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 Kofi Ayim The United States Immigration and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) no longer accepts Statutory Declaration of divorce in customary marriage from Ghana from sources other than those legally approved. This advice was given to a cross-section of Ghanaians by the American Ghanaian Lawyers Association (AGLA), at a Legal Clinic organized by […]
Ghana’s fight against corruption has been dealt another setback after the country was ranked as the second most corrupt African nation behind South Africa. The corruption perception index by the Transparency International stated about 71 percent of people living in Ghana say corruption has increased over the last twelve months. Most governments across Africa are […]
by K. Opong Bribery and corruption have become the norm rather than the exception in Ghana and their impact on quality of life does not bode well for anybody in the country. The canker of corruption has permeated almost the entire spectrum of life in the West African nation to the extent that as we […]
By AFP Abidjan (AFP) – Alassane Ouattara was re-elected as president of Ivory Coast, official results showed on Wednesday, in a vote seen as key to cementing peace in the west African country after years of violence and upheaval. The 73-year-old won a second term outright by garnering almost 84 percent of ballots in the […]
By Kwabena Opong Legon, Nov. 4: The flag bearer for Ghana’s New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, assured students and youths in Ghana Wednesday November 4, not to lose hope “because change is on its way.” Nana Addo was speaking at the 15th anniversary of the NPP’s Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) at the Mensah […]
By Kwabena Opong Presec, Accra: Professor Kofi Asare Opoku, former Vice President, Institutional Vision Advancement at the African University of Communications in Accra, Ghana has declared that science to the African is a cultural experience that meets the basic needs and understanding of the environment in which he lives. Professor Asare Opoku made this declaration […]
By Nana Kwasi, MeridianFM, Tema The remains of a giant sea creature with a warty body and tentacle-like arms have been washed up on a remote beach in Ghana. It was found on the shoreline of the Titanic beach at Tema Community 3, close to Sakumono. Scientists have yet to identify the strange prehistoric-like “mutant”, […]
Tension is mounting between the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) and its partner in the United States (US), the Presbyterian Church United States of America (PCUSA), as a result of the legalisation of homosexuality in the US. The PCG has written to withdraw the resident pastor of New York-based Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, a major branch […]
Thursday, October 8, 2015: In accordance with FIFA’s Code of Ethics, Joseph S. Blatter was relieved of all his duties as FIFA President following the decision of the Independent Chairman of the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Ethics Committee to provisionally ban him from all football activities on a national and international level. Joseph S. Blatter, […]
by Kwabena Opong The judiciary in the West African nation of Ghana is on the verge of suspense and fear as judges, magistrates and other workers of the judicial service are caught on video negotiating and taking bribes to drop and set culprits free, among other things. This follows a painstaking, investigative report by Anas […]