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Members of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values is embarking on a three-day fasting and prayer against homosexuality in Ghana starting June 28. The coalition, led by law lecturer Moses Foh-Amoaning, is made up of Christians, Muslims and Traditionalists, strongly opposed to the practice and legalization of Lesbianism, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights in ...

The former President of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi has disclosed plans to sue BBC, ace Investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and the Tiger Eye PI over the number 12 undercover documentary. According to spokesperson to the former President, Dr. Martin Luther Obeng, lawyers of Mr. Nyantakyi have been advised to also petition the British Parliament over BBC’s sponsorship ...

The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority says suggestions that cost of producing the Ghana Cards is too expensive is resulting from a lack of proper knowledge on the issue. According to Prof Ken Attafuah, the cards being produced by the National Identification Authority (NIA) are of world-class quality and cannot be compared to any other cards in the ...

Three young soldiers, all of whom passed out of training barely a month ago, have died. Two of them, Private Kesse and Private Yakubu Saagbul, died a few weeks ago after they got involved in an accident on their way to Ho, Volta Region. One died instantly on the accident scene while the other succumbed later at the hospital. Also ...

Following the nearly deadly assault on a pregnant Kumasi woman injured under police custody, human rights advocate, Prof. Ken Attafuah, is urging Parliament to take new measures to monitor and investigate discrepant police activity. “The institution cannot be trusted to be its own investigator. It’s common sense,” Prof. Attafuah told Joy FM’s Daniel Dadzie on the Super Morning Show Monday. ...

The Inspector General of Police has been called upon to immediately intervene in a chieftaincy dispute in the Agona Nyakrom in the Central region. The dispute is between two families – the Ampia Koko Yego gate and the Apaa Yego gate – claiming the Agona Nyakrom stool. The dispute which has span four decades according to residents has not only ...

Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member Parliament for North Dayi, George Loh, says Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s response to former President John Mahama’s critic of the depreciating cedi is “inappropriate.” According to him, Dr. Bawumia’s response “smacks of a person who doesn’t know why he was voted for.” “When Bawumia was in opposition, he always said that the fundamentals ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has once again descended heavily on the Vice Chairperson of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anita Desoso, calling her a ‘crook.’ In a short video which went viral over the weekend, the former President was seen criticizing Anita Desoso, who was once NDC National Women’s Organizer, for her antics during the June 4th Anniversary ...

Exton Cubic Group Limited has been prevented by the Kumasi Human Rights Court 2 from claiming compensation from the government. The court, on Thursday, dismissed Exton Cubic’s application that was seeking to claim compensation from the government for the confiscation of equipment it hired from Engineers and Planners (E&P), a private company, which also belongs to Ibrahim Mahama, the brother ...

The two traditional leaders are believed to be subjects of long-held and sustained tension between their forefathers. However, photos of the two great and revered traditional rulers at the weekend went viral on social media, showing rare moments of excitement. The two gentlemen were captured wearing shirts over slacks with a cap with the brim facing forward and looked set ...