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David Kala

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Life is full of choices. I passionately endorse common sense and its tenets in any facet of this life. Education is golden, but humility pays.

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ORAL or CHORAL? What We Ordered versus What We Got, We ordered accountability
Crime & Punishment Mar 18, 2026

ORAL or CHORAL? What We Ordered versus What We Got, We ordered accountability

We were promised recovery and prosecution. Consequently, we were told corruption would become costly. We were told stole...

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“The Minority must be bold enough to tell cocoa farmers that their money was given to Chairman Wontumi”
Crime & Punishment Mar 18, 2026

“The Minority must be bold enough to tell cocoa farmers that their money was given to Chairman Wontumi”

That line, attributed to Sam K. Jerome, Head of Corporate Affairs at COCOBOD, struck like a match in dry season, injecti...

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REJOINDER: Why Is the President Using His Brother’s Private Jet? Ghanaians Deserve Clear Answers
Politics Mar 18, 2026

REJOINDER: Why Is the President Using His Brother’s Private Jet? Ghanaians Deserve Clear Answers

It is difficult to do so, but for the sake of education and knowledge expansion, I must respond to this piece by a broth...

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Ghanaians and Their Foofaraw Reaction to Corruption Allegation: A Case Study of Mustapha Abdul-Hamid
Crime & Punishment Mar 14, 2026

Ghanaians and Their Foofaraw Reaction to Corruption Allegation: A Case Study of Mustapha Abdul-Hamid

Walahi, there is something all too familiar about the way Ghanaians react when corruption allegations touch the powerful...

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Strikes and Counterstrikes: To stay Safe, know all the Targets and where all the Missiles are Hitting
News Mar 1, 2026

Strikes and Counterstrikes: To stay Safe, know all the Targets and where all the Missiles are Hitting

Iran recently launched missiles at several American military bases in the Middle East. Earlier reports stated that the a...

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The Middle East's Disunity: Nations Inability to Rely on its Neighbours during times of bad governance, exacerbates regional instability.
Politics Mar 1, 2026

The Middle East's Disunity: Nations Inability to Rely on its Neighbours during times of bad governance, exacerbates regional instability.

Baghdad was once the focus of a series of US attacks that resulted in the capture and execution of Saddam Hussein, Iraq'...

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Opinions Feb 28, 2026

Roads Are Not “Fancy” — They Are Lifelines

Public policy discourse must be guided by balance, fairness, and an appreciation of the lived realities of all Ghanaians...

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The Fool Who Gains Sense Later in Life Is Dangerous to His Oppressor – The Local Adage to Reminisce
Politics Feb 27, 2026

The Fool Who Gains Sense Later in Life Is Dangerous to His Oppressor – The Local Adage to Reminisce

The Safari herbivores clamour for the Kasongo chiefdom, but will the carnivorous King Leo let them through? The lion's e...

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Miracle's Narrative, Manufactured Panic, and A Desperate Political Choir Scavenging for Scandals to Gain Relevance
Politics Feb 20, 2026

Miracle's Narrative, Manufactured Panic, and A Desperate Political Choir Scavenging for Scandals to Gain Relevance

Something calculated is unfolding again. The moment Ghana confronts structural failures inherited from the past, a famil...

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The Situation does not Present Itself for one to Mince Words with the CJ; no Prima Facie Case Determination
Politics Feb 19, 2026

The Situation does not Present Itself for one to Mince Words with the CJ; no Prima Facie Case Determination

There are two difficulties with the CJ, Baffour Bonny: he found no prima facie cause to remove the EC chairperson, Jean ...

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The Law and Courtroom are hoped to do the Magic if our Educational Systems Continue to Fail Our Women’s Moral Uprightness
Crime & Punishment Feb 18, 2026

The Law and Courtroom are hoped to do the Magic if our Educational Systems Continue to Fail Our Women’s Moral Uprightness

The incivility and uncultured behaviour of some Ghanaian women who go out aimlessly without regard for their only pride ...

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Dignity and Pride Lost Forever and Irretrievable as a result of an Inconceivable ‘sharing’ for free of charge
Opinions Feb 18, 2026

Dignity and Pride Lost Forever and Irretrievable as a result of an Inconceivable ‘sharing’ for free of charge

How can we achieve complete emancipation if our women are so cheap to white men? Sometimes you wonder about their creati...

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The Alleged Wesley Girls SHS Aggression on Islamic Faith Observation Is a Timely Reminder to Never Wish for a Dilly-Dallying Adjudicature
Opinions Jan 17, 2026

The Alleged Wesley Girls SHS Aggression on Islamic Faith Observation Is a Timely Reminder to Never Wish for a Dilly-Dallying Adjudicature

The Wesley Girls' SHS purported fierce aggression on Islamic based faith practices on its campuses is still ongoing in c...

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A Blunt Thought on Accra's Inner City Transport Challenge: An Insight to Offer the Belief That It Was Rather Motivated by Self-Centeredness Despite the Realities
Opinions Jan 16, 2026

A Blunt Thought on Accra's Inner City Transport Challenge: An Insight to Offer the Belief That It Was Rather Motivated by Self-Centeredness Despite the Realities

In fact, everything suggests that the inner-city transport challenge of Accra is a longstanding issue that's been exacer...

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The Martial Law and the Nemesis of the Former S. Korean Leader: A Perfidious Situation for Ghana for Its Lukewarm and Lackadaisical Attitude in Upholding Justice against Bigwigs
Politics Jan 16, 2026

The Martial Law and the Nemesis of the Former S. Korean Leader: A Perfidious Situation for Ghana for Its Lukewarm and Lackadaisical Attitude in Upholding Justice against Bigwigs

The martial law declared by former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on December 3, 2024, was a drastic measure aimed...

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Former Finance Minister's Detention by the US ICE: The Harsh Reality in Recounting Losses and Anguish Goes on Unabated
Crime & Punishment Jan 9, 2026

Former Finance Minister's Detention by the US ICE: The Harsh Reality in Recounting Losses and Anguish Goes on Unabated

Somewhere in Virginia, winter is doing what winter does best. It is stripping trees, numbing fingers, and reminding ever...

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The Appalling Match Day 21 Result (ARS 0-0 LPO): Mikel Arteta must Quickly get his Act Together.
Sports Jan 9, 2026

The Appalling Match Day 21 Result (ARS 0-0 LPO): Mikel Arteta must Quickly get his Act Together.

Matchday 21 should have had Eze start with Madueke and not substitutes. His tactics were undoubtedly inferior to Liverpo...

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Should any Insect Bites you, it will come from under your Clothes, as Lyrically put by Obrafour in his Mother Tongue.e
Politics Jan 6, 2026

Should any Insect Bites you, it will come from under your Clothes, as Lyrically put by Obrafour in his Mother Tongue.e

The Trump administration has made a “major mistake” by not working with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina M...

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The Subjugation of Nations by the USA is a Grand Implementation of an Ancestral Policy and More of a Conspiracy
Politics Jan 4, 2026

The Subjugation of Nations by the USA is a Grand Implementation of an Ancestral Policy and More of a Conspiracy

What Trump and the United States are doing in Venezuela to destabilize and overthrow President Nicolás Maduro is not ne...

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The USA's Intransigence to Continue to Destabilize Sovereign Nations is the Result of our Cowardice and Meekness Born of Neocolonialism
Politics Jan 4, 2026

The USA's Intransigence to Continue to Destabilize Sovereign Nations is the Result of our Cowardice and Meekness Born of Neocolonialism

The cowardice precipitated in the seemingly sizzling muteness and meekness by the majority of the world presidents, unli...

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The Bout of Facts Outwitting Fictions: When in Doubt, Observe the Exchange Rate in the Highlight
Business Jan 3, 2026

The Bout of Facts Outwitting Fictions: When in Doubt, Observe the Exchange Rate in the Highlight

Some people are going haywire because facts have finally overthrown fiction. The noise merchants are unsettled. The prof...

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Ghana's DVLA Rolls Out '26' Number Plates Following Legal Delays Postponing the New System. m
News Jan 3, 2026

Ghana's DVLA Rolls Out '26' Number Plates Following Legal Delays Postponing the New System. m

Ghana's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) officially transitioned to vehicle number plates featuring the&nbs...

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The Idyllic Dream of the Last Night of 2025, a Night Never to be Obnubilated or Associated with Halloween Going into the New Year
Religion Dec 31, 2025

The Idyllic Dream of the Last Night of 2025, a Night Never to be Obnubilated or Associated with Halloween Going into the New Year

The last dream I had on the last night of 2025 was that I caught a deep sleep before leapfrogging into the year 2026. Su...

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‘IN THE ABUNDANCE OF WATER, THE FOOL IS THIRSTY’: BOB MARLEY AND THE PAN-AFRICAN DREAM (a Continuation)
Politics Dec 22, 2025

‘IN THE ABUNDANCE OF WATER, THE FOOL IS THIRSTY’: BOB MARLEY AND THE PAN-AFRICAN DREAM (a Continuation)

My Third and Final Epistle of Jamaica and Bob Marley to the Minority Group in Parliament.In an interview with Gil Noble ...

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Fast and furious: Inside the Growing Speculation
Entertainment Dec 21, 2025

Fast and furious: Inside the Growing Speculation

It took me time to start giving credence to the hysteric news of Cristiano Ronaldo featuring the last shot of the Fast a...

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‘IN THE ABUNDANCE OF WATER, THE FOOL IS THIRSTY’: BOB MARLEY AND THE PAN-AFRICAN DREAM (a Continuation)
Politics Dec 21, 2025

‘IN THE ABUNDANCE OF WATER, THE FOOL IS THIRSTY’: BOB MARLEY AND THE PAN-AFRICAN DREAM (a Continuation)

My Second Epistle of Jamaica and Bob Marley to the Minority Group in Parliament.Thankfully, a number of evidences sustai...

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‘IN THE ABUNDANCE OF WATER, THE FOOL IS THIRSTY’: BOB MARLEY AND THE PAN-AFRICAN DREAM
Politics Dec 19, 2025

‘IN THE ABUNDANCE OF WATER, THE FOOL IS THIRSTY’: BOB MARLEY AND THE PAN-AFRICAN DREAM

Overview of the Minority Group of Parliament Stance on Government Diplomatic Gesturee to JamaicaOnce again, minority gro...

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From a Fictional Giant to Real-Life Giants: Lessons from a JHS Novel
Education Dec 16, 2025

From a Fictional Giant to Real-Life Giants: Lessons from a JHS Novel

Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels remains one of literature’s most brilliantly disguised masterpieces—an adven...

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The Academic Milestone – What it Offers the Scientific Community, Governments, and People Who Patronise Wa Central Magazine for Various Services
Education Dec 13, 2025

The Academic Milestone – What it Offers the Scientific Community, Governments, and People Who Patronise Wa Central Magazine for Various Services

In order to pursue a master's in philosophy of applied chemistry with a focus on inorganic chemistry during the 2022–2...

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The King never Killed the Chill when the Opportunity offered Itself - The Gods Are Not to Blame
Opinions Dec 12, 2025

The King never Killed the Chill when the Opportunity offered Itself - The Gods Are Not to Blame

In The Gods Are Not to Blame, an unborn child was destined to murder the father, the king, and marry the mother. However...

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Snippets from Martin Kpebu's Incubated Petition to remove Kissi Agyabeng from office as Special Prosecutor
Crime & Punishment Dec 8, 2025

Snippets from Martin Kpebu's Incubated Petition to remove Kissi Agyabeng from office as Special Prosecutor

On Saturday TV3 program hosted by Mr Alfred Ocansey, The Key Points, Martin Kpebu has accused the Special Prosecutor, Ki...

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The Anniversary in Memory of the People's Loudest Voice Saying Enough was Enough
Politics Dec 8, 2025

The Anniversary in Memory of the People's Loudest Voice Saying Enough was Enough

Today marks exactly one year since the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was voted out of power in what history will remember as...

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The Adage
Politics Dec 8, 2025

The Adage "the Mouth of the Aged may have a Foul Odour, but not the Words" is one that has Completely Eluded Ex-President John Agyekum Kuffuor

According to recent reports from mid-2025, former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed serious worries about the ...

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Benin coup attempt updates: Interior minister says coup attempt thwarted
News Dec 7, 2025

Benin coup attempt updates: Interior minister says coup attempt thwarted

Benin’s Interior Minister Alassane Seidou says the country’s armed forces have thwarted an attempted coup....

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The Shenanigans by Sammy Darko – A LIE EXPOSED AND LAID TO REST
Crime & Punishment Dec 7, 2025

The Shenanigans by Sammy Darko – A LIE EXPOSED AND LAID TO REST

The ace investigative journalist, Manasseh Azuri Awuni, is up in arms with Sammy Darko, a puppet of Kissi Agyabeng at th...

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The Veteran Nollywood Actor, Olu Jacob - Something will Kill a Man but me, I would like it to be Warm, to be Wet and Slippery. I want the Woman under me Squirming. I want her Moaning and Groaning
Crime & Punishment Dec 7, 2025

The Veteran Nollywood Actor, Olu Jacob - Something will Kill a Man but me, I would like it to be Warm, to be Wet and Slippery. I want the Woman under me Squirming. I want her Moaning and Groaning

Another sexual scandal involving the headmaster of Dzodze Penyi Senior High School in Ketu North Municipality and some o...

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News Dec 7, 2025

The "GOVERNMENT WHATSAPP GROUP" - A False Alarm by Sammy Darko

There is a working group that is developing a five-year National Ethics and Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NEACAP) to repl...

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FIFA World Cup (2026) - The Perspective of Ghana in the Draw as Mission Impossible and a Waste on the Taxpayers Purse
Sports Dec 5, 2025

FIFA World Cup (2026) - The Perspective of Ghana in the Draw as Mission Impossible and a Waste on the Taxpayers Purse

Ghana will not advance beyond the group stage in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This will not happen even if it is drawn into ...

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The Campaign Waged on Sexual Harassment in Our Second Cycle Institutions—One That is Better Late Than Never
Education Nov 30, 2025

The Campaign Waged on Sexual Harassment in Our Second Cycle Institutions—One That is Better Late Than Never

Any campaign or movement of a sort against sexual harassment in our schools in Ghana is a good call by all standards. Se...

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Guinea-Bissau Soldiers say they have taken Power after Reports of President's Arrest
News Nov 26, 2025

Guinea-Bissau Soldiers say they have taken Power after Reports of President's Arrest

A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoc...

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The OSP has not put Ken Ofori-Atta and Ernest Akore on Stop List
Crime & Punishment Nov 26, 2025

The OSP has not put Ken Ofori-Atta and Ernest Akore on Stop List

Critics say the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) slept on the job and allowed Ken Ofori-Atta to leave the country ...

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Religion Nov 26, 2025

Umuofia, a Kindred where Diversity of Alien Faiths and Practices Precedes Logical Reasoning and Common Sense Entrenched in their own Rich Tradition and Cultural Values

The inhabitants of Umuofia have returned, engaging once more in a futile dispute, having chosen to forsake their rich he...

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Educational Workers are Crying Wolf for a Supposedly Paltry Increase In Base Pay In Negotiations for the 2026 Fiscal Year
News Nov 8, 2025

Educational Workers are Crying Wolf for a Supposedly Paltry Increase In Base Pay In Negotiations for the 2026 Fiscal Year

A coalition of nine educational and government university staff unions in Ghana has outrightly rejected the governm...

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The Twilight of the Arrogance of Power: Never Nearing With Appointees of the Former NPP Government Who Looted From the Public Purse in Various Capacities
Crime & Punishment Nov 8, 2025

The Twilight of the Arrogance of Power: Never Nearing With Appointees of the Former NPP Government Who Looted From the Public Purse in Various Capacities

Did you know that Dr. Mustapha Abdul Hamid, the former boss of the National Petroleum Authority, was once the face of mo...

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The Truth is a Bitter Pill, but it's the Only Getaway to Emancipation
Religion Nov 8, 2025

The Truth is a Bitter Pill, but it's the Only Getaway to Emancipation

I’ve travelled the world as a Black man. I've never encountered a Black country where the Black inhabitants are foreig...

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The Numbers Versus The Impact on the Global Stage – A Call to Celebrate a Woman
Education Nov 7, 2025

The Numbers Versus The Impact on the Global Stage – A Call to Celebrate a Woman

It's the birthday of Marie Skłodowska Curie, the woman who changed the course of science — our second scientist of th...

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LET THE DRAMA END, AND PROSECUTION BEGIN
Crime & Punishment Nov 6, 2025

LET THE DRAMA END, AND PROSECUTION BEGIN

The Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana must step in and call some of the judges to order. All offences are bailable,...

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A Dupe by the OSP's Attempt to Rebrand Itself by Focusing on the Drops Outside the Ladle
Crime & Punishment Nov 4, 2025

A Dupe by the OSP's Attempt to Rebrand Itself by Focusing on the Drops Outside the Ladle

Following a video in which the former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid...

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF OUTSIDER
Politics Nov 1, 2025

A DIFFERENT KIND OF OUTSIDER

While Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia was campaigning as the New Patriotic Party’s running mate in 2008, Mr. Freddie Blay was a m...

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The Actor on Set is Responsible for Infusing Energy and Life into the Script Created by the Writer
Opinions Oct 28, 2025

The Actor on Set is Responsible for Infusing Energy and Life into the Script Created by the Writer

The function of a writer throughout any literary genre, including novels, plays, poetry, music, films, short stories, or...

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Umuofia: a Kindred with a Fragmented Identity that Remains Unaware of its Essence and Aspirations, yet is Fervently Devoted to Western Cultural Norms
Opinions Oct 26, 2025

Umuofia: a Kindred with a Fragmented Identity that Remains Unaware of its Essence and Aspirations, yet is Fervently Devoted to Western Cultural Norms

The subsequent debate following the policy announcement by the esteemed&nbs...

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Torkonno's Intransigence can be Dire as it Breeds Reservations in the Faithful Exercise of the Affirmative Action Law in the Ageing Future
Opinions Oct 18, 2025

Torkonno's Intransigence can be Dire as it Breeds Reservations in the Faithful Exercise of the Affirmative Action Law in the Ageing Future

I am completely horrified upon hearing the news that the just-ousted chief justice, Araba Asaaba Getrude Torkonno of the...

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The Science of Truth and Living through Eternity is Exemplified by the Personal Experience and Account of George Orwell in his Powerful Artistic Words.
Opinions Oct 16, 2025

The Science of Truth and Living through Eternity is Exemplified by the Personal Experience and Account of George Orwell in his Powerful Artistic Words.

George Orwell, his seed of fame in truth, lived through life's realities and demonstrated how organic experiences can sh...

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The Music Sound, or say, Genre – Is it Pop, Rock, or Jazz?
Opinions Oct 16, 2025

The Music Sound, or say, Genre – Is it Pop, Rock, or Jazz?

The dream ride by any person has always been one of enchantment, but the reality is rather eerie, much like acting in pr...

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Sales of Job Forms and Appointment Notices to Citizens Re-echoed: Where is the equal Job Opportunity Enshrined in the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana?
Opinions Oct 9, 2025

Sales of Job Forms and Appointment Notices to Citizens Re-echoed: Where is the equal Job Opportunity Enshrined in the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana?

Writing is deliberate in all sincerity, and the propeller of writing is consciousness. I don’t know the standard ...

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The Devil is not a Serpent, nor does it have Horns and Tail or Special Raiment for easy Identification
Opinions Oct 8, 2025

The Devil is not a Serpent, nor does it have Horns and Tail or Special Raiment for easy Identification

A scientist I have admired, and upon learning how his humble beginning could translate into breaking through the odds as...

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Sarafina in the Movie,
Opinions Oct 3, 2025

Sarafina in the Movie, "SARAFINA", and in Real Life: A Spit or a Pat on Africans' Struggles for Total Liberation?

This is Sarafina now and then in the movie, "Sarafina" (1992), among the youth uprising in Soweto against the apartheid ...

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African Gods Exact Justice Very Slowly, to my Liking, but not in Obnubilation!
Opinions Oct 3, 2025

African Gods Exact Justice Very Slowly, to my Liking, but not in Obnubilation!

The anointed ghost of Muammar Gaddafi is up in arms, starting with Nicolas Sarkozy and soon to be followed by David Came...

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Opinions Oct 3, 2025

DStv Subscription Standoff and Side Takings

Do we blame The Minister of State for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, JoyNews as a media house, Consu...

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