The presentation of manifestos does not play a major role in winning an election because most electorate will not read them, Deputy General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana...
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said the presidential candidate of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Papa Kwesi Nduom, is unfit for...
I had signed a letter without closing. I felt embarrassed that I should do that. So my spine shivered when I read that the great Ama Ata Aidoo had deserted a function elaborately planned to celebrate...
At a presentation on the highlights of the National Democratic Congress’ 2016 electioneering campaign manifesto, held at the Banquet Hall of the erstwhile Kwame Nkrumah Conference Center, President...
In our weather calendar, Uganda has two seasons: wet season and dry season. However, with the increasingly erratic weather conditions engendered by climate change, can we still proudly stand and...
We still have not heard from the Ghana Peace Council and the many peace envoys, as sources of violence become clearer by the day, their impunities making unenviable headlines. The so-called...
Several years ago, when Cameroonian footballer Roger Miller was asked by the media whether the Indomitable Lions were the best African team: His response was that the world hadn’t seen the best...
There is an Akan proverb which literally translates, “If nakedness says it would give you clothing, just look at its name.” How profoundly true! “Kwatrekwa” is the Akan word for nakedness....
Of late Muslims in Ghana have lost great men who were noted for contributing towards development of Ghana and the advancement of Islam. The latest of these men to depart this earth to eternity was...
UNICEF oversaw the starvation deaths of at least 250,000 Somalis, mainly children, during the last “Great Horn of Africa Drought” and famine of 2010-2012 (at the time the worst in 60 years) all...
My first time of understanding the word propaganda was in George Owell’s dystopian novel: 1984. In that novel the main protagonist: Wiston Smith, was in charge of propaganda and in his capacity as...
I read President Mahama’s concupiscent pledge to his wife Lordina during the NDC’s manifesto launch in Sunyani with mixed emotions. First of all, the amorous pledge has brought a glint of smiles...
I will begin by empathising with the late Mills family for their agony over the unfortunate resurrection of the arguments surrounding his unexplained death. As a matter of fact, they don’t deserve...
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party in Germany, Mr Francis Brenya-Benson has noted that Ghana under President John Dramani Mahama has become a sinking ship that requires an immediate rescue...
More than two weeks after the start of violence prompted by a contested presidential election in Gabon, the search for missing loved ones continues, sometimes with grisly results. Olivier's eyes are...
An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld a decision to freeze the assets of several prominent human rights campaigners in the latest blow to a once-vibrant activist community that has been largely...
The average lending rate of banks has hit 33 percent as at the end of August this year, the highest since 2003, the latest central bank’s macroeconomic and financial data has shown. This is a...
The National Accreditation Board (NAB) has expressed concerns over admission advertisements by two unaccredited institutions enticing students to enroll into their programs. A statement signed by the...
The average lending rate of banks has hit 33 percent as at the end of August this year, the highest since 2003, the latest central bank’s macroeconomic and financial data has shown. This is a...
South Africa does it; and Nigeria does it too, but the idea of local government authorities issuing bonds to fund infrastructure development has been snubbed in Ghana, and investment banker, Kojo...
