FIRSTLet No MAN Deceive YOU!
If the tone of retorts, actions and threats of further actions from all the major actors in the nerve-stretching movie-thriller called The Syrian Crisis 2016; and the sick joke of a choice being...
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The $100m Lie – A Tamale Airport Quandary
Touchdown on 17/10/2016 at 15:30 hrs wasn’t greasy; not rough either. A thud and we were rolling off the runway towards the parking ramp at Tamale (international) airport. Then, I was too eager to...
REBUTTAL; You Love Northerners, But Whats There To Show.
I read with deep concern the article published on Manasseh’s folder on a very sensitive and potentially divisive subject of love for Northerners by political players. In the said article, Manasseh...
Bawumia Is A ‘fake’ Muslim
The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has described the Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, as a...
The 100 Million Dollar Lie – A Tamale Airport Quandary
By Fadi Dabbousi Touchdown on 17/10/2016 at 15:30 hrs wasn’t greasy; not rough either. A thud and we were rolling off the runway towards the parking ramp at Tamale (international) airport. Then, I...
Fire Vandalises Vandals Boss’ Megastore In Bolga
Fire has ravaged one of the most patronised shopping centres in Bolgatanga, Upper East regional capital, following what is widely suspected to be an electrical fault. The mall, known as Ra-Bacchus...
Bawumia Is A Trojan Horse In NPP
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has labelled Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, vice presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), as...
Bawumia’s Presence In Mecca Caused ‘bloody Stampede’
The presence of Vice Presidential Candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in Mecca last year is believed to have caused the stampede resulting in dozens of deaths...
When Repetition Serves As A Device Of Emphasis
Introduction And who says repetition is always bad? Repetition is a strong device of emphasis in pragmatics. Pragmatics is the branch of Linguistics that deals with language use in context....
Mahama Is the Saviour of Northern Muslims
Alhaji Abubakari, a stern critic of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who performed the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca this year, has asked all Muslims in Bole- Bamboi constituency and Northern...
Open Letter To Osei (1)
I have many friends called Osei. Many of them read this column regularly. However, this open letter is not to any of them. I know of one Mrs. Osei. And once there is a Mrs. Osei, there must be an...
Thieves Invade Tamale Hajj Village; Steal Luggage of Returnees
Some Ghanaian pilgrims who arrived in Tamale Thursday afternoon from Saudi Arabia, had their excitement short-lived when thieves made away with their luggage at the Hajj Village in the Northern...
First Batch of 2016 Hajj Pilgrims Arrive In Tamale
The first batch of 500 pilgrims has arrived in Tamale in the Northern Region from Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The pilgrims are among 2,000 pilgrims expected to arrive in Tamale between...
Ghana Airport Company Limited Becomes Self Dependent
The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has broken the jinx of incessant seeking of lifeline from government and financial institutions a development which has given the company an enviable...
Ghanaian Baby Delivered In Mecca
A Ghanaian Hajj pilgrim by name Hajia Hasiyatu Rufai has delivered a baby boy at the end of the Islamic rite in Mecca. Hajia Rufai, who hails from Kotokuraba-TUC in Cape Coast, delivered the boy –...
Saudi Arabia Recorded Least Number of Hajj Pilgrims This Year
A total of 54.6 percent male and 45.4 percent female foreign pilgrims performed Hajj this year, according to a final data released by the General Authority for Statistics (GaStat). Most of the...
Saudi Arabia Recorded Least Number of Pilgrims This Year
This year 54.6 percent male and 45.4 percent female foreign pilgrims performed Hajj, according to a final data released by the General Authority for Statistics (GaStat). Most of the foreign pilgrims...
Mahama Resurrects Nkrumah’s Dream With NDC 2016 Manifesto
On Tuesday 13th September H. E John Dramani Mahama shared with the nation, highlights of the National Democratic Congress Manifesto, on four thematic areas, just like they did in 2012. His vision...
British Ambassador To Saudi Arabia Announces Conversion To Islam
British Ambassador Simon Collis and his wife Huda Mujarkech before embarking on the pilgrimage The British ambassador to Saudi Arabia announced on Twitter that he converted to Islam and carried out a...
Ghanaian Hajj Pilgrim Delivers Baby Boy In Mecca
A Ghanaian Hajj pilgrim by name Hajia Hasiyatu Rufai has delivered a baby boy at the end of the Islamic rite in Mecca. Hajia Rufai, who hails from Kotokuraba-TUC in Cape Coast, delivered the boy –...