I will like to preface my argument on the words of a former president of Sierra Leone, General Joseph Saidu Momoh when he hold the view that "The journalist with a pen and paper in his hands is like...
Ghana is bleeding from the nose daily, while politicians continue to pillage her and even think Ghanaians have a ‘weak mind’. One wonders where they get their monies from. “Back off Mr....
For more than 25 years the people of South Sudan fought their powerful common enemy to a standstill. The enslaving Arab Islamist forces of north Sudan were matched fire for fire until the northerners...
A couple of days ago the President inaugurated the redesigned and reconstructed Circle Interchange. It was definitely beautiful at night. I am happy that traffic at circle will reduce, and if we...
Of course, to relentlessly write and shout about the sorrowful state of Ghana’s economy which some people strangely perceive as a benign or a convivial issue, is to be regarded as a political...
The battles for the thirty-one spots for the World Soccer cup finals in Russia in 2018 has been underway for some time. The struggle for Europe's places have been predictable. The big teams are...
Babies born in Ghana come with one permanent name depending on which day in the week the baby is born. Ashantis may decide to skip their child’s day name and choose a different day name. This often...
To start with, who is a “burger” by the Ghanaian understanding? Mind you, it is not the chicken or the beef burger junk foods that we purchase, or eat, from, McDonalds and Burger King restaurants...
Americans have a saying that runs as follows: “Be careful what you wish for; or you shall get it.” Nana Obiri-Boahen’s angry call on President John Dramani Mahama to expedite the implementation...
When personalities from different political divides meet on any media or public platform, they mostly argue vehemently and project their party, their policies and their candidate(s) above each...
“The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough” (Ellen Johnson Sirleaf) PROF. AGYEMAN BADU AKOSA ON...
When the brakes of the old banger screeched to a halt at the Dzorwulu traffic lights on the George Walker Bush Highway, in Accra, scores of street vendors swarmed the vehicle. I was getting a bit...
When personalities from different political divides meet on any media or public platform, they mostly argue vehemently and project their party, their policies and their candidate(s) above each...
Among the fundamental principles towards stable democracy are the electoral system and the arms of government created to facilitate mass participation of citizenry in managing issues affecting their...
A Poem They Don’t Care Anymore. Quiet! No one is chatting or talking to anyone. Everyone is on their gadgets, because that appears as a better comrade than the people holding them. Here I sit on my...
Ghana faces one of the most consequential and monumental cross roads in our nation’s history. We exist in an era of unprecedented opportunity across the globe. The internet, a depository of all the...
Introduction In his book Political Culture and Political Development, Lucian Pye distinguishes the developments in democratic political systems using the theory of political culture. He sought to...
It was a straight forward case. A group of people identified as followers of the National Democratic Congress on a keep fit march in Accra last Sunday pelted the Nima residence of Nana Addo Dankwa...
It is common knowledge that President Mahama has referred to Ghanaians as a people who have short memories. Perhaps, the president is right about a certain category of Ghanaians but not academics....
President John Dramani Mahama has nothing good for Ghanaians. Under his watch, Ghana has slumped to its lowest nemesis under democratic rule. While corruption envelopes us, our economy is in the...
