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‘You and I are guilty of murder’

Pure and Innocent, we were born into this universe as infants devoid of the knowledge of right or wrong.As toddlers, we occupied ourselves...

2022 Budget Analysis: Key education policy issues and why they will improve learning outcomes – Prince Hamid Armah writes

The Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim constituency in the Western Region, Prince Hamid Armah, has shared his perspective on the 2022 budget.Below is his...

E. Gyimah-Boadi: Jesus or Judas? The legacy of Rawlings and democratisation of Ghana

His passing one year ago triggered debate about his role in the birth and development of Ghana’s Fourth Republic. But Rawlings’ legacy in Ghana’s...

Martin Amidu: In memoriam: Comrade Chairman & President Emeritus, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings

In my lived experience, there is no Ghanaian Head of Government or Head of State who can compare with the late Comrade Chairman, and...

Africa owes Rawlings democracy debt – Donald Agumewu

A former aide to former President Jerry John Rawlings says Africa must be grateful to the deceased Ghanaian leader, for establishing a game-changing democratic...

SafariBet vs Theophilus Morgan: A state actor’s failure to protect its own

Today marks exactly three years since the young Ghanaian Theophilus Morgan broke the internet with his GHS 57 million football bet win.While for many...

Right of reply: Exposing the lies and deceptive tactics of an NDC Regional Chairman Aspirant

When a lamb audaciously wakes up a sleeping lion at its cave, then it is equally prepared well for a hot chase and when...

RE: NaSIA struggling due to square peg in round hole

As an education policy analyst, I keenly follow the ongoing policy reforms at the Ministry of Education, particularly those relating to curriculum implementation, teacher...

Prof Ransford Gyampo: Open letter to Finance Minister

Dear Sir,1. As you prepare to read the budget for 2022, I respectfully urge you not to do any such presentation without factoring in...

Brakopowers: Parliamentary privileges and immunities, limitations and arrest of MPs

The Members of Parliament (MPs) in Ghana enjoy some privileges and immunities, and these are contained in the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. However, these...

Re: Bagbin becoming too much of an activist

The emergence of the Rt Hon. Alban Bagbin as Speaker of Parliament of Ghana has been one of the much-talked-about rare political developments in...

The Church and the challenges of a nation

At a public forum in Lagos in September this year, a visibly disturbed former Vice-Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Professor Dapo Asaju, challenged me...

How do we build on the gains made so far to eradicate hunger?

In the past three months, food prices in Ghana have shot up, a rise that the Minister for Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, attributes...

Black Friday; a myth or a blessing

There are many people, things and even places in the world today whose names are either directly opposite their intended purposes or actually contradict...

Maame Broni: Ursula Owusu the ‘baby thief’

Good name they say is better than riches. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is a “baby thief” and I say that with no apologies. She is the...

Stakeholders call for reinstatement of mandatory Towing Levy

Ghanaians are overwhelmingly calling for the reintroduction of the Mandatory Towing Levy regime for broken down vehicles to reduce drastically, the upsurge of carnages...

Donald Agumenu: Papavi’s death should serve as a national awakening

The mixed feelings emerging from the death of Charles Komi Kudzodzi, also known as Papavi Hogbedetor, leader and founder of the Homeland Study Group...

Brakopowers: Nursery children will laugh at Ghana School of Law 2021 non-admission explanation

The explanation offered by the Ghana School of Law for its inability to admit some 499 students who met the pass mark at the...

Appointment of Chief Procurement Manager, 5 others into Health Ministry; what’s going on?

In December 2020, the Executive Secretary of CLOGSA, Dr Isaac Bampoe Addo, in an annual thanksgiving service organised in Accra, made a categorical statement...

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa: An open letter to President Akufo-Addo

May I duly welcome you home after landing in Accra at 1:41 am this dawn aboard your now-famous LX-DIO Boeing 737-900ER BBJ3 charter jet.As...

Elizabeth Ohene: Don’t annoy the French

It is not often we have the opportunity to have ringside seats to witness such high-grade quarrel among top-class nations. It is juicy, it...

Strong reasons Ghana must talk Bernard Mensah out of his decision to quit the Black Stars

In November 2020, Turkey-based midfielder Bernard Mensah took to social media to announce his decision to temporarily call time on his Black Stars career.According...

Gold scams in Ghana – Mitigating the risk of fraud

On Tuesday, September 14, 2020, one of the front-page stories of the Daily Graphic was headed “Businessman in trouble over $1m gold scam”.Reading...

Online food delivery; a blessing in a pandemic recovering world

On a cold Friday evening, Mrs Amoako returns from work and realises that she has been so busy and forgot to get groceries. It...

A trip to Tafi Atome where bananas do not grow

This journey on which we are embarking is catapulting us to one of the fertile lands in the Volta region which supports the growth...

Haruna Attah writes: In fairness to Rawlings

We were related, very close at that, through marriage. He, to one of my wife’s senior sisters, and I, through one of his wife’s...

Ras Mubarak: Getting the Black Stars to winning ways

We went up against South Africa yesterday in a World Cup qualifying match that should have really ended at least two nil in favour...

The Big Talent Show: A competition to watch out for on Adom TV [Videos]

In every human being, there is an element of talent. It is one activity that obviously draws attention to the eye or ear. Talent...

Nobody knows my pain in the night – Teenage ‘kayaye’ recounts ordeal

In the field of child development, internal migration, particularly in rural-urban areas like Ashaiman, Zenu, Kpone has generally been regarded with considerable pessimism. Starting...

Standards-based curriculum reforms: Do schools need textbooks or resource books?

In the last four decades, Ghana has embarked on three significant school curriculum reforms involving the 1987 basic education reform, 1996 fCUBE reform and...

Five reasons why the solution to mass failure in an exam does not lie in abolishing the exams

For quality and Standardization purposes, many professions and agencies use license systems to select individuals into their respective fields.All over the world, the...

Rebecca Tweneboah Darko: V*gina, men, s3x and money confusion

I had just gotten home after a long day at the office. Usually, I’d take a walk from one end of the busy street...

Elizabeth Ohene: Thing of beauty at Axim

I went on a pilgrimage last Thursday to the sea defence project at Axim. This was a very personal and emotional journey, so maybe...

Road accident the real epidemic in Ghana; Introduction of road towing levy long overdue

In Ghana, the issue of road accidents has been a very talked-about topic that as it goes away it happens again.Road accidents have caused...

Mahama and Akufo-Addo, who does more with taxpayers’ money? Gabby quizzes

I read John Mahama saying on his belated “thank you tour” that NPP wants to break the 8 in order to protect itself from...

Prof Yaw Gyampo: UTAG negotiating in perpetuity with no end in sight

We were negotiating in perpetuity with no end in sight. We were talking about our poor conditions of service with authorities, and no one...

Ghana must act on code red alert for humanity – A Rocha Ghana

Global temperatures will continue to rise and weather extremes become more intense if there is no radical and immediate action to cut down greenhouse...

Natalie Myking: An American’s perspective on the ‘holy kiss’ incident

Viewers were outraged to see a social media video showing an Anglican priest, the school’s chaplain, kissing three girls in a row at St....

Abdul Rahman Harruna-Attah: Religion in Ghana – A letter to Akufo-Addo and Bawumia

Gentlemen, Some two or so weeks ago, a cousin of Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who also doubles up as minister for finance of the sovereign...

Nana Frema Busia: The GNPC/Aker slaughterhouse deal revisited

And God said: Be bold and courageous; Have I not commanded you?Fellow Ghanaians, this issue must be addressed, and we must stand up and...