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Homosexuality is already illegal in the conservative East African nation. By ISAAC KASAMANI (AFP/File) Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday passed sweeping anti-gay legislation which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relationships, following a highly charged and chaotic session. “The ayes have it,” parliamentary speaker Annet Anita Among said after the final …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo arrived in Germany on February 16 aboard the presidential jet. Akufo-Addo’s main engagement in Germany was in respect of the Munich Security Conference where he shared the stage on South-North cooperation with Bill Gates and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Kristalina Georgieva. “We on the continent have been left …

A section of traditional leaders in Ghana have threatened to organise a nationwide demonstration if Parliament fails to pass the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill in the first quarter of 2023. The traditional leaders added that all chiefs across the country will be forced to hit the streets with their citizenry to demand …

A private hospital in Warri, Delta State has allegedly seized a newborn twin for non-payment of a N383,500 hospital bill.   According to Punch, the mother of the twins, Mrs Akpesiri Ojiko delivered the two babies on November 17, 2022, at the general hospital Warri.   One of the babies was …

Parliament has by a majority decision passed the Value Added Tax Amendment bill to increase the rate by 2.5 percent. The controversial bill had to go to a head count for it to pass by 135-136 majority decision. Members of the Minority argued against the upward review of the VAT …

Spokesperson for the majority MPs asking for the removal of the Finance Minister, Lawyer Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi says they expect the President to act on the request to get Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta out of office in the coming days. In an interaction with Journalists in Parliament, Mr. Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi …

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in Eastern Region has dragged twenty-one(21) customers to court over nonpayment of a total of Ghc279,755.83 as at June this year. Some of the notable customers who have been hauled before the court are EREDEC, KES hotels, KAMA Group of Companies, Antarctic Contract Works …

Parliament has passed the Income Tax (Amended) Bill, 2022 to amend the Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) to extend the exemption from tax of gains on the realisation of shares listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange for five years. Mr. Kwaku Kwarteng, the Chairman of the Finance Committee of Parliament moved for the …

Hundreds of dollar bills was showered on Tracey Boakye on her wedding day by her bridesmaids in Kumasi. In a video that was shared on the actress’s page on her Instagram account, she was captured in a beautiful sea blue dress with her bridesmaids all around her. The simple but elegant bridesmaids …

The management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has introduced a new rule compelling patients to pay N1,000 daily each as electricity bill. In an internal memo, the hospital management claimed the new charge on patients was introduced because of the hikes in electricity tariff …