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COVID–19 and Liquidity Challenges: A call for re-directing credit risk assessment

The Covid-19 outbreak has had a sharp negative impact on economies worldwide. On 24th June 2020, the IMF projected a contraction in global real...

Read: Jane Opoku-Agyemang can’t beat Bawumia on any day

For the records, John Mahama’s running mate cannot be an overnight political firebrand just as Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Stop the pathetic comparison.  Since the presidential...

Elizabeth Ohene Writes: Maybe we don’t need leave

One thing struck me in the ongoing tussle between the Auditor General and the Presidency: the Auditor General is entitled to 44 working days...

Don’t condemn Professor Naana Opoku-Agyemang yet

Until recently, Vice-presidential nominees made a smaller electoral difference in Ghana’s politics but Dr Mahamudu Bawumia changed the narrative.The current Vice-president of Ghana was...

Garlic and Sunshine – More COVID Facts and Myths

It has been more than seven months since China reported the onset of the COVID pandemic in Wuhan. Since then, the entire globe has...

Why impunity walks on Octopus legs in Ghana

“Praaaaaaise the Lord,” the Pastor screamed into the mic. “He has risen, Christ has risen,” he boomed, as he rallied the faithful to wave...

Manasseh Azure Awuni: The NPP, Ewe votes and the 2016 victory

Jesus said in Matthew 12:34 of the Holy Bible that “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” This can help to...

Clara Beeri Kasser-Tee: When my child’s name is not Ghanaian enough to merit a birth certificate

My child’s birth certificate got lost and needed to be replaced. I applied for the Births and Deaths Registry to reissue a copy of...

Supreme Court’s decision in NDC suit clear, admits no ambiguity

The decision by the Supreme Court of Ghana in a suit filed by the National Democratic Congress in which it was challenging the decision...

Banking Crisis: A sad story of an NPP financier

Winston Churchill once narrated a story which he titled, 'The Height Of Ingratitude.' According to the story, a little boy was playing on a...

Schools and Covid-19 Information

The “new normal” took a further step towards entrenching itself when some students returned to school last week. Students such as final year students...

Selasi Koffi Ackom writes: Some have wondered my long silence on the UNIPASS/GCNet impasse over the period

Some friends and compatriots have wondered if the government has given me a share of the booty ($50,000) to silence my activism as they...

Why I removed my ring: Apparently, companies don’t hire married women

I’m one of the women who found love in their workplaces. It wasn’t easy from the beginning. Though he was highly ranked than I...

COVID-19: Myths and facts revisited

The new coronavirus disease or Covid-19 has been with us for more than half a year since it was first reported in China in...

Is investment in Ghana football passion or business? Enoch Worlanyo attempts an answer

Let me see if I can respond to this puzzle from a colleague journalist, Asante Fokuo, who posted this on his Facebook wall, asking...

Cannabis/hemp/marijuana/wee and the law

Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants in the Cannabaceae family, which consists of three primary species: Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis....

Re: Don’t pay former MPs; some necessary clarifications

It is unfortunate that in the Ghanaian democratic experiment, members of the second arm of Government, the Legislature (specifically and especially MPs), have since...

Seth Terkper writes: Parliament’s review must separate 2020 budget and Covid-19 Gaps

IntroductionThe final article in the “BOG MPC AND DEFICIT FINANCING” series calls onParliament to re-examine the revised 2020 Budget and COVID-19 fiscal gaps that...

EC, NPP, NDC and Democratic Entrenchment and Consolidation in Ghana

One of the issues many people, especially party communicators are failing to bring to the perspectives shaping the debates and the discussion on the...

Manasseh Azure: If NDC loses the Supreme Court case against EC

Dear DCYou’re in court against the Electoral Commission (EC). You don’t want the Commission to compile a new voter register for the 2020 parliamentary...

Help for breast cancer patient came too late

The 43-year-old Agnes Dogboe battled with breast cancer which left one of her breasts rotten for close to two years.She was abandoned by her...

BoG shoddily inscribes amount on GH¢ 2 coin?

The Central Bank in November 2019 introduced the GH¢100 and GH¢200 notes as well as a GH¢2 coin as part of the country’s denominations.The...

Read: Adam Bonaa demands answers to these 10 questions from the National Security

My Name is Adam Bonaa and I am a concerned CITIZEN of Ghana.Are we in a Banana Republic? Which law says one can be...

Is the president really happy with us?

President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Covid-19 speeches have become a comfort blanket for many Ghanaians who are struggling to make sense of the invisible enemy known...

Resignations at Multimedia: The snake has been found but…

Imoro Saani is of Northern Ghana extraction. He took advantage of Ghana’s almost-free education system in the northern parts of Ghana in the immediate...

Black Lives Matter: Ghana-based African-American shares his experience with American police

Hatred in My HeartOne evening in 2019, during Ghana’s Year of Return festivities, I remember walking with a Ghanaian colleague as we were on...

Surviving as a private university in Covid-19 era, the AIT experience

‘A hunter does not have mercy on a sick animal’ (an Akan adage).The thought of the above adage is illustrated by the case of...

PPP’s General Secretary writes: 10 NDC lies against the EC

1. Voter SuppressionIn December 19, 2019, the NDC held a press conference and alleged that Electoral Commission of Ghana “portends a devious plan to...

Seth Terkper’s point of view: Is deficit financing back?

IS DEFICIT FINANCING BACK: BOG 2020 BUDGET DEFICIT SUPPORT AT 53%?Seth E. TerkperIntroductionIt seems the Bank of Ghana (BOG) May 2020 Monetary Policy Committee...

Mahama’s point of view: Coronavirus is a chance for Africa to have its own marshall plan

After the nightmare of the Second World War, the economies of Western Europe were on their knees. And so, on 3rd April, 1948, the...

IMANI Q&A: Vaccinating the nation against EC’s Propaganda

Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa which has been at the forefront of the ongoing campaign to expose the agenda by the Electoral Commission has...

Who is a Ghanaian?

The Electoral Commission of Ghana is lacing its boots to commence mass voter registration in preparation towards the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.As I...

Hardships under Akufo-Addo not different from COVID-19

It is often said that leaders lead, but have you ever pondered for a moment on where some leaders will lead us to?Ghana...

Seth Terkper writes: Public debt higher than BoG’s 59.3% of GDP

PUBLIC DEBT HIGHER THAN BOG’s 59.3 PERCENT: CAN’T DEFY GRAVITY WITHOUT BOGIntroductionThe Bank of Ghana (BOG) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Report for May 2020...

How Africa made history in 1963

On May 25, 1963, Africa made history with the foundation of Organisation of African Unity.This brought the African continent together. May 25 has been...

Why NPP insists that voter’s register is bloated with Burkinabes

Insisting that Ghana’s electoral register is bloated with names of Togolese, Burkinabe and Ivorian citizens, commentators of New Patriotic Party (NPP) have justified the...

New register: 1.1m to be disenfranchised in the two Upper regions

The recent allegations against the Jean Mensa and Dr. Bossman Asare-led Electoral Commission of Ghana and Ken Attafuah's National Identification Authority is gaining basis...

Open letter to NIA boss, Prof Ken Agyeman Attafuah

Dear Prof Attafuah,I am compelled to use this medium to speak to you and help you realign your moral compass to be in alignment...

New voters’ register confusion: A bellwether to civil unrest in Ghana

Conflict is something that no one has to dream of. The effects of it are devastating and shattering. Its ramifications enormous and worrisome: loss...

Coronavirus, the Creative Arts Industry & mental health

 At a time of huge uncertainty across all sectors, many are trying to understand the ongoing impact of Covid-19 on the workforce.In the creative...