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Let’s Shine Our Eyes In 2024!!!
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The disasters that befell me whilst I was writing the English Language paper of the General Certificate of Education (GCE) at the Ordinary Level in Accra convinced me that I
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I RECALL one serious infraction that characterised the 2004 General Election Results, when a 3-man New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwarts, made up of late Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Hon. Kwamena Bartels (my
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COMMON SENSE tells us that if a group of persons with a common aim come together to decide how to pursue a cause, the journey becomes easier. On the other
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IT WAS around 2pm last Saturday when I first saw the video of the ethnic diatribe from Hopeson Yaovi Adorye. In his warped analysis, Northern politicians in the Great Elephant
Every Christian Needs A Pastor
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MY STATE of mind, whilst sitting the General Certificate of Education (GCE) examination in Accra in June 1956, was not the best. Because I’d been dismissed as a pupil teacher,
Adwoa Safo: Her Intransigence, Her Hara-Kiri
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AS A typical Accra Hearts of Oak SC supporter from my youthful days, from as far back as my days at Mfantsipim School to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science