OPINION

Kwame Asare Obeng, alias A Plus, has projected that Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, will win the flagbearership race in the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP. In a September 26, 2022 Facebook post, A Plus cited the ‘honesty’ of the lawmaker as the main factor that has endeared …

A security analyst is sceptical about government’s commitment to fighting illegal mining (galamsey). From where he stands, government is benefiting from the activities and is not willing to nip it in the bud. Speaking on The Big Issue, the President of the Institute for Security, Disaster and Emergency Studies, Dr. Ishmael …

play video Managing Director of Inter-City STC, Nana Akomea, has backed the National Communications Authority (NCA) directive to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to block unregistered SIM cards. Speaking on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” programme, Nana Akomea noted that those who haven’t re-registered their SIM cards with their Ghana Card deserve the …

Economist and businessman, Dr Kofi Amoah, has implored the new breed of African leaders to emulate the strategy of the Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan) in order to break away from the continent’s dependency on the west which has not yielded many benefits to Africa. In …

Broadcaster, Kwasi Kyei Darkwah, popularly known as KKD says his father has cautioned him about speaking truth to power. According to him, since he began his recent spree of backlash against the current NPP administration, his dad has advised him to be extra careful. In an interview with Benjamin Akakpo …

The ongoing public dispute between the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and Labianca Company Limited raises a number of troubling questions about the state of governance in Ghana today, the Co-founder and former Executive Director of CDD-Ghana, Prof. E. Gyimah-Boadi has said. The dispute is over questionable dealings between Labianca …

Co-founder and former Executive Director of CDD-Ghana, Professor E. Gyimah-Boadi says the corruption-related offences allegedly committed by Labianca Company Limited raise a number of troubling questions about the state of governance in the country. Council of State member, Eunice Jacqueline Buah Asomah-Hinneh, who owns Labianca Company, was accused by the Office of …

ANY visitor to Ghana is bound to come face-to-face with certain values in our Ghanaian cultures that govern and inform our actions. These key values are found in our languages, relationships, everyday conversations, cultural practices, artefacts, books and behaviour patterns. While old values are entrenched in our consciousness so that …

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to reconsider its decision to use the Ghana Card as a sole requirement for identification in registering new voters for the 2024 election. In an interview on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, Mr Kofi Bentil stated that if the EC …

Ban single-use plastics in the country, a former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Prof. Agyeman-Badu Akosa, has said. He said this would help reduce the danger posed by plastic waste which has life-threatening implications on human life and the environment. Prof. Akosa was speaking at a high-level panel …