EU Gets Tough On African Migrants
'No more Mr. Nice Guy': EU gets tough on African migrants Migrants crossing the Sahara desert into Libya ride on the back of a pickup truck outside Niger Encouraged by their success in halting a mass...
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NDC Lampoons Rawlings Over Abacha’s Loot
It is getting increasingly clear that the former President and founder of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Flt Lt. Jerry John Rawlings is on his own and no longer enjoys the loyalty and...
NDC Wants To ‘hang’ Me
The brouhaha surrounding the ‘fairly heavy’ $2 million ‘new notes’ which Sani Abacha, former President of Nigeria, gave to former President Jerry John Rawlings, has taken a new twist. Former...
Gabon 2017: Ghana, Algeria, Cote D’ivoire, Senegal Favourites
Fondly called ‘Golden Boy’, Karim Abdul Razak is unarguably one of the most talented players in the history of African football. Now in his 60’s, the Ghana and Asante Kotoko legend gets another...
Saro-Wiwa’s Family ‘devastated’
The family of Nigerian journalist Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr has said it is "devastated" after he died of a stroke in London yesterday at the age of 47. In a statement, the family said: It is with great...
Son of Nigeria’s Ken Saro-Wiwa Dies
The son of renowned Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed more than 20 years ago, has died in London. Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, 47, passed away after suffering a stroke, his family...
Why Ghanaians Can’t Get Enough of Indian Soap Operas
It’s afternoon at a hair salon in Osu – a busy commercial area in Accra – where a group of workers have been shuttling between customers since the morning. As the day winds to end the stylists...
Africa’s Top Four Disciplinarian Presidents
Presidents are supposed to wield their power with as much grace and restraint as possible but sometimes, the commander-in-chief turns into the disciplinarian-in-chief. We’ve made a list of the...
Cement War Has Helped Shatter Monopoly
An important development in our cement industry has been the introduction by government of price deregulation, to neutralise local producers’ market monopoly and incidents of cement shortage. Local...
I’m Not Being Sponsored, I’ll Expose Rawlings – Henry Lartey
Disqualified presidential nominee for the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Henry Herbert Lartey described as ‘petty’, claims by former President Jerry Rawlings that the GCPP’s petition...
Rawlings Wants Me To Drop Abacha Case
Disqualified presidential candidate of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Dr. Henry Lartey, has alleged ex-President JJ Rawlings sent his friend to persuade him to suspend his decision to...
Changeless In Nigerian Democracy
There is a long way to go to revitalise the country Democratic governance like the way Nigerian secret police, the Department of State Services DSS, formerly known as Nigerian Security organisation,...
Don’t Resort To Juju – Kwesi Pratt Advises Rawlings
Veteran Journalist and Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has urged ex President J. J Rawlings to desist from always wanting to resort to the gods to clear his name whenever his...
Released Chibok Girls ‘should Be Educated Abroad’
Nigeria's government is negotiating the release of a further 83 of the missing Chibok schoolgirls, but more than 100 others appear unwilling to leave their captors, a community leader has told the AP...
I’m Ready For Rawlings’ Shrine Challenge
Disqualified Presidential candidate of the GCPP Dr. Henry Lartey says he has accepted the shrine challenge thrown at him by former President Jerry Rawlings. He said is ready to swear by the gods as...
‘Fires Burning’ All Around Buhari After #theotherroom Statement In Germany
The reporter for Reuters news agency in Lagos has shared this cartoon from the local Business Day website, depicting the different challenges President Muhammadu Buhari is taking on as fires. There...
Ghana On Brink of Energy Security
President John Mahama has said Ghana is on the brink of energy security. The Ghanaian President, who is seeking a second and final four-year term in office in his country’s December 7 polls, told...
Who Is Afraid of Kaduna Mafia?
This opinion piece defends Kaduna Mafia and Alhaji Mamman Daura from ongoing controversy over alleged control of President Muhammadu Buhari Kaleni Abdulahi-Abuja-18 October, 2016- So called pundits...
Media Hijacked By Cabal Blocking My ‘transformation’ Message – Mahama
It was 12. 27 am, well past the bedtime of many people. But His Excellency, John Dramani Mahama is no ordinary person. He is the President of the Republic of Ghana, and for him, time pales into...
Henry Lartey Accepts Rawlings’ Juju Challenge
Dr. Henry Lartey has accepted to swear an oath to the gods – Antoa specifically – as dared by former President John Rawlings, in a bid to establish whether or not he (the flag bearer of the Great...