Outspoken Ablekuma West MP Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says Ghanaians should remember Fifi Kwetey as the politician who had to eat back his words after making wild claims against the NPP. She said Ghanaians should treat Fifi Kwetey’s political commentary with ‘the contempt that it deserves’ because he is a ‘serial liar’. The Transport minister Fifi Kwetey … Read more
The inconvenient conversation UPSA and other African Universities must have By Prosper Yao Tsikata, Ph. D. and A .Kobla Dotse, Ph.D. The ongoing discourse on the credibility of some doctoral degrees and the credibility of the institutions that confer them has exposed the vulnerability of our institutions—especially our educational institutions and their administrators to substandard … Read more
The ongoing discourse on the credibility of some doctoral degrees and the credibility of the institutions that confer them has exposed the vulnerability of our institutions—especially our educational institutions and their administrators to substandard academic practices, manipulation of academic processes, and the outright use of subterfuge by some individuals to buy space in our academic … Read more
Donald Trump speaks as Hillary Clinton listens during their first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on September 26, 2016. Hillary Clinton will respond to her rival Donald Trump’s recorded boast that he can “do anything” to women for the first time during Sunday night’s debate, after her campaign made the strategic … Read more
Norwegian and African leaders across industries are expected to meet once again at the Radisson Blu Scandinavian Hotel in Oslo to discuss trends, issues and great potentials for rising cities of Africa under the ever growing annual Norwegian-African summit. The summit will be hosted by the Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA). The 2016 summit, the 6th … Read more
In the era of the Russian Revolution, religion did not find favour with nation-building. In the opinion of those who overthrew the Czars and instituted the strongest form of Communism known to mankind, religion was the opium of the masses, and was never given a look-in. In contemporary Ghana, politics is fast taking on the … Read more
Finance Minister Seth Terpker is leading government’s delegation to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank meetings which open in Washington DC from October 4 to 14. He is joined by the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Abdul Nashiru Issahaku and his second Deputy Governor , Johnson Asiama as well as the Chairman of … Read more
Voters in Colombia have rejected a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a shock referendum result, with 50.24% voting against it. The deal was signed last week by President Juan Manuel Santos and Farc leader Timoleon Jimenez after nearly four years of negotiations. But it needed to be ratified by Colombians in order to … Read more
Kumasi Asante Kotoko’s official mouthpiece, the ‘Kotoko Express’ is once again on the verge of suspending operations due to its huge debt to Graphics Communication. Associate Editor for the outfit, Jerome Otchere has revealed to Kapital News, “the paper will not be returning to the newsstands until the team returns from their break and until … Read more
A former chief investigator at the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) says once the Commission found president John Mahama guilty of breaching the gift policy, it ought to have been “braver and courageous” in finding him guilty of breaching the conflict of interest law. Prof Ken Attafuah cannot comprehend how the Commission … Read more
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” This reading quote by George R. R Martin is literally simple yet very profound and enlightened. This to explain how one is limited in what they can accomplish in their entire life without good reading and comprehension skills. … Read more
Two journalists turned politicians were embroiled in a heated political battle of wits and a contest over whether or not the New Patriotic Party’s one village one dam, promise is feasible. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, one time host of Joy FM’s Super morning Show and now MP aspirant for Ofoase Ayirebi, held an incurable position that … Read more
Friends of Atta Mills and Atta Movement, which were formed to champion the political ambition of the late President Mills in the heat of the FONKAR-GAMES, have accused the national leadership of the party of working tirelessly to obliterate the legacy of the late President whose shoulders the NDC rode to power in 2009. The … Read more
“Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live” (Haile Selassie 1, Emperor of Ethiopia). “Gandhi must be forgiven these prejudices in the context of the time and the circumstances” (Gandhi’s grandson and biographer Rajmohan Gandhi attributes this quote to Nelson Mandela). Here are some … Read more
Under Mahama honesty is on a long holiday I was not at the Sunyani Coronation Park for the Manifesto launch of President John Dramani Mahama and his National Democratic Congress on Saturday. I was rather at the Victoria Park in Cape Coast, where the first game of football was pioneered in the then Gold Coast … Read more
Oxford University has come top of the Times Higher Education worlduniversity rankings – a first for a UK university. Oxford knocks California Institute of Technology, the top performer for the past five years, into second place. But there are warnings the vote to leave the European Union could destabilise UK higher education and hinder work … Read more
Of late Muslims in Ghana have lost great men who were noted for contributing towards development of Ghana and the advancement of Islam. The latest of these men to depart this earth to eternity was Late Alhaji Major Mohammed Easah (rtd). He died at Tema near Accra and was buried on September 12 in accordance … Read more
The Catholic Standard, before it was banned by the PNDC government of Jerry John Rawlings in 1985, was Ghana’s oldest private newspaper, owned by the Catholic Church of Ghana. The editor of the Catholic Standard during the PNDC era was Reverend Dr. Charles Palmer Buckle, the present ArchBishop of Accra. It will be recalled that … Read more
The Chilean Head of Mission in Ghana, Mr Ricardo Alen, has said Ghana and Chile are making efforts to build a relationship that will benefit both countries commercially. He said Chile was already in partnership with other 64 countries. Mr Alen made this statement when he paid a courtesy call on the Editor of the … Read more
The government has given the go ahead for plans to build the first new nuclear plant in Britain for 20 years. The French and Chinese governments have been told that the £18bn Hinkley Point project will go ahead, but with conditions. The decision was postponed by the government in July.. France’s EDF had agreed to … Read more