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The HIV/AIDS epidemic was first reported by the  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) back in 1981.  Almost immediately, rumors began to spread like wildfire that the deadly virus was concocted to destroy the Black race.  But how could such a theory develop? From the time HIV/AIDS hit the mainstream news, many Blacks believed that it was created in a laboratory and spread by the CIA with the goal of killing Blacks. However, round-the-way Black folk weren’t the only ones to believe in this conspiracy theory. Case in point, post-apartheid South African President Thabo Mbeki once accused the U.S. government of manufacturing the disease in their military labs and world-renowned Kenyan ecologist, Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Wangari Maathai used her international spotlight to give credence to the conspiracy theory about the creation of HIV/AIDS.   After accepting her prestigious honor, the first Afri...

A former Local Government Minister in the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Captain Rtd Nkrabea Effah Datey has described the four Months jail term for the Montie convicts by the Supreme Court as too soft and lenient, considering the structure of their case. Mr. Effah Dartey emphasized that the Montie convicts deserved a two year jail term instead, for their unqualified attitude to serve as a deterrent to others to be cautious in their choice of words on issues. Speaking on Angel In The Morning with Yaw Nimako, the former  Lawyer condemned the statement made by the Montie trio on the Airwaves adding that their statement could lead the country into chaos if care is not taken. Mr. Nkrabea further waded into the NDC decision to petition the President for a pardon for the Montie convicts and said though the President in his own power can pardon them; it will be “terrible” and a “big mistake” on the part of the President to use his power to release the offende...

Report reaching TOPNEW 1 indicate that contemporary High Life Musician, Daasebre Ahofe Dwamena has passed on today at the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital. The award winning artist according to a closed relative was battling with some illness but couldn’t survive in the early hours of Friday.   Family members who confirmed the unfortunate incident to TOPNEW S 1 said his condition was critical Thursday dawn and was found unconscious.   Biography of Daasebre Gyamenah   M any are those who know ace highlife singer, Daasebre Gyamenah as “Ahoofe”, a name his fans gave him after the release of his hit song, “Ahoofe”, which literally means beautiful or the handsome one.   One other name that the singer has in his “portmanteau” that many of his fans may not know is Abubakar Siddiq.   He is a Muslim, and Abubakar Siddiq is his Islamic name.   “Daasebre was born into Islam. His late mother was a Muslim, who died when Daasebre was only five years old. ...

A Security Expert and Peace Ambassador for the 2016 general elections Mr. Irbard Ibrahim has said the President risks losing grass root votes of his party if he pardons the Montie presenter and 2 panelists who have been jailed by the Supreme Court. The NDC Party stalwarts have resolved to petition the President to seek pardon for the 3 convicts after the SC slapped them with four Months jail terms for threatening death on the Supreme Court judges. The security expert in an interview with Angel News hinted that the situation on board is a politically related one indicating that the Opposition NPP will use it as a weapon against him if he interferes with the issue. He said the President can rather give them better treatment whiles in the Prison to show that the Party is ever ready to aid its supporters who find themselves in trouble in the name of the party.

The Ashanti Regional Director of the electoral commission (E/C), Mr. Serebour Quaico, has noted that he does not see the reason why the E/C should extend the date set for the NHIS re-registration exercise. This comes in response to calls by some opposition groups including the NPP for the electoral Body to extend the date set for the NHIS card registrants whose names were deleted from the register to check and get their names re-registered. The exercise ended today with thousands of affected persons unable to register.   The electoral officer in an interview with TopNews 1 on the issue said, those who refused to get their names back into the register should bear the cost, since they were given the opportunity to check and get their names re-registered but most people refused to patronize.                              ...