Bribery Saga: Force Ayariga To Swear With the Gods

Bawku Central Member of Parliament (MP), Mahama Ayariga has been challenged to swear with the gods if he indeed believe in his account that Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko offered him and minority members of the Appointments Committee bribe. Traditional priest, Kwaku Bonsam speaking on Adom FM’s Entertainment Hall on Saturday said this is the only … Read more

Nungua Residents To Observe Curfew For Late Wulomor’s Burial

Residents within the Nungua Traditional Area in Accra are expected to limit their movements from March 2 from as part of funeral arrangements for the priest and overlord of the Ga-Dangbe State, Gborbu Wulomor. From 10.00 pm to 4.00 am residents in Spintex Road, Sakumono, Addogon, Buade, Opkoi Gonno, Baatsonaa, Kotobaabi, Lashibi, Klagon, Oyibi and … Read more

Wereko-Brobby Ready To Work With Akufo-Addo

After running down Nana Akufo-Addo, then New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer for the 2016 elections, a former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA) Charles Wereko-Brobby, is now craving for a position in the new administration. Dr Wereko-Brobby said he’s ready and willing to serve, should he be appointed by President Akufo-Addo. … Read more

Okomfo Anokye Was An Ewe Togbi and the Twin of Togbi Tsali

Tsali and Tsala (alias Okomfo kye) were twin brothers. Their father was Togbui Akplormada. These brothers were mysteriously endowed with potent spiritual powers. Tsala, who later became known as Okomfo Anokye, left Notsie on his sojourn at a youthful age, and finally settled at Awukugua in present day Eastern Region. Because of his spiritual powers, … Read more

I Am Not Religious – Wereko-Brobbey Reveals

Dr Charles Wereko Brobbey, popularly known as Tarzan, has revealed that he is not particularly religious in the strictest sense of the word, saying the structures of organised religions are too rigid. Tarzan was interviewed on Starr Chat Wednesday by Bola Ray and passed his comments on the show. According to him, he was raised … Read more

Speaker Calls For Constitution Amendment To Totally Ban Homosexuality In Ghana

Speaker of the Parliament has called for an amendment of the constitution to completely ban homosexuality in Ghana. It is a fact known by all that Ghana’s “Akwaaba” is for all but homosexuals and other sorts of sexual deviants. However, there are still no specific stringent laws with which the practice seriously frowned upon in … Read more

Speaker Calls For Constitution Amendment To Totally Ban Homosexuality

Speaker of the Parliament has called for an amendment of Ghana’s constitution to completely ban homosexuality. It is a fact known by all that Ghana’s “Akwaaba” is for all but homosexuals and other sorts of sexual deviants. However, there are still no specific stringent laws with which the practice seriously frowned upon in the Ghanaian … Read more

Former Pop Singer Turned Priest Peter Skellern Dies

A musician and pop singer who later became a priest has died of brain cancer. The Reverend Peter Skellern had a hit single in 1972 with the piano ballad, You’re A Lady. The 69-year-old composer, who lived in Cornwall, was ordained after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour last year. He died on Friday … Read more

Bare Cheek As Japan Men Strip Off For Naked Festival

With only a skimpy loincloth to protect their modesty, thousands of men brave freezing temperatures to fight for lucky charms thrown by a priest at Japan’s annual Naked Man Festival. A writhing mass of sweaty worshippers wrestled for elbow-room inside Saidaiji Temple in Okayama, western Japan, late on Saturday night in the hope of catching … Read more

You Won’t Believe Where These Celebs Used To Work

A lot of today’s celebrities had worked pretty hard and managed to have more than one job before they became worldwide famous. You can become famous under any circumstances and in any age – the only thing you have to do is find your way to success! Jay-Z You won’t believe where these celebs used … Read more

Imagining A 50-Year-Old Kurt Cobain

Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who defined grunge and the rise of alternative rock, would have turned 50 on Monday. He remains an enduring cultural presence even for many young people — but what would he be doing if he were alive? The 27-year-old shot himself at his home in Seattle on April 5, 1994, ending … Read more

Holding A Corpse To Ransom – Only In Our Backyard

Soft comforting parting words such as “Rest in peace,” “Da yie,” “Nyame mfa wo nsie” and “Sleep well in the Lord,” are common when paying tributes to the dead.  But during the week, such words were seriously challenged and virtually mocked at on social media and other news channels in an unfortunate incident that seemed … Read more

Exorcising Demons In Vietnam

Deep in a trance and impervious to the heat of burning coals underfoot, lithe young men prance across piles of glowing embers at a ritual fire dance to exorcise spiritual demons and pray for a healthy harvest. Once dismissed as superstitious and banned by Vietnam’s communist authorities, the fire dance is now performed publicly by … Read more

Georgian Orthodox Church Caught In ‘poisoning Plot’

There are suspicions that Georgian Church Patriarch Ilia II was the target Georgian police have arrested a priest suspected of plotting to poison a top figure in the Georgian Orthodox Church. Prosecutors said cyanide was found in Fr Giorgi Mamaladze’s luggage when he was detained at Tblisi airport on Friday, before he could fly to … Read more

Extortion Scandal Hits Bolga Midwifery School Principal

Some graduates of the Bolgatanga Midwifery Training School in the Upper East region have cited the principal of the school, Madam Teshiayio Muhammed, and some members of the school’s management for what they describe as “massive extortion”. The graduates, who have just completed their national service, say they are being made to pay a fee … Read more

Extortion Scandal Hits Bolga Midwifery School Principal

Some graduates of the Bolgatanga Midwifery Training School in the Upper East region have cited the principal of the school, Madam Teshiayio Muhammed, and some members of the school’s management for what they describe as “massive extortion”. The graduates, who have just completed their national service, say they are being made to pay a fee … Read more

What President Akufo-Addo Can Learn From Pope Francis

By: Nicholas Issaka Gbana Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis on March 13, 2013, when he was named the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church which has a global membership of over 1.2 billion. After less than a year in office, Fortune magazine named him the world’s greatest leader in November 2013. The TIME … Read more

2 Arrested For Allegedly Possessing Human Parts

Two people are in the custody of the Suhum District Police Command on suspicion of possessing human parts. They were arrested at Densuso a suburb of the Suhum Municipality in the Eastern region upon a tip off. Akakpo Kwame, 26, and Daniel Larbi,18, allegedly went to a fetish priest at Densuso on Sunday to sell what is suspected to … Read more

Two Arrested On Suspicion of Human Parts Possession

Two people are in the custody of the Suhum District Police Command on suspicion of possessing items suspected to be human parts. The two were arrested at Densuso a suburb of the Suhum Municipality in the Eastern region upon a tip off. Akakpo Kwame, 26, and Daniel Larbi,18, allegedly went to a fetish priest at … Read more

Suhum Police Arrest Two People For Possessing Human Parts

The Suhum District Police Command has picked up two persons for allegedly possessing human parts. The two, Akakpo Kwame, 26 and Daniel Larbi 18 were picked up at a suburb of Shum on Sunday morning upon a tip off. They are residents of Obretima near Suhum. On Sunday around 8:30am, the two allegedly went to … Read more