Being an opposition party in Ghana is a prized license for a group of political derelicts to oppose virtually everything the ruling government would dare to dream. The two major political parties that have alternated in the governance of the country – the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) – […]
The truth we have failed to teach our children all this while in Ghana is that without palpable evidence any story they try to sell to us would amount to a tall tale. It sometimes takes a charm to have your story believed, especially in a country where self-centeredness is fast unseating communal feeling. But […]
Rape continues to be the most underreported type of sexual assaults in Ghana. It is no surprise that despite efforts by the government and civil society organisations to end such dastardly act, many girls are raped every day in the country by relatives, strangers and guardians. Statistics by the Police Domestic Violence and Victims Support […]
Summary: A misunderstanding erupts between a daughter and her Ghanaian father when she returned home after studying in the United States of America. A tale of disappointment. The Mensahs clinked their glasses inside the lonely Wudaakye Food Joint at Mamprobi in Accra that had been scarred by the weather. The occasion? Their only daughter, Nana Yaa had […]
The embattled president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) was first to mention the $8million support to ex-president John Mahama in his statement to the police Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Kwesi Nyantakyi said one Sheik Al Thani is reported to have given the money to the ex-president and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of […]
The introduction of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) as a stop-gap measure to address the biting graduate unemployment is yet another evidence that our leaders are doing more politics and less thinking. It is a major indication that our country is in dire need of thinkers to steer its affairs than it does of politicians. […]