The government of Ghana needs to reverse the termination of the PDS transaction agreement before the economy gets bigger hits than the GHS2bn of what Ghana just lost on the Power Compact alone, Alex Mould, former Chief Executive Officer for the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), has said. The government of Ghana recently terminated the […]
Category: Opinion
Opinion: Discovering the folly of spectacular opulence at funerals
I am sharing this story today 13th October 2019 as a prelude to and in remembrance of the death of my mother 42 years ago (14th October 1977). She died while in pain thinking of whether her last born being me was going to survive the shock at such a tender age. The early departure […]
Elizabeth Ohene writes: The missing outrage
In 1952, I was seven years old, I was in Class Three and I was living in Abutia with my grandmother. There was a celebration marking the opening of a bridge near or in a village called Podoe, which meant the road was now opened from Abutia to Juapong. I am told there was a […]
Ernest Kofi Owusu-Bempah writes to the incorrigible squealer-Kelvin Taylor
Dear our modern day Squealer -Kevin Taylor, So I listened to you in one of your sordid video attempting to explain away you mercenary antics and also reject the fact that you’re on a $20,000 monthly payroll from the John Mahama court. Indeed it was a jaw dropping experience and I still can’t believe that […]
Opinion: John Mahama the walking CONTRADICTION, a friend of Andrew Solomon – Known LGBT advocate?
John Mahama should spare us the migraine. Hypocrisy and double speak has become an acceptable convention in the nation’s political culture so much that, the likes of John Mahama have little shame to right the wrongs that he personally supervised as the head of state. I find John Mahama’s commentary on the Comprehensive Sexuality Education(CSE) […]
Ernest Kofi Owusu Bempah unmasks Kelvin Taylor
The whirlwind fairy tale romance or should I say a kooky sitcom plot engaged in by John Mahama and his darling boy is becoming more and more clearer, and it came as no surprise when the beleaguered self-styled journalist, Kelvin Taylor offered a response to the expose against him that he’s on a $20,000 monthly […]
Ato Essien’s Capital bank: A cocktail of non-existent investments
Misgovernance and a complete breakdown in regulation in the banking space between 2009 and 2016 enabled nifty entrepreneurs like Ato Essien and others to obtain Banking licenses without meeting the necessary requirements. An exclusive forensic report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (Pwc), indicates that First Plus Capital Savings and Loan (FPCSL) may have obtained its Class 1 License […]
Akosua Konadu Yiadom writes: 18+ amazing health benefits of Asaana & Bisap juice
Akosua Konadu Yiadom writes: 18+ amazing health benefits of Asaana & Bisap juice Did you know that, bisap juice can give you that Botox results? Did you know that, it’s a beauty plant? Asaana is made from corn and it’s called Caramelized corn juice or drink (juice + syrup, which basically is sugar solution) in […]
All you need to know about the new Companies Act [Article]
On Friday 2nd August 2019, President Nana Akuffo-Addo, gave his assent to the new Companies Act, Act 992, replacing the old Companies Act of 1963. The new Companies Act, Act 992 is expected to reform company practice in Ghana. REGISTRATION OF A COMPANY UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT 2019, ACT 992 1. Who can register a […]
Hafiz Tijani writes: Worthy votes but unworthy roads, Ashanti Region’s biggest nightmare
Roads, they say, are the arteries of any town or country. Roads also open up a city or country for economic and social activity. Bad roads are therefore an enduring nightmare for motorists and other road users in and around the Ashanti Region, a region with huge economic and cultural activity, with a fast-growing population. […]
Opinion: Nelson Mandela is to be blamed for the xenophobic attacks in south Africa-Zudana Azudaa
It is 3:15am, I,m supposed to be as sleep but I can’t sleep. The pain, trauma, the agony my brother in South Africa might be going through keeps me awake. I wish what I watched on social media was just a movie, just a matter of minutes, these horrifying pictures would have been far gone […]
Opinion: Many Ghanaians are non-critical thinkers because of over-spiritualization
It is gratifying to know that a spiritual leader of Reverend (Dr.) Emmanuel Asante’s caliber appears to have almost similar, genuine concerns as mine that more Ghanaians have become “overly spiritual” at the expense of critical thinking and pragmatism. Here is the reverend minister’s brilliant observation: “As soon as something terrible happens, instead of us […]