By Kwabena Opong John Osae Kwapong, Director of Planning and Research at Columbia University said on Sunday, September 22 that the pending Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill must ensure the promise of higher education for undocumented immigrants. He noted that higher education may not be a guarantee for a job, but it definitely ensures the promise […]
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By Kofi Ayim, Accra The Restaurant at the JFK International Airport With daily flights to Ghana, Delta is the only airline that has non-stop flights from the United States to the so-called gateway to West Africa. The 10-hour trip from New York City across the Atlantic Ocean does not only fly Ghanaian, but diverse travellers […]
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By Dr. Peter Ikre Being audited by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is not the end of the world for the individual or business concerned. With the IRS taking a more aggressive posture concerning tax returns, the prevailing assumption is that the affected population will continue to grow in an exponential fashion. According to Rosenberg […]
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By Kofi Ayim New York City is larger, more populous, and has more automobiles than Accra, the capital of Ghana. Accra, on the other hand is dustier and dirtier with vehicular congestion notoriously at level F, an unacceptable grade in transportation parlance. Open drainage systems are used as dumping grounds of filth and breeding habitats […]
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Asked for his view, former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife said: “Are you asking about the letter where Obasanjo said that about 1000 people have been targeted for elimination? I have read it and I am yet to understand it Obasanjo’s attack not surprising -Owie Lagos — FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo’s 18-page letter […]
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By F. Brinley Bruton, Rohit Kachroo and Becky Bratu, NBC News QUNU, South Africa – Speeches, songs and artillery fire rang out across Nelson Mandela’s childhood home on Sunday as South Africa said a final farewell to the man who united the country when it teetered on the edge of bloody conflict. “A great tree has […]
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By Bruce Wallace Photography by Peter Murphy Any Drew student who has taken a class with Ebenezer Obiri Addo G’88,’94 knows about his favorite West African proverbs. On a Tuesday evening last spring semester, he reminded the students in his “Modern Sub-Saharan Africa” class about one of them. The students had been discussing the impact […]
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By Uchenna Ekwo The aftermath of the recent political dysfunction in Washington orchestrated by Texas junior Senator Ted Cruz is reverberating beyond the shores of the United States as Nigerians pile on the Republican senator for comments largely viewed as disparaging of that country’s reputation. In a statement in Washington, Nigeria’s top diplomat in the […]
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By Amandla The King of Akyem Abuakwa in the Eastern Region of Ghana, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has called on the government of Ghana to decentralize some sectors of the economy. This, he believes would optimize productivity and enhance efficiency. The King made this observation at a durbar held in his honor at the Renaissance […]
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