Thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate, as wildfires continue to sweep through the Los Angeles area. ; As of Wednesday morning, the Palisades Fire had burned 2921 acres and was 0% contained, with strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity, expected to intensify its spread.; A second blaze, the Eaton Fire, had scorched 2227 acres by Wednesday morning, joining three other fires reported in Los Angeles and Riverside counties, all of which remained 0% contained.; California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday night and announced the deployment of over 1400 firefighters, to battle the “unprecedented fires.” While no fatalities have been reported, the cause of the fires is under investigation.; Source - Citi News

After much anticipation the 2024 WASSCE result has been released as of today 30th December 2024, ; Below is a sample of the letter from waec announcing the release of the result,; The West African Examinations Council wishes to inform its numerous publics that it has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2024 (Ghana Only Version). ; The Council will make available login details to heads of school to enable them access the results of their candidates,; The results have been hosted online and candidates who so desire may access their results at the Council's website www.waecgh.org.; The Council would like to caution all its stakeholders to be wary of fraudsters who promise to upgrade results for a fee. ; Candidates are to note that WAEC results are secured and can be authenticated using its results verification system, The WAEC QR code can be downloaded and used to verify results.; PERFORMANCE STATISTICS; A total number of 460.611 candidates made up of 212.954 males and 247.657 females from 1003 schools entered for the examination, ; This figure is 2.66% higher than the 2023 entry figure of 448.674. A total number of 4.609 (1.0%) were absent from the examination.; Candidates who took part in the exams can now buy the result checker and visit the official websites to check their results online,; Here is a simple step to check your wassce results using your phone,; First Visit the WAEC Website; Open a browser on your phone and go to, https://ghana.waecdirect.org/; Enter Your Examination Details;. Input your Index Number..., Enter Voucher Information' Enter the Serial Number ,; found on your voucher; Confirm Your Details; Submit Your Request; you can buy the result checker at any post office new you , or a computer cafe. You can also purchase it using the shortcode below...; USSD code *899*550#; Click the the link below to visit the official waec website to check your results.

From my observation and my personal social experiment over a protracted period of time, I have realized that, there are tonnes of good, well-educated, single, responsible, hardworking and available women looking for life partners than there are such single and responsible men available to be chosen as life partners. ; A lot of women between 26-40 are ready and available, looking for a life partner, these women are either single, divorced or never married but with a child.; Let me elucidate… Women generally grow and develop faster than men. By the time a woman is in her twenties, she is ready to marry, but a Man, being the gender and specie that is designed to lead and provide for a matrimonial home, requires a lot more time and effort to build himself up to a point where he can be seen as fit and capable of raising a family and provide security for the woman and the unborn kids.; For instance, a woman who is ready for marriage doesn’t have to bother about having her own shelter, she can comfortably live in her parent’s home until the day she marries, and from there she can transport herself into her new matrimonial home - the shelter which the Man must have provided.; Ideally, it’s unacceptable for a man who cannot put a roof over his own head to be seen getting married to another man’s daughter - society would not forgive such a man who doesn’t have his own shelter, he would be seen as unfit and not responsible enough to start a home or raise a family.; You are deemed as a responsible man when you can pay for your own shelter, pay your utility bills and have a job that pays you enough to be able to bring someone else (a woman) into your home without making her life miserable through poverty or lack of marital resources.; So when it comes to marriage preparation, especially; financially and in terms of responsibilities, there are more burdens on a man than there are on a woman. A Man who is 26 years old therefore might not have acquired enough, or matured enough to be able to have his own shelter (rented or owned), have a well-paying job and still gather enough money which would be used to marry the woman into his home... ; Averagely, most men are ready for marriage and are emotionally matured to be able to lead a home when they are in their thirsties, because whilst a woman is ready for marriage at say, 26, her counterpart male colleague is still trying to find his purpose in life or establish his own destiny and is most likely incapable of adding the burden of a family at that age.; The woman in her twenties does not want to marry that 27 year old guy who is now starting life and has almost nothing to his name, the woman prefers an achiever, a Man who has built something for himself in life, the woman doesn’t want “daabi daabi 3b3 y3 yi3” journey; she wants something that is of more stability and security - and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.; She then therefore has to fish and look for men who are in the thirties to early fourties age bracket to marry since they’re the ones who are likely more matured, financially stable, and ready.; Here is the paradox, as the women continue to wait to find the right, available and responsible men within that age bracket, then the women equally begin to age into their early and mid thirties, only to find out that most of the clean, well-shaved, handsome and responsible men in those mid thirties have already been taken, they are married! Most of those men have been taken and polished up by the few women who decided to take the raw, uncultivated man that was available and worked on him to make a fine gentleman out of him.; So…the ladies find out that their ideal perfect gentleman, is taken! He is already married. And if the woman is fortunate to find one in his late 30s or early 40s, then he is most likely married before and now a divorcee.; Sadly, those few men who are back to the singlehood pool are over-subscribed by the many beautiful, available, classy and good single women, who find these men as their dream man because they are more like a polished responsible married man who is back to singlehood. However, many of those Men don’t find marriage attractive any longer, most likely because of the bad experiences they had in their marriage for which they left. And oh, they are mostly excited to enjoy the newly found “freedom”; to them it feels like they are out of an incarceration. For the first time again, they are back to having their fun without any military surveillance on their movements by any better-half.; This cycle then leaves the women in their mid thirties hanging, with their prayer being God making way for them to find their own good man. The few successful men in those age bracket who have never married, also do not want to marry a 35 year old woman, they prefer to go for the twenties, because of several factors which include their perception of possible childbirth complications if they marry a woman who is hitting 40. ; And those who wouldn’t mind marrying a woman of similar mid thirties age, would also not be very comfortable if the woman already have a child with another man. Believe it or not, in our part of the world, most men shy away from marrying a woman who already has a child(ren), their question is why should they start a match where they are already down 0-1? Only few men with modern and liberated thinking wouldn’t mind going for a woman with kids.; So generally, it becomes like chasing the wind, when women are in their younger years, they ignore their age mates guys who wants to settle with them, because they have nothing to their name. They want older and matured men who are more financially and emotionally stable.; As they grow older and find that such men are few because they’ve already been taken, then the men pool to choose from becomes even much smaller for them, and before you know it, they are hitting 40, with no life partner, and probably afew heart breaks and maybe, a son or daughter in their previous relationship or marriage, and those without a child at all, begin to consider a Plan B, which is, if I can’t find my dream man to marry, well let me find a responsible Man who I can have a child with - so we can co-parent. And even to find that responsible man who will be a great father to have kids with, is like looking for a pin in a haystack! Very hard! ; Conclusion: ; Sometimes, our expectations of a life partner are so unrealistic, many live in a fantasy of an ideal partner which only exists in scripted movie series. You can’t find perfection in an imperfect world.; So if you find a partner that meets some of the basic and core requirements for a great future, chose that partner and build eachother into that flawlessness you were looking for, because it doesn’t exist anywhere outside your own hardwork of creating one for yourself!; NB: This article is taken from a post originally written by THE BIG GODWIN. you can find him on Facebook.

Trump has defeated Kamala harris in a historic defeat to become the 47th President of the United States of America. This becomes Trump's second term holding the office of the president.; As of 6th November 2024, Trump had won 280 electoral votes which amounts to 51% whiles Harris won 226 electoral votes which translates to 47.5%. Only 270 electoral votes is required to win the presidential race in USA and Trump has surpased that number.; Vice-president Kharmala Harris was set to become the first female president of America and resulted in her fan base being dominated by women. However It is clear that what led to Trumps victory were issues such as immigration and the war in gaza, with immigration being the most consequential. With a huge number of immigrants flooding the states from the southern border,; this was seen as a huge failure by Kamala harris as she was seen as in charge of the border but failed, she supported an open border policy and made it easy for people to come into the country with proper checks ,; which is something that the Americans are not so happy about. They believe this has impacted negatively on their economy and health care. ; Trump's camp was able to capitalized on this and proposed huge deportation of illegal immigrants, coupled with the idea of making America a great Nation once again. This undoubtedly led to his win.