Opinion

TAMALE – A CITY WITH CARS, MOTORBIKES AND ACCIDENTS! THE PROBLEM It is just absolutely incredible to see an entire family of 5 (sometimes six) crammed up on the back of one motor bike- (bikes that are designed to take carry a maximum of two persona – without helmets and …

I guess, like many of you on this blue app, you’ve seen and watched a video of a man sitting in the studios of a media house spewing some hogwash about John Mahama having married his running mate and a rather bizarre claim that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Running …

AMBROSE DERY: THE UPPER WEST ALBATROSS OF OUR COLLECTIVE CREATION HAS BEEN UNDRESSED TO PETTY MINISTER. Change can be challenging, but it also presents opportunities for growth and new beginnings. When there’s a change in leadership or reorganization within a government, individuals in appointed positions may be reassigned to different …

Ghanaians at the mercy of ‘trotro’ drivers: implications for national security. Today I focus on the cabal of private entrepreneurs, who have seen a business opportunity in the government’s failure to offer efficient public transportation and have stepped in to milk the situation so dry. There is time to discuss …

KOFI BENTIL’S ESCAPE PLAN FOR BAWUMIA AND MATTERS ARISING Kofi Bentil,in a write-up this morning, attempts an elaborate but implausible extrication of his friend,Bawumia,from the catastrophic performance of the government of which he has been the poster boy in the last seven years. Among other astonishing claims, Kofi says that …

Why are Ghanaians volunteering to die? The day I saw my son’s nose discharging freely on a Saturday, I knew I had to act before it disrupted my Monday. As a single parent, the least disruption to my routine can throw my life out of balance and have my whole …

The Reemergence of Military Coups as Legal Assumption of State Power in Africa The above topic can be examined in terms of constitutionality and public interests by analysing the recent sporadic coups in Africa. In general a perspective, one can consider the justifications of military coups in respect to societal …

Neho! Ever since I came of age, one thing has always rubbed me the wrong way. The fact that Government forms ask for us to fill in “our hometown”. Every institution asks it. Even primary schools and universities. I have asked many Ghanaians what they think about it. Not many …

Dear NSS personnel, a few days from now, you’ll be relieved of your duties at your various places of service. Some of you(few) will be maintained to continue working as permanent or contract staff. Some of you(the majority) will be asked to go home after you serve the nation. For …

A defining moment in Ghana’s GMO journey beckons About five (5) months ago, Ghana’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA), an authority under the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, published a notice inviting public comments on whether it should approve the country’s first genetically modified crop, the Pod Borer Resistant …