Inside the News by Mpakoo – All pieces appearing in this column are satire

The Acts of the Lord Mayor: Chapter 1 1 Behold the mighty and wondrous works of the Lord Mayor. He was provoked to hot anger against the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah. Their iniquities rose up like a mountain before the Lord. 2 These lewd fellows of the baser sort …

The Ghana Association of Comedians (GAC) has sharply criticised the Ga Traditional Council for performing stand-up comedy without a licence. In a press release, the group criticised the Ga Traditional Council in the strongest terms possible, noting that this was a manifestation of the lawlessness and indiscipline that has overtaken …

The Speaker of Parliament, the Right Honourable Doe Adjaho, has ordered the recently installed seats and other items of furniture imported from China to be returned. This move, which has been described as ‘sudden and startling,’ came in the heat of discussions over the clinical trial of the Ebola vaccines …

Accra Mayor, Dr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, has assured Accra residents that he is still at post and will remain at post for a very long time to come. In an interview on an Accra-based radio station, Hon. Dr. Vanderpuije gave a word of comfort to listeners, ‘I want to assure …

The mystery surrounding the absence of Mr Paul Afoko during the press conference by Akufo-Addo has finally been solved by an even bigger mystery. People were struck that the NPP party chairman was absent from an event which was meant to foster unity in the party. When asked by reporters …

The last time the New Patriotic Party (NPP) beat their rivals the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at anything really substantial was in December 2004 at the presidential and parliamentary elections. Since then, it has been one defeat after another. Not even at their very own favourite pastime of litigation could …

The release last week of the OECD global school rankings which put Ghana at the bottom of the pile has put paid to a drawn-out controversy about whether or not Lydia Forson had gratuitously vilified president Mahama. It will be remembered that the Sting in a Tale actress had in …

The Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, has vehemently denied rumours that she has resigned from the government. The rumours, which started in the middle of last week, have been quietly but quickly spreading because of her loud and bombastic silence on the attacks against female …

This is a Wednesday Special edition of the Inside the News by Mpakoo. Hope you enjoy it. Alhaji Halidu Haruna, the NDC man who got into trouble for saying female celebrities who criticise the government are prostitutes, has made an only-partially successful attempt at an apology. In an interview on …

The Mayor of Accra, who describes himself as ‘Lord Mayor’, Dr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, has vehemently denied any suggestions that he was awarded the inaugural African Mayor Award because of his lush beard. He told journalists at the 2nd Africa Urban Infrastructure Investment Forum held in Luanda, Angola that although …