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I’ll be surprised if Akufo-Addo signs Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

An advocate against the Sexual Human Rights and Family Values Bill (anti LGBTQ bill), Emirata Prof. Takyiwaa Manuh says she will be disappointed if President Akufo-Addo assent to the bill. Parliament on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 passed the bill after completion of the Third Reading. The Bill which is yet …

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: Prison will only multiply gay people, it’s a free-range zone – Lawyer asserts

Private legal practitioner, Kwame Adofo argues that incarcerating gay individuals will not decrease the prevalence of the practice. He said it will rather provide a conducive environment for its perpetuation. According to Mr Adofo, these persons are best left out of jail as their presence in prison only present Ghana …

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Anti-LGBTQI bill passed

Parliament has passed the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 popularly known as anti-LGBTQI Bill on Wednesday February 28, 2024. The Bill which has generated a lot of attention locally and internationally, seeks to curb the acknowledgement and promotion of any rights of LGBTQI+ individuals or …

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Ghana FA closes in on Chris Hughton’s replacement

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Council is set to decide on the next coach of the senior national men’s team, the Black Stars, after receiving a report from the search committee. The search committee was tasked with identifying suitable and competent coaches for the position. The committee interviewed several …

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‘Correct what has gone wrong in the Black Stars’ – Akufo-Addo tells Kurt Okraku

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has shared his thoughts on issues surrounding Ghana’s national team, Black Stars in recent times. He admitted the team is not ‘attractive’ anymore to the die-hard Ghanaians who have supported them wholeheartedly over the years. “Mr. Speaker, let me now turn to football, a sport …

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SONA 2024: Prez Akufo-Addo rename Kumasi and Tamale International airports

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made clear his intentions on renaming the Kumasi and Tamale International Airports. In his last State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Tuesday, February 27, President Akufo-Addo said, the Kumasi International Airport, which will be completed in May 2024, will be named after …

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SONA2024: Akufo-Addo was too short with his presentation – Prof Agyeman-Duah

Governance expert and former United Nations governance advisor, Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah, has said that President Akufo-Addo, in his State of the Nation Address failed to touch on the lapses in Ghana’s 1992 constitution. Prof Agyeman-Duah was of the view that President Akufo-Addo “seemed satisfied with the status quo” regarding the …

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Hearts of Oak shake up: Board of directors dissolved ahead of AGM

Hearts of Oak has announced the dissolution of its board of directors in a statement released on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. The move includes the departure of prominent figures such as Frank Nelson, Dr. Nyaho Tamakloe, Alhaji Akanbi Brimah, and Vincent Odotei Sowah. This decision comes from Board Chairman Togbe …

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More than 10,000 gallons of illegal cooking oil were found at the markets in Kasoa, Adabraka, and Mallam

A joint task force led by the Tree Crop Development Authority [TCDA] has begun sanitising markets by seizing smuggled cooking oil. On Tuesday, February 27, 2024, the task force, made up of personnel from the Tree Crop Development Authority [TCDA], the Oil Palm  AssoDevelopmentciation of Ghana [OPDAG], the Ghana Revenue …

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Ex-Assembly member in court for not constructing GHC500K road project

Nii Armah Ashitey a former Assembly member, who was allegedly given GHC500,000 by a foundation to construct road and drainage but failed has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Ashitey. a former assembly member for Adobetor electoral area in La Dadekotpon Municipality, has been charged with defrauding by pretenses, using …

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