Opinion

February 14 is here. It is called the season of love where we are to care for people and show greater affection to our loved ones, the needy and to the vulnerable. In some quarters, it is a period...

Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) appears to be redefining   itself in a manner that may soon necessitate a name change to reflect   the inherent distortions in its newfound direction. This group has   before now distinguished itself as one that...

Some migrate within Africa while others take the risky route to Europe Every week, in the Brong Ahafo Region — one of Ghana’s major food baskets — vehicles load up with men between 18 and 40 years old. Many, mostly...

In our society today, it is almost commonplace to find the constant use of weak verbal attacks and rhetoric of physical violence; protesters and all with varying opinions debase language, which is powerful in expression of dissent. Although language...

Ghana grapples with making health care universally accessible When Bernard Natey could not find a qualified cardiac surgeon in his native Togo to implant a pacemaker in his heart to manage an irregular heartbeat, he promptly packed his bags for...

The slogan for Nigeria’s development ought to be in the words of Booker T. Washington in 1895, at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Convention, during which he called on Blacks to “Cast down your bucket where you are.”...

There are heated debates in  Africa and in diplomatic circles across the globe over the January 31,  African Union(AU) Assembly decision that African countries carry out a collective withdrawal from the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) Although the decision...

I am going to be completely honest: I am a huge romantic. I love love…and as such, I certainly adore the idea of a specific day being set aside to celebrate love. Unfortunately, though, I haven’t had much luck...

The puzzle of the high maternal and child mortality rate in Africa, especially for children under the age of five, remains a major concern even as all efforts are made to reverse the trend. The figures are bleak: 1 in...

The category of Nigerians who withstood all the oddities for the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari and were immediately recognized and rewarded is few. The reward I mean is not the monetary but the call to serve the nation...