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NDC slams Akufo-Addo over “insincere” CSE assurance

The National Democratic Congress has described as insincere President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s comments on the controversial Compressive Sexuality Education (CSE) programme. The NDC in a statement signed by Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said the President’s comments are belated and insincere. The statement comes after the President addressing fears that basic school pupils are now going to be taught LGBTQ ...

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‘You’re an ugly attention-seeking bitch’ – Kennedy Agyapong fires Afia Schwarzenegger

New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand, Kennedy Agyapong has resurrected his hitherto dead beef with Comedienne Afia Schwarznegger describing her as an ugly attention-seeking bitch, MyNewsGh.com reports. “The girl wants to be relevant… such an ugly bitch like that seeking for relevance. If she wants to start the war again she should.” The lawmaker among other adjectives described the media personality ...

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UG Vice-Chancellor is misogynistic – Andrea Pizziconi backtracks

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Africa Integras, Andrea Pizziconi, has backtracked on her earlier accusation which suggested that the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ebenezer Oduro-Owusu, sexually harassed her. According to her, the Professor never harassed nor did she ever say in her earlier tweet that she was harassed. She rather described Prof Oduro-Owusu as a ...

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CST: Telcos deliberately making gov’t unpopular – Assibey-Yeboah

The Chairman of the Finance committee of Parliament, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has accused telecommunications companies in the country of bad faith regarding the implementation of the recently increased Communications Service Tax, (CST). The tax which was reviewed upward from 6 to 9 percent now sees credits of customers deducted at the point of recharge. The move has resulted in complaints ...

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UG Vice-Chancellor accused of sexually harassing Africa Integras CEO

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof Ebenezer Oduro-Owusu, has been accused by Andrea Pizziconi, the CEO of Africa Integras of sexually harassing her. In a tweet, Andrea Pizziconi alleged that the ‘sex for grade’ investigative piece that incorporated some lecturers at the University of Ghana resonates deeply with her. She wrote that her company Africa Integras led a ...

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BBC’s ‘sex for grades’ not journalism – Karikari

Communications Professor and founder of the Media Foundation for West Africa, Kwame Kakari, says the BBC’s sex for grades documentary does not fit to be called a journalistic piece. According to him, the method employed by the BBC in producing the documentary cannot be used by them [BBC] in other parts of the world including the UK, Europe and the ...

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