Today, we celebrate World Autism Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness and promoting acceptance of individuals with autism.

Human nature is negatively biased. We tend to think more of what is not working in our lives instead of counting our blessings.

We also tend to take for granted the good things we have and what our lovers and others do for us. 

The fact, however, remains that if you ever expect to be happy in your life and relationship, your first step is always to be grateful for everything that happens in your life.

Within the last decade, my team and I have committed ourselves to the vision of impacting society through storytelling. We have tackled very sensitive issues ─ from LGBT to corruption.

Our stories are intentionally written to mirror life and contemporary society as a whole, and we have been consistent with our mission of transforming society one play at a time.

As Muslims across the country prepare to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, some traders have taken advantage of the festivities to increase prices, starting with rice, cooking oil, African print fabrics, meat  and other food items.

During a visit by The Mirror to the Makola and Madina markets in Accra last Tuesday and Wednesday, the products had seen increases in prices within the last week.

A distinct feature of Eid ul-Fitr, the Islamic holiday observed by Moslems to mark the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting and prayer is fashion, especially among women.

The Misornu Safety Centre has urged the newly appointed Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohonu, to embark on far-reaching reforms within the Ghana Police Service to effectively address the country’s evolving security challenges. 

Today, it has become almost fashionable and acceptable for someone to have many lovers at a time.  

The young, old, singles and married are involved. Men and women are doing it. It is the sexual revolution of today. 

Recently, there was a news item about a student in a tertiary institution boasting that she has eight lovers and manages to sleep with each of them once every two weeks.

Some may sell their kidneys to travel abroad if that is all they are required to do. Others are willing to sell everything and anything just to ‘jakpa’. After all, home may not be home anymore.

I have heard stories of Ghanaians who have sold all their property only to give the proceeds to a ‘connection man’ to secure them a visa abroad. 

A 14-year-old Junior High School (JHS) student has lost both forearms, hands and one leg due to electrical burns while holding a wire in a television set.

The incident occurred on Christmas day last year when the boy (name withheld), a resident of Hobor, a local community in Accra, came into contact with the wire from the television in his home. 

Behind the smile of Helen Talata Akongzirigo Azitariga, Upper East Region representative of Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB) 2017, lies a 17-year-old battle with endometriosis and adenomyosis, two incurable gynecological health conditions.

More Ghanaians are becoming conscious of their diet and its impact on their weight and overall health. However, a major challenge is that most diet plans available online rely on foreign ingredients, making healthy eating seem like an expensive choice.

Many cases come in from men who never allow their women to go out or associate with any men even if they are relatives or family members because they feel threatened.

Many cases also come in from women who fight any woman who shows any kind of association with their men, especially phone calls, messages and visits. 

Imagine a treatment that uses your body’s healing power to fix joint pain, improve movement, boost sexual health and ease nerve pain.

This is the promise of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy, a ground-breaking natural and safe approach that is changing how joint pain, nerve issues, erectile dysfunction (ED) and low libido in women are treated.

President Donald John Trump of the United States has put up a plan to annex the Gaza Strip and turn it into a Riviera of the Middle East.

At age 10 and in primary six, she realised she couldn’t read clearly from the blackboard. A worrying situation that resulted in several hospital appointments and different eye treatment processes as she grew till she finally lost her sight around age 30.

Two women leaders, Josephine Koduah Bediako and Norvisi Sokpe, have urged organisations, policymakers and society to strengthen support systems that enable women to succeed.

They’ve spent more time together than any other living married couple. Manoel Angelim Dino and Maria de Sousa Dino, a Brazilian couple, recently set the Guinness World Record for the longest marriage among living couples—84 years and 77 days.

Beyond their remarkable milestone, they’ve built an extraordinary family legacy—raising 13 children, welcoming 55 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren, and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

The Director of the Global Quality Assurance Association (GQAA), Dr Violet Makuku, has called on tertiary institutions in Africa to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) or risk falling behind in global education standards. 

Love comes when you are not looking for it. People, therefore, find love anytime, anyhow and anywhere, including churches, supermarkets, gyms and conferences.

Consider a man who drove into a pothole and accidentally splashed water on a lady. He apologised and offered to take her home because she was badly soaked in dirty water. They found love on the way and later got married.

I met a young man last weekend― an ambitious young man. I had known him for a while and knew he should have been in his third or final year at university by now.

I probed into his academic life after we had engaged in a chat for a while.

When you think about romantic love, what comes to mind? Maybe it’s grand gestures, unbridled passion or that instant spark of attraction. But, a 2024 study published in the Journal of Psychology reveals that love is about so much more.

Researchers asked participants what their partners did that made them feel most loved, and their answers highlighted three powerful yet often overlooked behaviors.