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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: The trial of Mensa Otabil

Great men and women, they say, are like eagles. They don’t flock. They are spotted one at a time. Once in a while. It...

V.S. Naipaul and Kofi Annan: Death of opposites

It was a week of dramatic occurrence -- the short passage to eternity of two contrasting (in manners and lifestyles) Nobel laureates. One of...

World Photography Day: Sad end of African photojournalist whose shots shook the world

Sunday marked the World Photography Day and as the day is set aside to measure progress made so far in the industry and as well...

Inside Asiedua’s Chest: Compound House Chronicles 2

Click here for Part 1 of Compound House Chronicles.It is a free show now with tenants peeping through their windows to see the faces behind the...

BettyBlueMenz Perspective: Hypocritical tributes, honest rantings

I think I heard Prophet Isaac Owusu Bempah claim he prophesied about the demise of former Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur?! Yes, he...

Ace Ankomah writes: Before you sign “I Consent…”

There are so many of us who have accepted to be directors of companies and signed consent letters but haven’t attended or been invited...

Edwinology’s Lab: Sober down, settle down and yes – sit down

This article is rated T for Transcendent. It is for those who have a faith in God. Any other person can please click here...

Inside Asiedua’s Chest: Compound house chronicles 1

Growing up in a compound house is an advanced study in deliberate provocation with topics in applied core values of patience, respect, sharing and...

Jones Asante Mfodwo writes: Let’s hasten slowly

Indeed, I am really enjoying the kind of discussions going on as to whether the 2017/2018 abandoned league season should be continued or truncated....

Joyce Mogtari: Of Ameri and matters arising

In the not so recent past, under the watch of former President John Dramani Mahama, Ghana suffered a crippling power production deficit that was...

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JONES ASANTE MFODWO WRITES: Ghana football crisis and the FIFA/CAF liaison team

“We will not work with them because the mandate given to them by FIFA is to facilitate the participation of all national football teams...

BettyBlueMenz Perspectives: The Police can be your friend too

Back in primary school, we were taught that the police service is the law enforcement wing of the executive branch of government.That is tricky...

A case for Free SHS: Sarah Frimpong shares her intriguing story

After reading some posts on free SHS, I have decided to share a bit of my experience with school fees when I was in...

MFWA’s Sulemana’s Attack on Anas: A Smack of Journalistic Camarilla, Turpitude

I virtually blew the gasket over Mr. Sulemana Braimah of Media Foundation for West Africa’s relentless and suspicious attacks on the credibility of...

Body shaming in Ghana

The phenomenon of body shaming is one that has recently plagued our society. Until recently, body shaming seemed alien to Africans, as stories of...

BettyBlueMenz Perspective…Humble PERSCO now owns NSMQ Bragging rights

I am anthem happy today, and I feel like singing the St. Peters Senior High School Anthem:“At your master’s callYou gave up your...

Why Anas should take a break

Even superman takes a break especially at a time that the city thinks him a villain. I have never met Anas or Kweku Baako....

Valerie Sawyerr writes: The cry of the oppressed!

Amaaaaandla … Aweeeeethu!I hear chanting and stomping!  That was the cry of the black South Africans as they chanted and stomped against apartheid and...

‘A daily nightmare’ – how Ghana, 3 other big nations not at World Cup are coping

People in Italy, the Netherlands, Chile and Ghana are watching the party in Russia from afar. For some, it is a painful experience.Read the...

10 Years after my conviction…An overflow of praise!

Ten years ago, on  June  18, I was convicted on charges of “willfully causing financial loss to the state” and “misapplying public property” and sentenced...

Mr. President, Ready for a Polygraph examination?

I have never written an article and I do not know how to write one. I only have a burning desire to let out...

WHY Akufo-Addo does not support Freddie Blay

His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s choice of Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye, a long-serving and dyed-in-the-wool Danquah-Busia-Dombo person, over Mr Freddie Blay for...

Why Ghanaians are so slow to bury their dead

This past week there was another one of those typically Ghanaian funeral stories in the news.The body of a chief who had died six...

BettyBlueMenz Perspective; I finally let go and let God

After realizing the person I loved, loved someone else, I finally decided to let go of him completely. It was not easy but it...

BettyBlueMenz Perspective; I finally let go and let God

After realizing the person I loved, I finally decided to let go of him completely. It was not easy but it was worth it.My...

A year on: Tribute to Major Maxwell Mahama

A year of national shock just suddenly gone,We still remember that moment we mourned!A year on, we relentlessly battle for your justiceAnd grabble with...

Kweku Baako in church

What an unusual Sunday it was. The sermon was rich and all lowered their heads as if the priest had turned the risen Messiah...

Ghana can spend $55,000 instead of $30m fighting telco tax evasion

A controversy has been raging in Ghana in recent weeks: the country’s Ministry of Communications says it doesn’t trust the tax declarations of the...

Vigilantism, and Anas’ peeping’s

When I earlier listed security, sanitation, and sports as things that should not be trivialized or politicized, in Ghana, a few readers reacted to...

BettyBlueMenz Perspectives: The person I loved, loved someone else

It’s funny how things often don't turn out the way we imagine they would. The good book say failed expectations make the heart sick....

Of telecom revenue assurance and musical chairs by Communications Ministry

Ghanaians will remember in 2014 that the government, in it’s bid to enhance its oversight and revenue generation activities in the telecommunications sector, contracted...

PHOTOS: A note to Christopher Opoku by wife and children

A year ago, today, Christopher Opoku died.A former staff of the Multimedia Group with Luv FM and, then later, with Asempa FM, he was easily...

Open Letter to BOG Boss: Don’t make Ghanaians spectators of finance industry

Hello Dr. Governor, I dare say that whereas the GHC400 million (US$88.5 million) minimum capital requirement (MCR) you have placed on banks is not a...

Same-sex Marriage in Ghana: A situational approach

The debate for the recognition of same-sex marriage in Ghana has mainly focused on whether the country should or should not recognize such relationships....

When Ghana moves beyond aid, there will be no Moeshas

Moesha Boduong has rocked Ghana with some uncomfortable truths. Speaking to CNN's Chief International correspondent in an interview, she asserted the following: Ghana's economy...

19 years of Asantehene’s reign on the Golden Stool

Last Thursday,  April 26, 2018, marked 19 years of the coronation of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II as the 16th occupant of the Golden...

Ex-President Rawlings' tribute to Winnie Mandela

Former Ghana President Jerry John Rawlings has described the late Winnie Mandela of South Africa as a very brave apartheid fighter who carried her...

My friendship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Canadian diplomat Gary Bedell first met Winnie Madikizela-Mandela when she accompanied Nelson Mandela on his first visit to Canada and the United States, shortly...

Your silence is undemocratic – Ablakwa to Akufo-Addo

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu in the Volta region Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has questioned what he says is the unusual silence of...