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Banking
I attended the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) Awards recently. I had not attended the awards night for several years. As an associate...

Obesity on the rise as Ghana embraces fast food

Opinion
ACCRA, Ghana — After finishing high school a decade ago, Daniel Awaitey enrolled in computer courses, dropped out to work in a hotel, then...

A take on funeral held for a dog

Opinion
Like you, when I heard that a man at Ehi, in the Volta Region of Ghana was going to give his dog a grand...

The hashtag generation and the democratization of stupidity

Opinion
Back when Rashida Black Beauty (I bet you didn't have to Google who this is right?) was trending in Ghana for unleashing what might...

Pornography – Good Or Evil?

Opinion
(Part II)   God hates pornography God knows that pornography can wreck lives Ephesians 4 : 17 – 19 says “so I tell you this, and insist on...

A day that never was: A view on Founders’ Day

Opinion
Once again, here we are quibbling over an apostrophe in a needless war over who the founder or founders of Ghana was or were. It...

The apostrophe catastrophe

Opinion
With our last election behind us, we have new credible leadership or at least, that is the hope. In our country, what is the...

Dubai – my 20 hours experience

Opinion
I was in Dubai for only 20 hours on my way to Busan, South Korea. Per my experience, I would say that if impulses...

My Experience: My partner of 14 years is lesbian and I didn’t know

Lifestyle
We have two lovely children, a boy and a girl, that any parent would be proud of. Kwame, 10, and Akua, 6, are intelligent...

Prayer camps and mental health

Opinion
There has been a growing focus on prayer camps and their activities, especially in relation to their treatment of persons with mental illness and...

Feature: When Kumawood actors hypocritically grace the sets of ‘Kumkum Bhagya’

Entertainment
Hypocrisy is killing us! We choose which situations suit us at a particular time and behave as saintly creatures when we share opposing views to...

If I were a female scientist

Opinion
I have been out of touch for a few months taking on some additional engagements that made it difficult for me to write.  I...

Free SHS: Allow the rich to pay!

Opinion
One of the best things that should ever happen to Ghana is free SHS. It is national in character, the impact is huge but it...

Why Fennec’s death haunts me

Opinion
It’s taken me a few years to gather the strength to write this. I met the late Fennec Okyere around 2004. He was the Production...

VIDEO: “Even ants have built overhead highway and drains” Why can’t Ghanaian politicians do same

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Even ants have built overhead highway and drains, why can't Ghanaian politicians do what ants are doing? Enjoy the Funny video in Ga language. Watch...

Okudzeto Ablakwa is uncouth, uncultured in insulting elders- Martin Amidu

Opinion
I was astounded to read a feature article by Dishonourable Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa entitled ‘Martin Amidu’s “Hate Agenda” -….’ on the Modern Ghana website...

Who is a journalist?

Opinion
I see that Ghanaian journalists are once more quarrelling about what good journalism is. An investigative journalist is being put on the carpet by...

That’s My Opinion: ‘There is a time for everything’

Opinion
There is a time for every thing ... i need not tell you this. It is as obvious as day and night. This rule also...

Free SHS is here but…!!!

Opinion
TODAY IS FREE SHS DAY, a very historic day in the annals of this nation. That for the first time, a Government is attempting...

Koko seller falls in love with Asamoah Gyan again

Opinion
If I ever imagined that my mother the Koko seller at Kasoa would fall in love again with Asamoah Gyan, I would have equally...

The case of Funny Face: A 2 minutes man is not premature ejaculation, ladies

Opinion
Funny face recent marital issue has exposed the sex life of most men...in reality; most men are in the normal range of 2 to...

How Ghana can maintain sound financial system

Opinion
The recent troubles with financial institutions in Ghana and the losing of trust in the financial system call for urgent measures that will maintain...

Koko seller congratulates Floyd Mayweather

Opinion
The moment I heard my mother, the koko seller busily explaining to some of her koko and kose customers how Floyd Mayweather stopped Conor...

How to get mentored

Opinion
Hello there, Recently in a meeting with one of my mentors, I asked him ‘which one of your mentors has inspired you the most?’ He...

Edwinology's Lab: When sweepers clean the streets, they are simply sweeping the wrong place

Opinion
E-Lab has had this rattling feeling of unease whenever new plans to tackle poverty are announced. For the plans have always felt like abattoirs...

How to perform and handle the job you don’t like

Opinion
Way too many people hate their jobs. Exactly how many is hard to say, but depending on which study you believe, somewhere between 20...

Arthur Kennedy: We must not celebrate decision on mandatory tow levy

Opinion
Following public protests, the executive arm of government has decided NOT to implement the above LI, passed in 2012 -- 5 years ago. According to...

Why ICGC members cheered Otabil over ‘insult’ comment

Opinion
The problem with controversial evangelical pastor Dr Mensa Otabil is his frankness or what some say is his thirst for publicity. He tells things as...

Opoku Gakpo writes: Otabil, integrity and the lesson for us all

Opinion
Whether he inspires you or you despise him, whether you love him or hate to even hear his name, whether you believe what he...

Pay your tithes to Melchizedek, not Aron

Opinion
Tithe simply means a tenth. In scripture, a tithe is the tenth of a person’s produce given as an offering. It was instituted in...

Lazy workforce responsible for lack of jobs in the country

Opinion
“All the money you’re ever going to have is currently in the hands of someone else’s” – Earl Nightingale. Now throw out the Suggestion Box...

Liquidation of Capital Bank a disgrace to Christianity

Opinion
I have delved into the UT and Capital banks liquidation due to how the whole matter is unfolding. For me, it is very hard to...

Every constable's dream is to become an IGP one day

Opinion
It is without doubt that every Police Officer at the point of joining the service hopes to exit as an IGP someday. Call it...

Samira Bawumia visited cast of Kumkum Bhagya, so what?

Entertainment
In days leading to the 2016 General Elections and its aftermath, Samira Bawumia, wife of the Vice President of the Republic, had been in...

I speak of efficiency and public sector jobs in Ghana

Opinion
There comes a time when silence is a betrayal. That time has come for us in relation to Youth Unemployment and nosing of Public...

If JB Nkrumah politics mattered, Ivor would have been president!

Opinion
In the politics of oil in Ghana a certain Tsatsu Tsikata stood tall in the search for oil in commercial quantities. There were others...

Running NHIS with widening revenue-expenditure gap: bravery or tact?

Health
Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is one of the most enviable social intervention schemes in the health sector amongst peer countries in sub-Saharan...

Towing Tax: The Lowdown by Bright Simons

Opinion
“Towing tax” is doing a good job of slowly competing for my attention! In a packed day, I managed to sneak in an hour and...

Why Christians are wrong on homosexuality

Opinion
There are clear indications that the debate on homosexuality in Ghana is not going away quietly as some of us would have hoped. An article...

The lucky politician – Joe Osei-Owusu, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament

Opinion
Osei-Owusu, known in political circles as Joe Wise, was a polling station chairman for the NPP at Bekwai, became central ward chairman and later...
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