As I indicated in my previous article titled “FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAMPRUGU MOADURI-ALHAJI ABDUL RAUF TANKO IS THE MAN TO VOTE FOR” where I stated that Mamprugu Moaduri was virtually abandoned by the NPP government led by kufour-Alhaji Aliu Mahama led administration in 2001-2008. The good people of Mamprugu Moaduri could only see the … Read more
I was chatting with a woman lecturer in Communication Studies from Nigeria yesterday, who said: “In Africa, a whole ocean separates official pronouncements from action.” She was absolutely right. As newsmen, we were examining the import of an assurance from the Inspector General of Police, John Kudalor, who gave the assurance that the police was … Read more
The sight of President John Mahama clad in a military uniform has apparently shocked quite a number of people. And for a very good reason. Few in Ghana remember military rule with fondness. For however well military rule begins, the end is usually ruinous. It comes with the territory: if you are trained to do … Read more
A biography on President Muhammadu Buhari will be launched on Oct. 3 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. The book, entitled “The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria’’, is written by Prof. John Paden, a notable Don of International Studies, George Mason University, America. The book, published by Hudahuda Publishing Company, chronicled the struggle and … Read more
By Kwarteng, Francis “India gave South Africa Gandhi the barrister and Africa gave India back Mahatma Gandhi the Great Soul” (Nelson Mandela). “We believe as much in purity of race as we think they do…We believe also that the white race of South Africa should be the predominating race” (Mahatma Gandhi). “It was not a … Read more
“India gave South Africa Gandhi the barrister and Africa gave India back Mahatma Gandhi the Great Soul” (Nelson Mandela). “We believe as much in purity of race as we think they do…We believe also that the white race of South Africa should be the predominating race” (Mahatma Gandhi). “It was not a shock because I … Read more
It is amazing to hear a sitting president in a crucial campaign into a general election, focusing so much on his warped perception of disunity in his closest political challenger instead of telling the people what he has done to improve the lives of the people whose mandate he sought the last four years and … 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
New York, September 20, 2016: The United Nations General Assembly kicked off yesterday, September 20 in New York City. Over 140 Heads of State were expected to attend in a yearly tradition of speeches made to the 193 members States of the chief deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. This year marked … Read more
Countries which do not honour their heroes stand to lose a lot; the action providing a disincentive for service to the motherland. Such recognitions are opportunities through which new generations learn about makers of their history and emulate their feats. We do not intend to go into the merits and demerits of the tenure of … 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
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. The Chief Executive … Read more
Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Jerry John Rawlings was conspicuously missing at the party’s 2016 manifesto launch in Sunyani on Saturday, September 17. No reason whatsoever was given for the absence of Ghana’s longest-serving head of state at his party’s event. His daughter, Zanetor, who is contesting the 2016 elections on the party’s … Read more
Not too long ago, the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu pleaded with Nigerians to allow President Buhari use his first 100 days in office as his “honeymoon” period, to study the state of affairs in the country before executing his “change agenda”. And characteristically, they did. Nigerians … Read more
Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Jerry John Rawlings was conspicuously missing at the party’s 2016 manifesto launch in Sunyani on Saturday, September 17. No reason whatsoever was given for the absence of Ghana’s longest-serving head of state at his party’s event. His daughter, Zanetor, who is contesting the 2016 elections on the party’s … Read more
Apparently, the meaning of propaganda traces its roots to the “Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide”- a committee of Cardinals founded in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV to oversee the spread of Catholicism abroad, by any means necessary”. Consequently, the word propaganda came to mean the concerted effort to spread any belief the communist Propagandists are … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has told those clamouring for Biafra Republic to forget about it. Buhari spoke on Tuesday while receiving over 100 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in his Daura Local Government Area at his residence in Katsina State. President Buhari said all Nigerians must be together to build the country. Speaking specifically … Read more
Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President, established the Centre 40 years as part of an industrialisation programme to expand international trade especially inter-African trade. The Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited was incorporated as a Limited Liability Company under the Statutory Corporations (Conversion to Companies) Act 1993, Act 461 in April 1997. With this vision, successive … Read more
A number of happenings over the last few weeks have got me thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that more than 190 world leaders adopted at the United Nations general assembly meeting last year to replace the expired Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). First, the award the Ghana Journalists Association gave me as the best … Read more
When Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari first took power through a military coup in late 1983, he launched a self-described “war against indiscipline” in a country he claimed desperately needed reorganization. During the aggressive campaign, soldiers at times violently forced civilians into orderly queues outside of bus stops and Buhari’s own subordinates were forced to leapfrog … Read more