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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: The dreaded locks of Achimota
When I met my wife, her hair was natural. Not only was it her own hair, but she hadn’t permed or relaxed it. She kept softening creams at…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Oppong Nkrumah, Prof. Kwame Karikari did not lie
Dear Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, I heard you stress at the vetting last week that I had never said I went to South Africa because my life had been…
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SPECIAL REPORT: Senior Minister’s Contract, Court Drama and Auditor-General’s Forced Leave
Report by: Manasseh Azure Awuni/[email protected] An “Anti-Corruption President” Stands Accused In 2016, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) won Ghana’s election convincingly…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Why Prof. Benneh’s killers may not be found
My first meeting with Prof. Emmanuel Yaw Benneh was in his office at the University of Ghana Law School, where he had taught for 30 years before his…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Comparing Akufo-Addo and Prof. Opoku-Agyemang
The flag bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has finally named his running mate for the 2020 election. Contrary to some leading names that had been…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Who’s Responsible for these children?
Our elders have taught us that it takes one to bring forth a child, but it takes the entire village or community to raise that child. The conventional…
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JOHN ELLIOT HAGAN: From a Newsroom Cleaner to Best Graduating Journalism Student
If you work as a newspaper journalist, one of the people you would least expect to read your full-page feature story and give you feedback is the newsroom cleaner.…
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BEHIND THE FLAWED RULING: Facts the NMC Ignored
The National Media Commission [NMC] has denied the government’s demand for an “order for the retraction and apology to the Government of Ghana on the contents” of the…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: The Wesley Girls’ Headmistress and the Interns Debate
I did not have an appointment. And my name did not ring a bell. I did not have the fame that would open doors on an impromptu…
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“Akufo-Addo’s Gov’t Will Not Approve Parliamentary Chamber Building” — Minister
A Cabinet Minister has told manassehazure.com that there is no way the Akufo-Addo government will approve parliament’s proposal to build a new chamber to seat 450. The Minister…
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VIDEO: Why the Auditor General Says Zoomlion is a “Fraudulent” Company
The Auditor-General has described Zoomlion Ghana Limited as a fraudulent company that has caused a drain on the scarce resources of Ghana. The Auditor General said this in…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: The New Building for Our “Useless” Parliament
In July 2018, I conducted a poll on Facebook on the usefulness or otherwise of the parliament of Ghana in our democracy. Here is the question I asked:…