Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
By Emeka Aginam The Chairperson of the African Union, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma during her meeting with Gong Xingyuan, Huawei’s Senior Vice Presidentn traded ideas with the Huawei technology on how best to build Africa’s ICT strategy, industry development, and talent nurturing. During the AU Chairperson’s visit at the exhibition hall of Huawei’s Beijing Research […]
By Kwabena Opong Despite the obvious failures of the ruling NDC, the corruption attending to a flailing economy and the generally poor administration, Ghanaians seem to be gradually growing disenchanted with the opposition New Patriotic Party. It is the only viable alternative but the party is bedeviled by internal strife and there does not seem […]
Africa’s colonial legacy forced countries on the continent to look inward and neglect their coastlines. This sea blindness has resulted in many missed opportunities for a continent on which 38 countries have a combined coastline of more than 26 000 nautical miles (47 000km). Our lack of a broader maritime culture has, too often, concealed […]
Pressure is mounting on President John Mahama to push the Attorney General to prosecute the sacked boss of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). Madam Lauretta Vivian Lamptey has been removed from office after an investigative committee established a case of abuse of office against her. The committee following a petition submitted […]
In just two years it will be time for reckoning, when countries belonging to the United Nations gather to compare notes on how they have fared in 25 years since they set targets for themselves with respect to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 1990. Although Ghana has chalked tremendous progress in some of the […]
By Eugene Okumu A man was “buried” standing while holding a football in Ghana, whose funeral service sector has adopted a new method of preserving corpses. ( Resource: Ghanaian Man ‘Buried’ Standing Up ) A man was ‘buried’ standing while holding a football in Ghana, whose funeral service sector has adopted a new method of […]
By Nana Kwasi, MeridianFM, Tema Dr. (Mrs). Diana Heymann Adu (pictured left) was over the weekend awarded The Most Outstanding Female Media Practitioner at the first ever Feminine Achievement Awards ceremony in Accra. The event which was put together by the Business Executive Magazine was tailored to recognize and reward women who have led exemplary […]
By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the 36 ministers-designate to ensure reduction in government expenditures by avoiding waste and conserving resources. Buhari stated this in Abuja yesterday during a two-day presidential retreat with the ministers-designate at the Conference Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja Buhari also tasked the ministers-designate to uphold the high […]
PORT HARCOURT, 4 November 2015 (IRIN) – The thick, acrid smoke billowing above the tree line is the telltale sign of local refining of stolen crude oil in Nigeria’s troubled Niger Delta. It is an environmentally catastrophic business, in a region already fouled by the spills and pollution of the international oil companies, who for […]
Former President Hilla Limann was not a weak leader as he was perceived by his critics, just because he did not arrest coup leader Jerry John Rawlings and “eliminate” him, Prof Ivan Addae-Mensah, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana has said. Limann led Ghana from September 24, 1979, to December 31, 1981. He came […]