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The Ghana Police has teamed up with Interpol to hunt down two of six persons whose names have come up in the gruesome murder of a military officer, Major Maxwell A. Mahama, at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region. According to the Police, investigations have established the six persons were part of those who allegedly murdered the military officer on May 29, 2017 while on a national assignment in the area. The Police say Yaw Amankwa, popularly known as Bulla and believed to be in his mid 40s, fled the Denkyira Obuasi area after the unfortunate incident and may be hiding…

Our society may be rid of every ill except one — hypocrisy. Our incoherent weights have almost become that part of society’s fabric we can’t let go. What we crucify others for in public, we lustfully enjoy in our closets. The irony of today’s society is that what we are living a whole cycle of hypocrisy. We scream during the day, “Close down the brothels!” yet keep that same brothel running at night. We condemn prostitution yet make sex a “term and condition” to our job vacancies. We shout, “Our politicians are corrupt!!!” yet go queuing at their doorsteps for…

Our society may be rid of every ill except one — hypocrisy. Our incoherent weights have almost become that part of society’s fabric we can’t let go. What we crucify others for in public, we lustfully enjoy in our closets. The irony of today’s society is that what we are living a whole cycle of hypocrisy. We scream during the day, “Close down the brothels!” yet keep that same brothel running at night. We condemn prostitution yet make sex a “term and condition” to our job vacancies. We shout, “Our politicians are corrupt!!!” yet go queuing at their doorsteps for…

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has questioned the seeming unfairness in Ghana’s justice system, especially against those who engage in petty crimes. He wondered why someone who steals a goat is fined huge sums of money and handed jail term while persons who invade a courtroom to free suspects were eventually made to pay small fines. “If someone steals a goat and is fined GHC5,000 and additionally slapped with a jail term, how can people who invaded a courtroom, overpower the security, release suspects, and put the life of the judge and staff in danger, and as their punishment… fined…

The Vice President Monday afternoon visited the Kokomlemle premises of the Multimedia Group to commiserate with the management and staff following the passing of Kwadwo Asare-Baffuor Acheampong, host of Ekosii Sen on Asempa FM. After signing the Book of Condolence at the Multimedia premises, the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia visited the Tesano home of the late broadcaster to also commiserate with his family. He was accompanied by government officials including Anthony Abayifa Karbo, MP for Lawra and Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways. He told the media that he was “deep, deep, shock” when news of KABA’s death got…

Deputy Energy Minister in charge of Finance, Joseph Cudjoe, has asked members of the National Democratic Congress to stop criticising government for taking credit for the end to Ghana’s electricity crisis. He said the NDC should rather apologise to Ghanaians for its failure to end the years of crisis that crippled the country’s economy and led to job losses due to of the collapse of businesses. Presenting the 2018 Budget Statement in parliament last Wednesday, the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said: “We have provided reliable electricity supply,” a claim that triggered uproar from the Members of Parliament. “Our SHS students…

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday visited Number 10 Downing Street in the United Kingdom where he held bilateral talks with the Prime Minister, Theresa May. Discussions centered on strengthening ties of co-operation between the two countries, and moving the bilateral relations to a point beyond aid. Nana Akufo-Addo is currently in the UK on a three-day official and is scheduled to deliver a speech on “Democracy and Development” at the Cambridge Union Society of the University of Cambridge On Tuesday, November 21, he will speak on the topic “Africa Beyond Aid at an event organised by the Royal Africa Society,…

We don’t choose our parents, their jobs or their health. And we don’t have a say in whether or not they smoke, nor in what they ate when we were children. However, our recent study found that these things strongly determine our own lifestyles and health, even into adulthood. For our study – involving 21,000 participants aged 50 and above from 13 European countries – we compared the participants’ current smoking, obesity and lack of exercise with their parents’ job, longevity, smoking status and alcohol problems during the participants’ childhoods. We showed that parents’ characteristics when participants were ten years…

We don’t choose our parents, their jobs or their health. And we don’t have a say in whether or not they smoke, nor in what they ate when we were children. However, our recent study found that these things strongly determine our own lifestyles and health, even into adulthood. For our study – involving 21,000 participants aged 50 and above from 13 European countries – we compared the participants’ current smoking, obesity and lack of exercise with their parents’ job, longevity, smoking status and alcohol problems during the participants’ childhoods. We showed that parents’ characteristics when participants were ten years…

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