Opinion

An Open Letter to the Finance Minister, Dear Sir, 1. As you prepare to read the budget for 2022, I respectfully urge you not to do any such presentation without factoring the poor Conditions of Service of University Teachers. One of the abused refrain used in countering our demands this …

There is no ‘insecurity’ in Nigeria Nigeria has recently been voted for as one of the safest countries in the world to live in. It has a zero-crime rate and you’re a lot safer walking the streets of Lagos than you are in London or New York. This of course, …

Abandoned e-blocks Saga: The Bitter Truth! The NPP government’s strategy for expanding secondary education is based on the already existing 70% boarding and 30% day strategy where it is largely expanding infrastructure in already existing schools, majority boarding. Prior to its exit from government, the NDC had a vision to …

JEWELRY OR NO JEWELRY! Do you put on earrings; ring; necklace; etc? Good; BE MODEST! Do not underlook or regard them that do not put on jewelry as low and lay or attach no stigma toward them. Just as everybody has the right to spend their monies as they please, …

Mensah Thompson of ASEPA writes… ASEPA’s OFFICIAL POSITION ON THE ANTI-LGBTQ BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENT 1. The anti-lgbtq bill currently before Parliament has generated a lot of controversies. 2.Last week some eminent Professors and Influential persons came out strongly to oppose the bill citing various reasons including the violation of the …

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO May I duly welcome you home after landing in Accra at 1:41am this dawn aboard your now famous LX-DIO Boeing 737-900ER BBJ3 charter jet. As all Ghanaians are, I am also absolutely grateful to the Almighty for journey mercies. I note …

The new breed of femme fatales is young, pretty – and they can kill you! The on-going case of Chidinma Ojukwu has gripped – and shocked – the nation and the one question everybody is asking is why did a young lady like her kill a grown man. The answer …

In a few moments the Constitutional Court will render its decision on the basis of the appeal lodged by the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab invoking no less than 12 unconstitutional irregularities in the processing of the extradition case that concerns him. This is a serious and solemn moment, with multiple …

OPEN LETTER TO: JOSÉ LANDIM, PROSECUTOR GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE FROM: HIS EXCELLENCY ALEX NAIN SAAB MORAN, DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA TO THE AFRICAN UNION & SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 24 July 2021 José Landim Prosecutor General of …

DRAFTING A WILL IS NOT AN INVITATION TO DEATH After a very engaging and insightful debate with a friend of mine, I decided to write this piece about Wills and testaments! We live in an interesting part of the world where any talk about drafting a Will engenders fear and …