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Musician, Mzbel, has advised colleague Barosky not to return to Ghana, saying he could face greater financial difficulties if he comes home without a job or family supportSpeaking on UTV’s United Showbiz on September 2, 2026, Mzbel said she was unhappy with how Barosky’s situation became public.

‘I’m not happy with the way this came out. Someone should have spoken to someone who can communicate with us to help him, but the way it was all over, that’s not nice,’ she said.

Mzbel said returning to Ghana without a source of income could leave Barosky struggling.

‘What is he coming to do in Ghana? Unless he has a family or he’s looking at a job that he’s coming to do, if not, he would be super homeless when he comes to Ghana,’ she stated.

She instead urged Ghanaian authorities abroad to help the musician find work.

‘Barosky shouldn’t come to Ghana. They should get him a job abroad so that it can sustain him for now,’ she said.

Mzbel also used the situation to advise musicians to plan financially while they are still active.

‘Fame cannot guarantee you financial security, so we have to do something in addition to the music,’ she said.

She urged artistes to invest their earnings to avoid financial difficulties later in life.

‘No matter how much money you make and no matter how far you go, if you don’t invest well, by the time you grow old, your life would be miserable,’ she cautioned.

Mzbel added that musicians who move abroad without finding something sustainable should consider returning home.

‘If you don’t have anything solid to do abroad, just go and come back,’ she advised.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, yesterday received a grand and colourful welcome in Kumasi following his return from the United States of America where he undertook a number of engagements that projected Asanteman and Ghana on the international stage. Hundreds of residents, traditional leaders, government officials and members of the security services turned out to welcome the Asantehene upon his arrival at the Prempeh I International Airport.

The colourful reception was jointly organised by the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Manhyia Palace, Asanteman Council and residents of Kumasi.

Otumfuo had travelled to the United States for a number of engagements, including the celebration of Akwasidae, as part of efforts to promote Ghanaian and Asante culture globally.

On arrival at the airport yesterday, Thursday, September 3, 2026, the Asantehene was given a ceremonial parade by the security services before he began a grand procession through some principal streets of Kumasi.

The procession passed through Dichemso, Krofrom, Suame Roundabout, Abrepo Junction, Bantama, Gee Roundabout, Kejetia, the Central Police Station, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and Asewase before ending at the Manhyia Palace.

Residents along the route trooped out in their numbers, with many cheering, waving and taking photographs of the Asantehene as he made his way through the city.

Some of the residents expressed excitement and pride at the return of the revered monarch, describing his international engagements as a source of pride for Asanteman and Ghana.

At the Manhyia Palace, traditional rites, music and cultural performances were held to officially welcome Otumfuo and give thanks for his safe return home.

First National Bank Ghana has introduced Investment Gift Cards, a new gifting solution designed to enable Ghanaians to celebrate important occasions while helping recipients build long-term financial wealth. The bank said the product was developed to transform traditional gift-giving into an opportunity for saving and investment, which will allow recipients to benefit from potential growth in the value of their gifts over time.

As part of activities to promote the product, First National Bank Ghana partnered with two popular radio programmes, The Drive on Joy FM and Brunch in the Citi on Citi FM. Listeners participated in educational quizzes focused on gifting, investment and how the Investment Gift Cards work.

The Head of Retail Banking at First National Bank Ghana, Akweley Laryea, said the product was conceived to help people give gifts that could have a lasting financial impact.

‘The result is the First National Bank Investment Gift Card, a meaningful innovation that allows people to invest in the future of those they care about,’ she said.

Unlike conventional gifts that can depreciate in value or lose their usefulness over time, the Investment Gift Card gives recipients an opportunity to invest the gift and potentially grow its value.

According to the bank, the cards are suitable for a range of occasions, including birthdays, weddings, bridal and baby showers, graduations, anniversaries, employee recognition, religious celebrations and other significant milestones.

They can also be given to family members, friends, colleagues, students, newly married couples or parents celebrating the birth of a child.

It said the Investment Gift Cards are available in denominations of GHS2,000, GHS5,000 and GHS10,000, offering purchasers flexibility to select an amount based on their budget.

First National Bank Ghana said both its customers and non-customers could purchase or receive the cards, broadening access to the product.

‘As Ghana continues to embrace financial innovation, First National Bank Ghana remains committed to creating products that help individuals, families and communities build sustainable wealth for generations,’ she said.

Fairtrade Africa has called for stronger collaboration among cocoa farmers, traders, regulators, governments and other industry stakeholders to accelerate efforts to secure living incomes for cocoa farmers amid persistent market pressures and rising production costs.

The call was made at the Fairtrade Africa Change Day 2026, which brought together Fairtrade-certified smallholder farmers and workers from across Africa, traders, development partners and other stakeholders to assess progress in improving farmers’ livelihoods and discuss solutions to market access challenges.

The event followed the publication of new Fairtrade Living Income Reference Prices for cocoa, which provide a benchmark for the price farmers need to earn a decent living from cocoa production.

For Ghana, the reference price has been set at GHS45.40 per kilogramme, equivalent to about US$3.95 and representing a 10 percent increase over the previous level. In Côte d’Ivoire, the price is 1,758 CFA francs per kilogramme, approximately US$3.11, reflecting a 47 percent increase. The immediate past Board Chair of Fairtrade Africa, Benjamin Kouame, stressed the need for collective action and continuous monitoring to ensure that interventions produced sustainable results.

‘We are here today with our partners to make a point and to check where we commenced, evaluate where we have gotten to, look at the difficulties and challenges we’ve encountered and come up with solutions to ensure that our activities are more sustainable,’ he said.

Mr. Kouame said economic models that delivered greater financial benefits to farmers and workers were essential for strengthening livelihoods and enabling communities to invest in development projects and build resilience.

The Executive Director of Fairtrade Africa, Isaac Tongola, said the new Living Income Reference Prices provided a clear benchmark for buyers and other actors seeking to develop sustainable cocoa supply chains.

He explained that while the Fairtrade Minimum Price provided a safety net when market prices fell below production costs, the Fairtrade Premium offered additional funds that farmers could invest in their businesses and communities.

The Living Income Reference Price, he said, represented the income required for farmers and their households to achieve a decent standard of living from cocoa production.

Fairtrade Africa said its West Africa Cocoa Programme had reached more than 48,000 beneficiaries in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Poverty levels among beneficiaries had declined to 17 percent, while the proportion earning a living income had increased from 28 per cent to 48 per cent.

However, stakeholders said challenges remained, including low productivity, plant disease, rising input costs and market access constraints.

They called for sustained investment and strategic partnerships to improve cocoa quality and productivity while strengthening farmers’ resilience and building commercially viable supply chains.

The Western Regional Technical Coordinator of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Antonio Francis, has announced that the Ghana AIDS Commission’s 2025 HIV projected figures released this year indicates that about 23,000 people are currently living with HIV in the Western RegionSpeaking to Channel One TV at an HIV/AIDS Stakeholders Review Meeting, he said, ‘Per the 2025 HIV estimates and projections which were done by the Ghana AIDS Commission and the report came out this year, we can say that for the Western Region, we have roughly 23,000 plus people that we estimate are living with the virus in the region.’

He stressed that an estimate of three new infections are recorded every day, cautioning that that failure to reduce new HIV infections through a combination of effective treatment and multiple prevention measures could undermine Ghana’s goal of ending AIDS by 2030.

‘If you look at the rate of new infections, it has reduced slightly from somewhere around 992 persons newly infected with HIV. What this means is that, if you should do a further breakdown, it means that every day we are getting at least three people getting infected in the region,’ he added.

By Florence Adom Asamoah

A new national policy launched over a year ago is so late in coming, the schedule officer could as well issue the notice: ‘we are still looking into it.’ It was also the policy teeming youths still await to take them out of joblessness.

Die-hard believers, even though skeptical have not given up, driven by sheer faith ‘in His Mighty Name.’ The situation is similar to Gen Acheampong’s proposed Union Government in the late 1970s, which required considerable faith to swallow, and led to the slogan: ‘Union Government, Y?nte ase?, nso y?as?mu'(Union Government: hard to swallow yet we support). In those heady days of military governments, that was the safest slogan to chant in order to forestall imperial orders of ‘monkye no….’

Happily though, many admit this is an albatross the big boss has brought home, but will be too embarrassing to withdraw. Said one Govt official on a trip abroad, ‘The 24-hour policy is a good campaign message, but doesn’t really make sense….’

I was probably not alone having a hard time with the 24-hour logic. Not even after a simple formula had been introduced. They called it ‘Formula 1-3-3:’ One job, three shifts, three workers. And what did all this mean for the jobless? Is it one monthly salary multiplied by three workers? 2) One salary divided by three workers? Or 3) One salary multiplied by free labour? Next, from whose 24-hour pocket was salary coming?

In the course of all this, came the sudden roaring of bulldozers across the country one morning. A demolition squad flexing its muscles. Their mission: to pave the way for the new Queen of Job-Creation, 24-hour markets.

A total of 261 round-the-clock markets across the country! To ensure this, demolish all obstacles in the way of the Queen. The outcome was an eyesore: mosques pulled down; school buildings crushed; homes flattened; stores destroyed; kiosks pulverized. Then this horror tale: nearly completed markets, ravaged! No warning, no caution, no notice.

Across the country, trails of women’s teardrops. Capital lost; rendered homeless, devastated, helpless. They wailed, sobbed, cried; some collapsed; others cursed. Some confronted the heartless invaders. ‘Demolishing an uncompleted market for a new market is insane,’ said one radio presenter normally friendly to Government: ‘This is a complete waste of the taxpayers’ money.’

But who masterminded this assault? Newsmen rushed to the secretariat of the 24 Hour Economy only to be told by its Director, ‘we have no idea.’ It was not their baby. So whose baby was this? Silence.

Protests across the country: market women, chiefs, youths. Locations: Aowin, Enchi, Abossey Okai Zongo, Aseebu.

At Aowin, the street protest was rowdy. Men and women in mourning gear, holding placards: ‘We don’t want the 24-hour market:’ ‘No Konkomma Yam Market here,’ ‘No Nzema Market No Accra… Y?n ani abre abre k??’ ‘Choooboei, 24 hour economy market y?mp? ooooo.’ Aowin voices chanted in anger.

Said one woman facing cameras:

‘I stand here for market women, women who have toiled to take their children to school. Mr. President, go to the markets in Accra at 2 pm and see how women toil to keep families alive. When you promised us the 24-hour economy, we didn’t dream you were going to demolish our structures…structures from which we look after our children. Women have taken loans to work …and have to pay back….The children of many are in universities, nursing schools. ..how many jobs has Government created? Is this what you promised? You have made us a laughing stock of the opposition; many point to what JDM has done to us…Who will wake up at dawn to sell pepper and tomatoes? Which markets? I have gone for loans; I am a citizen, and I will talk …

‘Those who woke up at dawn to vote, you have disappointed them; they have regretted… You have enabled NPP to make us a laughing stock; I am so pained, I was so heated till I spoke this to camera, now my heart has cooled down…’ she said, sobbing. It is scarier to realise that the current war on women’s livelihood is only a curtain raiser; the actual 24-hour package, when fully unleashed, may trigger thunder and earthquakes. Fire Service and NADMO please stand by.

By what logic were 24-hour markets birthed? None except for comic relief. Markets normally close at 5 pm when sellers and buyers disappear and night creatures take over. Indeed, women normally rush home at five to babysit Daddy… and possibly change his diapers.

Hear one angry chief from the Central region: ‘Who will buy ‘koobi’ at midnight in Asebu?’ (comic relief) Indeed, our local siblings often think policy makers are simply dumb, only creating contract opportunities for themselves.

The entire market project could simply be contract-driven, not jobs for the youth. Not even single sourcing, but night-sourcing! A simple create, loot and share?

And don’t forget possible outcomes of this comedy: abandoned market sites turned into motels by pilgrims of the night, comedy; day students from community schools celebrating the arrival of free housing, comedy.

Yet a few may indeed benefit from a midnight market. Don’t forget citizens returning from wake keeping, but also the moral majority: those coming home from ‘Aw?? shia.’ Comic relief.

Finally, a friendly advice to policy makers: Never site a 24hour market within a kilometer of local cemeteries, Comedy.

At midnight and beyond, there may be unusual clients. Hahahahahaha!

The 2006 Year Group of Ada Senior High School (Adasco), known as Nimeli ’06, has donated 150 classroom furniture to its alma mater to mark 20 years since completing school.

The donation was in response to the school’s growing need for furniture following a significant increase in enrolment in recent years.

The group said the gesture represents only the first phase of a broader commitment, with plans to make the provision of classroom furniture its legacy project, as well as donate additional sets in the coming years.

The anniversary celebration also gave members of Nimeli ’06 an opportunity to reconnect with the school, interact with students and staff, and relive memories from their time at Adasco.

As part of the activities, the group honoured an outstanding teacher, Elvis Birinkorang, who is due for retirement. He was presented with a citation and an undisclosed cash amount in recognition of his dedicated service to the school.

Receiving the furniture, headmistress, Adelaide Abayateye, expressed appreciation to the year group for its continued commitment to the school’s development.

‘This anniversary is not only a celebration of cherished memories and enduring friendships, but also a beautiful demonstration of gratitude, responsibility and commitment to your alma mater,’ she said.

‘Your decision to give back to Adasco through this generous donation is deeply appreciated. Indeed, you have not forgotten where your journey began. Your gesture will contribute meaningfully to the development of the school and inspire generations of students to come,’ she added.

Mrs. Abayateye encouraged the old students to sustain their bond with the school and urged other year groups and stakeholders to emulate the gesture.

School Chaplain, Mr. William Ankrah, underscored the urgent need for sustained support, noting that the school’s population currently exceeds 3,000 students.

‘Our numbers keep increasing and we do not have enough furniture for the students, especially when the school is in full session. We therefore plead with you and other year groups to come back and support,’ he said.

Like many Ghanaians across the country, we were dumbfounded when we saw an image of a person who resembled Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie subtly heaping plaudits on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and doing the contrary for their predecessors. It was a disturbing exercise in political chicanery by a Chief Justice, the first in the history of this country, pre and post-independenceIn his oration, he wondered why in the past eight years much was not done but under the NDC, in less than two years, so much has been covered.

He almost doffed his hat for the NDC whose reset agenda exalted him to the highest office in the judiciary. We thought that whoever generated the choreograph had done a great disservice to the Chief Justice and to justice delivery in this country given the negative impact it would have on this arm of government.

It was a comparative analysis which should have been presented by an NDC propaganda secretary. We thought it could be an Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated presentation, but so many hours after the despicable presentation and no disclaimer coming from the highly learned gentleman, we are constrained to dispel our doubt.

The man who said for the past years the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) performance pales in the face of the NDC’s was our own Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie. It is for good reasons that members of the bench are placed in an exalted position in society; the Your Worship, Your Ladyship and the My Lords are part of the compliments enjoyed by these special personalities.

They are expected also to be apolitical in their dealings, although being Ghanaians they too have their political lineages and so vote for their preferences during elections.

They should not become socialite just so the positions they hold are not compromised.

For the first time in the history of the judiciary, the office has been debased so badly that without an emergency treatment to reverse the so-called reset agenda, the remaining iota of deference attached to the skeleton of the judiciary would be lost. Even before this stage, certain questionable judgments have been served which have impacted on the deference of this arm of government.

The judiciary has been shaken to its foundation and it would take concerted efforts of a new government to restore the respect it deserves to perform its functions of adjudication without fear or favour.

What business has the Chief Justice got to do with visiting government establishments and to be showering praises upon them ‘for jobs well done’ when he could be visiting the over hundred court complexes built by former President Akufo-Addo?

Gospel musician, Bernice Offei, known for her hit song ‘Hold On’, has been found safe after she was reported missing in Accra.

A new notice circulating on social media confirmed that the 63-year-old musician has been found, bringing relief to her family, friends and members of the public who had joined efforts to locate her.

Bernice Offei was reported missing after she was last seen on September 1, 2026, at Nyaho-Tamakloe Street, Agbogba, in Accra.

The latest notice thanked members of the public who helped circulate information about her disappearance and supported efforts to find her.

‘Thank you to everyone who helped share and support. Your vigilance and prayers made a difference!’ the notice stated.

However, the notice did not provide details about where Bernice Offei was found or the circumstances surrounding her disappearance.

Bernice Offei is a popular gospel musician who has contribcontributed to her popularity among gospel music audiences in GhanaOver the years, Bernice Offei has built a reputation through her gospel music ministry and inspirational songs, earning recognition among Ghanaian gospel music lovers.

Her reported disappearance had generated concern among members of the public, with information about her last known location circulated to aid the search.

Black Sherif follows with the ‘Sun Sherif’ EP, a warmer follow-up to ‘Iron Boy,’ as fans circulate pre-save links and rollout snippets.

The shared September 4 date has sparked friendly debates and back-to-back streaming plans, celebrating Ghanaian talent without choosing sides.

Kweku Smoke’s ‘No Days Off’ features 13 songs: ‘Soul Healer’, ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Okwantunii’, ‘Survivor’, ‘Bra’, ‘Mmereniho’ featuring Dikoo, ‘Power House’ featuring Kwesi Arthur, ‘Bombele’, ‘Life Of A Hustler’, ‘Set It Straight’, ‘No Days Off’, ‘Through The Pain’, and ‘Faith’ featuring Lasmid.

Black Sherif’s ‘Sun Sherif’ has six tracks including, ‘Expresso’, ‘Run Around’, ‘Forever’ featuring AratheJay, ‘Jolie’, ‘Frontline’, and ‘Love Again’ featuring Full Blown.