US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly met Wednesday with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to discuss the countries’ joint fight against drug cartels, officials said. Kelly arrived in Mexico Wednesday for three days of high-level talks on trade and security ahead of a meeting between the US and Mexican presidents. He and Pena Nieto … Read more
“Copyright laws allow people to use other person’s work 70 years after their death without quoting them.” The above statement has been circulating on social media since President Akufo-Addo’s inauguration speech and the raging controversy over the quotations without attribution in his delivery last Saturday. This is a statement with a modicum of the law … Read more
“Copyright laws allow people to use other person’s work 70 years after their death without quoting them.” The above statement has been circulating on social media since President Akufo-Addo’s inauguration speech and the raging controversy over the quotations without attribution in his delivery last Saturday. This is a statement with a modicum of the law … Read more
Most Ghanaians took to social media to mock president Nana Akuffo Addo because his speech delivered on the inauguration day January 7, was believed to be a plagiarised one. Many have defended the president saying he wasn’t wrong after all while some have really bashed him. A-list actress Yvonne Okoro has also chipped in her … Read more
The definition of the word plagiarism is also plagiarism because you are not the first person to come out with it. You are also not the standard bearer of plagiarism movement in the world. This means that not all sources require citations. A common knowledge requires no citation. Current affairs such as the arrest of … Read more
On Saturday, January 7, 2017 history was made in Ghana, West Africa when Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was inaugurated and sworn in as the fifth President of the fourth Republic of Ghana. First of all, we have to give praise and gratitude to the Almighty God, who made it possible for the elections to be … Read more
Ghanaian legendary broadcaster Kwasi Kyei Darkwa popularly known as KKD has also penned down his view on president Akufo-Addo’s speech on his inauguration. KKD is disturbed by the local backlash and international media focus on what takes away from an altogether splendid national ceremony: the speech-writer and plagiarism. Read his full message below: When you … Read more
The supervisor of Nana Akufo-Addo’s inauguration speech must be sacked for embarrassing the President and dragging the name of the country into disrepute, an academician has said. Professor Cletus Dordornu in an interview on the Citi Breakfast Show said the allegations of plagiarism against Akufo-Addo is saddening. “The issue about plagiarism has always been there. … Read more
Plagiarism has become endemic in our higher institutions these days because of the proliferation and accessibility of the internet. There are also a number of cases of plagiarism that occurred outside academia, especially in speeches of politicians or their close associates. Few months ago, Melania Trump, wife of American president-elect, Donald Trump, picked verbatim some … Read more
I did not plan an early onslaught on a baby government which came to power by criticizing even the attire of the then Vice President John Dramani Mahama. What I pledged myself was unflinching support to the incoming government. It all started when late Prof. Mills goofed on pronunciation of the word ‘economy’ in July … Read more
I may not so much like Nana Addo but I’ve always admired his silky flair in delivering speeches. As a matter of fact, he is a striking force to reckon in the remit of delivering speeches that resonate with the people. His “LAFA” even makes him stands tall among Ghanaian politicians relative to speeches. I … Read more
I may not so much like Nana Addo but I’ve always admired his silky flair in delivering speeches. As a matter of fact, he is a striking force to reckon in the remit of delivering speeches that resonate with the people. His “LAFA” even makes him stands tall among Ghanaian politicians relative to speeches. I … Read more
We’ve been down for too long as a people! We can’t continue to stay mute and pretend that all is well! It’s high time Ghanaians must face the reality and stop blaming the politicians for the retardation of our national progress. Despite the fact that we’ve entrusted in their hands with our resources doesn’t mean … Read more
We’ve been down for too long as a people! We can’t continue to stay mute and pretend that all is well! It’s high time Ghanaians must face the reality and stop blaming the politicians for the retardation of our national progress. Despite the fact that we’ve entrusted in their hands with our resources doesn’t mean … Read more
The plagiarism allegation has taken the shine out of an otherwise great day, great speech, that Ghanaians everywhere should be proud of. It was needless, and could have been avoided. Every Ghanaian, those who voted for change and those who didn’t had the occasion to be proud of yet another peaceful transfer of political power … Read more
I always criticized John Mahama’s speeches for failing to inspire in most cases, though he’s a communications scholar who attended the same school as yours truly and taught by some of the greatest minds in the field within the country. But my mates, particularly, those with NDC sympathies insisted Mahama was or is a great … Read more
When democracy and Kakistocracy undergoes redox reaction, propaganda and pettiness becomes the by-products. It is good to criticize but, it must be a constructive one. If a critique is only for propaganda to achieve political points, and serve as a conduit for mischief and malice, then I am sorry. The new term on social media … Read more
The human being and the stupid arguments about words – “PLAGIARISM” Stupidity will never cease to be with the human mind and its like-minded sycophantic supporters. No human being has the patent right to words. Whatever you say has been said before. Whatever one has thought about had been thought about before. Bush and Clinton … Read more
I write this personal epistle to you Nana Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana. Hope you find it worthy. I listened, read and wrote about your inaugural speech. I was inspired! I took home with me many phrases of inspiration from your speech. I felt proud. Not only because your oratory and presentation skills are peerless in … Read more
Many academics have come forward to say Mr Suarez copied their work without giving credit The chancellor of a Spanish university where students were told their work would be monitored for plagiarism has himself been accused of plagiarising. Fernando Suarez, who heads the King Juan Carlos University in Madrid, is accused of repeatedly copying other … Read more