President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated categorically that Same-sex marriage will not be legalised in Ghana under his presidency. He said this at Asante Mampong on Saturday, 27th February 2021, at the installation of the 2nd Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Ghana. “It will not be
Month: February 2021
A member of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Value, Reverend Dr Appiah Kubi, has cautioned advocates of lesbian and gay rights not to think they are more intelligent than any other person. He said their agenda is as clear as daylight, admonishing Ghanaians, in
More than 300 schoolgirls have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from a school in north-western Nigeria. Police say they believe the girls were taken to a forest after being abducted from their boarding school in Jangebe, Zamfara state, on Friday morning. It is the latest mass kidnapping
Popular Ghanaian musician Patapaa Amisty has said he will not be part of the 2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs). Patapaa has not gotten over the decision of the organisers of the award to overlook his “One Corner” hit song for the Most Popular Song of the Year at the 2018 VGMA. According
The environmental and sanitation task force at the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) in the Western Region have apprehended some fourteen (14) persons for engaging in open defecation The culprits were caught openly defecating in drains and bushes in parts of the city The arrest is
Operations have resumed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) as the leadership of the local union of public service workers Union of the Ghana Airport Company has ordered a four-hour freeze of the strike. The union leaders led by General Secretary Bernard Adjei are currently in a crunch
The family of a 49-year-old woman who died at the Ridge Hospital in Accra has accused the management of the facility of negligence after relatives were allowed access to the body of the deceased despite her COVID-19 status. According to the family of the late Adiza Mohammed, authorities at
Two persons are in critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after a confrontation between police and some residents of Adwumakaase-Kese in the Afigya Kwabre South Sistrict of the Ashanti Region. There was disagreement between the police and the residents on Thursday, February 25
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has counted four more Covid-19 deaths bringing the total number of fatalities to 588 from the previous 584. In its latest case management update, the health authority also recorded 428 new Covid-19 cases and an active case count of 6,404 Clinical recoveries from
The operators of the LGBTQ+ Rights Ghana office have been given a week to pack out of the apartment they were using as a safe space to support LGBTQ+ people. This was after the landlord, Dr. Asenso Gyambibi, reached an agreement with the estate agent to refund the remaining ten months of rent