Hall Week Celebrations Postponed At UCC

Acts of vandalism recorded at the Oguaa Hall of the University of Cape Coast has forced authorities to push back all hall week celebrations to allow for adequate security measures to be put in place. The postponement is also to allow students who are “emotionally and psychologically traumatised” to heal and also ensure calm is … Read more

Privatise GBC, Daily Graphic – Casely-Hayford

State-owned media organisations such as the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and Daily Graphic should be privatised to prevent political parties using them as propaganda machinery when they come to power, a member of pressure group OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely-Hayford, has advised. His comment comes on the back of the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo’s refusal … Read more

The Gandhi Statue Removal Petition Had Nothing To Do With J.B. Danquah 3

“Dr. Danquah was a protégé of the celebrated and iconic God-father of West African nationalism and the pioneer Pan-Africanist, Joseph Ephraim Casely-Hayford. In his [Danquah’s] own words, it was at the feet of the eminent nationalist, ‘Ekra Agyemang’…” (Nana Ofori Atta Ayim). We brought up this quotation for a good reason—which we explain shortly, the … Read more