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Before becoming a politician, Nana Addo was a trained lawyer. He is very known around the corridors of law in Ghana. In 1979, he co-founded the law firm Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co., which has become one of the prominent law firms in Ghana , and the home of some of the most outstanding lawyers at the Ghanaian bar today. Due to his involvement in politics, you are used to seeing Nana like this.   And this.   Well, here is the NPP flagbearer (right) with the then Attorney General Joe Reindorf  (left) in the court case of Tuffuor vs Attorney General in 1980!

  Ugandan singer, Sheebah Karungi who is widely considered as one of the hottest celebs in Uganda, had one of her most embarrassing moments on Friday July 8th. While she was performing at Club Guvnor in Ugandan, the place became so hot that her makeup started to run as shown in the photo.  

An expert in traditional affairs, Dr. Nana Obiri Yeboah, says, it is high time the local government system, in the country, is changed because it marginalizes traditional authorities. Speaking on the back of the recent impasse between the chiefs of the Manhyia Palace and the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly boss, Kojo Bonsu, Nana Obiri Yeboah said, issues like this, can be avoided if political actors at the local level, learn to respect traditional authorities. He further added that, the Local Government Institute, should organize a training session for District Chief Executives (DCEs), and Metropolitan Chief Executives (MCEs), on decentralization and chieftaincy. He said, the seemingly unending discrepancies between government appointees, at the local level, and traditional authorities, can be effectively dealt with, when traditional authorities are accorded the needed recognition. Speaking on the XYZ Breakfast Show, he said: “My problem is the ...

Gas supply from the Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) to the Aboadze power enclave near Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region was reduced considerably over the weekend, leading to the loss of 230 megawatts (MW) of power. The reduction in gas supply was occasioned by challenges confronting the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah, which compelled the Jubilee partners to reduce gas supply to Ghana Gas from 87 million standard cubic feet (scf-d)  a day to 47 million scf-d. The situation, according to a source at Tullow Oil, the lead operator in the Jubilee fields, was largely attributed to bad weather conditions, since the defective turret was no longer in control of the anchoring system of the vessel. Confirming the reduction in gas supply yesterday, the Communications Manager of Ghana Gas, Mr Alfred Ogbamey, told the radioxyzonline: “We’re receiving 46.7 million scf of wet gas from our upstream suppliers and supp...

The president of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama commissioned a 1,500 seats library in the upper West Regional capital Wa.

Ghana’s former president Jerry John Rawlings has advocated for lie detectors to be a part of the African courts system. The once military ruler, said in order for truth to be told at all times in the court rooms, lie detectors were needed. He was talking to Nigeria’s tabloid, The Guardian in an interview where he addressed concerns on African leaders and citizens who loot the state and deposit them in foreign banks. He said: “Attaching lie detector tests to courthouses could go a long way in restoring the culture of truthfulness, justice and social stability. Time and money would be saved adjudicating on the issues. “If only lie detector machines could be attached to the lying mouths of some of these so-called professional journalists and commentators, our society would stay focused and the lift-off in the society will also become inevitable. Any loss of lift will not undermine the stability of our society.” Rawlings tasked Western leaders to tackle the corruption cank...

African undefeated Boxer, Bukom Banku said has quite from been an artificial white man. The boxer cum musician, who has been in the news for some time for bleaching his skin, told the THE PARROTS he stop bleaching, however wants Ghanaians to stop criticizing him.     He made the disclosure after he was invited to perform with the gospel artiste Mclerk of ‘Kokroko’ single fame in Takoradi. It is reported that the young gospel musician sat the boxer down, preached to him and advised him to stop bleaching.