Several coastal areas in Accra will be swept away by the Atlantic Ocean if authorities fail to implement measures to prevent the rate at which the sea eating away the shore, Dr. Kwasi Appeaning-Addo, a lecturer at the Marine and Fisheries Department of the University of Ghana, has predicted. He explained that after various studies, … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has promised to get the people of Eguafo an orange juice factory in his next term. On Day 2 of his campaign tour in the Central Region, President Mahama said getting a citrus fruit factory in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipality is not beyond his government. This followed a request made by the … Read more
Before the advent of modern day political civilization the idea was clear and simple not concealed as it is today. Africans understood what it meant.What?Liberation!It was all about liberation and a common destiny.Pan-africanism was the blood of every african and the hope of every oppressed individual of the black race.During the era of Marcus Garvey,Kenyata,Julius … Read more
A former legislator in the First Republic and an Elder of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Madam Lucy Aning says Ghana is currently at the crossroads and we cannot continue to take the path of our 1992 neo-colonial constitution with its NLC AFRC PNDC/NDC decrees and indemnity clause imposed on the people of Ghana in … Read more
Board member of the Kotoko Express newspaper and columnist, Kojo Addae Mensah, has lamented the poor patronage of the home matches of the nation’s pride, the Black Stars. Addae-Mensah, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Databank, attributed the recent happenings to the attitude of the Black Stars during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in … Read more
Babies are naturally known to have taste for everything liquid because they do not have the teeth to chew hard edibles. A baby with sharp teeth is used metaphorically in this context to indicate the overwhelming corrupt practices that has engrossed our nation in recent years. This is an undisputable fact as there are enormous … Read more
“… Would Dr. Kwame Nkrumah kowtow to that predatory, oil racket of a contract that has thus far siphoned over $6 billion from hungry and desperate mouth and brains in Ghana?…They all have had the facts and the data, as Mr. Andy Kwawukume told the story the other day…They are mostly a sad lot who … Read more
It is on record that the three governments headed by Former President J. J. Rawlings killed more people in Ghana than all the other governments combined in that endeavour. Former President Rawlings headed the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) government in 1979 and within three months had executed his predecessor military rulers and superiors. In … Read more
GNA Feature by Francis Ameyibor Accra, Sept. 2, GNA – The Ghana News Agency over the past three years has hit a crossroad and needs immediate intervention to resuscitate it. This could be done through injection of a more media professional climate to help it compete and new market opportunities. GNA is still relevant to … Read more
Samuel Owusu appeared on the Ghanaian music scene with a string of instant smash hits from “Abusua Kyiri Ka,” “Mempe Me Ho Asem,” “Kokosakyi,” “Asem Beba Dabi,” “Yenka Wo Ntie No” to “Mo Bekae Me.” We may broadly classify the repertoire of his music genre as burgher-highlife. Yet, although the music for his classic songs … Read more
August 4th 2016 must be marked in the annals of Ghana as a Day of Betrayal and Shame when the majority of Ghana’s Parliamentarians on both sides of the House betrayed their collective conscience, that’s, if they have any at all or whatever is left of it, and surreptitiously without any fan-fare, transparency nor public … Read more
August 4th 2016 must be marked in the annals of Ghana as a Day of Betrayal and Shame when the majority of Ghana’s Parliamentarians on both sides of the House betrayed their collective conscience, that’s, if they have any at all or whatever is left of it, and surreptitiously without any fan-fare, transparency nor public … Read more
THE EPOCHAL APPEARANCE OF SAMUEL OWUSU ON THE GHANAIAN MUSIC SCENE Samuel Owusu appeared on the Ghanaian music scene with a string of instant smash hits from “Abusua Kyiri Ka,” “Mempe Me Ho Asem,” “Kokosakyi,” “Asem Beba Dabi,” “Yenka Wo Ntie No” to “Mo Bekae Me.” We may broadly classify the repertoire of his music … Read more
A nation that does not honour its heroes isn’t worth dying for. That’s an adage. That adage has spurred many nations to become great because those who seek to make those nations great do so because they believe in making the nation great. Rewards for such achievements only go to motivate many more citizens to … Read more
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has charged Ghanaians to conduct themselves in a way that would preserve the peace and stability of the country as the nation draw close to the December 7 elections. “Let us put Ghana first and not do anything that threatens the peace of the country,” he stressed. Vice President Amissah-Arthur was … Read more
Ghana is in Election campaign with upcoming voting sometimes later this year (which European country does not know at least 1 year before the exact date of an Election?) with much Noise by the various Political Parties running up and down the country and nerves of the Electorates. Promises are made, Allegations against the Opponent … Read more
A Political Science Lecturer Amakye Boateng has lashed out at the retired Chairman of UT Bank Kofi Amoabeng for compelling women in his outfit to write exams to determine they worked for their certificates and not through sexual favours. According to him, Mr. Amoabeng is breaking the labour laws, saying it’s discriminatory to subject his … Read more
“Ghanaian highlife is one of the oldest popular dance-music styles of Africa…” ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM, BBC “Highlife, a musical genre that originated in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, fused African rhythms with western music. “The sound, of which there were a few variations, generally combined multiple guitar rhythms with a brass band backing, as well as … Read more
The Flag Staff House was the Seat of Government when Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the President of the Republic of Ghana. Osagyefo, as we all know did wonders by championing the development of this country beyond the comprehension of many. Today, a young, competent, honourable, affable and visionary leader in the person of President, … Read more
By Tryphena Lizzert Yeboah In 2015, The African-American Institute (AAI) released a report about the state of education in Africa; showing only 6 percent of younger people in sub-Saharan Africa were enrolled in higher education institutions compared to the global average of 26 percent. The promising news is that universities in many African countries, including … Read more