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The opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) has slammed Ghanaian movie actor, John Dumelo for working against the Dankwa-Busia-Dombo tradition which claimed to have taken care of him[Dumelo] years back. The NPP has warned the movie actor to refrain from vicious attacks and propaganda set to destroy it and give the opposition party a bad name ahead of the general polls. The Deputy Communications Director of the NPP, Anthony Karbo in an interview said Dumelo should be advised that he cannot ride on the back of the NPP to bring himself to the limelight in the political realm. “If Mr. Dumelo is interested in getting into the dirty gutter and unguarded politics of attack, he should know that this is the very party that took care of him sometime ago, when he was a student at KNUST, the party was there for him,” he cautioned in an interview. The actor, launched a scathing attack on the opposition NPP calling it a stock of violent people, a comment that the party has taken offen...

An HIV-positive Malawian man, who says he is paid to have sex with children as part of initiation rites, has been arrested on the president's orders. Eric Aniva, a sex worker known in Malawi as a "hyena", was the subject of a BBC feature last week. He told the BBC that he did not mention his HIV status to those who hire him. President Peter Mutharika said the police should investigate and charge him over the cases of defilement he had seemingly confessed to. The BBC's Ed Butler, who covered the story about Malawi's sexual "cleansing practices", says in some remote southern regions of the country it is traditional for girls to be made to have sex with a man after their first menstruation. Some of the girls are as young as 12 years old, he reported. What is known as a "hyena" in Malawi culture is usually a man who has sex with widows or married women who cannot fall pregnant. 'Horrific practices' "While we must ...

Medeama put up a stunning performance to record their first win and maintain hopes of qualifying to the semi-final of the CAF Confederation Cup. A brace from Medeama's Confederation Cup top scorer Abass Mohammed and a goal from Daniel Amoah helped the Tarkwa-based club to a resounding 3-1 win over Young Africans in Sekondi on Tuesday. The win sees Medeama still occupy the third position with the same points, five, as second placed MO Bejaia who have a game in hand against table toppers TP Mazembe. For Young Boys, they are no more in contention to reach the semis. The Yellow and Mauves showed their intent right from the blast of the referees' whistle as  they mounted ceaseless pressure on their opponents. Under 20 defender Daniel Amoah opened the scoring in the 7th minute. However,Malik Akowuah squandered a wonderful chance to double the lead as he miss a penalty. But Abass redeemed Akowuah by scoring the second goal, much to the delight of fans at t...

On July, 23, young Ghanaian actor Abraham Attah who is currently on location in Atlanta, Georgia was honoured for his excellence in art at the African Youth Excellence Awards. The event which took place in Worcester (Massachusetts) saw Master Attah picking up the honorary award for his achievements and was also presented with a key to the city of Massachusetts by the Mayor Joseph M. Petty. In a citation, the Mayor congratulated Master Attah on his achievements as a young actor. He stated in the citation: “Your award winning performance captivated world audiences; those profound strides serve strides serve as inspiration for young actors like you”. The African Youth Excellence Awards is an annual event which highlights the accomplishments of pursuers in the areas of art, education, information technology, entrepreneurship, innovation and humanitarianism. It’s objectives are to recognize and shine the light on young Africans pursuing excellence and also ...

The Kumasi branch of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) says government’s initiative to convert the polytechnics into technical universities will boost academic progression in addition to their technical and vocational mandate. POTAG is angry with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana over what it considers negative comments about government’s bid to convert polytechnics into technical universities. Members describe as baseless, unfounded and unfortunate, suggestions by Professor Ernest Aryeetey that the policy will not solve problems of polytechnics. Speaking at the 25th Anniversary celebration of NDK Financial Services in Accra, Professor Aryeetey said that, in principle, he is not opposed to the conversion but believes government cannot solve any problem simply by converting the polytechnics into universities. “Do you solve the problem by re-designating them?” he asked, adding, “Everybody knows polytechnics are poorly equipped and if yo...

It is gratifying to know that a spiritual leader of Reverend (Dr.) Emmanuel Asante’s caliber appears to have almost similar, genuine concerns as mine that more Ghanaians have become “overly spiritual” at the expense of critical thinking and pragmatism. Here is the reverend minister’s brilliant observation: “As soon as something terrible happens, instead of us [Ghanaians] investigating—finding out what might have been the cause and therefore trying to find a solution—we go for the cheap way, spiritual, and that mitigates any attempt to do serious investigations to try to find what is the actual cause of an event” (ref: Myjoyonline.com, Wednesday, 20, 2016). What makes the foregoing viewpoint most interestingly significant is where it comes from. Besides his recent retirement from the prestigious position as the presiding bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Dr. Emmanuel Asante has been serving as a professor of religion and as such spiritual philosophies over the pa...

The Ghana Immigration service (GIS) invites job applications from suitably qualified Ghanaians for enlistment into the service. Qualification Required & Experience All candidates are to satisfy the following requirements •   Must be Ghanaian citizen by birth with no criminal record •   Holds SSSCE/WASSCE Certificate with four (4) credits including English Language and   Mathematics  •   A minimum age of 18 and not more than 25 years •   Physically and medically fit by para military standards •   A minimum height of 1.73 metres (5ft 8inch) for Males and 1.63 metres (5ft 4inch) for Females Career Development The GIS has a flexible Human Resource Development Policy that promotes and facilitates further education How To Apply For The Job Interested candidates should purchase application forms at the cost of from the various Regional and District EMS Offices across the country. Completed forms should b...

President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour, has lost his mother. The hiplife artiste’s mother, Christiana Addo also known as Aunt Christie died on Sunday, July 24 after battling liver disease for some time. Obour, who is yet to come to terms with the fact that his mother is no more, confirmed the news to Myjoyonline.com Tuesday morning. He did not give further details but THE PARROTS gathers that he is preparing to hold the one-week celebration of his mother, who was a pillar in his life and music career,  on Sunday, July 31. Obour said in a brief statement that, “we did our best but I believe God had his own plans for my mum.” “She was a strong believer hence I am in no doubt of her final resting place,” he added.

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court, presided over by His Lordship James K. Botah, for robbing his lover of her belongings after sex in a hotel at Tweneboah, Accra. Mohammed Issah was sentenced on his own plea by the court. The convict, who hails from Tamale, lures his women to a hotel, have sex with them after which he robs them of their valu­ables while they are rest­ing, according to the police. Modus operandi A police source told Daily Guide that Mohammed Issah meets how victims on Facebook and establishes friendship with them. After chatting for a while, the convict, who usually claims to be a busi­ness man and imports mobile phones from Cana­da and Germany, will then propose love to them. Later the convict would arrange for them to meet at a hotel and after sex he robs the women of their valuables and absconds, the source said. Mohammed was about to use the same means to rob another victim when one o...

  When it comes to height, Dutch men and Latvian women tower over all other nationalities, a new study confirms. The average Dutchman is now 183cm (6ft) tall, while the average Latvian woman reaches 170cm (5ft 7in). The research,  published in the journal eLife , has tracked growth trends in 187 countries since 1914. It finds Iranian men and South Korean women have had the biggest spurts, increasing their height by an average of more than 16cm (6in) and 20cm (8in). In the UK, the sexes have gone up virtually in parallel by about 11cm (4in). "Mr Average" in Britain is now 178cm (5ft 10in) tall; Ms Average stands at 164cm (5ft 5in). This contrasts for example with men and women in the US, where the height of the nation's people started to plateau in the 1960s and 1970s. Over the century, they have seen increases of just 6cm and 5cm (a couple of inches), respectively. Indeed, Americans have tumbled down the rankings. Back in 1914, they had the third tallest...

Two Fulanis, Bello Alahassan and Abubakar Mohammed, are currently in the grips of the Atebubu police in the Brong-Ahafo Region for allegedly pulling a pump action gun on a num­ber of farmers. They reportedly resorted to that action after they (farmers) had com­plained that their (Fulanis’) cattle were destroying their crops. The incident, which happened at Hiamantsine in the Atebubu Amantin District, is being investigated by the police whilst the suspects are in police cells. Brong-Ahafo Police Public Rela­tions Officer, ASP Christopher Tawiah, told Daily Guide that cattle belonging to Alhaji Mohammed Denjuma destroyed beans and yam farm of one Kwaku Libaleyo at Hiamant­sine. Mr Kwaku Libaleyo, together with 10 others, went to the cattle ranch and confronted the two Fulani caretakers on the farm and asked them why they allowed the animals to destroy the crops. This resulted in an argument. In the confrontation that ensued, Bello pulled out a pump action gun on t...

Actor John Dumelo, who has never concealed his affiliation to the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), has taken his allegiance to the party a notch higher, saying he is proud to be a member of the party. According to him, unlike the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), the NDC is not violent and does not bathe members with acid. It would be recalled, that the NPP’s Upper East Regional Chairman Adams Mahama, died in 2015, after a party member allegedly poured acid on him. A prime suspect, Gregory Afoko, who is brother to the suspended National Chairman of the NPP, Paul Afoko, is currently standing trial for the murder of Mr. Mahama, who died from the bruises inflicted on him by the acid. In what seem like insinuations targeted at the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Dumelo, who was addressing a group of NDC supporters as part of campaigning for the party at Wa in the Upper West Region, asked them to be proud being NDC members because they have join...

A teenage girl who was tragically born without limbs suffers from chronic pain daily, and lives in a plastic bowl. Even though Rahma Haruna was born healthy, when she turned six months old, she started to suffer the traumatic symptoms of a mysterious condition. At six months old, Rahma’s parents noticed that her growth had been stunted The illness, which has prevented her arms and legs from developing, has left the 19-year-old limbless. Her mum, Fadi, from Kano, Nigeria, explained: “From six months when she learnt how to sit that was when it began. She didn’t learn how to crawl. “She started with a fever and that was it. Then stomach pains. Then her body parts like hands and legs.” Incapacitated Rahma relies on her family to be transported around When her chronic pain flares up, Rahma is left completely incapacitated and has to heavily rely on her family. To transport the teen around the village, her caring family carry her around in a plastic bowl. ...