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Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has come under rising pressure from faith-based organizations and a large section of the Ghanaian public to assent to pass into law the recently passed Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill which proscribed various jail terms for members of the LGBT community in Ghana and their allies. Rights groups and some Civil Society Organisations have equally called on the same President Akufo-Addo to not sign the Bill into law, citing clear infringements of human rights and press freedoms. The President and his office have remained mute. Checks show the Bill has not yet reached…

Ghana’s Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has expressed surprise about continuous media reports that the Office is about to commence a life style audit target at the country’s celebrities within the creative arts and entertainment sector. Executive Director, COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has described the nature of the reports as exaggerations and misinformation. She also challenged anyone who claimed EOCO had announced plans to go after celebrities to produce such audiovisuals, rubbishing such claims being peddled in the media. READ ALSO: Fix our deplorable roads instead of going to EOCO – Yaw Tano to Kwasi Amoako-Attah A recent interview…

FIVE SOULS have been lost in two separate road crashes in a period of 48 hours at Akomadan in the Offinso North Constituency in the Ashanti Region. The first accident happened when a tipper truck, surprisingly, crashed head on with a tricycle also known as ‘Pragia’ at Akomadan on Thursday at 6pm. In that fatal crash, three people, including a pregnant woman, were said to have perished right at the accident scene, drawing uncontrollable tears from eye witnesses. Just as the people of Akomadan were trying to overcome the pain and sorrow that they endured during the first accident, another…

Construction Project Manager and Painter, Sharon Dede Padi, also known as Padiki has asked Ghanaians and people all over the globe to collectively help her attain the goal to break her upcoming Guinness World Records (GWR) Paint-a-Thon record in projecting Ghana. Setting of the record scheduled to take place from March 15 to March 21, 2024, at the Ghana Village, it is aimed to paint more than 168 hours, seeking to break the current 100-hour Paint-a-Thon record held by Chancellor Ahaghotu. READ ALSO: At a point I didn’t know which day it was – Afua Asantewaa speaks after ending GWR Sing-A-Thon…

President Akufo-Addo has owned up as the individual to be held responsible for all decisions taken by the Government he leads and has said there should be no ambiguity whatsoever about who the buck stops with in a constitutional administration. “Under the Constitution, the Executive power of the State is vested in the President of the Republic. He or she is the executive. There’s no ambiguity about where the buck stops when it comes to responsibility for what happens in government. It stops with the President,” Nana Akufo-Addo said while delivering the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament…

Ghanaian entrepreneur and media personality, Afua Asantewaa Aduonum has explained that, the last thing she would do is to be dishonest and hide such an important result from her Guinness World Records attempt despite it being positive or negative from her fans, Ghanaians and people across the globe in general. She explained in an interview on the Breakfast Show on GTV on Monday that, she has been very honest to Ghanaians regarding the results, adding that, she lost her login details to her GWR account for which reason she could not break the news of the outcome of her attempt.…

Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, the board chair of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (GDC-Ghana), has urged President Akufo-Addo to vote against the Appropriate Human Sexual Rights and Family Values bill. According to Prof. Gadzekpo, the measure infringes against fundamental human rights guaranteed by the Constitution, such as the freedom of expression and association, academic freedom, participation in processions, equality, and nondiscrimination. READ ALSO: Mahama Runs Away From EXACT Position On Anti-LGBT Bill Prof. Gadzekpo stressed that protecting rights and freedoms is essential to constitutional democracy during a press conference on human rights and a rights-based strategy for assisting sexual minorities in…

President Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians and all residents of the country to join the  necessary measures instituted by government to protect the country’s territorial integrity against extremist activities. “Government is determined to do all it can to ensure there is security inevery inch of the territory of our country, but it also is very much up tothe citizens to help create the needed atmosphere, and I am, thus,appealing to all citizens to take theSee Something, Say Somethingcampaign of the Ministry of National Security very seriously”, Akufo-Addo noted during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) he delivered to Parliament…

It is always exhilarating to be back in Parliament, and to discharge the duty, in fulfillment of Article 67 of the Constitution, of delivering to the House a Message on the State of the Nation on this occasion for the penultimate time. In accordance with protocol and convention, it is good to see that First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Second Lady Samira Bawumia, Spouse of Mr. Speaker, Alice Adjua Yornas, Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, and Justices of the Supreme Court, Chairperson Nana Otuo Siriboe II, and Members of the Council of State, the new Chief of Defence…

A Professor of Naturopathic Healthcare, a Medical Journalist, and a science writer, Prof Raphael Nyarkotey Obu has discovered natural herbal qualities of wee or marijuana for health care. The President, Nyarkotey University College of Holistic Medicine & Technology (NUCHMT)/African Naturopathic Foundation outdoored the article highlighting his discovery of the science behind cannabis for medicinal use and not recreational use. Citing authorities, Prof Obu said clinical trials demonstrate that CBD and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) found in wee combination could prolong the life of some people with an aggressive form of cancer called glioblastoma-brain tumour. The research found that wee could also improve…