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Adwinsa Publications Holds Children’s Book and Art Festival to Commemorate 2025 World Children’s Day
The Adwinsa Children’s Book and Art Festival, organised in partnership with the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA), has been held in Accra as part of activities marking the 2025 World Children’s Day celebration.
The initiative was designed to promote a strong reading culture among Ghanaian children while nurturing creativity through books and the arts. This year’s festival featured workshops, performances, art showcases, and reading sessions designed to inspire children to read for pleasure and develop essential creative skills.
Speaking at the event on Friday, the Executive Director of the GhLA, Mr Alhassan Bentintiche Ziblim, said the festival reflects a renewed national commitment to raising confident, imaginative, and lifelong readers. He noted that the Authority had identified key interventions to make reading more accessible and appealing to children across the country.
Mr Ziblim highlighted the extension of operating hours at the National Children’s and Mobile Library facilities to support the government’s 24-hour economy agenda. He also pointed to the rapid expansion of the zero-rated Ghana Library App, which now provides free access to a wide range of e-ibooks, audiobooks, and learning materials.
To further strengthen literacy outcomes, he announced plans to stock all public libraries with GES-approved textbooks and introduce reading sessions in major Ghanaian languages. According to him, ongoing reforms to the Authority’s 55-year-old legislation were aimed at improving the regulation of libraries and strengthening professional standards to meet modern expectations.
The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon and Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Mr John Dumelo, urged young people to embrace reading as a vital tool for personal growth and national development. He expressed concern that many young people were neglecting books in favour of digital content.
Mr Dumelo further hinted at plans to introduce a constituency-wide reading competition to promote literacy, academic excellence, and a renewed love for books among schoolchildren.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Adwinsa Publications, Mr Kwaku Oppong-Amponsah, urged book shops in the country to digitalise their operations. He appealed to the government to buy books, especially story books in local languages, to help enhance the operations of local publishers and provide employment.
“One of the major interventions we need from the government is for it to buy books, especially the story books, because there are a lot of story books not only in English, but in local languages. At Adwinsa, for instance, we have a lot of story books produced in over 11 local languages, but who will buy?” Mr Oppong-Amponsah stated.
By Eugene Ampiaw
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Ahyiresu and Abofrem, two quiet communities in the Atwima Mponua District, have been shaken to the core by a chilling midnight drama that reads like a nightmare.
A pastor and a young mother stand accused of attempting to bury a five‑month‑old baby girl alive, a crime that has ignited outrage and disbelief across the township.
According to police, Apostle Richmond Akwasi Frimpong, 36, Head Pastor of the Anointed Grace Prayer Ministry at Kuffour Camp, conspired with his uncle Emmanuel Appiah, 53, and the child’s mother, 23‑year‑old Beatrice Agyapomaa, to dispose of the infant, Anaya Achiaa, under the cover of darkness.
A fourth suspect, Emmanuel Donkor, remains on the run.
The suspects were caught near a refuse dump around 10 pm on April 9, 2026, after a vigilant resident, Akwasi Twezor, noticed their suspicious movements.
When confronted, they claimed the child was already dead and had palace approval for burial. But Twezor’s instincts proved right—the baby was still alive, gasping faintly for breath.
Chief Linguist, Nana Yaw Badu, later confirmed that Frimpong had misled him earlier in the evening, securing permission for burial by falsely declaring the child dead.
The infant was rushed to the Abofrem Clinic, where she is now responding well to treatment. Police described her as “very beautiful.”
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Evelyn Yitamkey, Commander of DOVVSU in Bibiani, confirmed that the suspects have been provisionally charged.
Frimpong faces attempted murder and conspiracy charges, while Agyapomaa and Appiah are charged with conspiracy and abetment.
They were remanded by the Bibiani Circuit Court, presided over by Judge Frank Asiedu Nimako, to assist investigations.
The docket has been forwarded to the Attorney General’s Department for advice, ASP Yitamkey indicated.
The attempted crime has provoked fury among residents, many suspecting ritual motives aimed at bolstering the pastor’s influence.
Crowds attempted to attack the suspects outside court, but police intervention prevented mob justice.
The Assembly Member for Ahyiresu, Yusuf Suleiman, has assured residents that justice will be pursued swiftly.
From Kingsley E. Hope, Kumasi
The forecourt of the African University of Communications and Business (AUCB) in Accra came alive on Friday with colour, creativity and innovation, as Level 300 students transformed the space into a lively exhibition of ideas.
Under the theme “Building meaningful brands beyond the logo,” the students invited patrons into a world where ordinary products were reimagined through storytelling, design and purpose.
From scented candles to innovative food concepts, each stand told a unique story, one that went beyond aesthetics to capture identity, value and human connection.
For many of the students, the event was more than just an academic exercise; it was a moment to dream out loud.
Guided by their lecturer, Peter Wonders, they explored what it truly means to build a brand in today’s competitive world where trust, consistency and experience matter just as much as logos and slogans.
Chairman of the occasion, Nana Kum Gyata VI, in his remarks said a brand is what people say about you when you are not present.
At the end of the presentations, awards were presented to deserving groups with Vida Nyaneba emerging as the overall best branding student.
By Esinam Jemima Kuatsinu
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