President John Mahama Ghanaians had another opportunity to assess the quality of the state’s management of coercive power through investigative bodies under the presidency of Commander-in-Chief John Dramani Mahama
More Filth Than Before
The presidential clean-up exercise has come and gone leaving in its trail more filth on the streets than before it. It is amazing the success rating the Ghana Journalists
Candidate For Dictatorship
The picture of a military dictatorship represents the Ghanaian political ambience today. It is scary the extent to which human rights are being abused, leaving the country in a
Extremists Get Closer
The military acts on orders given by politicians who formulate defence policies. These policies may be developed with inputs from the military, whose expert advice may or may not
Things Not Adding Up
Mubarak-Mohammed Muntaka The Minister for the Interior, Mubarak-Mohammed Muntaka, has a few days ago spoken about important issues with far-reaching consequences. Important and varied as the disclosures were, we
Remembering George Stephenson In Ghana
 George Stephenson’s locomotive came to mind when word was dropped about the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government’s purchase of 1970 railway engines for the Ghana Railway Company (GRC). One
Come On… Stop The Crap
President John Mahama It is a fact that the floods which hit Accra were avoidable even as government spin doctors tried hard to make it look like a force
Mindboggling Impunity
The level of impunity in some aspects of our national life is beginning to smack of governance failure. The seeming failure is impacting negatively on our desired destination of
Flood Politics… Lying Officials
Mahama Ayariga The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga’s claim that successive governments have failed to address the perennial flooding in Accra and so the problem lies with the
Painful De Ja Vu
Fire and water…we have been here before. In June 2015 we witnessed for the first time balls of fire on top of water spectacle which constituted one of Ghana’s
Police Could Have Done Better
A scene at the radio station We are constrained to reprimand the police in Kasoa for folding their arms when officials of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) descended
Too Long For Comfort
 The late divulging of partial details of the record meth haul originating from Ghana leaves much to be desired in terms of state propriety. A $208 million haul of
Explicit, Irresponsible Outbursts
Stephen Ofosu Agyare Politicians are expected to conduct themselves with utmost decorum, especially in public. Children and others outside their brackets look up to those in this category for