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A 40-year-old public health promoter identified as Richard Azaglo who is a staff of Nkwanta South municipal hospital is standing trial for allegedly defiling two teenagers in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region. According to the police, the accused person drugged the victims aged 14 and 15, to have sexual intercourse with the two after they were induced into a state of unconsciousness. The victims’ attitude in school raised suspicion and upon interrogation by the school authorities, the ordeal was revealed and the Nkwanta South social welfare alerted. Subsequently, the matter was reported to the police leading to…
The trial of the former COCOBOD CEO Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, and businessman Seidu Agongo, is now before a new judge. The duo who have been accused of causing financial loss of more than GH₵271 million to the state, on countless occasions have tried to remove the retired Justice Clemence Honyenuga, from presiding over the trial. Justice Honyenuga, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court sitting as an additional High court judge, has been hearing the trial since 2018. But Dr Opuni accused the judge of being biased and hostile towards him since he opened his defence. They also asked…
Going down memory lane in Ghana, there were some intriguing games children played and enjoyed in the past which are almost phased out to be replaced with modern video games and the internet. The ‘High jump’, ‘pilolo’, ‘chaskele’, ‘counters ball’, ‘sway’, ‘hopscotch’, ‘ampe’, ‘stay’ and many others were the games that kept children busy and active emotionally, mentally, and physically, in class and at home. The evolution of technology has changed the way children play today. Many children are glued to their parents’ phones, and some even have iPads that expose them to all kinds of content, the good, the…
The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has indicated and insisted that the one Ghana coin is still legal tender. It thus entreats all to use it for monetary transactions as it still persists in the market and is not out of circulation. The Director for Currency Management at the BoG, Dominic Owusu speaking on reports that the one pesewa coin is no longer a legal tender and it’s out of circulation, maintained that the coin should be used for transactions and must be accepted by customers. “That’s why we are here, so help us to circulate the information that those coins are…
It is reported that a seventeen-year-old Junior High School graduate, identified as Joseph Osei Boadi is losing his right fingers after a self-styled Pastor scalded his palm in anointing oil to prove his innocence or otherwise over missing GH¢600. The incident is reported to have occurred at Adansi Nsokote near the Ofoase Ayirebi area on a border between the Eastern and Ashanti regions. Joseph is currently on admission at the Akyem Oda Government Hospital in the Eastern region. According to the mother of the victim, Emelia Adutwumwaa, her sister In-law with whom she lives in the same house in the…
The headmistress of St Mary’s Girls Senior High School (SHS) at Konongo in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Madam Alice Martha Adjei has called on parents of pregnant students of the school to convince their wards to return to school for the WASSCE examinations. This follows a disclosure by Madam Adjei that fifteen (15) of her students are heavily pregnant and have stopped reporting to the academic institution for academic work. The students, according to her include four final-year students, 10 second-year students, and a first-year student. Some of these students, Madam Adjei noted were happy…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has dismissed reports of introduction and issuing ¢500 coin, insisting it has no immediate plans of issuing higher denomination for circulation. Several reports have indicated that the Bank is working to introduce the coins – samples of which have been circulated on social media platforms. Speaking on the issue, the Director for Currency Management at the BoG, Dominic Owusu said the reports are false. He pointed out that the BoG will always embark on an extensive public and media education before it introduces new notes or coins into circulation. “When there is a currency issuance…
Veteran lawyer Moses Foh-Amoaning has clashed with Prof. Takyiwaa Manuh, an Emerita Professor at the University of Ghana, over the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 (anti-LGBTQI bill), which Parliament is set to consider.Speaking in a GBC interview on Thursday, , Prof Takyiwaa Manuh urged that people who engage in LGBTQI activities should be accepted because they already exist in communities in Ghana.She suggested the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 (anti-LGBTQI bill), which is being championed by Foh-Amoaning and other Ghanaians, is driven by hate and should be rejected by the…
Many people get a secret phone when they’re trying to leave a domestic abuse situation If you have a secret phone, you’ll need to turn off the emergency alert notifications before Sunday, April 23. If you’re trying to leave a domestic abuse situation, buying a new, secret phone that your partner can’t check through is often one of the first steps. This can help you to get in contact with charities and a support network, and begin to make plans to leave without alerting your partner and potentially putting yourself in danger. On Sunday, April 23, the government will send…
CNN — The United Nations and United States on Wednesday added to international outrage over a hardline bill passed by Ugandan lawmakers that criminalizes simply identifying as LGBTQ+, prescribes a life sentence for convicted homosexuals and a death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.” The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights asked Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni not to sign the bill passed by lawmakers on Tuesday. Volker Türk called the Anti Homosexuality Bill 2023 “draconian,” saying it would have negative repercussions on society as a whole and violates the nation’s constitution. “The passing of this discriminatory bill – probably among the worst of…
