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Manasseh Azure Awuni: Andrew Amuna returns home, but not to stay

Andrew Mbabila Amuna had missed his mother and father, so he invited them to visit him in the United States. Some months earlier, William...

Kojo Frempong: Pokuase Interchange – an exceptional legacy of Akufo-Addo

Fifty years from today, the Pokuase Interchange will still be serving the country efficiently and that is a tribute to President Nana Akufo-Addo’s visionary...

Francis-Xavier Sosu: Bawumia’s needless attempt to justify astronomical and unsustainable debt levels nauseating

IntroductionAddressing a regional seminar of the Tertiary Students Confederacy of the NPP (TESCON) on 7th August 2021, at the University of Cape Coast, Dr...

Prof Gyampo: Salaries and conditions of service of teachers: A historical note

I have searched archived documents and held discussions with some surviving retired teachers, Members of Parliament and seasoned academics who experienced the regime of...

Ben Ephson: A-G deserves commendation for saving Ghana in $15.3m judgment debt case

Permit me to share some thoughts on Prof. Kweku Asare’s writeup under the heading: ‘$15.3 million judgment debt: Kudos to Randy Abbey for drawing AG’s...

Manasseh Azure Awuni: The Norwegian journalists that saved Ghana millions of dollars and the ‘bitter’ journalist in Ghana

Do you know that Ghana will save millions of dollars because the Sputnik vaccine deal has been cancelled? Each dose of the vaccine costs...

Nana Frema Busia: K. A. Busia would support #FixTheCountry!

Tsooo boi, Tsoo boiiii, bueiiiii. I am in an admixture of sadness and hope to throw the intellectual wisdom, image and the sacrificial political...

All you need to know about Saglemi Housing Project – Sammy Gyamfi writes

In the year 2012, the NDC government in line with its vision of addressing the huge housing deficit facing the country secured a loan...

Open letter to COP (Dr) George Akuffo Dampare, IGP

Dear IGP,Today marks your first official day at work and it’s just proper that I write to officially welcome you to a seat many...

Kojo Anan Ankomah writes: Dear Ghana person living in abrokyire and visiting Ghana:

We aren’t dumb because we live here. And you aren’t smarter than us because you live there. We have OUR COVID protocols based on...

Why 5 athletes are representing Ghana at Olympics for 4×100 event

Many Ghanaians are asking questions about why Ghana sent five athletes to Japan to represent it in the 4x100 relay in the ongoing 2020...

NPP is 29

Today, July 28, 2021, marks the 29th anniversary of the launch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), a day on which all Ghanaians who...

Dr. Bawumia has distinguished himself as a precious asset for Ghana and NPP – Razak Opoku

Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has truly distinguished himself as a precious asset and beacon of hope for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and...

Elizabeth Ohene: Please doctor, my stomach

I accept that medical doctors are special. I have a medical doctor brother who is special and I shall write about him one of...

Stephen Ntim writes ahead of release of MMDCEs list: Let’s accept the president’s appointees

As we all wait patiently for President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to name his Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives of all the MMDAs...

Francis-Xavier Sosu: CJ must resign or step aside to save Supreme Court’s image

In a recent article, I wrote on the theme “Judiciary is not above Criticism, CJ’s Petition to the General Legal Council has no legal...

Elizabeth Ohene: Where the jobs are

This is an abridged version of a speech I made back in 2018 to students of Ho Technical University.I have made versions of...

The only regret I have in life is to have trusted Akufo-Addo – Martin Amidu

THE DISQUALIFICATION OF MARTIN AMIDU AS SPECIAL PROSECUTOR WOULD RATHER HAVE BEEN A DISASTER FOR PRESIDENT NANA AKUFO-ADDO: BY MARTIN A. B. K. AMIDUINTRODUCTIONMr....

Nana Frema Busia: Of salaried wives and the presidency!

Dear GodGhana is in a fistfightThe President and his Vice want to pay their wiveswith Ghana as their titheto show their might is rightAre...

H. Kwesi Prempeh: First and Second spouses are not Article 71 officeholders

The mandate of an Article 71 Emoluments Committee is limited to recommending the salaries and other benefits and privileges of those officeholders specified in...

Prof Yaw Gyampo: The politics of poverty, extravagance and weak sense of priority in Ghana

There may be nothing wrong to evolve a convention to pay some allowances to the wives of former heads of state, who may have...

Elizabeth Ohene: Debasing a sacred word

Back in the early years of independence on the continent of Africa, one heard a lot about the African Personality.The political scientists wrote endless...

Ejura murder: Who killed Kaaka Macho; for what?

The murder of Ibrahim Mohammed, also known as Kaaka Macho, sparked chaos at Ejura, leading to the death of two others and six more...

Moving from the ‘Ss’ and ‘Ks’ to everyone: Time to expand Ghana’s music industry?

Ghana’s music industry has come a long way and it still has a long way to go but today we get to celebrate the...

Job creation in Ghana, the role of e-commerce

The dream of many Ghanaian children is to go to school, get a good job, live a decent life and take care of their...

Mind ‘N’ Health Foundation Ghana commemorates International Widows Day

On Wednesday, June 23, the world marked International Widows' Day on the theme 'Invisible Women, Invisible Problems.'Widow's Day is an awareness day observed across...

Nana Frema Busia: Musings on Fatherhood controversies

Dear GodThe Alpha and the OmegaYou are Father extraordinaire like no otherYet the Man “Adam” in your mega image, Oh “brother”!Political Fathers go AstrayAnd cause...

Elizabeth Ohene: Green land of our birth

I don’t recall a happier day in my recent memory in Ghana than last Friday, the Green Ghana day. This was the day that...

I’m fully vaccinated but feel sick – should I get tested for Covid-19?

Imagine last night you developed a little runny nose and a sore throat. When you woke up this morning you started coughing and had...

534 kids dead…and their blood was red

Dear Group of Honourable Members of Parliament (G-275),It’s about four weeks since one Honourable was sad, angry and pissed because he experienced a fraction...

National Standards Assessment Test and an encounter with a Parliamentarian

On a normal day, I would not be writing about an educational policy that is clear in terms of its intended objectives but what...

15 things lovers must discuss before getting married

Lack of compatibility and communication are two of the most common reasons people get divorced. People who wish to enter into a lifelong marriage should definitely lay their expectations and history...

Free SHS this, Free SHS that: Ignoring the noise; acknowledging the challenges

Perhaps, it was a tad optimistic in hindsight, for supporters of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy to expect that the critics of the policy...

If the President can’t take feedback, he can learn from Wontumi

All that Joy FM did was to give the microphones to the public, particularly parents and headteachers to express their concerns and frustrations with...

Elizabeth Ohene writes: Motherhood and ‘Kelewele’

The Americans, I believe, have a name for what they all agree is good for America; they call it motherhood and apple pie.The idea...

‘Ghana’s economy to receive major boost after TVET policy interventions’

Ghana will in the next few years benefit immensely from government’s remarkable policy interventions that have transformed Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).That...

Okudzeto Ablakwa writes: Akufo-Addo fails to lead by example in a period of austerity

President Akufo-Addo has been a leading voice for debt forgiveness in the international arena and back home has been imposing additional regressive taxes with...

The needless rant of a CODEO official to undermine the success of the EC

The needless rant of a CODEO official to undermine the success of the ECThe Electoral Commission conducted by far, the most successful election ever...

Fintech driving the growth of e-commerce in Ghana

Mother: My son, how are you? I haven’t received my monthly upkeep money, papa is very sick and your little sisters have been home...

Yaw Buaben Asamoa: The war against galamsey must be won, burning of equipment justified

Never since international gold trading started over 400 years ago in the ‘Gold Coast’ at ‘El Mina’ has the winning of the precious metal...