maths Competition. Having trailed St. Augustine’s up until the fifth round, Mfantsipim took the lead after answering the penultimate riddle of the contest. At the end of the finals on Wednesday, 30 October 2024, Mfantsipim secured 47 points, while St. Augustine’s College had 46 points, followed by Keta SHS with 32 points. Mfantsipim won their first trophy in 1999 and a second in 2014. This win brings their total haul to three, having also lost in two finals in 2000 and 2016. Defending champions, Presec Legon, who have…
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NSMQ Mistress Reveals Her Biggest Failure In Life

NSMQ Mistress Reveals Her Biggest Failure In Life

Host of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Prof. Elsie Effah Kaufmann in a candid interview opened up on one of the most significant challenges she has faced and how it impacted her life. According to her, he failed marriage is a major failure given the expectation that marriage is a lifelong commitment. “When you get married, you are expected to stay for life, so I consider the breakup of my marriage as one of my biggest failures because I went in for life, but life happened,” she said. Her divorce, Prof Kaufmann stated was a difficult period for her,…
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Former NSMQ ‘Shark’ Now Lives In Pain Due To Bipolar Disorder, Needs Help

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

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…
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