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The 80th Asafotufiami Festival was launched at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra on Monday, June19 with a host of dignitaries present. The Asafotufiami Festival of the people of the Ada Traditional Area in the Dangme East District is a rich cultural heritage celebrated annually in the first week of August. This year’s will begin on August 3. The Festival is a remembrance of the wars fought by ancestors as they wander to settle, hence the name Asafotufiami. Asafotu as the name implies, is company firing of musketry. The celebration is mainly in remembrance of the invaluable achievements of the…

A farmer at a small community in Eastern Ghana is likely to make it to the Guinness World Book of Records as arguably, the youngest man with 12 wives and over one hundred children, and still exploring for more women. Eighty-year-old Togbui Kofi Asilenu lives in Amakrom in the Eastern Region and has for the past 40 years given birth to over 100 children with 12 women, all of who are married to him in a polygamous marriage. On the occasion of 2017 Father’s Day, the children and the wives marched to Asilenu’s residence on Sunday, ostensibly with a simple message:…

A farmer at a small community in Eastern Ghana is likely to make it to the Guinness World Book of Records as arguably, the youngest man with 12 wives and over one hundred children, and still exploring for more women. Eighty-year-old Togbui Kofi Asilenu lives in Amakrom in the Eastern Region and has for the past 40 years given birth to over 100 children with 12 women, all of who are married to him in a polygamous marriage. On the occasion of 2017 Father’s Day, the children and the wives marched to Asilenu’s residence on Sunday, ostensibly with a simple message:…

Achimota Secondary School, one of Ghana’s foremost Senior High Schools has won a ‘land’ mark case against Netlynk and 66 other encroachers who had illegally acquired lands belonging to the school. These encroachers had dragged the school to court after the latter had warned of the imminent threats to its students and the future of the school through activities of the encroachers. Giving judgment on the 7 year litigation, the Judge, Justice Aduamah Osei comprehensively dismissed the claims brought by Netlynk and 66 others against the School and instead upheld the School’s counterclaims. The court found that: The properties of…

Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency, Alhaji Alhassan Suhuyini has mocked Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta’s response on the $2.25bn bond saga on the floor of Parliament, describing it as a “PR gimmick”. According to the Tamale North lawmaker, the Finance Minister came to Parliament to play to the gallery, as the issues he responded to were never part of the motion which summoned him to the house to provide full disclosure on the controversial bond. Early this month, Finance Minister appeared before Parliament to respond to an urgent motion summoning him before the house to provide detailed information on…

A former minister, Murtala Mohammed, has laughed off President Nana Akufo-Addo’s warning to New Patriotic Party supporters and Ghanaians in general that he would not shield lawbreakers in the country. According to Mr Mohammed who was a Deputy Trade Minister under the John Mahama-led government, President Akufo-Addo has since assuming office, failed in pursuing justice and that he is superintending over lawlessness. At the swearing in of the new Chief Justice, Ms Sophia Akuffo, on Monday, President Akufo-Addo issued a warning that he would not countenance lawlessness even within his party, stating that the application of the laws of the…

The Somali soldier who shot dead the country’s youngest-ever cabinet minister last month has been sentenced to death by firing squad. Abas Abdullahi Siraji was in his car near the presidential palace in Mogadishu when he was killed by Ahmed Abdullahi Abdi, who reportedly mistook him for a militant Islamist. The minister’s death caused shock and anger at the time. The military court which sentenced the soldier said he can appeal. His lawyers argued that the killing was an accident, the AFP news agency reports. They said that the minister’s car attracted suspicion after it drove up behind the car…

Barclays and four former executives have been charged with fraud over their actions in the 2008 financial crisis. The Serious Fraud Office case relates to the billion of pounds the bank raised from Qatari investors enabling it to avoid a government bailout. Former chief executive John Varley is one of the four ex-staff who will face Westminster magistrates on 3 July. Barclays says it is considering its position and awaiting further details. “The charges arise in the context of Barclays’ capital raisings in June and November 2008. Barclays awaits further details of the charges from the SFO,” the bank said…

The Supreme Court has placed an embargo on the shares owned by the businessman, Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, in 11 companies, following his GH¢51.2 million indebtedness to the state. Shares of the businessman affected include those in Anator Holding Company Limited, AAW Management Consulting Services Limited, Green Township Security Services Company Limited, Anator Construction Company Limited, Woyome Brothers International Limited and Stewise Anator Company Limited. The rest are Stewise Shopping Company Limited, Green Townships and Industrial Parks Development Company Limited, Anator Power Company Limited, Green Townships (GH) Company Limited and Special Economic Zone International Trading Company Limited. Per the order,…

President Akufo Addo has given the strongest indication yet that his government would not shield lawless members of the New Patriotic Party who keep drawing the government in bad light. According to the president he has instructed state institutions mandated to deal with such issues including the judiciary not to renege on their responsibilities but deal decisively with all recalcitrant persons according to the law. Speaking at the swearing in of the new Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo, the president used the opportunity to address the recent disturbances in Savelugu in the Northern region and such related vigilante activities where some…