Eugene Arhin, Press Secretary to President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has asked the general public to disregard a list being circulated on social media and other platforms supposedly containing the names of persons pencilled for ministerial and deputy ministerial positions in the incoming administration. According to him, the list purported to have been signed by … Read more
It is time to bid fare thee well to the most corrupt, disgraceful, incompetent and clueless President ever had in the history of Ghana’s politics. He is in the person of the outgoing-President John Dramani Mahama who self-styled himself as “President Ede bii keke” and loved dancing rhythmically to the tune and lyrics of the … Read more
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality” Nikos Kazantzakis AN ALL – INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT? That should ordinarily be a brilliant idea– we are all Ghanaians. To err is human, so people who deliberately smeared Nana Addo should be forgiven and brought back into the ‘fold’? We have heard some … Read more
There’re a few things we should bear in mind about the Western media: that they’ll never tell a story that puts its own society in a bad light; they’ll never tell a true story of the continent of Africa – why, for the continent of Africa bad news sells, in theirs, bad news doesn’t sell. … Read more
Ghana’s Parliament is expected to reconvene on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 for a weeklong meeting that will end the life of the sixth Parliament of the 4th Republic. Key on the agenda of the outgoing Members of Parliament (MPs) will be the retirement packages for the nation’s soon to be former president, John Dramani Mahama. … Read more
Ghana’s Parliament is expected to reconvene on Tuesday, Deceber 20, 2016 for a weeklong meeting that will end the life of the sixth Parliament of the 4th Republic. Key on the agenda of the outgoing Members of Parliament (MPs) will be the retirement packages for the nation’s soon to be former president, John Dramani Mahama. … Read more
Good evening, my fellow countrymen and women. A few minutes ago, I made the most difficult phone call I have made, and may ever make, in my life: I called President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party to congratulate him on his well-fought and well-deserved victory in Wednesday’s election. The win has … Read more
Veteran journalist Abdul Malik Kweku Baako says the defeat of the National Democratic Congress in the general elections was down to a backfired strategy of using propaganda and character assassination against the NPP candidate Akufo-Addo. He revealed that even the President, John Mahama, had cause to express shock at some of the vicious campaign ads … Read more
The disqualified presidential candidate of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has blamed NPP sympathiser Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko for the confusion in the APC, alleging that the latter bribed the party’s sacked General Secretary, Razak Opoku and vice presidential candidate, Emmanuel Carl Bartels to support the candidacy of the Nana Akufo-Addo. Mr. Opoku criticized … Read more
Flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has accused Nana Akufo-Addo’s nephew, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, of bribing APC’s dismissed General Secretary Razak Opoku and the party’s dismissed vice presidential candidate Emmanuel Carl Bartel, with GHC15,000 to endorse the New Patriotic Party’s flag bearer ahead of the 7 December polls. Mr Opoku and … Read more
The statement stung me like a scorpion, and the only possible reply would have included a description of it as stupid. But I managed to tame my anger for four weeks before I approached the young man from whose mouth came those unfortunate words. That afternoon, I was busily working on a documentary at the … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for ministers to refrain from commenting on Donald Trump’s presidency after right-wing politicians said his election win put an end to a two-state solution with the Palestinians. Netanyahu has been cautious in his comments since Trump’s stunning US presidential victory on November 8, simply sending his congratulations and pledging … Read more
“Do not imagine comrades, that leadership is a pleasure! On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility “. Squealer: Animal Farm “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear”. George Orwell: 1984 THE 8- YEAR RULE (2008 – 2016) of the … Read more
Professor Felix Asante, Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has indicated that signs on the wall points to the fact that the Ghanaian economy is not robust, as the Finance Minister wants Ghanaians to believe. He said it would not be totally true for anyone to argue that the country’s … Read more
The chiefs and people of the Nkwanta South Constituency have promised to extend the same support given to President John Kufuor to Nana Akufo-Addo to enable him to become president. They will also elect a parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the constituency. The Chief of Kpassa, Ubor Tasman … Read more
Parliament has finally approved the nomination of the Nkwanta South Member of Parliament, John Oti Bless as a deputy Local Government and Rural Development Minister. His nomination was confirmed on Wednesday when Members of Parliament adopted the 19th report of the Appointments Committee. John Oti Bless was nominated together with some deputy ministers in July … Read more
NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia, alias General Mosquito, as famished-looking and sorry to say, ugly as he is but completely foul-mouthed, has said on his election campaign tour, thus, ‘Akufo-Addo too old to govern Ghana like Mahama’. He goes on to say and I quote, “The NPP says 72 years is good, that Nigeria … Read more
After witnessing so much duplicities, corruption, incompetence, nepotism, cronyism and frequent abuse of power in the NDC government, many Ghanaians have ceased believing the so-called visionary leadership skills of President Mahama. Thus, it is nothing but a propagandist declamation when President Mahama keeps insisting that it is only the NPP Party that lacks visionary leadership. … Read more
With three weeks to the dissolution of the Sixth Parliament, the legislators have started complaining over delays by President John Dramani Mahama in determining the conditions of service and end of service benefit of Article 71 holders of which they are part of. They are not sure when their emoluments will be determined by the … Read more
I’m a reggae addict and one of my all-time greats is Andrew Peter Tosh. My favourite among his many great hits is “Glass House”. The first four lines read, “If you live in glasshouse, don’t throw stone. And if you can’t take blow brother, don’t throw blows.” I remember vividly the first time I heard … Read more