Although countless parties have been affected by both the government’s inability to fulfill their promised allowances and the strike that resulted, one can easily identify the group most negatively afflicted: the students. For this neglected group, their problems are many. The first and most obvious issue faced regards education; the students have already lost three weeks of lectures, which they... 

Following the goalless draw game between Desert Hawks of The Sudan and our senior national team, the Black Stars, some Ghanaian football pundits and enthusiasts are sending signals to the effect that Mr. Kwasi Appiah should be fired. Last Sunday at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Ghanaians had expected the Black Stars to walk over the Desert Hawks. That could not happen! Instead, the vociferous Kumasi... 

When Today reported in its Wednesday, 8th September, 2010 edition with the banner headline “Assembly Elections in Danger,” many were those who thought the news item was just one of those speculative reports that some journalists in Ghana are fond of. Others also believed that the story was one that was meant to undermine the beauty of the assembly elections and send shivers down the spine of candidates... 

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has wallowed in the political doldrums to the extent that students of Ghana’s history wonder if it was the same party that dominated Ghanaian politics in the 60s. A combination of many factors has contributed to the current unattractive state of the CPP. Among them is the obvious crack that has hit the nerve centre of Nkrumaists elements which for parochial interest,... 

The reported insults hurled at striking junior nurses and midwives at the Komfo-Anokye Teaching Hospital by Deputy Minister of Health, Rojo Mettle-Nunoo, in the opinion of Today, shows conspicuously the level of intolerance of some government officials. It also depicts the sort of characters, whose demeanour and composure do not augur well for the government that they serve and the generality of the... 

The news that government, with the assistance of some development partners, will make available a yearly commitment of $200 million to accelerate development in the three northern regions is indeed refreshing. Furthermore, the approval by the African Development Bank (AfDB) of a $100-million package for the tarring of the Sawla-Fufulso roads in the Northern Region cannot also pass without comment. This... 

Today is distressed by recent comments by Dr. Kwabena Adjei, the beleaguered National Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) that until the police arrest the entire followers of the NDC, he was not going to honour any invitation or whatsoever from the outfit of the Ghana Police Service (GPS). Media reports over the weekend quoted the former majority leader of Parliament as saying... 

Akwatia, a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana with a population of about 23,000 is regarded as the main centre of diamond extraction in the country. The Akwatia diamond field lies in Birimian rocks and has over the years produced more than 100 million carats of diamonds, mostly industrial grade. The government-owned Ghana Consolidated Diamonds (GCD) is the only formal commercial producer of diamonds,... 

There were reports of violence and near bloodbath on the resumption of the Ya-Na murder trial on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 when rival factions in the Dagbon chieftaincy dispute clashed at the precinct of the Fast Track High Court in Accra. The riot, according to reports, started just before the commencement of the trial when a group, believed to be one of factions in the Dagbon chieftaincy dispute,... 

By achieving an almost uniformity in development, Ghana has proven to the international community that it was not for nothing that the country agreed to embark on the path of nationhood at independence. And as a nation, Ghana has attained lots of respect in the international community due to the unity of purpose that exists here. This unity has been our main soft power in the comity of nations and...