FEATURE

The tragedy of the Akufo-Addo administration is not only the colossal debt it has saddled Ghanaians with. It is not only the huge fiscal deficit he has created even before #COVID-19. It is not only the hundreds of projects he has…
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In the past few days, I have heard discussions on the killing of Akua Denteh in Kafaba, being likened to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. In one important way, what happened in the village gathering at which the old woman,…
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Congratulations once again, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang! As President John Dramani Mahama emphasised, your nomination as his Running Mate for the December Presidential and Parliamentary elections is “over and above affirmative…
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In three years of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration, Ghanaians have had so much to be thankful and appreciative of; Ghanaians have also had so much to be angry about. The anger and rage on social media against some Government…
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I am probably being melodramatic here, but I can’t think of a better way of putting this. My birth was political. I am the first child of my parents and the legend goes that the celebrations on my arrival were rather muted. My…
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A couple of weeks ago, I chanced upon a live streaming of UTV’s United Showbiz with Nana Ama McBrown. It had Lil Win (Kwadwo Nkansah) and Funny Face (Benson Nana Yaw Oduro Boateng) as guests. They were discussing matters about an award gone…
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The euphoria was like a suppressed volcano that could no longer be contained. So it erupted spontaneously. The reason for that indescribable joy was unprecedented in the history of Kete-Krachi – unprecedented as the coiners of the word…
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A democratic state runs on the notion of increased awareness of the democratic state, consistency of the principles guiding it and adherence to the neutral principles in the application of the law. Democratic culturalization happens when…
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God is having a good laugh up there. He has known, since Adam, that every imagination of the thoughts of the human heart is evil all the time. He looks at the greed, every grubby detail of our ‘clever’ plot to win Election 2020, and laughs.…
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A Hausa proverb I like very much goes like this and please pardon the spelling: “Tabarman kunya, da hauka ake nade wa.” Let us repeat: Tabarman kunya, da hauka ake nade wa.” It is a catch-all phrase that generally covers shameful behaviour,…
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