David Kala
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Life is full of choices. I passionately endorse common sense and its tenets in any facet of this life. Education is golden, but humility pays.
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Teachers, The Gods Have Spoken: Was Your Future Negotiated Away?
The strike may have ended, but the real test lies ahead. Beneath the announcement of improved allowances and promises of...
Nadowli/Kaleo: When Bad Roads Breed Political Despair And Stifle Development
From Tangasie to Biiree, Kuuri and the Kpaala–Charikpong corridor, neglected roads, electricity deprivation and stalle...
Teachers, Stay Awake! The Council of State Intervention, Will It Secure Teachers’ Future or Negotiate It Away?
The Ghanaian teacher must not go to sleep now. If anything, this is the moment to remain vigilant, scrutinise every deve...
They Need Light: A Clarion Call for The Forgotten Communities of Nadowli/Kaleo
There are places in the Nadowli/Kaleo Constituency where darkness is not merely what descends when the sun goes down. Da...
If Ghana is Digitalised and not a Foofaraw, Why is G.E.S. Still Drowning in Paper?
There is no iota of doubt that the Education Minister’s weekend revelation raises serious, cracking questions about Gh...
Kenneth Kaunda: The Gentle Giant of African Liberation
Few African leaders of the independence generation embodied the spirit of African liberation as profoundly as Dr. Kennet...
Animal Farm, African Edition: When the Law Knows the Rich from the Poor
There are moments when George Orwell's Animal Farm ceases to look like fiction and begins to resemble a documentary...
Mia Mottley and the Masterstroke Speech That Lit Up the United Nations
If there was one speech at this year’s United Nations General Assembly that refused to sound like another diplomatic r...
Teacher Strike: When Will the Unions Stop Negotiating Teachers' Future Away?
The Ghanaian teacher is on strike again. From Friday, September 25, 2026, the nation's three major pre-tertiary teacher ...
When Arrest Becomes Politics: The MP, Parliamentary Privilege and Ghana’s Unfinished Democratic Question
The attempted arrest of the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, by officials of the Econom...
Africa: The Cradle of Civilisation and The Unfinished Journey to Self-Determination
Reflections inspired by Prof. P.L.O. Lumumba's lecture on Africa's historical influenceThere is perhaps no more enduring...
Nkrumah at 117: The Torchlight of Common Sense Still Burns
The torchlight of common sense was symbolically lit 117 years ago today with the birth of one of Africa’s most consequ...
The “Ghana Jollof” Affair: Due Process Must Be Defended Without Turning the Law into a Political Football
Ghana’s latest political controversy surrounding the arrest and remand of senior nursing officer Salomey Awity Baffoe&...
The Funeral of Manchester United FC: The Gods are not to Blame; Please, Let the Dead Rest!
Some deaths happen quietly, and some deaths refuse to leave the mortuary because the relatives are still arguing over wh...
Beyond the Screen: Why Ghana’s Party Internal Elections Must Return to the Grassroots
Political campaigning in Ghana has evolved significantly. Social media platforms have altered how prospective candidates...
When the Teacher becomes an Okada Rider: The Testimony Ghana cannot Afford to Ignore
The teacher is the bedrock of national development, but what happens when the teacher can no longer afford to remain in ...
When the Teacher Becomes an Okada Rider: Ghana’s Unfinished Business with its most Important Professional
The relationship between an Okada rider (motorcycle taxi operator) and protesting teachers showcases an intriguing confl...
The Chief Justice, Political Outrage and the Problem of Selective Principle
The controversy surrounding the recent words of Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie demands a more intellectually honest st...
How is it that a Petition Formally Submitted in December 2025 and Subsequently Forwarded to the Chief Justice has yet to Receive a Prima Facie Determination as of September 2026?
According to Section 15(3) of Act 959, the Chief Justice has 30 days to address such matters for prima facie determinati...
The Double Whammy: The 24-Hour Economy as an Antidote to the Rising Atrocities And Weapon-Related Violence in Our Senior High Schools (continuation...)
Security without education is inadequate. Education without security is vulnerable. We need both.The Pros of the Pr...
The Double Whammy: The 24-Hour Economy as an Antidote to the Rising Atrocities And Weapon-Related Violence in Our Senior High Schools (continuation...)
When a situation involves a dangerous weapon, an immediate threat to life or serious criminal conduct, professional law ...
The Double Whammy: The 24-Hour Economy as an Antidote to the Rising Atrocities and Weapon-Related Violence in Our Senior High Schools
Nowadays, there is something profoundly unsettling about sending a child to Senior High School with the expectation that...
A Litmus Test of the Escalating Distress Faced by Educators in the Service: The Teacher's Position within the State (Ghana)
The National Office of the West African Examinations Council in Ghana conducted a nationwide aptitude test yesterday to ...
The Pastor's and the Imam's Shame is now Pride to Believers of Opposing Faiths: Religion, Opium of the Masses
Whites' dominance over the Black race persists due to the foreign religions imposed upon us, which divide our attention,...
The Sedinam Tamakloe Judgment Without Tears by Kweku Azaa (Summarized Version)
In a 94-page ruling issued by Justice E. Ankamah, with Justices S. Diawuo and E. S. Amedahe concurring, a three-member p...
Sometimes, the most Powerful Victory Speech comes after the most Modest Defeat
Meet Noah Adamtey. The lawyer who marched into the Supreme Court armed with an arsenal of constitutional reliefs, only t...
Supreme Court Today Snubbed What it is Known For and Best Does: No Prima Facie Case has gone Incognito
The Supreme Court has done it again, and guess what is within the public domain. This time, there is no prima facie case...
The Ensuing Hogwash Statement by the Minority Leader Following Dr Cassiel Ato Forson's Presentation of the Mid-Year Budget to Parliament
The mid-year budget review was delivered yesterday in compliance with Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act,...
The First Time the Peasant to see the 'Money Man' Jailed by our Courtrooms: A Discretionary Call to have Expectations Measured
The courtroom had gone quiet. Not the ordinary silence of people waiting for a judge. This was the kind of silence that ...
Rejoinder: ABANDONED ACCIDENT TRUCK IN KALEO POSES SAFETY RISK
All those who are sceptical about The Trial New will be persuaded today of the gains it is reaping for communities, and ...
If it cannot be Captioned as Motherhood Day or Parenthood Day, then it must be Unambiguously Captioned Women's Day
Sincerely, I hold a deep respect for the annual Mother's Day celebration, but not in the way it is captioned in meaning....
A country that politicised darkness while normalising the PDS scandal cannot claim surprise when faith in the energy industry resurfaces.
The child who is blind thinks all the age-mates are also blind. The loudest voices in Ghana’s current energy debate ar...
Molecule of the Week Archive: I’ve been studied for a long time—yet there’s a lot to learn. What molecule am I?
Harmine1 is one of several alkaloids that occur in the seeds of Peganum harmala, a flowering plant that grows ...
The Cat Knows What It Has Seen That the Dog Hasn't, but It Doesn't Bark: Humility Pays
The New Patriotic Party did not lose the 2024 elections because Ghanaians suddenly fell in love with the National Democr...
DECLARATION OF CANDIDATURE FOR THE POSITION OF DEPUTY CONSTITUENCY SECRETARY, NADOWLI-KALEO CONSTITUENCY – NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (NDC)
Fellow Comrades, Esteemed Leadership, and Loyal Foot Soldiers of the Great NDC in Nadowli-Kaleo Constituency,I, Kala Dav...
Big News: The Blind Reported Seeing a Ghost while Maxwell Kofi Jumah was Re-arrested for Corruption Charges
Barely a year ago, warnings about Maxwell Kofi Jumah were dismissed as political noise. Some defended him reflexively. O...
Extreme Laxity makes a Man use his Manhood to Clean the Anus – The Grassroots Need Understanding; It Cannot Continue to be a Facade
To be in power or opposition, and to have experienced real-time power before, are two distinct things. Persons or groups...
Between Religious Doctrine and Constitutional Law, Are Individual Rights: Unpacking the "Termolecularity" Collision: A Practical Approach
The manipulation of belief systems not only undermines the integrity of individual choice but also fosters division amon...
A Legal Argument is not the Same Thing as a Legal Outcome
A lot of people are acting like the first thing is the second thing. It's also familiar how Ghana reacts when corruption...
Court case update: Republic v. Mustapha Hamid & Others – Still Counting our Losses due to Kissi Agyabeng's Ineptitude
The High Court, a day after, refused an invitation to discharge the accused persons on grounds that the OSP has no prose...
Ghana's Flag on the Moon: A Moment to Reflect on What We Possess and Its Value in Our Lives
The woman by the name of Christina Hammock Koch onNASA's Artemis II crew is reportedly the mission specialist and the on...
Render to Caesar What Is Caesar's: The Trial News Has Crafted Its Own Impressive Appraisal!
During the week, the manager and propriator of The Trial News, Mr Baaladong B. Francis, the brains behind the electronic...
Afenyo-Markins' Argument put Africa on Trial and the Empire on Appeal, but Africa will not be Cross-Examined on Reparations
Somewhere along the coast, where the Atlantic meets the land, history still lingers in the silence. It lingers in the wi...
Traficking of Enslaved Africans and the Racialised Chattel Enslavement of Africans
The transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery were brutal systems that forcibly enslaved and exploited millions of A...
The Irony or Absurdity of the Demand for Restitution and Reparation from the White Man's Slave Trade
Often it's lost in the broader discussion about historical injustices. While some argue that acknowledging past wrongs i...
Jehovah's Witnesses' Shameless Backtracking on Their Religious Dogma – A Victory for Science (Common Sense)
Unbelievable! Finally, religions are maturing and recognising the need to be reasonable in order to maintain and/or expa...
Undisputed: Trump's Shithole Comment, Traoré's Tomato Export Ban, and EU Plans Far Advanced for a Military Attack on Niger.
The import of Trump's undisputed comment that Africa is a shithole is coterminous with Traoré's ban on tomato exports f...
ORAL or CHORAL? What We Ordered versus What We Got, We ordered accountability
We were promised recovery and prosecution. Consequently, we were told corruption would become costly. We were told stole...
“The Minority must be bold enough to tell cocoa farmers that their money was given to Chairman Wontumi”
That line, attributed to Sam K. Jerome, Head of Corporate Affairs at COCOBOD, struck like a match in dry season, injecti...
REJOINDER: Why Is the President Using His Brother’s Private Jet? Ghanaians Deserve Clear Answers
It is difficult to do so, but for the sake of education and knowledge expansion, I must respond to this piece by a broth...
Ghanaians and Their Foofaraw Reaction to Corruption Allegation: A Case Study of Mustapha Abdul-Hamid
Walahi, there is something all too familiar about the way Ghanaians react when corruption allegations touch the powerful...
Strikes and Counterstrikes: To stay Safe, know all the Targets and where all the Missiles are Hitting
Iran recently launched missiles at several American military bases in the Middle East. Earlier reports stated that the a...
The Middle East's Disunity: Nations Inability to Rely on its Neighbours during times of bad governance, exacerbates regional instability.
Baghdad was once the focus of a series of US attacks that resulted in the capture and execution of Saddam Hussein, Iraq'...
Roads Are Not “Fancy” — They Are Lifelines
Public policy discourse must be guided by balance, fairness, and an appreciation of the lived realities of all Ghanaians...
The Fool Who Gains Sense Later in Life Is Dangerous to His Oppressor – The Local Adage to Reminisce
The Safari herbivores clamour for the Kasongo chiefdom, but will the carnivorous King Leo let them through? The lion's e...
It is Finished
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUDICATUREIN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICEACCRA – ORIGINAL JURISDICTIONSUIT NO: J1/XX/2025BETW...
Miracle's Narrative, Manufactured Panic, and A Desperate Political Choir Scavenging for Scandals to Gain Relevance
Something calculated is unfolding again. The moment Ghana confronts structural failures inherited from the past, a famil...
The Situation does not Present Itself for one to Mince Words with the CJ; no Prima Facie Case Determination
There are two difficulties with the CJ, Baffour Bonny: he found no prima facie cause to remove the EC chairperson, Jean ...
The Law and Courtroom are hoped to do the Magic if our Educational Systems Continue to Fail Our Women’s Moral Uprightness
The incivility and uncultured behaviour of some Ghanaian women who go out aimlessly without regard for their only pride ...
Dignity and Pride Lost Forever and Irretrievable as a result of an Inconceivable ‘sharing’ for free of charge
How can we achieve complete emancipation if our women are so cheap to white men? Sometimes you wonder about their creati...
The Alleged Wesley Girls SHS Aggression on Islamic Faith Observation Is a Timely Reminder to Never Wish for a Dilly-Dallying Adjudicature
The Wesley Girls' SHS purported fierce aggression on Islamic based faith practices on its campuses is still ongoing in c...
A Blunt Thought on Accra's Inner City Transport Challenge: An Insight to Offer the Belief That It Was Rather Motivated by Self-Centeredness Despite the Realities
In fact, everything suggests that the inner-city transport challenge of Accra is a longstanding issue that's been exacer...
The Martial Law and the Nemesis of the Former S. Korean Leader: A Perfidious Situation for Ghana for Its Lukewarm and Lackadaisical Attitude in Upholding Justice against Bigwigs
The martial law declared by former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on December 3, 2024, was a drastic measure aimed...
Former Finance Minister's Detention by the US ICE: The Harsh Reality in Recounting Losses and Anguish Goes on Unabated
Somewhere in Virginia, winter is doing what winter does best. It is stripping trees, numbing fingers, and reminding ever...
The Appalling Match Day 21 Result (ARS 0-0 LPO): Mikel Arteta must Quickly get his Act Together.
Matchday 21 should have had Eze start with Madueke and not substitutes. His tactics were undoubtedly inferior to Liverpo...
Should any Insect Bites you, it will come from under your Clothes, as Lyrically put by Obrafour in his Mother Tongue.e
The Trump administration has made a “major mistake” by not working with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina M...
The Subjugation of Nations by the USA is a Grand Implementation of an Ancestral Policy and More of a Conspiracy
What Trump and the United States are doing in Venezuela to destabilize and overthrow President Nicolás Maduro is not ne...
The USA's Intransigence to Continue to Destabilize Sovereign Nations is the Result of our Cowardice and Meekness Born of Neocolonialism
The cowardice precipitated in the seemingly sizzling muteness and meekness by the majority of the world presidents, unli...
The Bout of Facts Outwitting Fictions: When in Doubt, Observe the Exchange Rate in the Highlight
Some people are going haywire because facts have finally overthrown fiction. The noise merchants are unsettled. The prof...
Ghana's DVLA Rolls Out '26' Number Plates Following Legal Delays Postponing the New System. m
Ghana's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) officially transitioned to vehicle number plates featuring the&nbs...
The Idyllic Dream of the Last Night of 2025, a Night Never to be Obnubilated or Associated with Halloween Going into the New Year
The last dream I had on the last night of 2025 was that I caught a deep sleep before leapfrogging into the year 2026. Su...
‘IN THE ABUNDANCE OF WATER, THE FOOL IS THIRSTY’: BOB MARLEY AND THE PAN-AFRICAN DREAM (a Continuation)
My Third and Final Epistle of Jamaica and Bob Marley to the Minority Group in Parliament.In an interview with Gil Noble ...
Fast and furious: Inside the Growing Speculation
It took me time to start giving credence to the hysteric news of Cristiano Ronaldo featuring the last shot of the Fast a...
‘IN THE ABUNDANCE OF WATER, THE FOOL IS THIRSTY’: BOB MARLEY AND THE PAN-AFRICAN DREAM (a Continuation)
My Second Epistle of Jamaica and Bob Marley to the Minority Group in Parliament.Thankfully, a number of evidences sustai...
‘IN THE ABUNDANCE OF WATER, THE FOOL IS THIRSTY’: BOB MARLEY AND THE PAN-AFRICAN DREAM
Overview of the Minority Group of Parliament Stance on Government Diplomatic Gesturee to JamaicaOnce again, minority gro...
From a Fictional Giant to Real-Life Giants: Lessons from a JHS Novel
Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels remains one of literature’s most brilliantly disguised masterpieces—an adven...
The Academic Milestone – What it Offers the Scientific Community, Governments, and People Who Patronise Wa Central Magazine for Various Services
In order to pursue a master's in philosophy of applied chemistry with a focus on inorganic chemistry during the 2022–2...
The King never Killed the Chill when the Opportunity offered Itself - The Gods Are Not to Blame
In The Gods Are Not to Blame, an unborn child was destined to murder the father, the king, and marry the mother. However...
Snippets from Martin Kpebu's Incubated Petition to remove Kissi Agyabeng from office as Special Prosecutor
On Saturday TV3 program hosted by Mr Alfred Ocansey, The Key Points, Martin Kpebu has accused the Special Prosecutor, Ki...
The Anniversary in Memory of the People's Loudest Voice Saying Enough was Enough
Today marks exactly one year since the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was voted out of power in what history will remember as...
The Adage "the Mouth of the Aged may have a Foul Odour, but not the Words" is one that has Completely Eluded Ex-President John Agyekum Kuffuor
According to recent reports from mid-2025, former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed serious worries about the ...
Benin coup attempt updates: Interior minister says coup attempt thwarted
Benin’s Interior Minister Alassane Seidou says the country’s armed forces have thwarted an attempted coup....
The Shenanigans by Sammy Darko – A LIE EXPOSED AND LAID TO REST
The ace investigative journalist, Manasseh Azuri Awuni, is up in arms with Sammy Darko, a puppet of Kissi Agyabeng at th...
The Veteran Nollywood Actor, Olu Jacob - Something will Kill a Man but me, I would like it to be Warm, to be Wet and Slippery. I want the Woman under me Squirming. I want her Moaning and Groaning
Another sexual scandal involving the headmaster of Dzodze Penyi Senior High School in Ketu North Municipality and some o...
The "GOVERNMENT WHATSAPP GROUP" - A False Alarm by Sammy Darko
There is a working group that is developing a five-year National Ethics and Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NEACAP) to repl...
FIFA World Cup (2026) - The Perspective of Ghana in the Draw as Mission Impossible and a Waste on the Taxpayers Purse
Ghana will not advance beyond the group stage in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This will not happen even if it is drawn into ...
The Campaign Waged on Sexual Harassment in Our Second Cycle Institutions—One That is Better Late Than Never
Any campaign or movement of a sort against sexual harassment in our schools in Ghana is a good call by all standards. Se...
Guinea-Bissau Soldiers say they have taken Power after Reports of President's Arrest
A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoc...
The OSP has not put Ken Ofori-Atta and Ernest Akore on Stop List
Critics say the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) slept on the job and allowed Ken Ofori-Atta to leave the country ...
Umuofia, a Kindred where Diversity of Alien Faiths and Practices Precedes Logical Reasoning and Common Sense Entrenched in their own Rich Tradition and Cultural Values
The inhabitants of Umuofia have returned, engaging once more in a futile dispute, having chosen to forsake their rich he...
Educational Workers are Crying Wolf for a Supposedly Paltry Increase In Base Pay In Negotiations for the 2026 Fiscal Year
A coalition of nine educational and government university staff unions in Ghana has outrightly rejected the governm...
The Twilight of the Arrogance of Power: Never Nearing With Appointees of the Former NPP Government Who Looted From the Public Purse in Various Capacities
Did you know that Dr. Mustapha Abdul Hamid, the former boss of the National Petroleum Authority, was once the face of mo...
The Truth is a Bitter Pill, but it's the Only Getaway to Emancipation
I’ve travelled the world as a Black man. I've never encountered a Black country where the Black inhabitants are foreig...
The Numbers Versus The Impact on the Global Stage – A Call to Celebrate a Woman
It's the birthday of Marie Skłodowska Curie, the woman who changed the course of science — our second scientist of th...
LET THE DRAMA END, AND PROSECUTION BEGIN
The Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana must step in and call some of the judges to order. All offences are bailable,...
A Dupe by the OSP's Attempt to Rebrand Itself by Focusing on the Drops Outside the Ladle
Following a video in which the former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid...
A DIFFERENT KIND OF OUTSIDER
While Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia was campaigning as the New Patriotic Party’s running mate in 2008, Mr. Freddie Blay was a m...
The Actor on Set is Responsible for Infusing Energy and Life into the Script Created by the Writer
The function of a writer throughout any literary genre, including novels, plays, poetry, music, films, short stories, or...
Umuofia: a Kindred with a Fragmented Identity that Remains Unaware of its Essence and Aspirations, yet is Fervently Devoted to Western Cultural Norms
The subsequent debate following the policy announcement by the esteemed&nbs...
Torkonno's Intransigence can be Dire as it Breeds Reservations in the Faithful Exercise of the Affirmative Action Law in the Ageing Future
I am completely horrified upon hearing the news that the just-ousted chief justice, Araba Asaaba Getrude Torkonno of the...
The Science of Truth and Living through Eternity is Exemplified by the Personal Experience and Account of George Orwell in his Powerful Artistic Words.
George Orwell, his seed of fame in truth, lived through life's realities and demonstrated how organic experiences can sh...
The Music Sound, or say, Genre – Is it Pop, Rock, or Jazz?
The dream ride by any person has always been one of enchantment, but the reality is rather eerie, much like acting in pr...
Sales of Job Forms and Appointment Notices to Citizens Re-echoed: Where is the equal Job Opportunity Enshrined in the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana?
Writing is deliberate in all sincerity, and the propeller of writing is consciousness. I don’t know the standard ...
The Devil is not a Serpent, nor does it have Horns and Tail or Special Raiment for easy Identification
A scientist I have admired, and upon learning how his humble beginning could translate into breaking through the odds as...
Sarafina in the Movie, "SARAFINA", and in Real Life: A Spit or a Pat on Africans' Struggles for Total Liberation?
This is Sarafina now and then in the movie, "Sarafina" (1992), among the youth uprising in Soweto against the apartheid ...
African Gods Exact Justice Very Slowly, to my Liking, but not in Obnubilation!
The anointed ghost of Muammar Gaddafi is up in arms, starting with Nicolas Sarkozy and soon to be followed by David Came...
DStv Subscription Standoff and Side Takings
Do we blame The Minister of State for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, JoyNews as a media house, Consu...