EC Boss Must Resign
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana is not learning from past experiences with regards to errors it had made in elections at all levels, Professor Kweku Asare, a U. S.-based Ghanaian Professor has...
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Kofi Adda And The NPP Would Come To Learn Rather Belatedly That Lies And Falsehoods Don’t Win Political Power!
"You can fool all of the people, some of the time and you can fool some of the people, all of the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."- Abraham Lincoln. On Friday, the 4 of...
EC Boss Acting Like Primary School Headmistress – Agyarko
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Emmanuel Agyarko, has likened the posture of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei,...
5 Phantom Polyclinics In NDC Manifesto
Five polyclinics cited by government as achievements in the Western region do not exist, journalists have found. "There is nothing like a polyclinic there", Kojo Brace of Takoradi-based radio station...
NPP To Set Aside 50 % MASLOC Funds For Women
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has promised to set aside 50 percent of the Micro and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) funds for female applicants to expand their businesses when given the nod. MASLOC set...
GETFund Project Abandoned As Pupils Study Under Trees
The President of the Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions, Madam Mercy Apoe, has appealed to government to provide funds for the completion of a GETFund...
Manhyia Breathes New Life Into KMA
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves”. Abraham Lincoln CONCERNED CITIZENS, notably those of Ashanti,...
Traditional Authorities Key To Sustainable Local Government Opus
The final decision of honourable members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly on a compromise to settle on Nana Adu Mensah Asare, the Amakomhene as the Presiding Member of the Kumasi Metropolitan...
Gov’t Is Not Deliberately Starving PIAC of Funds – Ahadzi
The Director of Research of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) says government is not deliberately denying the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) funds for its...
Vaccination Of Monkeys In The Prestea Huni-Valley Distrct
Let me begin my write up by drawing inspiration from a speech delivered by late Rev. Martin Luther King Jnr., in 1967 at the First Annual Conference on New Politics, in Washington DC, USA, “…..so...
Kumasi Citizens Must Call the Assembly Members To Order
For the ninth time, the KMA has failed to elect a presiding member, the two candidates failed to pull the required 98 votes that represents two-third majority to become a presiding member. What has...
My Sojourn At Azuwera; Customs And Traditions And The Debt Owed By The Politician
Azuwera is a community in the Bawku west District of the Upper East Region with a population far less from the population of my village. You may ask what sent me there and you will not cause any...
Appointing Legislators As Ministers Weakens Parliament
Article 78 (1) of the 1992 Constitution requires the president to appoint majority of his ministers from Parliament but President of the Ghana Bar Association, Benson Nutsukpui said that law weakens...
Nana Adu-Kwao II, A Chief With A Difference
By Mildred Siabi-Mensah Nzema Akropong (W/R), Sept. 29, GNA - Nana Adu-Kwao II, Chief of Nzema Akropong in the Western Region, is worth celebrating for making a significant mark in the lives of the...
Thought-Provoking Quotable Quotes From Nana And Dr. Bawumia
“I will not be distracted in my quest to win the upcoming elections to lead the country into the land of prosperity from 2017, despite the insults and personal attacks from members of the governing...
EC Suspends Vote Transfer Exercise At Asunafo South
The Electoral Commission has suspended indefinitely the ongoing transfer of votes exercise at Asunafo South in the Brong Ahafo Region, following violence in the area. The EC’s decision follows...
NDC ‘thugs’ Inflict Machete Wounds On NPP Man; One Loses An Eye
Machete wielding thugs said to be National Democratic Congress members have allegedly inflicted wounds on a New Patriotic Party member in a renewed clashes between the two parties in Kukuom in the...
Oil Cash Projects Missing
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has discovered that oil revenue allocated to three projects in Upper West and Northern regions might have gone into private pockets as a visit...
The Jungle Poor and Our GJA Award
I was in the Department of Communication Studies’ library at the University of Ghana one morning when I got a whatsupp message from my editor Dzifa Bampoh saying, “Gakpo, we need to talk when you...
Galamsey, Real Estate Invade Irrigation Lands
Public irrigation schemes in some parts of the country are under threat from the activities of illegal mining (galamsey) and real estate developers, Kwasi Asare-Mintah, Director of Planning and...