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PDS: Government shouldn’t rush into a new concession agreement

As is now widely known, the concession agreement between the Government of Ghana (GoG) and Power Distribution Services Ghana Limited (PDS) has been terminated...

What you didn’t know about life in Zongo: My experience

Zongos are often populated communities inhabited by people of Northern Ghana and other West African countries. Hausa is the main language of the people...

Arts biased 20-year-old student ends up in engineering, the story of Juliana

Engineering is certainly a programme not to be joked with. Indeed, it is said that without having the brains to memorise complex mathematical theories,...

‘Dead Goat’ v. ‘Live Goat’: The unreported case of 2020 elections (Part 1)

In 2012, an election which was blemished with rampant irregularities and inane showcase of thuggery had to find its footing in the Supreme Court (SC) for...

Takoradi missing girls’ DNA results – Is it negative or positive?

The Head of the Ghana Police Forensic Laboratory, Supt Dr Kofi Adjapong Afrifah, has said the DNA tests to determine whether there is a...

Maybe we want them to steal – Elizabeth Ohene writes…

I tell a story about a friend of mine who became a First Lady. I am not sure I should mention her name, so,...

Africa still in the era of slavery, apartheid

No African country is independent! I will say this over a thousand times with confidence. Africa has not gained its true independence; slavery and apartheid are...

The new primary curriculum: Building character, nurturing values and developing 21st century skills

Arguably, the clearest indicator of the long term prospects of any nation is the quality of its education system. At the heart of every successful society,...

Pre-tertiary curriculum for KG to Primary 6 – What you need to know

Why introduce a new curriculum?The structure and content of the old primary curriculum has not kept pace with the modern-day needs of our rapidly...

Busia’s daughter sends message to Akufo-Addo over naming of UENR after father

Part one of a series: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Your Excellency, with my highest regard and most humble submission, I should like 'Oman Adehye, Ghana fo nyinara', my fellow...

Why PDS is far better than ECG

I have been following keenly, the various reportage on the PDS bond guarantee, and having studied the various narratives and processes led by the...

Ewuradjoa writes: My nine-hour journey to Dromankese and the land of ‘Monkeys’

Wheeew! (Sigh) How does it feel to sit on your butt for close to nine hours and journey all the way to a different...

40-50% of infertility in marriage caused by men, stop victimising women alone

Every couple should be respected regardless of the state of infertility in their marriage.Child bearing is a responsibility for both husband and wife and not for...

Check out what caffeine does to your body

On a daily basis, most people consume caffeine without necessarily being aware of it.The morning tea we drink at home to the chocolate drink we take...

Why gov’t must include private schools in free SHS policy

The former South African President, Nelson Mandela said: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”.On 1st September...

Why reading should be everyone’s hobby

Reading is an imaginative activity. Try being one of the producers of a movie, now having to picture how best every scene will roll out: and...

The 54 medicine policy by Ministry of Health, Ghana: a policy evaluation

IntroductionIn general, public policies are designed or formulated to solve defined public problems that affect society as a whole or only a segment of society.In tandem...

Assessment of 275 MPs: Issues of credibility and verifiability

I would like to, first of all, congratulate scholars at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, for their efforts, time and resources...

Gabby Otchere-Darko writes…Why bank workers who lost their jobs will vote NPP in 2020

Yesterday, a good friend said to me that NPP cannot expect the bank workers who have lost their jobs as a result of the...

Face-to-face with robbers: Eyewitness narrates her ordeal on Winneba-Kasoa road

Exactly a week ago, on the evening of Monday 27th May 2019, my sister Joana Maame Besiwa and I were attacked by armed robbers...

J. B. Danquah and the naming of our Republic

J. B. Danquah in his Akim Abuakwa Handbook, published in 1928, states: “The Akan Race claims a historical connection with the ancient Kingdom of...

Opinion: Bring attention to domestic violence against men

Society needs to stop asking who the real victim of domestic violence is. Whether men or women are the real victim is not the issue; we...

Health benefits of ban on noise making

Every year, the Ga Traditional Council in the Greater Accra Region, in collaboration with the fetish priests and priestess, declare a month's ban on noise making...

Suffering in silence – Domestic Violence against men

 “When people think of abuse in relationships, the first thing they think of is a man abusing a woman,” Prince Addo, a victim of domestic violence...

Marketing vigilantism, a self-help tool

Recently, the issue of vigilantism has been in the Ghanaian news with many people calling for the disbandment of vigilante groups associated with political parties. The...

Killing a teacher over snail and wee? When did we get there?

On the 7th of May 2019, residents of Eastern Region woke up to the sad and grotesque news which occurred at the Salvation Army...

Mother’s Day with a broken woman at centre of tragedy

As the messages and images poured on social media, as the phones rang back to back and the text messages clogged our phones though sometimes with beautiful Mothers’ Day greetings and...

Hannah Odame writes…The sun and the mother

Not long ago I went to the central...

Open letter to President Akufo-Addo

Your Excellency Nana Akufo Addo,I bring you greetings...

Editorial: Why new mining guards should not disgrace President Akufo-Addo

Ordinarily, an announcement by the government that 220 new...

Don’t read this if you are not a WOMAN

Tell you what, if we had the chance...

Blunt and Blay: Akufo-Addo’s disappointing boot-for-boot posture towards NDC

Ghanaians generally have a fair idea of the...

Blame climate change on the rise of mental health issues in Ghana

In Ghana, it is common to hear people...

Anas continues to live on

In the beginning, was AnasAnd Anas was a...

“NDC, NPP like cancer; we are going nowhere” – Sammy Awuku

Calls for a powerful political party to rival...

MANASSEH WRITES: Blame Not the Widow!

Bloody widow? That tag is unfair, insensitive and senseless....