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“Mahama Ayariga is telling the truth but…” — Ayariga’s opponent declares
We are it again! People have sworn by the Almighty God in order to make them appear believable. And it doesn’t seem the current probe being undertaken by…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: A ‘Serene’ reason to visit Volta Region
The woman who pronounces locations on Google Drive has a funny accent. Yes, very funny! Try using Google to find a location in any of the “lungulungu” suburbs…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: I saw Mahama’s Ford Expedition at Flagstaff House last month
Last week, the Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Nana Boakye, said the Ford Expedition given to President Mahama by the Burkinabe contractor, Djibril Kanazoe,…
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MANASSEH WRITES: Three lessons the Ayew brothers have taught us
It is said that when people speak ill of you, live your life in such a way that nobody will believe them. This is the biggest lesson the…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Common sense analysis of Ayariga’s bribery claim
Before night fell yesterday, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) member of parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, set the nation on a fire of controversy. He alleged that…
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MANASSEH WRITES: If Bagbin had asked Suhuyini’s question the same way
In the past, some people appeared at the Vetting Committee of parliament and they were asked to recite the national anthem and national pledge. The questions were deemed…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: The ‘rich Asante culture’ and the unpolished German rice
Last week, Asanteman came to a standstill. And many of the people who matter in the affairs of our republic were there to pay their homage. The occasion?…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: The tribute Komla Dumor wrote about himself
For a moment, I thought the priest moderating the burial service had made a mistake. So I waited to hear the correction. But it never came. Like many…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: The Black Stars and Afriyie-Ankrah’s tears in the rain
There is this story about parliamentarians whose bus was involved in a fatal accident on their way to a rural community to inspect a project. When rescuers heard…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Of a greedy nation and a homeless president
Brethren in the Lord, let us open our Bible to the book of Matthew. We are reading from the twentieth verse of the eighth chapter. For a better…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Why Akufo-Addo’s plagiarised speech is both good and bad omen
A child from a poor home, like the one in which I grew up, does not often look up to something special from its mother’s kitchen, but it…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Has Akufo-Addo just repeated Mahama’s blunder?
Our wise elders have warned us that if a man dies by stumbling over a stone, we do not run to his funeral. For the fear of also…