MARRIAGE! What’s the need, really? Is it just a social construct designed to keep us in line, or is it a genuine expression of love and commitment? Or perhaps it's just a clever ruse to get us to sign up for a lifetime of compromise, sacrifice, and Netflix password sharing. Whatever the reason, it's clear that marriage remains a ubiquitous and confounding phenomenon, leaving many to ask: why bother?
As we celebrate our nation's progress, it's high time we confront the elephant in the room – Ghana's economy is still stuck in the Stone Age. We've been peddling the same old crop- cocoa and gold, for decades while the world has moved on to more sophisticated industries.
Have several distinguished individuals, including politicians, not been given doctoral honors? The following segment from my 2009 lecture addresses this.
Tragic moments often leave no room for chuckles; yet Ghana’s Black Wednesday leaves room to recall past experiences riding on the giant bird called the airplane. Even worse was the smaller species called helicopter with a propellor atop.
Vice President of the policy think tank Imani Africa, Bright Simons, has responded to claims by the Attorney General that 60% of UniBank’s liability has been recovered.
African nations are perpetually being reminded of what we owe. The word debt has all but turned into a whip that is raised to trigger fear and encourage compliance.
This Republic anniversary, the virtual surrender of our sovereignty to Galamsey warlords, should sadden our founding fathers, and humble our pride as the Black Star of Africa.
1. The Honourable Learned Chief Justice of several years standing at the bar, Judge for so many years says the article 146 proceedings against her “ripple far beyond…[her] as a person.”
When the Office of the Special Prosecutor signalled that Ken Ofori-Atta had become a “fugitive from justice” and sought an INTERPOL Red Notice, it set off a constitutional brawl.
Low public trust in the intelligence institutions has been the main feature that undermines peace and security operation in Ghana. Without public trust, intelligence becomes isolated, reactive, and ineffective.
The meeting at the White House between Donald Trump and the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was, at its heart, about the preservation of essential historical truths.
1. This will be direct and straight forward… no allegoric narrations. This is because the Cry Baby needs another knock and each time he refuses to heed the lesson from the previous knock, the next knock must be harder.
‘Greetings to the IGP.’ Those days it wasn’t a matter of going to Osu to convey greetings to the big boss. It was often, ‘Hello hello.. how is the IGP, she is fine, and the children?
Our laws uphold two cardinal principles of justice—so fundamental are these rules that they are regarded as “natural.” One of these, which is the subject of my reflection today, is the principle that no person should be judged without the opportunity to be heard.
This is not a story I tell often, but after hearing of a group of armed soldiers forcibly entering the home of a former Finance Minister, Kenneth Ofori-Atta and searching it thoroughly, I think I should tell this story, for what it is worth.
The Supreme Court decision released this afternoon is interesting. The majority decision raises a number of legal issues. Since this is a public and not legal platform I will discuss the most basic but fundamental issue for debate.
The Speaker of Parliament is enjoined under the 1992 Constitution to obey and enforce the decisions and orders of the Supreme Court following the Court’s unanimous dismissal of his application on 30th October 2024 to set aside the processes and proceedings in the suit brought by Alexander Afenyo Markin (the Majority Leader) against him and the Attorney-General, and further to vacate the orders of the Court dated 18th October 2024 staying the execution of the ruling of the Speaker of Parliament dated 17th October 2024 declaring vacant the seats of four named Members of Parliament pending the final determination of the suit, as unmeritorious.
Dear Mr. Speaker, a while ago, I published an open letter to the Chief Justice of our Republic, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo.
He broke down in tears when I removed my face mask at his bedside. It was Monday 11:30 am. The mask was part of the visitor’s costume at the theatre. His name: Haruna Rasheed Osman, Nasara Coordinator for the New Patriotic Party, Agona West. Why the tears?
