Author Archives: larryehu

Tears flow as Denkyira chiefs beg gods for forgiveness

Women and children wailed uncontrollably in Diaso where a military commander was lynched a week ago as the chiefs went before the gods to pacify them. Captain Maxwell Mahama was killed in cold blood by the locals of Diaso in the Upper West Denkyira district of the Central region after a snail seller raised a false alarm that he was ...

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W/R: Two students turn up pregnant for BECE

Two (2) candidates Monday morning turned up pregnant to take part in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Western region. The two students are among over Seven thousand candidates writing the BECE in the Sekondi-Takoradi. This was revealed by Western regional director of education Enyonam Amefugah during her visit to four examination centers. Three (3) were also ...

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President tasks Ghana’s Ambassadors to drive home investments

THE PRESIDENT, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has charged newly-appointed ambassadors and high commissioners work closely with the various ministries and agencies to promote Ghana’s commercial interest and to drive private sector investments into the country. According to the President, government has made it a policy to seek more private sector equity financing for its infrastructure projects “rather than the historic ...

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One man, four wives: The new hit reality TV show

A new hit reality TV show has restarted a debate over the traditional practice of polygamy in South Africa. Musa Mseleku says he wants to change people’s perceptions of polygamy. And he’s getting some help – from his four wives. The 43-year-old property developer, along with his wives and their 10 children, are the stars of a new reality show ...

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Don’t bend the laws – Justice Dotse warns

A Supreme Court Judge, Justice Jones Dotse, has blamed the problems of Ghana on the alarming rate at which most Ghanaians bend the laws of the country. According to him, while some people bend the rules for their personal gains, others are pressurised to vary the rules when it concerns certain people. In his view, Ghana has some of the ...

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Tech leaders defy Trump on climate deal

The biggest US tech firms are rallying behind the 2015 Paris climate agreement, despite President Trump’s decision to leave it. Mr Trump’s move has been met with dismay from other world leaders signed up to the accord – but much of the outcry can be heard on the west coast of his own country. The chief executives of Apple, Google, ...

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Mayweather’s visit to Ghana: What’s in it for us?

On June 15, Floyd Mayweather will arrive in Ghana in the gentle cunning smile he wears anytime he tears his opponents apart in the ring. With 49 fights without a defeat, 24 of which came through a knockout, the Playboy Mayweather has every right to embark on an “Undisputed Tour” of Africa, his “Motherland” as he puts it. It will ...

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Rawlings drops bombshell about his health

The issue about the health status of Former President Jerry John Rawlings which became a topical discussion in the run up to the 2016 general elections with executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) explaining why he had been excluded from the campaigns has resurfaced. It would be recalled that the General Secretary of the party, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia ...

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