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*Mum:* Koobee! *Me:* Yess Maa!  *Mum:* Did you say goodbye to Ofa Atta? *Me:* Errrm, I think so.  *Mum:* Well I'm just seeing his nineteen missed calls.  *Me:* Ohhoo! Nineteen whaaat?  Well, my little uncle, 'Operation Man', as they affectionately called him was becoming so annoying. Ever since the computer posted me to his Alma mater,  he never seized to amaze me with so much attention.  My first choice to 'Accra Aca' backfired when he was kicked out of Italy.  Ofa Atta did all he could to force his sister to change my preferred high school. Just Imagine! I was so bored; I refused to eat for three days and  two nights. Every evening, Ofa came home to chat with Mum about the big men who had passed through the school.  He kept mentioning names like General Afrifa, Kojo Botsio,  Gbedemah, Sam Jonah, Stephen Appiah  bla bla bla. Eventually, I threw in the towel. Yes! I found solace in Ephesians 6:6 of the Bible.   Yet, what p...

Friday, 23th October, 2009, STC coaches to Cape Coast were fully booked. Of course, an all-knowing Auntie Sabina had influenced my decision to wear an unprescribed khaki pant. I was first to arrive at the stop. I sat on the front row  of the bus unassuming, anxious, with no idea the end from the genesis of my 4-year stay on the hill. Two-hour drive from Ring Road West through to Mankessim. My  good self fell; fell asleep. How ridiculous! The gentleman who sat next to me couldn't sit for the final WASSCE exams. He's in heaven as I speak.  Six shapeless beautys alighted at Mfantiman School, seven and half guys 'dropped' few meters to our destination.  I didn't witness the direction those squad from KwaBotwe took thereafter. In fact, I can't fathom the number of pages this true story of ours entails. Would you mind counting from now onwards?  Life has  thought us several interesting courses: the ones we trailed, the few we excelled, some of which we had to res...

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 7 out of 10 Ghanaians today own a smartphone. Obviously, since every smartphone is internet compatible this makes Ghana one of the fastest growing developing countries on the web. Brick and mortal businesses now seeing the merits associated with online businesses are leveraging the digital ecosystem to attract ,engage and delight many clients as possible. How fast are these smart business moving compared to already established brands taking the frontline?  Jumia Ghana is so far leading in the e-commerce marathon. With over 100 local partners, 1 million plus subscribers and 4 other diversifications in food, hotel and flight, classifieds,etc it will be very difficult for smaller businesses to run shoulders with this tycoon unless they join them. (Article WorkInProgress, Follow This Blog To Read More When Its All Done)

Some leaders are called; others elected, some appointment while a few inherit. One such high position that has being in existence since the era of civilization is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Sir Arku Korsah In 1956; the year before Ghana's independence,  Sir Kobina Arku  became the first Chief Justice. He was appointment by the Head of State, Dr.Kwame Nkrumah and this norm of the Executive appointing the President of the Judiciary has come to stay. Nkrumah sacked Sir Arku as Chief Justice in December 1963 replacing him with Justice Julius Sarkodee-Addo. So on, Justice Sarkodee-Addo w as removed after the  coup d'état  of 24 February 1966 by the military  National Liberation Council  government. Then came the third Chief Justices,  Edward Akufo-Addo , Edward Bannerman, Samuel Azu Crabbe, Fred Akpalu, E.N.P Sowah. 

It has been destined today at eleven hundred hours(11:00am GMT) for the first gentleman of Ghana to face the 'fourth arm of government'.(Media) The  meeting is to afford journalists the opportunity to ask President Akufo-Addo key questions they believe he hasn’t adequately addressed at various forums and also know about his plans for the remaining thirteen months  in government. It could be recalled that last year, a similar encounter occurred on the 19th of December where the President accounted for his stewardship after almost two years in office to Ghanaians. Already, certain media houses in the capital are on their marks, getting set and ready to broadcast the session online via Facebook and Youtube channels. One of them being  Multimedia Media Group  has its journalists, reporters,editorial and media team on standby. You may view a live courage from their Facebook page: JOYNEWS Our fingers are crossed for the outcome of today's meet up...

God bless our homeland Ghana, And make our nation great and strong, Bold to defend for ever, The cause of Freedom and of Right. Fill our hearts with true humility Make us cherish fearless honesty, And help us to resist oppressor's rule With all our will and might for evermore Click Here To Play Sound The National Anthem of Ghana: A three stanza anthem with song lyrics written by  Michael Kwame Gbordzoe in the year 1970. It's music was composed by Philip Gheho in the same year. Before this anthem was adapted by the newly independent state, Gold Coast sang the anthem of its colonial masters(God Bless The Queen).

GHANA CEDI  Ghana's currency has come a long way. It has pass through 4 generations one colonial and 3 Ghanaian cedi revolutions. An intelligent guess after looking through successive changes reveals reasons such as political sentiments, macroeconomic indicators such as inflation, exchange rates. The physical look of the currency  both coin and bank notes has interesting characters ;obverse and reverse. The first cedi had the picture of Nkrumah on the observe. That shouldn't have been a big deal Britain our former masters still has their Queen Elizabeth till date.  Ghana's First President Nkrumah   introduced the Cedi to replace the ancient West African Pound also patronised used by Nigeria,Liberia,Senegal,Guinea. His reason was to convert to decimal system widely used other than the British imperial system. Consequently this new country carried the picture of Almighty Nkrumah during the days of union government.  Mind you before Nkrumah's Cedi ,Gold Coast ...

Ironically, we mostly see them in bushes, solitary places and rarely approach them due to their tininess I guess. They really feel what we feel towards them. "Forget-me-not", they cry! Forget-Me-Not plants symbolize true love. The forget-me-not flowers are a medium, "true blue". And as the name suggests, they are given or used to decorate gifts with the hope the recipient will not forget the giver. It also symbolizes faithful love and memories. Fiction has it that after God named all the flowers in the garden, one little flower cried, "forget-me-not" and God decided that, that would be the perfect name for the little flower. Have you noticed something peculiar about life? We early ignore people who love us dearly to pay attention to those who merely do. Isn't this kind of weird? Well, tomorrow marks another unforgettable moment in the life of someone. Sunday is National Forget-Me-Not Day. We have witnessed times and seasons when we thought our hope had...

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From the West heading towards the big city- Accra, they definitely pass through a market; that market being the noble and ancient old Kaneshie. I personally have fond memories associated with Kaneshie from my high school days at Adisadel College.

Who is a witch? A witch is said to be the female version of a wizard. Depending on the continent you come from this 5 letter-word(witch) when picked up by the auxiliary neurones relays distinct feelings from different angles of life. One part of the universe, when a beautiful lady is lucky enough to be caught up with old age and denied the syringe of death ,she is wonderfully branded as a witch. Wise men who talk wise words are wizards, the opposite is true. In other part of mother earth, witches are upheld in high esteem. They are the ones who create and recreate. They make mind-blowing creations like airplanes, submarines, rockets and more. (To be continued)

This world is full of suspense. Imagine me being flown into an island of secrecy. What the 'hell' am I to find? Only God Knows! {Poetry} ... Story begins at 6pm GMT (Perfect hour for a hot mug of gossip ) Wet your Appetite?

Here in Ghana, a baby who fortunately grows a single milk tooth is not delayed.  He/she is quickly enrolled into Creche. From there  he rises through Kindergarten,Primary and soon an adolescent, finds himself in High School. Adolescents at this stage are mostly ignorant of the fact that their future is founded on the choices they make from henceforth. Truth be told, lots of events occur at High School. 

The Joy when one gets what one wishes Bitter Sweet National Service Experiences I wasn't amazed when GhanaWeb reported that newly posted national  service personnel had to throng Ghana Airports for endorsement . In fact, this is no news at all; it has become an annual ritual. Do you know the amount of time, sweat, funds I had to invest in other to get a befitting institution to serve? Experience indeed is a good teacher. I can't imagine eleven months had just elapsed into seven days of quality experience. Don't get me wrong; in case you are thinking I had a paradisical service as those Airport space fighters in the news are wishing for then you better find a well-cushioned sofa to sit and read on. In mother Ghana, every graduate from the tertiary caucus is mandated to undergo at least one year service to the nation.