Though the ordinance marriage is recognised by all, without first undertaking the traditional marriage, the marriage won’t be recognized by both families. Each part of the country has unique rites performed during traditional marriage ceremonies and some interesting rites are performed in the Northern part of the country. For the Frafra tribe, before a man can call a woman his wife, he needs to perform a rite called “nu’uhe gme’a”. ‘Nu’uhe gme’a’ is performed by the man’s family sending the marriage emissary to the woman’s house. But if a man does not perform the nu’uhe gme’a rites, he cannot hold a funeral ceremony for the dead wife.

According to him, the situation has fueled party-first ideologies that have replaced patriotism for the country. He noted that the situation has also created a phenomenon where protocol, based on partisan criteria, has now become more valuable than meritocracy. “In the 1960s, the slogan was the CPP is Ghana, and Ghana is the CPP. Today, when the NPP is in power, the NPP is Ghana and Ghana is the NPP; and when their rivals take over, Ghana becomes the NDC, and the NDC becomes Ghana. The party card has become more valuable than the Ghana Card."

General News of Saturday, 21 May 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comKennedy Agyapong and Adwoa Safo's son marks birthdayAdwoa Safo celebrates son on his birthdayAdwoa Safo absent from parliamentOne of the children of the Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo has received a Chevrolet Corvette posh car as a birthday gift. The Chevrolet Corvette posh car is a luxurious car estimated to be around $60,000 (almost GH¢500,000). Adwoa Safo’s son, Kelvin, is one of the two children of the MP shares with Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong. The proud mother shared videos of Kelvin's new car on social media on Wednesday, May 18 with the caption “Kelvin's Perfect Birthday Gift...”In the videos, Kelvin is seen standing beside the car as he received it from the seller and went ahead to test it. A previous video the Gender Minister posted showed Kelvin checking out the same car in a showroom with the caption “Happy birthday son.

Even though he refused to give details of the prophecy, he indicated that the president-elect will be sworn in on a different date for the first time in 2025. Speaking in an interview with a Kumasi-based radio station, he indicated that “In 2024 we [Ghanaians] will vote and in 2025 we will swear in the president. Normally we swear them in on January 7 but in 2025 the president won’t be sworn in on January 7. In a statement, the Ghana Police Service urged religious leaders to ensure their prophecies do not injure the right of others and the public interest. However, some have also taken to radio stations to share their prophecies about the nation.

The big cats belong to Businessman, Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Freedom Jacob Caesar or Cheddar. Multiple media reports quoted some residents who spoke about the discomfort they suffered due to the presence of the animals. They also make noise which disturbs our sleep.”A viral video of how Samuel Tiwonitaaba Kuteba, the trainer of the tigers, plays with the big cats has surfaced on social media. The trainer is seen issuing commands to one of the tigers in a cage as the animal religiously obeys. Kuteba in an interview with the media indicated that the tigers have been declawed, therefore, they are no longer dangerous to the public.

"What I know is that Dormaa is not part of Esumeja. I am attacking Dormaahene because whatever that he is doing, he has not gotten anybody to advise him. He should say that to the kids, how dare him threaten to come to Esumeja to destroy what we have done?" He said, Otumfuo was wrong with his installation of a chief of Esumeja because the Ashantehene has no authority to do so given that his jurisdiction does not extend to the people of Esumeja. Our people are still at Esumeja and the people of Dormaa still occupy the Esumeja stool; those in Dormaa will not even agree if we don’t claim the Esumeja stool."

“He resides in the hospital, so around 1:00am, he had a call for an emergency he needed to attend to. “After performing the surgery successfully, he came back to his house and realised that robbers have ransacked his room. This however is not the first time the medical doctor has not been robbed. This is a man who has left his family to serve us here in the Ahanta West District but look at what is happening to him,” he lamented. The Ahanta West Police Commander, ASP Valentine Akposu, has however assured that his outfit will ensure the perpetrators are brought to book.

Initially arrested on February 17, 2021, as a member of a criminal money laundering syndicate in Ghana, the convict pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit money laundering in February 2022. Over US$36.4m stolen in four yearsAccording to court records, Fred was leader of the criminal enterprise that scammed American individuals and firms to the tune of over $36.4 million over a four-year period. “Fred Asante admitted today to laundering money from victims of various fraud schemes, including cruel scams targeting elderly online daters searching for companionship. “Compounding the disappointment of learning their potential soulmate was indeed non-existent, Mr Asante’s victims later found they were also targets of a Ghana-based criminal enterprise netting over $35 million in illegal proceeds,” www.justice.gov has reported. Fred's co-conspirator, Lord Anning, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on October 15, 2021, was sentenced on February 28, 2022.

According to him, the party faces an uphill task in extending its governance beyond the 8-year historical power cycle due to the recent economic crisis. “We say we are going to change destinies, we are going to make history, we are going to break the eight. I will tell you honestly that if elections are conducted today, NPP will lose miserably. I’m talking about today’s matter, we have an uphill task, a big task. It will be recalled that President Akufo-Addo at a delegates conference in Kumasi last year observed that the 2024 elections is for the NPP to lose.

Daily Guide on Thursday, May 19, 2022, reported that some residents of Wonda Land estates were living in fear as a result of the presence of two tiger cubs being kept by Cheddar in his house. But from what I have seen and heard, I don’t think I am putting anyone in danger because the necessary procedures to protect the animals have been done. On the issue of the cubs posing danger to the public, Cheddar emphasized that all appropriate measures including regulatory procedures had been followed in housing the animals. But I am not here to harm people and I am not here to encourage people should have tigers to harm people. I wanted to go into the safari world by making sure Ghana becomes the first country in West Africa, East Africa and Central Africa; except for South Africa.

Government’s decision to declassify portions of the Achimota Forest as reserved caused public criticism amidst accusations of government selling off the land. “Charles Owusu yesterday questioned the government on whether it was only the Owoo family who had been given the lands." TWI NEWSThe lands minister in his press conference on Tuesday insisted that government, contrary to the reports of attempts to destroy the forest, is rather focused on revamping the Achimota Forest. According to the minister, government’s plans for the forest include developing it into an eco-park. However, on the matter of redevelopment, Kwame Nkrumah questioned the government’s motive saying “I am asking a question.

The bandits shot the owner of the fuel station who went unconscious in the process and was sent to the Walewale Government Hospital. According to the cousin of the fuel station CEO, his uncle was with the manager at the station when the armed robbers invaded the place and asked all those around to lie down but one of them moved to the CEO and shot him at the occiput. "It was yesterday in the evening that two guys invaded the area and went to the filling station first and picked some money. He is calling on the IGP and the Interior Minister to deploy enough police personnel to the West Mamprusi Municipality. The CEO of the said fuel station, Musah Abdul-Rahman was treated and later discharged from the Walewale government hospital.

General News of Wednesday, 18 May 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comManasseh releases Contracts for Sale indicting PPA bossCHRAJ finds former PPA boss guilty of conflict of interestSpecial Prosecutor investigates “Contracts for Sale” scandalThe Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has charged the former Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei. According to the statement, a brother-in-law of Adjenim Adjei, Francis Kwaku Arhin, is also facing one count for his role in the scandal. This will be the first case investigated and prosecuted by Kissi Agyabeng following his appointment as Special Prosecutor in 2021. For the two and half years that he was head of PPA, Adjenim Adjei accumulated more than GH¢41 million in his cedi, dollar and euro accounts. The president further referred Mr. Adjei to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to investigate his conduct.

The victim, Sheila Taasha Osei-Boahene, a 22-year-old nursing student, speaking to GhanaWeb’s Kwame Adzaho-Amenortor, said that the altercation started after she wanted to pay her fare via Mobile Money. She explained that after the driver refused to take payment via electronic means, she went into her house and brought him cash but when it was time for him to give her change, he rather wanted to pay her via MoMo. Sheila further explained that before she knew it, the driver had moved the car, dragging her along with it. And still, people were screaming and then he drove away, which means it was intentional,” she said. With the help of some neighbours, the driver was chased down and handed over to the police.

According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred on Thursday, May 12, 2022, around a popular filling station in the eastern regional capital. The suspect is said to have approached a porridge seller around the Total 2 filling station to purchase some of her porridge. While being served by the seller, the suspect is said to have grabbed her mobile phone without her notice. Unfortunately for the suspect, a call came through the phone, which he had pocketed before he could leave the seller's site. While the lady was busily serving him his porridge, he stole the lady's phone and kept it in his pocket.