Family Backs New Okuapehene
The Asona stool of Akuapem says all the necessary customary processes were followed in the outdooring of the new Paramount ...
Tag: customary law
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 ...
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 ...
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 categorically ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Traditional Council Condemns Stool Father
The Dorfor Traditional Council in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region has condemned the paramount stool father of ...
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 cultivation being ...
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 (essential services were ...
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 ethnic groupings before the advent ...
Gbese Mantse (King) In Trouble
In the wake of the hyperactive campaigns of Ghana’s 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections, I warned politicians who couldn’t zip ...
Do Ghanaian President Have the Power?
Destooling chiefs: Do Ghanaian president have the power? By Africanus Owusu-Ansah “The Convention People’s Party (CPP) government sought to build ...
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 youth…and 'verandah boys' ...
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 custom ...
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 Mensah ...
Swedruman Council Outlaws Act
Funerals in many parts of the country, particularly the Greater Accra, Eastern, Ashanti, Volta, Western and Brong Ahafo regions, have ...
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 that ...
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 written ...