Dear Inspector General of Police (IGP), Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Interior and Defence ministers, respectfully, we write to your high offices to bring to your notice a motor accident which occurred recently.
Subsections 1, 3 and, 7 of article 47 of the Constitution of Ghana provide that:
(1) Ghana shall be divided into as many constituencies for the purpose of election of members of Parliament as the Electoral Commission may prescribe, and each constituency shall be represented by one Member of Parliament.
As a journalist who reports from the law courts, I have refrained from running commentary on the Gregory Afoko case because of two reasons –the matter is still in court and whatever commentary could prejudice the case.
A USA-based philanthropist last Saturday, July 13, donated an amount of GH₵1,500 to Madam Charity Kissi to help her solve some of the numerous challenges she is currently facing, including the upkeep of her children.
Everyone knows how badly Pastor Ronny Armah has always wanted to have a daughter― even to the extent of naming his only son “Ewura”. Though he seems to have a weird aversion to this son, others perceive the man of God as a model in the community, especially considering how he’s turned the lives of many around with his dance centre, Ronny’s Dance Factory.
The biggest challenge facing the Office of the Special Prosecutor as an anti-corruption investigatory and prosecutorial body in spite of all the powers conferred upon it is not the President who promised the people of Ghana to establish the Office but the heads of institutions who simply refuse to comply with laws designed to ensure good governance and to protect the national purse by fighting corruption.
There are employees who will of their own volition stay beyond the normal working hours to help fellow workers finish their assigned tasks for the day without any expectation of reward whatsoever.
When Ghana became politically independent in 1957, the education system, thus; schools, colleges and universities, was purposely set up, primarily to produce skilled workforce for the young nation.
On May 02, 2019, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo launched the charter and strategy document that will guide our nation in attaining the Ghana Beyond Aid (GBA) agenda.
You could predict the future of Joshua by looking at his mentor, Moses. You could predict the future of Elisha by looking at his mentor, Elijah. You could also predict the future of Peter, James and John by looking at their mentor, Jesus.
If there is anyone out there who has been helplessly watching on, frustrated with the indiscipline and lawlessness which are mercilessly battering our society, you are not alone. And what do you feel about a recent defence on camera by a lawmaker when he stated that for every rule, there is an exception? Scandalised? You are certainly not alone.
Last week, I included in my examples of visionary projects (as opposed to a 450-seater Parliament Complex) the first Central Sewerage System being built in Kigali, Rwanda, at a cost of 96 million euros.
Fifty years ago on July 20, 1969, space exploration made a giant leap when two Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, became the first humans to set foot on the moon on the Apollo 11 mission.
Komla Agbeli ‘Afro Gbede’ Gbedemah of Anyako was a revolutionary youth activist and an iconic statesman who, as a senior architect of both the modern Ghanaian state and Republic, played a critical role in shaping the political landscape of our nation for decades. He is widely recognised as the mastermind who propelled the image of Kwame Nkrumah - the father of Pan-Africanism - to national attention.
The last week or so has been quite a stormy one for the legislative arm of government, with news that the Parliamentary leadership is gearing itself up for the construction of a new, $200m, 450-seater parliamentary chamber.
In all the discussions about having a new parliamentary chamber for about 450 members at the cost of $200 million, what has been evident is that, arguments for this most inconsiderate idea do not convince citizens.
