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Former President John Dramani Mahama says the demand for legal services in Ghana has necessitated the need to expand legal education. He has therefore urged the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to push for expansion of legal education in Ghana, but without compromising on quality. Mr Mahama said this when he and some top officials of the National Democratic Congress met with the GBA leadership as part engagements with faith based organizations, civil society groups and professional bodies. The party is meeting these groups to understand their needs and factor same into the party’s 2020 manifesto being drafted. Former president Mahama…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has emphatically stated that his government will not approve the teaching of homosexuality in schools. There have been concerns that the new curriculum for basic schools has one of its topics Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). Many have explained the CSE to be the teaching of lesbianism, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT). But speaking at the St Cyprians Anglican Church in Kumasi on the controversial CSE on Sunday, October 6, the President says his vision is to have an educated country for national development not to promote immorality, that the Ghanaian culture frowns on. He has…

Rapper Sarkodie has won the Best International Flow award at the BET Hip Hop Awards held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in the United States on Saturday, October 5. The award-winning rapper beat competition from the likes of Nigeria’s Falz, South Africa’s Nasty C, Tory Lanez from Canada, UK’s Ghetts and Lil Simz, and Kalash from France to emerge winner of the Best International Flow award. This award adds to the many international awards the Ghanaian rapper has to his credit after been nominated for the BET Awards three times; 2012, 2014 and 2015. He won the ‘Best…

Rapper Sarkodie has won the Best International Flow award at the BET Hip Hop Awards held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in the United States on Saturday, October 5. The award-winning rapper beat competition from the likes of Nigeria’s Falz, South Africa’s Nasty C, Tory Lanez from Canada, UK’s Ghetts and Lil Simz, and Kalash from France to emerge winner of the Best International Flow award. This award adds to the many international awards the Ghanaian rapper has to his credit after been nominated for the BET Awards three times; 2012, 2014 and 2015. He won the ‘Best…

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is accusing Nigeria of unfair trade practices, and has called the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission to intervene. The association in a statement claimed goods destined for the Nigerian market are stranded at the Benin boarder to Nigeria, causing financial loss to exporters. Nigeria has closed its boarders with neigbouring West African countries for almost two months now. National organizer of GUTA, Clement Boateng said the Nigerian government’s reason for the closure was to protect its local rice farmers from rice being smuggled into its market, an excuse he calls…

File photo[/caption] The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is accusing Nigeria of unfair trade practices, and has called the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission to intervene. The association in a statement claimed goods destined for the Nigerian market are stranded at the Benin boarder to Nigeria, causing financial loss to exporters. Nigeria has closed its boarders with neigbouring West African countries for almost two months now. National organizer of GUTA, Clement Boateng said the Nigerian government’s reason for the closure was to protect its local rice farmers from rice being smuggled into its market, an excuse…

Media General’s 3foundation has unveiled Stephanie Benson as the brand ambassador to champion breast cancer campaign for its corporate social responsibility in health. After battling breast cancer, Ghanaian jazz singer and songwriter Stephanie Benson is hoping to support other women who have gone through the same nightmare. The singer born, Princess Akua Ohenewaa Asieanem, hopes to raise enough funds through the Pink Bubble Charity Car wash at the Accra Mall, to give women reconstructive surgeries to put them back to shape. “I went through breast cancer two years ago and I came out of it having to have a double mastectomy, and because…

Stephanie Benson[/caption] Media General’s 3foundation has unveiled Stephanie Benson as the brand ambassador to champion breast cancer campaign for its corporate social responsibility in health. After battling breast cancer, Ghanaian jazz singer and songwriter Stephanie Benson is hoping to support other women who have gone through the same nightmare. The singer born, Princess Akua Ohenewaa Asieanem, hopes to raise enough funds through the Pink Bubble Charity Car wash at the Accra Mall, to give women reconstructive surgeries to put them back to shape. “I went through breast cancer two years ago and I came out of it having to have a double mastectomy,…

Charlie Evans wants to help people who want to detransition[/caption] Hundreds of young transgender people are seeking help to return to their original sex, a woman who is setting up a charity has told Sky News. Charlie Evans, 28, was born female but identified as male for nearly 10 years before detransitioning. The number of young people seeking gender transition is at an all-time high but we hear very little, if anything, about those who may come to regret their decision. There is currently no data to reflect the number who may be unhappy in their new gender or who…

The United Nations has called for an end to the “senseless loss of life” in Iraq as the death toll from anti-government protests nears 100. Demonstrators say they are taking a stand against unemployment, poor public services and corruption in the country. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, said: “Five days of deaths and injuries: this must stop.” Those responsible for the loss of life should be brought to justice. she said. On Saturday, security forces broke up a mass rally in the east of Baghdad. Five people are said to have died in the latest…