FEATURE

If the National Democratic Congress wins or loses the December 7 presidential election, would it reject the result because the Electoral Commission announced it within 24 hours; that is, on December 8? In the news last Wednesday…
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Beware the Transparency Bin In the last few weeks, the propaganda and PR machinery of the Electoral Commission have been in overdrive. The central theme being pushed is “transparency”. Having hired sleek PR agencies and sidelined the…
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The Ghana Institute of Journalism has been a great institution that has served Ghana, West Africa & the globe exceptionally well. Over the years the school lacked some basic amenities like social space, offices, and facilities among…
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President Nana Akufo Addo swore in a 9-member governing board to oversee the work of the office of the Special Prosecutor. It is interesting to find a nation seeking to fight corruption, yet the Act establishing the office of the Special…
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Martin Amidu who resigned yesterday as the Special Prosecutor of Ghana has accused President Akufo-Addo and his government of seeking to cripple his office since its inception in 2018. In a 4-page resignation letter to the…
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I had both hands firmly gripping the wheel and my foot on the accelerator pedal when I received a phone call, around 9:00 am, on October 3rd 2019. It came from Group Captain Richard Forjoe. He was brief and instructive. “President…
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Four-letter words are unprintable, and it is for a reason: they are offensive to decent people in society. In Parliaments all over the world, certain words are un-utterable. No matter how foolish an MP sounds or looks, you don’t call…
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I kneel before I speak candidly, Mr President; you must for the sake of freedom and justice demonstrate moral leadership and  “fire” your Finance and Senior Ministers for cooking up the “Agyapa” poisonous mess with cabinet approval”. The…
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Every first Friday in December each year is marked in Ghana as Farmer’s Day. However, the celebration is moved to the first Friday in November in election years. The day is set aside to honour and to celebrate farmers and fishers for…
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On Thursday 29th October, marked the birthday of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. It is celebrated all over the Muslim world, with many countries attaching enough significance to it as declaring it a national Public Holiday. Among these are…
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