Outgoing Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey has explained what kpokpogbligbli means. Kpokpogbligbli was first mentioned in court by Alistair Tairo Nelson, one of the two Montie FM panellists, as the disease that caused him to vent his spleen on the Supreme Court judges. Addressing journalists on Tuesday, August 30, … Read more
Editorial Today, Monday August 29, is exactly three years since the Supreme Court gave judgement on the election petition brought before it by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the late Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. In a 5-4 majority decision, the court, presided over by Justice Atuguba, dismissed the case. Though Nana Addo could have … Read more
IT does not take much to diagnose certain illnesses. Even without medical training, one can so easily tell when a person’s mental balance is impaired that a proverb has been coined to make the point. The proverb says: “onipa a wabo dam no ani te a, na єnnyє kakra a כde behunahuna nkwadaa!”(“Even when a … Read more
For some time now, functionaries of Ghana’s main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and their presidential candidate himself, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, have strenuously denied reports in the local media of Akufo-Addo’s ill health and its implications on his ability to rule the country. In one such denial recently, the 72-year-old NPP presidential candidate said: … Read more
Maverick Lawyer Dr. Maurice Ampaw says he is spiritually fortified after his weeklong hunger strike in protest of the remission of the Montie trio. The controversial lawyer, who claimed he survived only on coconut water during the period, disclosed that he will crown his hunger strike with a press conference either in Kumasi or Accra … Read more
Indeed, Monday, August 22, which happens to be the day the said purported pardon was granted, will surely be remembered as arguably, the darkest day in the annals of history relative to our democratization regime. And ultimately, President Mahama would forever be remembered as the president that has sacrificed the supreme interest of the nation … Read more
By Jaysegbefia We’re back at it all over again, aren’t we? We’re back to the very beginning of the string of foolishness and downright ridiculousness that is the stock-in-trade of how the Ghanaian government has handled the issue of the Montie Fools. The never-ending saga of the barbecue of the trio, who were grilled, peppered … Read more
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has vowed not to quash the award given to investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas as Overall Best Journalist of the Year 2015 in the just ended GJA awards. Lawyer for Justice Paul Dery, one of the High Court Judges who were caught allegedly taking bribes in Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ corruption … Read more
By Hon Joseph Boahen Aidoo At the mention that the EC is going to rely on professionals (i.e. lawyers, accountants, etc) to collate results at the collation centers in the upcoming general elections, the NDC have started shivering. An Akan proverb says, “atwamene biara suro ayayanda”, to wit, every executioner dreads sleeping in supine position. … Read more
At the mention that the EC is going to rely on professionals (i.e. lawyers, accountants, etc) to collate results at the collation centers in the upcoming general elections, the NDC have started shivering. An Akan proverb says, “atwamene biara suro ayayanda”, to wit, every executioner dreads sleeping in supine position. Ofosu Ampofo who is Director … Read more
The three contemnors enjoying the air of freedom following a presidential intervention may be heading back to prison if a case challenging the president’s power of remission is upheld. A private legal practitioner Mr. Alfred Tuah Yeboah told Joy News he is not only seeking an interpretation of Article 72 which formed the basis of … Read more
A Sunyani-based lawyer has filed a fresh suit in court challenging the powers of the president under Article 72, with the ultimate aim of reversing the remission of three persons jailed for contempt. Article 72 of the 1992 Constitution gives the president the power to grant pardon or remit sentences of persons serving various jail … Read more
Last Saturday at the State Banquet Hall, during the 21th edition of the Ghana Journalists Awards, President of the Ghana Journalists Association, Affail Monney, cautioned politicians who have made it their trade to attack fellow politicians to control their acidic tongues to ensure decency in the electioneering campaign towards the December 7 polls. It is … Read more
The flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo Addo, has called for a change in leadership to ensure a turnaround in the country’s economic fortunes. In a statement to mark the third anniversary of the party’s failed election petition following the 2012 presidential polls, Nana Addo said that the mismanagement by … Read more
The National Democratic Party (NDP) has registered its disappointment and disapproval of President John Dramani Mahama’s pardon for the Montie trio who were convicted and jailed for contempt of the Supreme Court. In a press release, the NDP condemned the action of the President and described it as hypocritical on his part for condemning the … Read more
New Patriotic Party flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the election petition, said the entire process proved to Ghanaians he is a true leader. “I said, on the day the judgement was delivered, that everything in my bones, in the way I was brought up and in how I have … Read more
I did not believe my ears when I first heard the news. I did not know whether to laugh, cry, scream or hold my tongue. I just didn’t know what to do. “He is finally letting his attack dogs out,” I managed to say. The song that immediately came to mind was the hit by … Read more
In mathematics, especially in geometry, Pythagorean Theorem is a fantastic numerical combustion that I found very interesting. It is quite long experiences in the secondary classes. There, our mathematics teacher pronounced theorem so fast in such manner that once he started to solve any, all the students would await was Q. E.D. which are initials … Read more
On the day that the Montie Three propaganda shills for President Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) regime were sprung out of the Nsawam Medium-Security Prison, otherwise known as the Kwame Nkrumah Reformatory College, having done an insulting one month of their 4-month sentence by the Supreme Court, the trio’s lawyer, Mr. Edudzi Kudzo … Read more
There is the need for all stakeholders to play their part in order to ensure that the election management body, the Electoral Commission (EC), does a good job in the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections, Mr Osei Bonsu Amoah, the New Patriotic Party’s Member of Parliament for Akuapem South, has urged. The EC is … Read more