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Why Shatta Wale is getting away with bodyguard slap

Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale does not need to get away with the treatment he meted out to one of his bodyguards if our laws...

Ex-President Mahama, here is why you truly lost the 2016 polls!

Rather than licking his electoral defeat wounds in 2016 with genuine humility and come out with winnable strategies next time around, ex-President Mahama is...

Humour: ‘I Love HIV’

The things you don’t love and are afraid of are the things I love oo. Eg, I know you don’t like malaria but I...

The life of a local based player Part 1

A football player who features in any of the 16 clubs that plays in the Ghana premier league is termed as a local player...

Why we love to hate despots' wives

Marrying a despot guarantees a woman two things: An extravagant lifestyle, and a fragile reputation. In the eyes of the public, many of these wives...

MANASSEH’S FOLDER: A love letter to Ebony

Dear Ebony, Our wise elders once said the rat which makes its abode by the popular village path is either extremely courageous or a speedster....

Time for you to sit down and have an honest conversation

Read, even if you don't like reading... It is very important to sit down and have an honest conversation with yourself about the type of...

If I were a playwright

If you love plays like I do then you probably know about Shakespeare. Even if you don’t love plays but have studied literature you...

Self-taught male make-up artist finding fulfillment at Tema Station

Buried in the bustling Tema Station, Accra’s hub of urban and inter-city commercial transport, is a self-taught make-up artist, Daniel Amu, who attends to...

African Union is out of touch with reality

At its formation in 1963, it used to carry the name Organization of African Unity (OAU) but in the year 2002, the OAU gave...

A Forlorn Reflection on Kwadwo KABA’s death

I will begin this write up with the first two lines of William Shakespeare’s sonnet 66. “Tired with all these, for restful death I...

Of Hails and Wails: Lessons from KABA’s death

Kwesi Pratt and Hon Ken Agyapong are, so far, the only two people who have been bold enough to put a finger on what...

The books Justice Georgina Theodora Wood wants you to study

Don’t be deceived by the headline. And don’t think the headline is misleading. It is an accurate headline that has the tendency to mislead. We...

Patrick Awuah: Living water to a really thirsty land

The Kitasi-Berekuso road, off the Accra-Aburi highway, in the Akwapim North district of Ghana, is symptomatic of the mediocrity that is fast becoming the...

Rev Kisseadoo writes: Restoring broken relationships

A) WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THERE IS NO AGREEMENT? If the people in any relationship or close association realize that they are not in...

After the Mugabes, which African dynasties remain?

With Robert Mugabe's hopes of handing power to his wife in Zimbabwe over, which political dynasties are still going strong elsewhere in Africa? Since the...

MANASSEH’S FOLDER: KABA lived in a hotel

On Thursday afternoon, I went to a restaurant near Multimedia to eat. I met Asempa FM’s Kwadwo Asare Baffuor Acheampong, popularly known as Kaba,...

Photos: The tears I break over KABA’s death are for my death

The sudden demise of Asempa FM’s Kwadwo Asare Baffuor Acheampong known as KABA was unexpected but expected. It isn’t because anybody knew he would die...

Tribute to late Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong (KABA)

Until his demise, he still calls me ‘DeeJay Herbal’. It is one of the numerous nicknames given to me by my compatriots who have...

KABA, Ekosii Sen?

If death was an orchestra, we will be cheering you by now because you left when the applause was loudest. But death is death!...

Will Mugabe’s exit signal ‘political freedom’ in Zimbabwe?

It’s unclear the future that awaits Zimbabwe, after 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe reportedly refused to stand down Thursday, despite a plea by regional envoys. Many...

Will Mugabe’s exit signal ‘political freedom’ in Zimbabwe?

It’s unclear the future that awaits Zimbabwe, after 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe reportedly refused to stand down Thursday, despite a plea by regional envoys. Many...

Inside the Ghanaian washing bay where all staff are deaf and customers are taught to sign

One look at Kwasi, Freeman and Emmanuel and it does not give you any clue that they are not your typical or regular Ghanaian...

Live from the Woods: My verdict on Akufo-Addo’s JOSPONG praise

The President’s praise last Friday of the work of the Jospong Group of Companies should be seen more of an endorsement of their sanitation...

Fwd: If I were a Playwright

If you love plays like I do then you probably know about Shakespeare. Even if you don’t love plays but have studied literature you...

Why should we hire you? Know exactly what to say

According to statistics, about 48 percent of youth in the country are unemployed. The African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) has indicated that the greatest...

Why should we hire you? Know exactly what to say

According to statistics, about 48 percent of youth in the country are unemployed. The African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) has indicated that the greatest...

Keeping West Africa’s mining industry safe during the boom – the Rigworld factor

With increased mining activity in West Africa, it is essential to have the necessary training facilities to ensure that safety practices meet international standards. Ghanaian-owned...

Fulani Herdsmen Activities In Ghana: To ban or Not To Ban!

The clamping down of illegal mining otherwise known in local parlance as “galamsey” remains a watershed moment for many stakeholders of agriculture, environment...

A 'fake police commander' tried to dupe me

Yesterday was Tuesday, 31st October, 2017. It was around 5.30 am when I set off for Cape coast. Just after the traffic light before the...

Ghana Post GPS: Why pay Google $400,000 a year?

My name is Rexford Nkansah, a Senior Web Developer, with many years of experience in building, deploying, maintaining and upgrading web applications and servers...

Another Perspective – No More Silence

I just became privy to a story of a well-known Ghanaian man who was convicted and sentenced to prison for the crime of sexual...

Lydia Forson Writes: Selective outrage, crazy ‘gods’ and the case of the 4-year-old defiled girl

It’s my birthday week and I decided to try my best to ONLY focus on things that bring me joy.Unfortunately, I cannot unsee the...

I stammer but I have a voice

Kingston’s heart began to beat fast and he started to feel the sweat build up in his palms and forehead.  Oh, my God, he...

The comeback kid: Four things John Mahama can do to recapture the presidency

There is divided opinion about John Mahama’s potential to become president again. While some of his die-hard supporters think he’s the NDC’s best foot,...

Live from the Woods: Why spend $2.5m on GhanaPost GPS app when it could be free?

I think the country would have been spared the embarrassment that the infantile GhanaPost GPS app has brought, had the right thing been done....

The secret diaries of the Chibok girls

One of the Chibok girls freed in May has been telling journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani how a diary was kept of some of her...

‘My baby went to sleep and didn’t wake up’: Young lives lost to Ghana’s silent killer

There is no war or famine in Ghana, and the economy is growing, yet malnutrition remains a silent killer that accounts for one-third of...

MTN Mobile Money Fraud – An Inside Job?

Mobile money is great. However, MTN Mobile Money is far from great. In fact, it appears to be an endless case of fraud by...

NDC problem, not biometric register, but commitment

It’s a telling blow that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) cannot boast of genuine members after 25 years in existence. The nettlesome issues...