How my parents pressured me to marry a man with no job
The first person who called me on new year’s day was my mother. She said, “Last night I prayed for you. I prayed to...
Health tips for people in their 40s [Read]
Good day colleagues,As people in our forties, I would like to share a few medical tips to help us age gracefully and be able to...
Koku Anyidoho writes: The Rawlings aroma wafts everlastingly!!!
When he was being sent into the world by the Creator, was I there to have known the map which was crafted around the...
Edward Omane Boamah: The real Covid-19 vaccine
As promised on Thursday, these are my thoughts on the numerous questions about Covid vaccines you have posed to me via multimedia platforms including my inbox.It...
NPP has better plans to address difficulties of tertiary students
After several postponements and contestations over the wording and competence of it, a private member’s motion in the name of Mahama Ayariga, Member of...
Goosie Tanoh writes: Tribute to my comrade Rawlings
Farewell Jerry. My comrade. My friend.You were a larger-than-life personality. You were a man of intense passion, courage, conviction, and fortitude with an incredible...
Will the pandemic have a significant environmental impact?
In a matter of months, the world has been transformed. Thousands of people have already died, and hundreds of thousands more have fallen ill,...
Nana Ato Dadzie: Remembering Rawlings – Random thoughts in repose
A lot of times both in formal meetings and public fora, Chairman/President Rawlings spoke in parables. Many agitated hearers turn to me for clarification...
FLT. LT. Jerry John Rawlings the Revolutionary: His passion for Green Revolution and the environment
Long before the world woke up to the universal call on Climate Change and Global Warming, J.J Rawlings was already leading the way on...
President Akufo-Addo, beware of nasty string-pulling at BOST
Even before President Nana Akufo-Addo could name his ministers for his second term as president, a very nasty machination has reared its ugly head...
The new Ghana: The system must work efficiently
On Thursday, 7th January, 2021, a few minutes after the swearing-in of the president-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a few thoughts ran through my...
RE: Confirmed, NPP is Minority and NDC is Majority in Parliament
I have noted with some amusement an article currently circulating that seeks to give false comfort to the ill-informed about the respective statuses of...
Thank God I am a free thinker – Koku Anyidoho’s powerful writeup [Read]
Thank God I Am A Free Thinker!----------------------------------------------At, Creation, the Almighty God created all of us in His own image to have Dominion over our...
Dr Clement Apaak: Would NPP have made Alban Bagbin the Speaker of Parliament if they had a choice?
Folks, Kyei Mensah Bonsu has proven to be shamelessly dishonest. In any case, not even my three-year-old son who sleepily watched the events of...
Kwesimintsim MP writes: Out of the chaos of its first night, the 8th Parliament can carve a redeeming tenure
As first days (or nights) on the job go, it was not what you would call ideal.When members of the eighth Parliament reported...
Why retaining Frema Osei-Opare is in order – Political analyst explains
Political analysts have argued the success of a President is a reflection of the performance of the Chief Staff.Essentially, the right-hand person because...
Alexander Afenyo-Markin Is Best Fit For Parliamentary Leadership
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece on how to minimise the tendency of the winner takes all in our present political dispensation.In...
A Rejoinder to the article entitled, “You cannot lead NPP as a Muslim and a Northerner”
The Elephant Leadership of NPP in the 21st Century and Beyond: A Rejoinder to the article entitled, “You cannot lead NPP as a Muslim...
Brakopowers: Mahama-tical errors, shifting stance, presidential run-off and other matters
That ex-President John Dramani Mahama did not poll enough votes to win the Presidential Election held on 7th December is not in dispute.The...
In remembrance of Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings – My Master, Mentor and Boss
As we commemorate the 39th anniversary of the 31ST DECEMBER Revolution, let me make the point once again that Rawlings was a man of...
Sammy Gyamfi: On the matter of 2020 election petition filed by Mahama
The 1992 constitution of Ghana, specifically article 63(3), requires the winner of a Presidential election in Ghana to obtain more than 50% of total...
Brakopowers: Mahama must test neutrality of Supreme Court
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo may have packed the Supreme Court, but it remains the best forum for Ex-President John Mahama to either overturn...
4 years, 11 walkouts – The Minority’s aggressive record in 7th Parliament
The 7th Parliament which’s proceedings I’ve reported on eagerly from its birth on the dawn of 7th January 2017 till date, will go down in history as one...
Stop wildlife trade to prevent future pandemics
To prevent further major outbreaks of novel diseases such as Covid-19, H5N1, SARS and MERS7, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) calls for a halt...
Maybe he wouldn’t have married me if he knew my real age
Sometimes the way a guy looks at you and how he mentions your name makes you know instantly that he’s in love with you....
MANASSEH’S FOLDER: ‘ERRORtoral’ Commission and Akufo-Addo’s coup d’état
When you are aggrieved and bystanders ask you to seek justice in the court, that certainly isn’t bad advice.But that advice can be...
Peter Asare-Nuamah: NPP’s victory and declining populism in its stronghold – Where did the elephant fraternity go wrong?
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has finally been declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential election. The victory, while resounding, offers the opportunity for...
100 reasons why mental health stigma makes no sense:Part one
Stigma in mental illness is a complex thing. You look at the fact pages and you are left with more questions, utter disbelief and...
The aftermath of Ghana’s general election: Matters arising
Every individual has a political right. In other words, we have the right to join any political association of our choice.Furthermore, we have...
Professor questions ‘statistically flawed’ EC decision to declare election without Techiman South votes
A university professor who wants his name withheld has punched holes into the statistics that informed Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa’s decision to declare...
Prosper Setodzie: Rawlings served his generation selflessly
Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north – wind’s breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast...
Why Martin Amidu is not special after all for Special Prosecutor role
Renowned anti-corruption campaigner, Martin Amidu, has resigned as the first Special Prosecutor of Ghana. While this comes as a major blow to the country’s...
Kwesi Atuahene: If Nkrumah knew there would be a Rawlings
Dr Kwame Nkrumah, begun his political carrier as a democrat and later became a dictator, whilst the late former President Rawlings began as a...
Invisible does not mean non-existence
Fume has found its way through the shadows into our homes, and it’s ruining lives. One or two love ones aren’t their former selves....
‘Nana Addo has been a Promise Keeper’ [Photos]
This morning I continued with my constituency community engagements in Yendi, where I joined the Indefatigable Parliamentary Candidate for Yendi, Alhaji Faruk Aliu Mahama...
‘Why I weep for Ghana’ – Nunoo-Mensah explains
Brigadier-General (rtd) Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, a former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces has made worrying details of the state of...
Full text: Manasseh Azure’s speech at Baah-Wiredu memorial lecture
Chairperson, Professor Audrey Gadzekpo; the Chief Policy Analyst at the Ghana Institute for Public Policy Options, Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobbey; distinguished audience, ladies and gentlemen.When...
Midlife reflections – Confessions
Everyone lucky enough to cross over into their middle ages experience this - for some, the experience is a crisis. I am choosing to...
Kennedy Agyapong deserves Justice – Public reacts to SC ruling
Scores of Ghanaians over the weekend expressed concerns about the manner in which the Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, was treated...
‘People’s Mother’ set for a reverting conversation on empowering women under the NPP
The mother, girls, ladies and all making up the female gender play unique roles in our societies and our body politics.The best policies and...