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Negligence, regulation lapses, institutional failures caused Apiatse disaster – Dr. Solomon Owusu

A Ghanaian mining consultant based in the USA, Dr. Solomon Owusu has linked the tragic incident that happened at Apiatse to institutional failures from...

Some provisions in the constitution of Ghana must be amended – Kwaku Asafo Agyei

Deputy Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress in Ashanti, Kwaku Asafo Agyei, has called for the amendment of some provisions of Ghana’s 1992...

SIM Registration: George Andah wades into discussion

Former Deputy Communications Minister, George Andah, has backed the current processing place for the ongoing SIM registration exercise nationwide.Per the directive of the National...

Expectations ahead of Africa Cup of Nations 2022

The Africa Cup of Nations, or simply AFCON, is one of the biggest soccer competitions in Africa.The next edition is set to start...

Why New Year’s resolutions so often fail – and how to make ones that stick

The New Year is here! Let us rejoice, feel hopeful, and optimistically declare that in 2022 we will become the best versions of ourselves.A key part...

Okechukwu Chukwuebuka: Expectations ahead of Africa Cup of Nations 2022

The Africa Cup of Nations, or simply AFCON, is one of the biggest soccer competitions in the continent.The next edition is set to start...

I feel loved – Elvis Kwashie’s words of thanks as legend’s death takes the joy out of JoyNews

The room was darker. It was kept dark.The frame of a stout man stood behind the door, flanked by two others who opened...

Ace Annan Ankomah: Dear Prophet

Prophesying is no crime: But “how” you communicate “what prophecy,” could be a crime.By all means receive your end-of-year prophecies, whatever the source....

Sammy Gyamfi writes: Attempt by the police to regulate and criminalise prophecies

My Christian brethren, even though we all know that there are charlatans occupying pulpits in many churches today, we must hasten slowly on the...

MTN Ghana@25: Nurturing girls to be tech gurus

Araba never understood why her parents did not appear to understood her passion for technology stuff.A broken-down laptop at home fascinated her than a...

Not all leaves are created equal – Ras Mubarak writes on Cannabis

Not all leaves are created equal. Cannabis, which some call marijuana or ganja, is certainly in a class of its own.I spent my day...

‘Apologising to Mahama’ – Manasseh Azure Awuni writes

APOLOGISING TO JOHN MAHAMA...When John Mahama first appeared on the presidential ballot paper in 2012, I voted for him. I convinced those within my...

President Akufo-Addo has made Ghana better than developed states – Razak Opoku

Considering the status of Ghana before the swearing-in of President Nana Akufo-Addo in January 7, 2017, and comparing to the current state of Ghana,...

Martin Amidu: The egoism of power and lizard that jumped from a high iroko tree to the ground – 2022 budget

“Radix Malorum Est Cupiditas” – The First BetrayalOn 3rd March 2021, the Minority in Parliament contrary to its own avowed negative evaluations approved the affected...

Martin Amidu’s take on 2022 Budget

On 30th November 2021, the Minority in Parliament knowingly absented itself from the sitting of Parliament to facilitate the Majority in Parliament to purport...

Ghana needs a rebirth to address critical issues that face us as a nation and people

Celebrating Three Decades of Fourth Republican Dispensation in January 2023.I have always been fascinated by the idea of the being ‘born again’ philosophy...

Read: Using two smartphones poses a climate threat — Prince Osisiadan writes

Topic: Impact of the use Smartphones on Climate ChangeMore than three billion people have and use smartphones in the world today. The impact of...

Martin Amidu reacts to rejection of 2022 Budget statement

The Parliamentary vote on November 26, 2021, against the approval of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s 2022 Budget Statement and Policy presented to the Parliament of...

Francis-Xavier Sosu: Kill the killer taxes before it kills us

As stated by Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister and statesman who served the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World...

Edward Omane Boamah: Bawumia the runaway economist; Digitalisation started from Adam

Fellow Ghanaians,Bawumia (THE RUNAWAY ECONOMIST) knows the Akufo-Addo government has done little on improving broadband (fixed and wireless Internet) and his mismanagement of the...

‘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...