Opinion

I am always excited when it is time for the Annual Springboard Roadshow. It is the biggest and longest running motivational platform for students and emerging leaders. Its consistency cannot be questioned. It has been organized without fail for the past 12 years. MTN has been a lead sponsor for …

I looked directly at the group of men discussing me for the first time. They were about four, including the man who had found a wife. Then I saw him – William. We recognized each other almost immediately. William noted “hey, is that you Clara. How come I never knew …

Dear President Nana Addo Danquah, Less than 15 months ago (in opposition), some of us blindly joined the NPP to condemn the Mahama-led government and how it kept increasing fuel prices. During the NPP campaign whilst addressing students of the Sunyani Polytechnic on November 11 2016, you made this statement, …

You said “Yes!” You bought your dress, chose your venue, mailed your invitations, and engaged in mildly inappropriate (but appropriate, if you know what I mean) bachelorette party behaviour. You walked down the aisle, locked eyes with your soulmate, and repeated the words that have been echoed by all of …

It was time to make another journey from Bolga to Accra. Those days, the most reliable means of transport from Bolga to Accra was STC. STC Yard was like an airport. People came to see off friends and relatives, and people came there to meet their loved ones. There were …

There’s a very common myth in South and Central Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan etc.) and Africa (Nigeria and many other nations ) that you can tell if a woman is a virgin, by whether or not she bleeds the first time she has sex. There is zero truth in this. …

Beads have been considered to be one of the powerful adornments women can use to get whatever they want from men. In Africa, it is considered as as waist-shaper aside from its numerous uses for women. Women’s sexuality in Africa as a whole is attached to a woman’s bum and …

I have resisted several attempts to engage this Eliasu Mohammed Tanko who claim to be a journalist but, this time I couldn’t hold my breath after engaging him for the first time today on his useless post on Facebook seeking to patronize unsuspecting public into believing that Gonjalanders were/are the …

Dear Siita Sofo Hissan, I could still recount moments I had with you in 2015 at a time you established Northern Television (NTV) in Tamale. In fact, our first encounter was at your residence through a third-party who recommended me to you and since then I became inspired and have been …

History has it that the Cathedral in Navrongo, built with ‘mud’ has been standing for over a 100 years. Yes, built with ‘mud’. And yes, over a 100 years. I suppose that we are unwilling to acknowledge that the people who built this edifice with ‘mud’ that withstood the vagaries …