Martin Amidu Credible information available to Joy FM indicates embattled Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu, has been sacked by President John Evans Atta Mills. In the wake of his public statements alleging some key persons in government had orchestrated unwarranted media attacks on him because they believed “my integrity and professionalism as a lawyer was a threat to the concealment... 

STORY: KWAKU NTI A number of executives from the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) have defected to the yet-to-be certified Progressive People’s Party (PPP). The executives, consisting mainly of people who actively campaigned for the party in the 2008 general election, made known their intention to join the PPP, at a press conference in Accra yesterday. Announcing their resignation, the spokesperson... 

…Over sale of Awudome Cemetery land STORY: KORYEKPOR AWLESU FRREEMAN   Tension is brewing between residents of Awudome Estate and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Dr. Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, over the latter’s sale of a parcel of land at the edge of the public cemetery.   The portion of Awudome Cemetery land that has been sold by the AMA The parcel... 

Following a year of unrest and change, the final touches are being put on London’s $14.3bn Olympic Park. London also hosted the Olympics in1908 and 1948 The year 2011 provided us with a mix of hope and despair. One young Tunisian man, Mohamed Bouazizi, set in motion the HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring” t “_blank”Arab Spring when he set himself on... 

I bravely predict more of the same in 2012. By this I mean the following. First, Mitt Romney will win the Republican nomination after the party has exhausted its one-week-long love affairs with each of the non-Romney’s: Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich.   Mr. Romney is the only one on the list that is even plausibly qualified to be president. Somehow the... 

From the streets of Tunis to Tahrir Square and beyond, protests around the world last year were built on the Internet and the many devices that interact with it. Though the demonstrations thrived because thousands of people turned out to participate, they could never have happened as they did without the ability that the Internet offers to communicate, organize and publicize everywhere, instantaneously. It... 

Looking back to 2011, the effect of the Arab Spring is still lingering. People have risen in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Syria and initiated a worldwide quest for political rights and social justice. Arab League observers have visited several cities in Syria to 'monitor the situation', but repression continues Once characterised as politically and economically stagnant by neo-Orientalists,... 

The 2012 general election will present Ghanaians with the last chance to choose progressive visionary leaders, under whose governance, the country would hit the road to the attainment of transformational development in approximately one generation or settle for the retrogressive status-quo that can only lead to a failed nation state. It is the last chance because, if we choose progressive leaders,... 

Car owners have been advised to park their cars at home and join commercial and public transport to ease the screaming traffic situation in the city. ACP Awuni Angwubutoge, MTTU boss This, the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit Commander, ACP Awuni Angwubutoge, believes is one of several measures to mitigate the effects of the depressing traffic situation in the city. Accra has been inflicted with a... 

The death of totalitarian leaders like Kim Jong-il can create fears of instability It seems more likely that Kim Jong-il’s death will have a greater immediate impact than that of Vaclav Havel. As the world digests the deaths of Vaclav Havel and Kim Jong-il, an interesting and unresolved questions is raised once again for observers of politics: How much influence does any one person ever really...