It is with great pleasure, joy, satisfaction and a high sense of relief that we welcome William of the House of Akuffo-Addo, Second of His Name, 5th President of the 4th Republic of Ghana, Commander-In-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, Protector of the Realm covering the 10 regions and its land, water and air space, … Read more
Ghanaians have made history in the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The results of the elections have clearly indicated that the “One-Dollar President” is not fit to be the leader of our community. If the outgoing Commander In Chief of our community had respected us and had not employed the divide and rule tactics, nepotism … Read more
By Kobena A Eyiah Agriculture Our agriculture needs revamping. Agricultural output has slumped to an all-time low, yet the people in charge are paid bonuses at the end of every year. Since many of the members of the last Parliament are not returning to the next Parliament, I suspect that many of them, including those … Read more
Agriculture Our agriculture needs revamping. Agricultural output has slumped to an all-time low, yet the people in charge are paid bonuses at the end of every year. Since many of the members of the last Parliament are not returning to the next Parliament, I suspect that many of them, including those who served on the … Read more
I write to you the security services as a former colleague officer of the Ghana Air Force, conflict analyst, peace advocate and patriot deeply troubled by potential outbreak of violence in the December 7 2016 elections. The proliferation of weapons, electoral violence, recent Ghanaians’ penchant for violence, vile rhetoric by the political elite and distrust … Read more
Ghanaians have still not forgotten the stingy Brazil Embraer 190 jet deal that was spearheaded by then Vice President Mahama, and the subsequent alleged abortive probe that was commissioned into it by the late President Mills. The truth must explode! This makes the death of the late President still remains a mystery to the citizen … Read more
“The members of the government [Busia’s] pretended to care about press freedom but made it impossible for any paper with contrary opinion to be published. Dr. Busia and his government kept in place all the powers and restrictions that the Nkrumah government instituted against free press and free speech. “As an example of their hypocrisy, … Read more
A retired Captain of the Ghana Army, Ebenezer Budu-Koomson, has said the opposition New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) proposal to review upwards the period before retirement for army recruits would be a step in the right direction. Whilst calling for “dispassionate discussion and planning” on such a proposal, he stated that, such a move would at … Read more
Hundreds of residents in Wassa Juabo in the Amenfi Central Municipality of the Western Region on Thursday, 20 October went on a demonstration against Chinese miners who have taken over large hectares of forest reserves in the area and excavating it for gold. Convener of the demonstration, Mr Kwabena Manu, told Chief Jerry Forson on … Read more
Galamseyers in the country will “fight to the death” to “protect their livelihood,” security analyst Dr Kwesi Aning has warned, and urged state security agencies to think through whatever response and strategies they fashion out to deal with the recent uprising by some illegal miners at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. “There are enough guns … Read more
About 200 irate youth in the Obuasi East municipality of the Ashanti Region have vandalised the offices of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) amidst chants of “no galamsey, no votes”. It is not clear if the youth are members of the NDC but they mostly appear to be illegal small-scale miners. They destroyed windows, … Read more
On the evening news of yesterday, Wednesday 12th October 2016, I learnt from Peace FM radio that a soldier has been arrested and temporarily incarcerated by his Commanding Officer (Colonel…..) for posting a close-up selfie of himself sipping a kalypo on the social media. Before proceeding any further, let us ask ourselves what a selfie … Read more
A 48-year-old trader has been arrested by the Accra Central District Police for impersonation and defrauding by false pretences. The suspect, Anthony Dzotofe, allegedly collected between GH¢500 and GH¢1,500 from a number of unsuspecting persons under the pretext of recruiting them into the Ghana Army. Dzotofe’s arrest on Saturday followed the vigilance of some of … Read more
Running mate to the Flagbearer of the Convention People’s Party(CPP), Nana Gabby Nsiah Nketiah has intimated that the re-introduction of “apprenticeship scheme” in the CPP regime could be the best strategy that will mitigate the challenging circumstances of youth unemployment which Ghana faces. Nana Gabby Nketiah articulating his views on the economy on Anopa Kasapa … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), has refuted claims by the New Patriotic Party (NPP), that President John Mahama was at a point, investigated for alleged corruption by late President John Evans Atta Mills. At a press conference on Monday to respond to the NDC’s manifesto, the Policy Adviser to the NPP flagbearer, Boakye Agyarko, alleged … Read more
The name Major Seth Anthony would not be familiar to many Ghanaians – one of the lapses in our educational system. A system that not only treats the teaching of history with contempt, but even pours scorn on the liberal arts in general, in the end, making patriotism and pride-in-belonging, the losers. Major Seth Kobla … Read more
1957: Enlisted as an Officer-Cadet in the Ghana Army. 1976: Chief of Defence Staff. General Akuffo and other members of the SMC saw the low esteem into which the military as using the public’s discontent for General Acheampong’s misrule, staged a palace coup on July 5, 1978 to remove Acheampong and accused him of running … Read more
26 October 1926 – 17 April 1967 Place of Birth and Hometown : Education & Career Pattern Alakple Roman Catholic School, Angloga Senior School, Trained as a Cathechist 1947: Qualified as a Goldsmith but abandoned craft for Financial reasons 1947(July): Enlisted as a Private in the Infantry, School, Teshie of the Gold Coast Regiment 1952: … Read more
Major General J N Adinkrah was born on 19 April 1950. He attended the Accra Academy (Accra ACA) from 1965 to 1970 where he obtained his General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level Certificate. As part of a special programme for enlistment at the time, he was enlisted together with a group of enterprising young men … Read more
Lieutenant General Peter Augustine Blay, the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), was born in Ezinlibo, in the Western Region of Ghana in November 1948. In academic education, he is basically a self-made man. After his elementary education, from 1965 -1969 he attended the Accra Workers College where he obtained his General Certificate of Education. … Read more