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Gospel musician, Bernice Offei, had been battling dementia for between four and five years before her death at age 63, her former manager, Kwasi Ernest, has disclosed.

Kwasi Ernest said the condition had severely affected the singer’s memory and ability to perform some everyday activities, including finding her way home.

Speaking on Max TV, he explained that Bernice Offei’s condition had progressed to the point where she could become confused and disoriented.

‘For four to five years, she had been battling dementia that affected her brain. When someone is sick with dementia, it affects the daily life of the person,’ he said.

According to him, the singer’s disappearance occurred when her condition was triggered, leaving her unable to locate her residence.

He said the family initially searched for her privately but later made the situation public when their efforts failed to locate her.

‘She left home and the ailment was triggered, so she couldn’t locate her house. After the initial search by the family wasn’t yielding results, they made the search public and they later found her,’ he added.

Bernice Offei was reportedly taken to hospital after she was found, but her condition deteriorated and she died on Saturday, September 12, 2026.

Kwasi Ernest, who managed the singer during part of her career, also described her as a disciplined, God-fearing woman who lived by the faith she professed.

He said Bernice Offei’s Christianity went beyond preaching, as she made a conscious effort to practice the values she believed in.

Her death has triggered an outpouring of tributes from colleagues, fans and admirers, who continue to celebrate her contribution to Ghana’s gospel music industry.

Ghanaian songstress, Sista Afia, has sparked massive reactions on social media after opening up about her fear of becoming a single mother.

In a candid post on X, the singer shared her deep anxiety about motherhood in this generation. ‘Seeing how many single mothers there are in this generation honestly scares me. I’m not afraid of motherhood, but I’m afraid of becoming a single mother or just a ‘baby mama’ without the love, commitment, and family I always envisioned. I want to build a home, not just have a child. And honestly, that fear scares the hell out of me,’ she wrote.

Her post immediately triggered mixed reactions from fans and followers. A user identified as Big Mac questioned her decision to share such personal fears publicly.

‘Sorry but you’re not wise…I really like you but you’re not wise for putting this out there …now all a smart man who wants to manipulate you gotta do is get close to you, and indirectly give you the idea and assurance that he wants same as you do…you fall in love and played,’ he commented.

Another user, Bismarck World, shared his own experience as a single parent while offering spiritual advice. ‘As a human pray about your relationship and spiritual life. Because you can find the exact person and partner you wished for but will later end up being single. I never thought I will be a single Dad but I’m here today, I fear broken home and now my child is experiencing same,’ he added.

Sista Afia’s post has since reignited conversations about single parenthood, relationships and family values among young Ghanaians online.

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, and the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ahafo Ano South West, Abubakar Sedik, have denied reports that a classroom block at Mankranso is being targeted for demolition to pave the way for the construction of a 24-hour market.

The controversy followed the circulation of a viral video in which the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications Officer for the constituency, Baabi Dehyee Kwaku, appealed to traditional leaders and other stakeholders to intervene to save the school facility from demolition.

Mr. Kwaku expressed concern over the alleged move, claiming that projects initiated and constructed under the previous NPP administration were being targeted for demolition to make way for other projects, including the proposed 24-hour market.

He called on traditional leaders and influential stakeholders in the district to intervene before the classroom block was pulled down.

The video generated widespread attention on social media, triggering public and political debate over the fate of the facility and the proposed market.

Mr. Sedik, however, dismissed the allegation as ‘false, misleading and politically motivated propaganda’, insisting that there was no plan to demolish the classroom block.

‘Let me state categorically that no one is going to demolish the said school building to construct the 24-hour market,’ he said.

He explained that the classroom block was constructed in 2022 but had remained unused since its completion.

According to the DCE, the construction of the facility at the time constituted a misplaced priority, considering other pressing development needs confronting the district.

He said the proposed 24-hour market was a major economic initiative intended to boost trading activities, create employment and stimulate socio-economic development in Mankranso and the wider Ahafo Ano South West District.

Mr. Sedik urged residents to disregard what he described as politically motivated misinformation and assured them that the Assembly remained committed to development and improving living conditions in the district.

Dr. Amoakohene, in a separate statement, also debunked reports of plans to demolish the school facility for the proposed market.

‘My attention has been drawn to a viral video circulating on social media concerning alleged plans to demolish a school facility in the Ahafo Ano South West District for the construction of a 24-hour market,’ he said.

He assured the public that the school had neither been demolished nor would it be demolished.

‘I therefore urge all citizens to remain calm and disregard any claims or speculation until the review is completed and the facts are clearly established,’ the Regional Minister said.

Dr. Amoakohene disclosed that he had directed the Ahafo Ano South West District Assembly to immediately halt all activities related to the matter pending a review.

‘I have also summoned the relevant stakeholders to my office for a full review of the matter,’ he added.

The Regional Minister said his priority was to protect the public interest and ensure the orderly implementation of development projects across the region.

The controversy comes amid wider concerns raised by the Minority in Parliament over the government’s 24-Hour Economy Market Programme, particularly allegations that existing public and community assets were being demolished to make way for new markets.

Creative entrepreneur, Dapper Jayden, has raised alarm over what he describes as a new trend of mobile money (MoMo) fraud involving unsuspecting customers.

According to the Curator of Ghana Menswear Week, the incident occurred on Tuesday around 10:20 a.m. when he visited a MoMo vendor to make a cash withdrawal. Narrating his ordeal, Dapper Jayden said he followed the usual procedure, allowed cash out and entered his PIN to approve the transaction, only for his money to be deducted without the vendor receiving it.

He explained that the prompt which came for approval was from a platform called ‘PawaPay,’ which the vendor later claimed was not his company.

‘I was a victim of what appears to be a new MoMo fraud scheme. Today around 10:20 a.m. I went to an MTN MoMo vendor to withdraw some cash. I went through the usual process, the vendor initiated a withdrawal prompt after I had allowed cash out, I entered my PIN and approved the transaction and the prompt came from a platform called PawaPay.

‘It was only after I had approved the transaction that the vendor claimed it wasn’t his company and that he hadn’t received the money. So just like that my money’s gone,’ he recounted.

Dapper Jayden said he has since filed a formal complaint at the MTN branch at Achimota Mall with the branch head, Madam Lilian, and has been told to expect feedback within 78 hours. ‘This is deeply disturbing @MTNGhana what is going on?’ he quizzed.

He is calling on MTN Ghana to investigate the matter and clarify how such transactions are able to go through without the vendor’s knowledge.

Hotel Investments (Ghana) Limited, operators of Labadi Beach Hotel, has filed an application to discontinue a suit it filed against Spartan Ives Limited, operators of Polo Beach Club, over a piece of land at the beachfront.

The application was filed just three days after lawyers for Polo Beach Club filed a motion to restrain the hotel, allegedly acting through the Director of Special Operations at the National Security Council Secretariat, Richard Jakpa, to demolish the Club.

‘PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that this Honourable Court will be moved by FIFI ABBAM, ESQ. Counsel for and on behalf of the Plaintiff/Applicant herein, praying for leave to wholly discontinue the action against the Defendant/Respondent with liberty to reapply on the grounds contained in the accompanying affidavit, and for any further order(s) as this Honourable Court may deem fit,’ the motion which was filed on notice pointed out.

Labadi Beach Hotel, on March 18, 2026, caused its lawyers to file an amended writ of summons and statement of claim against Polo Beach Club claiming ownership of the disputed beachfront land.

Counsel for the Club entered appearance and proceeded to file further amended defence dated August 3, 2026.

A High Court in Accra has since set down issues to be determined at trial, and subsequently directed the parties to file their respective witness statements.

But the latest application filed by the hotel indicates that the plaintiff intends to discontinue the suit following reassessment of the cost and operational impact of the legal action.

‘That following a reassessment of the costs and operational impact of the suit, the Applicant is desirous of wholly discontinuing this action against the Respondent,’ the application partly reads.

The hotel, however, pointed out that the decision is a ‘commercial one’, noting that ‘it does not constitute an admission concerning the merits of the action or the rights asserted by the Respondent.’

The hotel is, therefore, praying the court for leave to discontinue the suit against the Club ‘with liberty to reapply.’

It further pointed out that the court has the power, pursuant to Order 17 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I. 47), to grant the applicant leave to discontinue the suit against the Club.

‘It is in the interest of justice that this application be granted,’ the affidavit in support of the application added.

It is not enviable for one’s country to be associated with hard drugs. Some countries wear that tag and no matter how hard they try to wean it, the more it sticks on their image.

Unfortunately for us as citizens of Ghana, we have had to contend with this sleaze business for a while now, the past year witnessing an uptick of cocaine and meth transiting through our ports.

From the so-called ’emergency landed aircraft’ when lights went off at the then Kotoka International Airport, there has never been a letup. Consignments which were intercepted at their final destinations are those which have made the headlines in the media.

Others which successfully landed of course were not heard about, the movement of the stuff having gone according to plan and expectation. It is such successful movements which, it would seem, provides the impetus for the pushers to consider Ghana as a better transit location, the past year and half serving their interests largely, yet casting us in bad light in the international community.

If within a year a total of some $1 billion worth of cocaine passed through our ports, we can only imagine the quantum that would do so in the coming months.

From the emergency landed aircraft to the charcoal laden meth and now the latest bust in France, the so-called investigations announced following the bust have yielded nothing in terms of security value.

It takes the daring and well-connected to move such hard drugs through our ports, which is why watchers of the hard drug underworld are demanding effective enquiries into the matter even as they doubt the outcome.

The previous busts, not on our shores, but in distant lands – their final destinations, made the headlines and after a while evaporated from the media space, the announced investigations having become cold.

Like the previous ones, the latest shall get cold.

Suspects identified and being quizzed are all part of the game-plan to eventually kill the case, is the suspicion of many, after all, such investigations are open-ended.

The Colombia’s Pablo Escobar should be proud of Ghana for being an accessory to the movement of the prized yet dangerous commodity.

It will be interesting to find out the ranking of Ghana in the transitory of hard drugs given the recent busts of narcotics passing through our ports.

The Presidency has ordered some office holders whose terms of reference include border security inter alia to come for a meeting on the subject, but missing is the Interior Minister who has oversight charge over the Narcotics Control Commission.

Unfortunately, like other Ghanaians, we doubt if the conference as it were would lead to the adoption of effective means of shedding off the country’s drug transit tag. The gadgets and procedures for combating the movement of hard drugs are in place at the ports, but what is absent is the ability to resist the temptation to take money or use positions to influence the drug transit to distant lands.

The Women’s Premier Super Cup will return in 2026 as an off-season competition ahead of the new Women’s Premier League season.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has confirmed that the tournament will be held from September 23 to 29 at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence (GSCE) in Prampram.

The competition will feature the top four teams from both the Northern and Southern Zones of the Women’s Premier League, with eight clubs battling for the Super Cup title.

Dreamz Ladies are the reigning champions after making history in the 2024 edition as the first team from the Northern Zone to win the trophy.

They defeated Ampem Darkoa Ladies 2-1 in the final, with Sarah Nyarko and Stella Nyamekye scoring for Dreamz Ladies.

The 2026 edition is expected to provide the participating clubs with valuable competitive preparation ahead of the new league campaign, while giving players an opportunity to regain match fitness during the off-season.

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called for an independent review of the ongoing Senior High School (SHS) placement exercise amid allegations of bribery, unfair admissions, inappropriate school placements and the growing influence of ‘protocol’ arrangements.

The Bishops said although the Computerised School Selection and Placement System was introduced to promote fairness and equal access, persistent challenges continued to undermine public confidence in the process.

In a statement signed by the President of the Conference, Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, Bishop of Sunyani, the Bishops said the placement exercise must be transparent, accountable and responsive to genuine complaints.

The Conference said 604,567 candidates qualified for placement this year, but only 527,932 had been placed when the results were released.

It acknowledged that placement depended on several factors, including academic performance, programme choices, boarding or day preferences and available spaces. It, however, insisted that the outcomes must be understandable and demonstrably fair.

The Bishops expressed concern over reports of students being placed in schools considered unsuitable for their sex, disability, personal circumstances or location.

They were particularly concerned about cases where students were assigned to day schools located so far from their homes that daily commuting could become expensive, unreasonable or unsafe.

The Conference called for genuine placement errors to be corrected swiftly and for appropriate arrangements to be made for students with disabilities.

It also expressed concern over allegations that parents were being asked to pay money to secure places for their children.

The Bishops stressed that no official, agent or intermediary should demand or accept payment where placement was intended to be free. They called for investigations into such allegations and said anyone found culpable should face disciplinary action and, where necessary, criminal prosecution.

On the controversial issue of ‘protocol’ admissions, the Conference demanded greater transparency, saying the public deserved to know the legal basis, number of places involved, criteria used and persons responsible for such arrangements.

It warned that the placement system could not command public confidence if parents believed that money, political connections or influence could secure places for some children at the expense of others.

Mission schools

The Bishops also renewed their call for the implementation of their decision to reserve 20 percent of annual admissions in Catholic mission schools for Catholic candidates.

They said the decision was reached at the National Catholic Education Forum in Koforidua in 2025 and, therefore, was not a new demand.

According to the Conference, the arrangement would help mission schools maintain a meaningful population of Catholic students who could participate in their religious and moral formation.

The Bishops further called for the long-awaited agreement between the government and the Churches on the management of mission schools to be concluded and signed without further delay.

They said the agreement should clearly define responsibilities relating to admissions, governance, the appointment of head teachers, religious and moral formation, discipline, infrastructure and accountability, while protecting the distinct identity of mission schools.

The Conference also proposed an accessible appeals mechanism, periodic reviews of school categories and increased government investment in infrastructure, teachers, laboratories and learning materials to ease pressure on highly sought-after schools.

It maintained that technology should support justice rather than replace human responsibility and urged the government to build a placement system in which merit, choice, fairness and the best interests of the child determine admission outcomes.

Persons suspected to be National Security operatives have reportedly whisked away a Senior Nursing Officer around midnight of last Sunday in Techiman, in the Bono East Region.

Ms. Salomay Bafoh Awiti, whose husband is said to be abroad, was expected to chair a staff meeting at the Abrefi Hospital but when she was not showing up, the engagement was called off.

A colleague at the hospital said her family later disclosed how she was whisked away to an unknown destination, describing her as a lady with calm demeanour. Her only association with social media, he said, was when she displayed her wares for sale on WhatsApp.

A nephew of hers who saw what happened said her abductors were National Security operatives.

Although the reason behind her arrest was not disclosed, her colleague said she is suspected of being Ghana Jollof, the lady behind social media political vitriolic in recent times.

Even as she is being held, the Ghana Jollof page continues to be transmitted, making the claim that she is behind the videos questionable.

Her family has told the hospital authorities that they suspect she might have been taken to Accra for quizzing.

Her arrest adds to the series of political arrests originating from social media posts.

A certain Afia Royal was recently arrested over the Ghana Jollof series because security personnel thought she could be a source of information about the whereabouts of the source of the series.

In recent times, the issue of arrests of persons suspected to be behind social media posts has attracted political commentaries which accuse government of stifling free speech.

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) embarked upon a massive demonstration on the subject recently.

Watchers of the political plane claim that the Ghana Jollof series are responses to Kevin Taylor, who has been active hurling invectives to opponents of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Some known persons have called for cessation of the insults between the NDC aligned man resident in the US and Ghana Jollof, whose exact location is yet to be determined although many claims she lives out of Ghanaian jurisdiction, politically Canada.

Meanwhile, fear and panic has gripped Ms. Awiti’s colleagues as they do not know who next could be arrested and described as Ghana Jollof.

A 19-year-old Senior High School (SHS) graduate has allegedly died by suicide at Abesim, a suburb of Juaben in the Ashanti Region.

The deceased reportedly returned to his room at about 8:30 p.m. on Monday, September 14 to sleep, only for family members to later discover him in a lifeless state.

His sudden death has thrown the family and residents of Abesim into a state of shock and mourning, with sympathisers trooping to the family house to console the bereaved relatives.

Family members who spoke to DAILY GUIDE described the deceased as a calm, respectful and exceptionally decent young man who kept to himself and had no known disputes with anyone in the community.

‘Kofi was a very good boy, very decent. He had no friends who were troublesome in this area. We are still in shock because we never expected this. We are mourning our beloved son,’ a relative said amid tears.

Residents also described the deceased as a promising young man with a bright future, saying his sudden death had left the community in disbelief.

The Assembly Member for the area, Theophilus Yeboah, said he received a distressing call about the incident and immediately rushed to the scene.

Mr. Yeboah said he was met with a heartbreaking scene as family members and residents struggled to come to terms with the tragedy.

The body has since been retrieved by the police and deposited at the morgue for preservation and autopsy.

Meanwhile, the police have commenced investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death.