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Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
I have read your reaction to my writeup on Kwesi Pratt should be the last person to pontificate on national affairs and I must confess I feel sorry for hitting you below the belt by including your name among those I referred to as hypocrites You are indeed like a brother to me and I am sorry for my choice of words and expressions to describe yo ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
My attention has been drawn to a feature article published in the New Punch on Tuesday rd November which was given wide publicity during the newspaper review segment by a panelist on Peace FM I received numerous telephone calls from friends and admirers both known and unknown ones to tune in to Peace FM and listen to a lively discussion g ... Read more |
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Friday, October 02, 2009 |
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It was an innocuous remark or statement which was not meant to generate any controversy Nana Addo Dankwa AkufoAddo was on a familiar terrain doing what he knows best It was a friendly advice to the publishers of a friendly newspaper called The Thunder which had just made its debut in Kumasi Name and shame mediocrity and incompetence prai ... Read more |
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Friday, September 25, 2009 |
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Water is evidently the most vital element in a plants life Irrigation allows farmers to crop twice or thrice a year It is therefore sad for Government to source for money to rehabilitate some of the existing irrigation only for some greedy selfish and egocentric officials at the Head Office to award contracts to themselves or their cronies w ... Read more |
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 |
In those days when succession to the throne could be very acrimonious there existed a tacit understanding among all the contestants and their supporters anytime the throne became vacant This unwritten law or convention was strictly adhered to because as soon as a new occupant to the throne emerges all dissension ceased and every unsuccessful cl ... Read more |
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change The courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the differenceJames Baldwin in wrote that we can manage without butter but not for example without guns If we are attacked we can only defend ourselves with guns not butterPrevious Police unauthorized ... Read more |
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Saturday, August 15, 2009 |
During the Second World War there lived a certain Paul Joseph Goebbels Through deceit vile and trickery he meandered his way to the top of the Nazi Communication outfit And once there he became unstoppable He dispensed with all notable ethics of communication and information and introduced into the system what came to be known in the diction ... Read more |
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Thursday, August 13, 2009 |
Today I have decided to be brief and go straight to the point I have adopted this stance to preempt falling prey to the machination of the satanic destroyers responsible for the horrifying takes being recounted daily by Ghanaians from all walks of lifeBut in doing so I am adopting a method employed by a sick man who was told by his physici ... Read more |
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Monday, August 03, 2009 |
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State of the Union Addresses are normally presented by incumbent and constitutionally elected leaders of countries Therefore I an unknown and unsung political animal do not have any locus standi to present one to my constituents who in this instance happen to be the downtrodden and hardworking masses in the country It must be emphasized that ... Read more |
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
Last Sunday the th of July at about pm I had a phone call from an unexpected source Guess whom The honourable P C Appiah Ofori himself Let me state here that I cannot say for sure whether it was Appiah Ofori himself who called but the voice at the other end identified himself as the Honourable Appiah Ofori ... Read more |
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Friday, July 10, 2009 |
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In the Holy Bible we read that Satan was one of the highly rated Angels in the kingdom of God He felt so big that he thought he could overturn the status quo and become head of Gods Kingdom Through deceit lies guile intimidation misconception and misinformation he was able to woo some gullible angels to take up arms against the established ... Read more |
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Saturday, July 04, 2009 |
There comes the midnight hour when all men must unmask These are the very words of Soren Kierkegaard The midnight hour for Muntaka is now and in our bid to unmask I shall try to do a critical and objective analysis without fear favour malice or hatredThere is no doubt that triple M Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak is a lucky man He was tucke ... Read more |
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Saturday, June 27, 2009 |
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I will give up everything for the survival of democracy in Ghana and the New Patriotic Party But please ensure that I get a decent burial when I die These were the very words of an active and diehard supporter of the NPP during a heated debate on whether or not the party was worth dying for some time last weekToday I have decided to go ... Read more |
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Sunday, June 21, 2009 |
Fatai Ayinla a Nigerian with whom I attended elementary school at Kusi Presby Primary and LA Middle School recently paid a visit to Ghana He narrated his ordeal at the hands of the Nigerian Police some few years agoIt was the period of Christmas and the spirit of the season could be felt in the air Not to be outdone by others Fatai in com ... Read more |
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 |
When Acheampong and Utuka were tied to the state and shot like common criminals Ghanaians did nothing The Clergy said nothing Traditional rulers said nothing whiles labour looked on helplessly as the yearning and baying for more blood reached a crescendo It was as if all of us acquiesced in and applauded that dastardly act But the two were hum ... Read more |
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Monday, June 01, 2009 |
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In the early Nineties when Bashorum Moshood Kashimawo Olabisi Abiola the Ona Are Kankanfo of Yoruba land was vying for the Presidency of Nigeria he paid a visit to the Oni of Ife spiritual leader of the Yoruba race Oba Okunade Sijuade at Ife and the Alafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi at the ancient town of Oyo to seek their moral and spiritual s ... Read more |
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Monday, May 25, 2009 |
In the Gospels according to St Matthew Mark and Luke we read of desperate and determined attempts by the Chief Priests and the Sanhedrin to find some false evidence against Jesus to enable them put him to death but they could not find any Many witnesses told lies about Him but their stories did not agree Finally two men stepped forw ... Read more |
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Sunday, May 24, 2009 |
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In the Gospels according to St Matthew Mark and Luke we read of desperate and determined attempts by the Chief Priests and the Sanhedrin to find some false evidence against Jesus to enable them put him to death but they could not find any Many witnesses told lies about Him but their stories did not agree Finally two men stepped forw ... Read more |
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
I am compelled by prevailing circumstances to cause the reproduction of the above write up which appeared in some local and international media in early November This decision has been taken in the general interest of reader who spends time out of their tight schedules to go through my features Some have over the years offered me suppor ... Read more |
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Saturday, May 16, 2009 |
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I am compelled by prevailing circumstances to cause the reproduction of the above write up which appeared in some local and international media in early November This decision has been taken in the general interest of reader who spend time out of their tight schedules to go through my features Some have over the years offered me support ... Read more |
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Sunday, May 10, 2009 |
Yes the NDC is a great party in the sense that it has been able to breed moles which she exports to other parties Like the defunct Soviet Union the party takes the art of propaganda misinformation and spreading of deliberate lies very seriously If the leadership directs that all should move in a particular direction so be it Like soldier a ... Read more |
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 |
A righteous man hateth lying but a wicked man is loathsome and cometh to shame Join the NDC the party of strange interesting and at times bizarre things The party whose action one cannot be sure of and so cannot predict The party that its founder could inspect a Guard of Honour mounted by some soldiers at the blind side of the President ... Read more |
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Friday, April 24, 2009 |
Join the NDC the party of strange interesting and at times bizarre things The party whose action one cannot be sure of and so cannot predict The party that its founder could inspect a Guard of Honour mounted by some soldiers at the blind side of the President The party of many factions but which for the sake of elections and a common enemy in t ... Read more |
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Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
Patriotic members of the New Patriotic Party I salute you for your resilience commitment and dedication to the ideals of the founding founders of our noble tradition On this occasion of the death and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I enjoin you all not to lose hope in the face of attempts by our political opponents to drive u ... Read more |
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Saturday, April 04, 2009 |
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Let me exploit this medium to giving a fitting response to some distortions and blatant lies being orchestrated by the likes of Kwesi Pratt Editor of the Insight to the effect that NPP plotted to cause may hem during the transfer of power to the NDC He claims he has uncovered some tapes which give credence to that fact He made those allegations ... Read more |
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Friday, March 27, 2009 |
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Rehoboam was made King at Shechem The people sent for Jeroboam who was on selfexile in Egypt after he had led an insurrection against King SolomonThe delegation from all the tribes of Israel came with a plea to Rehoboam to reduce the burden The King asked them to return in three days time for the answerHe first consulted his elders th ... Read more |
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Saturday, March 21, 2009 |
Whether you like or not we shall go to the Airport welcome Nana anytime he returns from an overseas tripThe tirade of John Kumah and the disparaging statements by Koku Anyidoho and Mahama Ayariga against Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo only tend to arouse our sympathy for him Those condemning Nana for the spontaneous show of love and affe ... Read more |
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Friday, March 13, 2009 |
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I am in a great deal of pain It is not the pain one feels when one is hurt or injured It is not a physical pain but it is pain anyway The pain is felt in my marrows I wish someone would share this pain with me It is a pain I have carried in my system for quite a longtime It is a pain one feels when one encounters danger but is helpless to d ... Read more |
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Saturday, March 07, 2009 |
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The words of our elders are words of wisdom The wise man hears and gets wiser The slave is always a victim of the masters overzealousness and foolishness But at times his views are sought on some very sensitive matters Neglect his advice and that will spell doom for you And so the slave too has his day What will be will be and so we shoul ... Read more |
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Friday, February 27, 2009 |
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Where do we go from here I ask this question because we dont know whether we are in crisis or not We dont know whether the country is broke or not But one thing we all are in agreement is that the economy is challenged Why is the economy challenged Is it as a result of bad economic policies by the Kufuorled NPP administration I say a big n ... Read more |
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Friday, February 20, 2009 |
Ordinarily I would have preferred to keep my mouth shut and adopt a sidon look embarked upon by the Cicelo of Esa Oke the late Chief Bola Ige former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Nigeria But we are not in the best of time For we are witnessing a disastrous escalation of the culture of thuggery violence and intimidationAn ... Read more |
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Monday, February 16, 2009 |
Though Nana Addo Dankwa AkufoAddo lost the presidency to his rival and colleague at the University of Ghana Football Team sympathizers and members of the NPP took consolation in the fact that by he would be or thereabout and could still vie for the ultimate Early Congress to elect our FlagbearerWe have realized that all did not g ... Read more |
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Saturday, February 14, 2009 |
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Though Nana Addo Dankwa AkufoAddo lost the presidency to his rival and colleague at the University of Ghana Football Team sympathizers and members of the NPP took consolation in the fact that by he would be or thereabout and could still vie for the ultimate Early Congress to elect our FlagbearerWe have realized that all di ... Read more |
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Monday, February 09, 2009 |
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Pay Back Time Is HereThe recent imbroglio over the closure of the Peace and Live Rehabilitation Centre should not have reached such a crescendo if due process has been followedI have always been a believer in the right thing being done at the right time and a sticker to rules and regulations And that is the more reason why I have an axe t ... Read more |
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Saturday, February 07, 2009 |
The recent imbroglio over the closure of the Peace and Live Rehabilitation Centre should not have reached such a crescendo if due process has been followedI have always been a believer in the right thing being done at the right time and a sticker to rules and regulations And that is the more reason why I have an axe to grind with the powers t ... Read more |
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Sunday, February 01, 2009 |
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Kwadwo Mpiani and Wereko Brobbey may well be guinea pigs on whom the NDC controversial hidden agenda of incarcerating top NPP members in consonance with the Rawlings directive to expand the Nsawam prison to accommodate more NPP men will be rested And sure Dr Don Arthur Head of the NDC Transition Team on State Assets appears to be brimming full ... Read more |
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Saturday, January 24, 2009 |
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The police as an institution of state are there to maintain law and order Over the years the establishment has become synonymous with bribery corruption intimidation over zealousness and strongarm tactics We have not forgotten the over parcels of cocaine which disappeared from their custody We have not forgotten the orgy of violence they ... Read more |
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Saturday, January 24, 2009 |
It started as a rumour That Dr Mahamud Bawumia former Deputy Governor Bank of Ghana or is it substantive Dep Gov and running mate to Nana Addo Dankwa AkufoAddo NPP Presidential candidate had gone back to his postWhen the information first got to me I dismissed it with the wave of the hand as a story without substance How could this b ... Read more |
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Sunday, January 18, 2009 |
In the Gospel according to St Luke Chapter vs to Jesus told his disciples the parable of the rich man who before he traveled out called ten of his servants and gave each of them ten talents to be used wiselyOn his return he asked each of them to give an account of his stewardship The first had doubled the amount the second ha ... Read more |
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Sunday, January 11, 2009 |
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The atmosphere at the National Headquarters of the New Patriotic Party is not anything to highlight on This is in sharp contrast to what prevailed at the party Headquarters when the MacManu led National Executive Committee was ushered into office about two years ago Many were those who had spoken ill of the Haruna Esseku led executive the imme ... Read more |
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Saturday, January 10, 2009 |
The atmosphere at the National Headquarters of the New Patriotic Party is not anything to highlight on This is in sharp contrast to what with what pervaded at the party Headquarters when the MacManu led National Executive Committee was ushered into office about two years ago Many were those who had spoken ill of the Haruna Esseku led executive ... Read more |
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Friday, January 02, 2009 |
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The words of our elders are words of wisdom The wise man hears and gets wiser We are also told that we must leave the scene when the oration is loudestMohammed Ali forgot or did not pay heed to this cardinal principle in life and got humiliated by novices and ordinary boxersToday our nation is at the edge of the precipice for push has ... Read more |
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Friday, December 26, 2008 |
I would like to use this opportunity to set the records straight on some misconceptions distortions and blatant lies which had been fed the Ghanaian public by the National Democratic Party herein referred to as the Nefarious Destructive CancerMany NDC supporters have called and threatened me both on phone and my email Others have called me ... Read more |
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Friday, December 19, 2008 |
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In Exodus chapter we read that after Pharaoh had allowed the Israelites to depart from the land of Egypt his heart was hardened again and he and his elders regretted the decision and so decided to chase them and bring back into slaveryThey chased them At this time the Israelites had reached the Red Sea And when they raised their eyes t ... Read more |
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
The number registered on my phone is and the time was Date of call reads th December I wonder why someone should choose such an ungodly hour to disturb hisher fellow human being with his threats and intimidation I f the person has problems sleeping why should he drag others to partake in his problem On second thoug ... Read more |
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Friday, December 12, 2008 |
When the heart decides no amount of persuasion can prevent the crossing of the Rubicon On the th of December Ghanaians will again be called upon to perform a most significant patriotic duty that of electing a new President for the countryThe first election ended inconclusive Although the New Patriotic Partys candidate Nana Addo ... Read more |
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
It has come to the notice of the office of Professor John Evans Atta Mills Presidential Candidate of the NDC and Publications in section of the media that a member of his security detail allegedly assaulted a certain Kojo Yeboah at Cow Lane in Accra on Tuesday July We are aware that the matter is being handled by the appropriate law e ... Read more |
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 |
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Whoever had doubts about the outcome of the parliamentary election at the Akwatia Constituency must now be doing a revision of his notesMaybe the NDC should have heeded to the advice of their founder seriously by making an indigene of the town its parliamentary candidate Which ever way one looks at it the party would have been negatively af ... Read more |
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 |
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Politics even though is said to be a dirty game it can as well be quite interesting when the dramatic personae decide to play it according to its rules Such a thing was replicated at Abomoso Prince of Peace Presbyterian Church during the Annual Harvest and Thanksgiving Service of the Church on Sunday th November It was an occasion whi ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
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MILLS But we do Trust us If Mills tells you he cares for you he means itGHANABA Then show usMILLS Have I not sent my second in command to speak on my behalf Yes John Mahama is my boy He goes where I send himGHANABA This I care for you is something oo We hardly see you oo And when you make ... Read more |
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Saturday, November 22, 2008 |
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This write up is in response to attempts by the NDC to hoodwink Ghanaians into accepting their lies that seem to portray Atta Mills as a person of unblemished and record of impeccable track credibility and believability ALLEGED INTIMIDATION OF NDC SUPPORTERS AT KIBI They accuse AkufoAddo of keeping silent whiles NDC posters and flags ... Read more |
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Saturday, November 15, 2008 |
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I refer to Professor KDanso Boafos reaction to my earlier rejoinder in repudiating some inaccuracies and distortions in an article titled Akufo Addo Homecoming Rally Is Bogus The said piece was submitted by one Sammy Osei Tashman an aspiring NDC MP who wanted to count his chickens before they were hatched by referring to himself as NDC mem ... Read more |
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 |
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To all those who believe in the lies distortions intimidations and falsehood being fed them by the desperados in the National Democratic Congress to the effect that the deficiencies in the Ghanaian Political Social and Economic systems would be addressed through insults and stigmatization of their political opponents in the New Patriotic Party s ... Read more |
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 |
As a person who sincerely believes in the ideals and ability of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo to turn the economy of the country around through practical oriented policies Let me exploit this opportunity to give a fitting response to the inaccuracies distortions and utter falsehood as contained in the writeup put in the Ghana Web Modern Ghana Th ... Read more |
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Monday, October 27, 2008 |
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Give me two Ohene Agyekums the man told the food seller Please go straight to the point As you can see I am very busy What do you mean by Ohene Agyekum Do we sell human beings here The lady asked Oh what is happening to these people I only asked for two Ohene Agyekums and all I get is a lecture If you dont have tell mill go to anot ... Read more |
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Sunday, October 26, 2008 |
To all those who believe in the potency of dreams and what they stand for here is something for your thoughts Artemidorus in Julius Caesar had given Caesar a piece of paper on which was written names of those who wanted Caesar destroyed and cautioning him to be careful of such people The soothsayer had also warned him to beware of the Ides of ... Read more |
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Friday, October 17, 2008 |
The elephant huge as it is cannot be said to be a timid animal Its devastating effect is worse than Hurricane Gustav Ike Catherine put together And that is why Kofi Wayo the notorious half baked politician who has fought almost every notable member of his party came out to give us a hint on a form of alliance the various opposition parties w ... Read more |
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Saturday, October 11, 2008 |
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Why did Rawlings sack Tsatsu Tsikata as CEO of GNPC This is a question which the adherents of the NDC have refused to answer in spite of numerous challenges thrown to them I wont relent on it Ghanaians deserve to be told the answerNow judging by the criteria with which the NDC as a party has set that any official who losses his position in ... Read more |
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Friday, October 03, 2008 |
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Change a friend said is impossible to predict Give me examples I challenged and he mentioned one then two and got stuck What about ex President John Jerry Rawlings My friend was at his wits end to justify his defence of the man he claims he is ever prepared to lay down his life for My impatience was getting the better part of me Look ... Read more |
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Friday, September 26, 2008 |
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Those who do not remember the past Are condemned to repeat itThe past is the best prophetFor the futureThe above lines are my reply to those callous insensitive who behave an act as if they were descendants of Ballack I was of the opinion that Ghanaians are very decent and Godfearing people who are sensitive to the needs and feelings ... Read more |
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Friday, September 19, 2008 |
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In the art of life everybody must be a self starterWe cannot wait for lucky breaksWe cannot demand our cheers in advanceT o sit down and wait for the propitious moment When fate will smile on us Is to court personal disasterThe NDC has since its inception which arose out of the illusion of an ex Flight Lieutenant who dreamt and saw ... Read more |
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Monday, September 15, 2008 |
Like Brutus Mills attitude to life is quite at variance with that of Nana he idealistic way of Mills as against the realistic way of Nana Elegized by the greatest bully that ever bestrides this narrow world of ours Mills is living under the false assumption that he will attain power through violence But when Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Ad ... Read more |
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Saturday, September 13, 2008 |
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Yesterday when I was thinking of what to write as my weekly contribution towards digging deep into our archives a veil was taken off my eyes and straight away I began to see the lightIn a trance like manner like what happened when Peter was told that he should not call what God has cleansed unholy I believe I have the mandate to open the eyes ... Read more |
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Saturday, September 06, 2008 |
To those of you who believe in the lies being fed them by John Jerry Rawlings and his handpicked successor John Evans Atta Mills who also feel the only way they could regain power is to fan the embers of ethnicity I have this word of advice for them Come December they will have the shock of their lives The Volta Region which hithert ... Read more |
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Friday, August 29, 2008 |
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It was not until Wednesday th August when I received a threatening phone call from an anonymous caller did I realize the dangers journalists are exposed to in the discharge of their primary task of bringing news to the peopleThe clock read am I slept late the previous night because I was engrossed in an article I wanted to send th ... Read more |
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
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Whoever has heard of Moshood Kashimawo Olabisi Abiola the Aare Ona Kankanfo of Yoruba land and the one who was alleged to have won the freest election ever to have been conducted in Nigeria will indeed agree with me that it was he who used guile and deceit to get what he wanted but did not haveThe same is true with regards to ... Read more |
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Monday, April 14, 2008 |
From the ravages of confusion greed ethnicity favoritism corruption dictatorship intimidation dashed hope and torture the country is systematically warming its way back into the embrace of democracy decency freedom and justice This has been made possible by the mature and efficient way of our ship of state and has been captained by the ... Read more |
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