This is the concluding part of my lecture on academic title abuse, originally delivered in 2009.

Have several distinguished individuals, including politicians, not been given doctoral honors? The following segment from my 2009 lecture addresses this.

• Explosion of fake degrees - Occasional Kwatriot Kwesi Yankah writes

The debate between buying land to build and purchasing an already constructed home is a common one in Ghana. While many aspire to build their dream house from scratch, the realities of land acquisition, litigation, and construction challenges make that path fraught with risks.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a major maintenance exercise across several regions on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. The planned works, which are expected to improve service delivery, will result in temporary power outages in affected communities.

Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has announced a 24-man squad for Ghana's upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Chad and Mali next month.

A 50-year-old farmer drowned in the White Volta at Yama, a farming community in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region on Monday.

Eight people have been convicted by the Circuit Court in Accra for assaulting former Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya East and two others during the Ablekuma North parliamentary election re-run at the Methodist Church Polling Station on July 11, 2025. 

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Randy Abbey, has dragged the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye, to court for defamation.

Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has filed his nomination to contest the party’s upcoming presidential primary, becoming the first aspirant to complete the process.

Amidst a heated internal campaign, New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Dr. Bryan Acheampong, has issued a passionate plea for unity and discipline, condemning the spread of falsehoods and personal attacks against him.

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has said it is relying on its payroll audit trail system to identify officials responsible for processing and validating "ghost" salaries on the government public payroll.

Mobile phone users in Ghana can now take control of unwanted subscriptions that often lead to unexpected deductions from their airtime or mobile money accounts.

President John Dramani Mahama has set a new target of US$1 billion in trade between Ghana and Singapore, after bilateral trade flows exceeded US$215 million in 2024.

Following the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission's (GTEC) formal challenge of Williams Abayaawien Atuilik of Heritage Christian University in Amasaman, Accra, to provide evidence supporting his use of the title "Professor" or cease using it immediately, Williams Abayaawien Atuilik has responded.

President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday used the opening of the 8th Africa–Singapore Business Forum to pitch Ghana as a “reliable gateway” to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), calling Africa “investable” and urging deeper South–South partnerships amid a more fragmented global economy.

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has recovered over 100 stolen luxury vehicles shipped under dubious means from foreign countries into Ghana.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has thrown its full weight behind the Ghana Education Service (GES) to dismiss any examination official found to have engaged in malpractices in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE-SC).

Motorbike crashes and pedestrian knockdowns have been identified as the twin drivers of escalating carnage on the country’s roads, particularly in the cities of Accra and Kumasi in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions.

Ghana’s peacefulness has deteriorated over the past year, according to the 2025 Global Peace Index (GPI), with the country falling six places to rank 61st globally. 

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has cleared the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) of claims that it overstated the country’s public debt by GH¢138 million in its 2024 financial statements.

The Executive Secretary of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), Ato Classpeters, has said the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is pushing developers to think about smart cities and technology-driven housing solutions.

The death toll in the land dispute at Gbiniyiri, a farming community in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District in the Savannah Region, has risen to six.

The Special Anti-Galamsey Task Force put together by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has appealed to registered and unregistered miners to collaborate with the team to win the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a series of planned maintenance works and emergency repairs that will lead to temporary power outages in parts of the country between Monday, August 25, and Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) has warned that the Akwatia by-election on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, will be a "no-go area for weapons".