…Thousands of people Wanna see me, Millions are waiting For the Message, Billions are dying for the message I am going round the world spreading the message… Don’t cry baby,
Constitutional Reforms: Rawlings Is The ‘Proverbial Frog From The Pond’
Former President Jerry John Rawlings Undoubtedly, Ghana’s military-engineered 4th Republic Constitution is unceasingly crying for crash reforms or amendments that will reflect the contemporary meaning and the essence of the
Inside IGP’s Hotel
In the heady days of the 31st December Revolution, 1982 I was a subaltern in the Ghana Army, working as a Member – Secretary of the PNDC National Investigations Committee.
A Leader Must Rise Up In Self-Defence!
A leader must rise up to defend himself against the destruction that happens slowly around him. Deterioration can be slow and subtle but a leader ought to be conscious of
Trust
Someone just wrote ‘…most valuable commodity in any democracy: trust.’ I find it intriguing because when we polled Ghanaians in October 2000 about which candidate they trusted to lead them,
The GJA At Seventy (2)
Affail Monney Would you believe that it was journalists who advocated the closing down of the Press Club after the Kwame Nkrumah government had been overthrown in February 1966? The
The Words Of Ozymandias
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, Awaits alike th’inevitable hour The paths of glory lead but to the grave
Don’t Be A Gullible Believer
A person is said to be gullible if he or she is easily persuaded to believe something and shows too great a readiness to believe things. The adjective “gullible” originates
Secession – Mischief Or Sabotage
SThe call by some members of Homeland Study Group for the secession of the Volta Region from Ghana is very sad, unfortunate and very mischievous and should be condemned by
The Veep Who Continues To Pin Down Lies And Propaganda
Sometime ago, I wrote in this column that liars have shorter legs. That was why a former President of the US said you can fool some people some of the
NDC’s ‘Strategic’ Political Calculus For 2020 Elections
Former President John Mahama NIt’s far from clear whether or not it passes the threshold of policy-centered or conventional multiparty political campaigning, but one thing some of us know for
We Are All At Risk Of Becoming Victims!
I rarely narrate this story as it is one that always sends shivers down my spine. It happened more than three decades ago but it is still very fresh in
Lessons From South Africa’s 2019 Elections
While the 2019 South African election has proved pivotal in signalling the beginning of the end for the African National Congress (ANC), one of the oldest liberation parties in Africa,