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Family Wants New Okuapehene Outdoored

The Asona stool of Akuapem is demanding the outdooring of a new Paramount Chief of Akuapem. The gate claims customary...

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Walking A Dead Woman Down the Aisle In the Name of Tradition

You may call it bizarre and you would not be far from wrong.  The case where a young man was forced to perform the...

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Prof. Badu Akosa Can’t Be Our Chief – Kwahu Queen Mother

Nana Adwoa Gyamfua III, the paramount queen mother of the Kwahu Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, has stated...

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Ghanaian Couple Wins ‘right To Stay In UK’ Case

Foreign nationals can get UK residency by marrying EU citizens in overseas ceremonies which they do not even have to...

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Ghanaian Migrants Win Right To Stay In the UK With Wedding They Don’t Turn Up For

Foreign nationals can get UK residency by marrying EU citizens in overseas ceremonies which they do not even have to...

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Migrants Win Right To Stay In the UK With Wedding They Don’t Turn Up For

Foreign nationals can get UK residency by marrying EU citizens in overseas ceremonies which they do not even have to...

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Ghanaian Couple Wins ‘right To Stay In UK’ Case Against Theresa May

A Ghanaian man resident in the United Kingdom (UK) has won a four-year legal battle to stay in Britain with his wife...

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Traditional Council Condemns Stool Father

The Dorfor Traditional Council in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region has condemned the paramount stool father...

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Study Identifies Farming In Forest Reseves As Lead Cause of Deforestation

A study has ascertained that of all the factors driving deforestation in Ghana, agriculture is prime with cocoa...

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The ‘unconstitutionality’ of Manhyia’s Ban On Movement and Curfew

Some have raised issues with the declaration by Asanteman (Manhyia Palace) that resulted in shops closing down...

Opinion

A Proposal To Effect Amendment To The Review Process Of The 1992 Constitution Of The Republic Of Ghana

INTRODUCTION Historically Chieftaincy was the political and social institution that fully run and controlled various...

Opinion

Gbese Mantse (King) In Trouble

In the wake of the hyperactive campaigns of Ghana’s 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections, I warned...

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Do Ghanaian President Have the Power?

Destooling chiefs: Do Ghanaian president have the power? By Africanus Owusu-Ansah “The Convention People’s Party...

Opinion

Do Ghanaian Presidents Have The Power?

“The Convention People's Party (CPP) government sought to build a Ghana not of tribes…sought to mobilise the...

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You Are Not Engaged, You Are Married; In Defence of Customary Marriage [Article]

This paper, is a reaction to a developing trend among sections of Ghanaians in describing marriage duly conducted under...

Opinion

Traditional Authorities Key To Sustainable Local Government Opus

The final decision of honourable members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly on a compromise to settle on Nana Adu...

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Swedruman Council Outlaws Act

Funerals in many parts of the country, particularly the Greater Accra, Eastern, Ashanti, Volta, Western and Brong Ahafo...

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Prof. Asare Harms Akufo-Addo the More (Part I)

By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Folks, the US-based Ghanaian academic, Stephen Kwaku Asare, has written an opinion piece...

Opinion

Prof. Asare Harms Akufo-Addo All the More (Part I)

By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 Folks, the US-based Ghanaian academic, Stephen Kwaku Asare, has...