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15 November 2010 at 18 : 00 PM
Can The Chief Justice Spell ETHICAL?
In September 2010, I wrote a piece entitled “The Untenability of Justice Georgina Wood’s position.” In said article, I wrote, inter alia: “In many other societies the Chief Justice (CJ) of the Republic of Ghana, Madam Georgina Wood, would have resigned her position. To maintain her personal integrity and safeguard […]
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13 November 2010 at 15 : 00 PM
Nigeria’s 2011 Elections Logic-Defying Permutations
The Nigerian factor is a little-known, little-discussed, and little-researched sociological phenomenon that is believed by many Nigerians to be the greatest impediment to their nation’s march to progress and prosperity. In many (let’s not use “advanced” here) countries, elections have become so routine that citizens cannot conceive of silly hiccups that would make them […]
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23 October 2010 at 16 : 00 PM
Europe no be Paradise (a story)
(a story) One of the attractions of the former SWISSAIR is their Visual Display Units (VDUs), the television-like gadgets that informs passengers about our geographic positions as we cruise far above -in the skies. I prefer the information provided by the VDUs to the second-rate Hollywood trash with which the other airlines entertain their […]
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23 October 2010 at 16 : 00 PM
I don’t want to be saved, period!
“Religions are the cradles of despotism.” – Marquis de Sade. What manner of arrogance made the Christians believe that they have the right to disturb my sleep? Is it not presumptuous for them to arrogate to themselves the right to intercede between me and my supposed creator? There are hundreds, if not thousands, of […]
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19 October 2010 at 16 : 00 PM
The Inspector General Of Police And His Convoy
Among the many things that pissed me off with the former ruling party in Ghana, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), was their attempt to impose an Orwellian society of “all animals are equal, but some are more equal than the other” in our beloved republic. Their crass, unbridled attempt to loot all lootable state […]
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11 October 2010 at 18 : 00 PM
The death of Allan Koomson
According to Myjoyonline.com news of September 25, 2010, a young Ghanaian residing in the Netherlands was killed under suspicious circumstances by Dutch Immigration Police, the dreaded Merachauese. According to Myjoyonline, “The Circumstances under which a Ghanaian resident in Holland died at the hands of the Dutch Immigration in February this year are yet to […]
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4 October 2010 at 17 : 00 PM
On People’s Migration
My maternal granny of very blessed memory gave me an injunction that I took dearly to heart, and which continues to guide me today. Never stay in a place where there are no strangers, my grandmother told me. Looking back some forty-something years later, her words continue to make eminent sense. A reason must […]
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21 September 2010 at 18 : 00 PM
Euro-Africa Relations: End of Lecturing & Hectoring?
“The mistake our ancestors made, and which African leaders continue to make unto this day is that: Non Europeans people, especially Africans and the Indigenous Americans in the Caribbean Islands referred to as ‘Indians’ initially attributed to the Europeans a humanity and spirituality that they did not have, and still do not have in […]
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16 September 2010 at 19 : 00 PM
FOCUS ON AFRICANS – TV PROGRAMME DEBUTS
Fellow Africans, My TV programme, FOCUS ON AFRICANS, debuts on the 2nd of October 2010. It is going to be shown on MultiTv (Cine Afric channel). I am going to present the programme. To those who do not know, I am a passionate African who writes mainly on African-related issues for the London-based New […]
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9 September 2010 at 18 : 00 PM
Na Degree We go Chop?
Ah, my brother, it is not easy to be a woman, o. Ah! My sister, what’s worrying you now? It is not easy being a man either. Not with ecomini, pardon, the economy, not being what it used to be. Even when the authorities tell us that inflation has been successfully tamed, prices are […]
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