Yearly Archives: 2021

What Ghana’s presidents have all said about the LGBTQ+ subject

Jerry John Rawlings and John Evans Atta Mills may no longer be alive but their words on many subjects including this growing, resurfaced subject of the rights or otherwise of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Intersex Rights (LGBTQ+) sexual orientation are there to refer to. In the case of the late …

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Ghanaians curses Becca over failure to attend her late mother’s funeral

Ghanaians vent out their anger on singer Becca over failure to attend her late mother, Madam Julie Yiadom-Oti‘s funeral in London. Madam Julie Yiadom-Oti, the mother of Ghanaian songstress, Rebecca Akosua Acheampomaa Acheampong known in the showbiz as Becca was laid to rest on Saturday, 20 February 2021 in London. The funeral rite of Madam Julie Yiadom-Oti was held at Brompton, London. The family were supported by their friends, and loved …

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Covid-19 vaccination in Ghana begins on March 2 as 600k doses arrive

Ghana is to begin Covid-19 vaccination on March 2 as government takes delivery of 600,000 AstraZeneca doses today. The Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine was made by the Serum Institute of India (Covishield). “This is the first consignment of vaccines acquired through the COVID-19 Vaccine …

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Boy, 19, allegedly sodomises four-year-old girl at Kasoa

A four-year-old girl is in ill health after a 19-year-old young man, Kwabena Dodzi, allegedly sodomised her in an uncompleted building. The mother of the victim, Margaret Apraku, told Adom News’ Seth Adjei her daughter’s inability to sit or ease herself made her suspicious of foul play. Interrogation, she said, …

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Patapaa breaks hearts with reply to Shatta Wale’s mockery

Budding artiste, Patapaa, has expressed disappointment in colleague Shatta Wale over what he said is a degrading comment about his craft. Shatta Wale, reacting to rapper Yaa Pono’s planned beef which he shut out, said beefs are now meant for underground artistes like Patapaa. The comment has touched a spot of sadness in Patapaa …

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Manasseh Azure Awuni: The LGBTQ+ of Saudi Arabia and Ghana

I have a simple approach to and position on the vexed issue of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) and the ever-expanding list of sex and gender identity. I like to personalise it. If my son came to tell me that he is converting his anus into …

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