Mahama “shocked” by Awoonor killing in Kenya mall attack

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Kwasi fosu 10 years ago

Instead Of Focusing on running the country, you are busy on facebook!!!Lol, this guy is FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!

Instead Of Focusing on running the country, you are busy on facebook!!!Lol, this guy is FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!
OSBON 10 years ago

PLEASE MR PRESIDENT. SEND THE PRESIDENTIAL JET TO KENYA RIGHT NOW AND BRING THEM HOME. PLS. KOFI RIP.

PLEASE MR PRESIDENT. SEND THE PRESIDENTIAL JET TO KENYA RIGHT NOW AND BRING THEM HOME. PLS. KOFI RIP.
GHFUO, change ur thinking 10 years ago

LISTEN TO ASEMPA. THE KIDDIES NEED HELP IN SPORTS N 4 YRS FREE SHS. BUT NO, MAHAMA IS ON FACEBOOK CHOPPING GIRLS....OH GH.

LISTEN TO ASEMPA. THE KIDDIES NEED HELP IN SPORTS N 4 YRS FREE SHS. BUT NO, MAHAMA IS ON FACEBOOK CHOPPING GIRLS....OH GH.
Mends, The Lone Ranger. 10 years ago

This foolish president will be next to be exterminated. He shares the same trait as this bigot and tribalist called Awoonor. Look at his ministers and appointees ( only northerners and ewes ) with the exclusion of Akans and y ...
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This foolish president will be next to be exterminated. He shares the same trait as this bigot and tribalist called Awoonor. Look at his ministers and appointees ( only northerners and ewes ) with the exclusion of Akans and you'll understand what I mean. Those who preach violence and hatred would not be absolved from such calamities. This Awoonor was devil incarnate whiles he was alive. May he rot in hell.
YB 10 years ago

Mends, please let's criticize Mahama without calling him names. For heaven's sake he is our president. Like you I don't like his leadership style but I respect the position he occupies. Please let's show civility.

Mends, please let's criticize Mahama without calling him names. For heaven's sake he is our president. Like you I don't like his leadership style but I respect the position he occupies. Please let's show civility.
PHILTY McNASTY 10 years ago

What shock, the tribal bigot who provided the intellectual hatred for the confiscation and destruction of Akan businesses met a deserving end. Alahu Akbar, God is great. May he rest in pieces and shreds where nobody can ident ...
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What shock, the tribal bigot who provided the intellectual hatred for the confiscation and destruction of Akan businesses met a deserving end. Alahu Akbar, God is great. May he rest in pieces and shreds where nobody can identify him, the same way they did to many Akans. This is the best news of the year. Next Kojo and Tsatsu Tsikata. Hell's gates await you and Rawlings. Happy? Yes!
NEMESIS, UK 10 years ago

ASSHANTIS ARE E-V-I-L!... RIP PROF. AWONOOR!

My Neutral view:

Why are you people 'GLOWING' at the death of your fellow country man, irrespective of your differences? Do you people, AssShantis knows when you or any of yo ...
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ASSHANTIS ARE E-V-I-L!... RIP PROF. AWONOOR!

My Neutral view:

Why are you people 'GLOWING' at the death of your fellow country man, irrespective of your differences? Do you people, AssShantis knows when you or any of your so-called leaders including your Asshantene gonna end? Maybe by PLANE OR CAR CRASH, who knows! Trust me, as you point accusing fingers at people when they are down, four are pointing to you EVIL ASSHANTIS. Mark my words.

I'M A NIGERIAN, BUT I SAY RIP TO THE LATE PROFESSOR AWONOOR. I WISH YOUR FAMILY THE FORTITUDE TO BARE THE GREAT LOSS OF YOUR LOVE ONE, AND TO DECENT GHANAIANS...., SORRY FOR THE PAIN OF THE DEMISED OF ONE OF GHANA'S GREAT INTELLECTUALS.
NEMESIS, UK 10 years ago

I MEAN A LOST TO GHANA IN PARTICULAR, AND AFRICA IN GENERAL. RIP PROF.

I MEAN A LOST TO GHANA IN PARTICULAR, AND AFRICA IN GENERAL. RIP PROF.
ROYAL AKANLAND 10 years ago

TRUST ME.

TRUST ME.
Father 10 years ago

You trokosi fool masquerading in the forum as a Nigerian will do your stupid self a lot of good by going back to school.

You trokosi fool masquerading in the forum as a Nigerian will do your stupid self a lot of good by going back to school.
NEMESIS, UK 10 years ago

To all you evil AssShantis that always rejoice at the other people's misfortunes on this website, I want you to ALWAYS remember one thing. You can NEVER escape the law of karma. The GREAT NEMESIS, shall sure catch up with y ...
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To all you evil AssShantis that always rejoice at the other people's misfortunes on this website, I want you to ALWAYS remember one thing. You can NEVER escape the law of karma. The GREAT NEMESIS, shall sure catch up with you, whether you like it or not.

I am a true Nigerian and proud of it and my African heritage, but I can't stand some of you DEMENTED fool Asshantis, (I call you Asshanti because your attitude and behaviors stings to the high heaven, particulally that Asshanti stupid boy OSEI TAWIAH, who open his stinking mouth to insult Nigerians on the website). You people are now doing same to a dead person, haba! Where is your HUMANITY, Asshanti people?
TKN 10 years ago

YOU ARE NOT NIGERIAN, FOOLISH COWARD EWE, WHO CARES WHERE ANYONE DIES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS TROKOSI BIGOT, GOD WILL CONTINUE TO PUNISH HIM TILL THE REST OF HIS TRIBAL FAMILY JOIN HIM.

YOU ARE NOT NIGERIAN, FOOLISH COWARD EWE, WHO CARES WHERE ANYONE DIES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS TROKOSI BIGOT, GOD WILL CONTINUE TO PUNISH HIM TILL THE REST OF HIS TRIBAL FAMILY JOIN HIM.
Kakyire 10 years ago

Don't say what you say, Philty. While it's ironic that the protagonist of tribal fanaticism should die from the hands of religious fanatics, there is an edict from the Good Book: "Thou shalt not kill."
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Don't say what you say, Philty. While it's ironic that the protagonist of tribal fanaticism should die from the hands of religious fanatics, there is an edict from the Good Book: "Thou shalt not kill."
May the goodness in the professor- his beautiful poetry, long outlive his tribal views!
RJ 10 years ago

YOU ARE SUB-HUMAN. HOW CAN YOU JUBILATE AT THE DEATH OF A FELLOW HUMAN. ASHANTES LIKE YOU(NOT ALL ASHANTES AND DEFINITELY NOT AKANS) ARE IMBECILES

YOU ARE SUB-HUMAN. HOW CAN YOU JUBILATE AT THE DEATH OF A FELLOW HUMAN. ASHANTES LIKE YOU(NOT ALL ASHANTES AND DEFINITELY NOT AKANS) ARE IMBECILES
bossman k 10 years ago

If that is the true character of this man, then may he rest is pieces

If that is the true character of this man, then may he rest is pieces
DR Bokor JNR 10 years ago

Mahama, he won't be missed "by family, friends and the NDC".He will be missed by Ghanaians. This president is too mayopic !!!!! God help us all

Mahama, he won't be missed "by family, friends and the NDC".He will be missed by Ghanaians. This president is too mayopic !!!!! God help us all
ras 10 years ago

the man is ghanaian.i thought the president would talk of awwonor being missed by ghanaians.well maybe he was valuable to the ndc only and not the nation.

the man is ghanaian.i thought the president would talk of awwonor being missed by ghanaians.well maybe he was valuable to the ndc only and not the nation.
TRIBALISTIC PRESIDENT 10 years ago

MAHAMA HAS DIVIDED GHANA. IS PROF AWOONOR NOT FIRST A GHANAIAN? WHY DOES HE SAY NDC WILL MISS HIM NOT GHANA. SHAME AND VERY FOOLISH.

MAHAMA HAS DIVIDED GHANA. IS PROF AWOONOR NOT FIRST A GHANAIAN? WHY DOES HE SAY NDC WILL MISS HIM NOT GHANA. SHAME AND VERY FOOLISH.
JUSTICE KPEGAH 10 years ago

There is no one as stupid as this president. Here is a man who is fanning tribal sentiments in all forms. Why didn't he just say that Ghana will miss Awoonor,instead of NDC? Whatever it is, I personally have no regrets nor sa ...
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There is no one as stupid as this president. Here is a man who is fanning tribal sentiments in all forms. Why didn't he just say that Ghana will miss Awoonor,instead of NDC? Whatever it is, I personally have no regrets nor sad feelings for evil men who die. Does the manner in which he died not confirm the adage that 'the evil that men do lives after them?'.
Ewusi 10 years ago

One man,one bullet

One man,one bullet
brakwesi 10 years ago

all die be die! He will be missed.

all die be die! He will be missed.
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

Another frivolous shot and animosity camouflaged!

How many minutes would it take to be on Facebook, a day? And from which hole did you pull this Facebook idea? Guess you didn't see Kufuor junketing about every turn of tim ...
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Another frivolous shot and animosity camouflaged!

How many minutes would it take to be on Facebook, a day? And from which hole did you pull this Facebook idea? Guess you didn't see Kufuor junketing about every turn of time in a desperate bid to accumulate per diem?

In Ghana, we relish blabbing about every weird-assorted trivia while the relevant is left in oblivion
ROCKY 10 years ago

Yes I can feel the desperate attempt with which you want to write good English. But you see, my inward-looking young Ewe buffoon, your good is no near poor! Mahama is a well known womanizer so what's your beef, boy?

Yes I can feel the desperate attempt with which you want to write good English. But you see, my inward-looking young Ewe buffoon, your good is no near poor! Mahama is a well known womanizer so what's your beef, boy?
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

Looks like someone's aligned alkaline batteries up your a*se; now, who's pressing the switch/contact?

Looks like someone's aligned alkaline batteries up your a*se; now, who's pressing the switch/contact?
RJ 10 years ago

ROCKY CALL EWES WHATEVER YOU LIKE. ONE FACT REMAINS: UNLIKE YOUR SHOE-SHINE BOYS, EWES ARE THE MOST EDUCATED TRIBE IN GHANA. I WISH I WERE AN EWE.

ROCKY CALL EWES WHATEVER YOU LIKE. ONE FACT REMAINS: UNLIKE YOUR SHOE-SHINE BOYS, EWES ARE THE MOST EDUCATED TRIBE IN GHANA. I WISH I WERE AN EWE.
TKN 10 years ago

NEEDLESS TO WISH TO BE ONE, YOU ARE ONE ALREADY SO BE BOLD AND CLIAM IT, TROKOSI EVILS.

NEEDLESS TO WISH TO BE ONE, YOU ARE ONE ALREADY SO BE BOLD AND CLIAM IT, TROKOSI EVILS.
Akadu Mensema 10 years ago

"President Mahama wrote on his facebook wall that: “I am shocked to hear the death of Professor Kofi Awoonor-Williams in the Nairobi Mall terrorist attack. He will be sorely missed by family, friends and the NDC.”

"President Mahama wrote on his facebook wall that: “I am shocked to hear the death of Professor Kofi Awoonor-Williams in the Nairobi Mall terrorist attack. He will be sorely missed by family, friends and the NDC.”
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

Akadu, so should this one-liner trigger this level of animosity and filth spewed all around?

Or the president should have said Awoonor will be missed by the nation? We all make simple mistake; he must have been in a haste ...
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Akadu, so should this one-liner trigger this level of animosity and filth spewed all around?

Or the president should have said Awoonor will be missed by the nation? We all make simple mistake; he must have been in a haste to make a statement, then.

It becomes like, people wait in "guet-apens" for the president to open his mouth on anything so they'll embark on endless vituperation. It is very unfair.
BEDIAKO 10 years ago

PRESIDENTS WHO DO THINGS IN HASTE ENCOUNTERS THE WRATH OF HIS OWN PEOPLE. PLEASE KNOW HOW NOT TO JUMP INTO MAKING STATEMENTS FROM.....

PRESIDENTS WHO DO THINGS IN HASTE ENCOUNTERS THE WRATH OF HIS OWN PEOPLE. PLEASE KNOW HOW NOT TO JUMP INTO MAKING STATEMENTS FROM.....
agyapa 10 years ago

If Mahama really put that statement then, that is immature of a president of a nation.period!

If Mahama really put that statement then, that is immature of a president of a nation.period!
Lafia 10 years ago

a stupid old man showed up here claiming ghana has bad image when that racial russian man was involved in car accident in ghana just last week. see what happen to awoonor in kenya? how will that stupid dirty old man describe ...
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a stupid old man showed up here claiming ghana has bad image when that racial russian man was involved in car accident in ghana just last week. see what happen to awoonor in kenya? how will that stupid dirty old man describe it? is kenya image dented abroad? what did awoonor go to do in walmart? was the international conference held in the walmart? this kenya issue has a bearing from obama. Now since moslems can' attack the US, they focus on Obamas home country
GHFUO, change ur thinking 10 years ago

WAT CONFERENCE WAS AWOONOR IN KENYA FOR? THIS OLUMAN WAS SIMPLY BLOWING STOLEN GH LOANS AT PLUSH FOREIGN SPOTS IN KENYA. THIS MALL IN KENYA IS VERY HIGHEND. ABOUT 3 CANADIANS DIED, ALONG WITHMANY FOREIGN VISITORS. PLS, BURY H ...
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WAT CONFERENCE WAS AWOONOR IN KENYA FOR? THIS OLUMAN WAS SIMPLY BLOWING STOLEN GH LOANS AT PLUSH FOREIGN SPOTS IN KENYA. THIS MALL IN KENYA IS VERY HIGHEND. ABOUT 3 CANADIANS DIED, ALONG WITHMANY FOREIGN VISITORS. PLS, BURY HIS BODY OVER THERE...USELESS OLUMAN WHO DIDNT LEAVE A LEGACY FOR THE UNBORN
Yahoo 10 years ago

Your comment doesn’t make sense and doesn’t fit in when a terrorist attack with lots of dead has happened. Is the Russian a terrorist ?

Your comment doesn’t make sense and doesn’t fit in when a terrorist attack with lots of dead has happened. Is the Russian a terrorist ?
baba Tunde 10 years ago

These babarians can inflict pain, who can be safe in Africa. How could they kill in cold blood this man of peace? Can we replace such a person ? surely Ghana has been short changed, by this senseless act of violence.

These babarians can inflict pain, who can be safe in Africa. How could they kill in cold blood this man of peace? Can we replace such a person ? surely Ghana has been short changed, by this senseless act of violence.
GHFUO, change ur thinking 10 years ago

ARE OUR ELDERS USELESS?
President John Dramani Mahama has added a whopping GHc15.6 billion to Ghana’s total public debt stock since being sworn into office as caretaker and substantive president within the period from July ...
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ARE OUR ELDERS USELESS?
President John Dramani Mahama has added a whopping GHc15.6 billion to Ghana’s total public debt stock since being sworn into office as caretaker and substantive president within the period from July 2012 to August 2013.
This implies that President John Mahama has contracted a total of GHc15.6 billion of debt for Ghanaians since becoming the President of Ghana. MAHAMA, WHERE IS THE MONEY? OUR KIDS HAVE NO EDUCATION. HOW SISTERS, MOTHERS N CHILDREN HAVE NO HOSPITALS.
LOOK AT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE? NO FACTORIES, NO JOBS, NO WATER....
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SHOW FOR ALL THIS DEBT? WHO VOTED FOR NDC? GO N CLAIM YOUR SHARE....
MAYELE AA, VS MAHAMA AUTHENCITITY......?
WHAT DO THESE 2 HAVE IN COMMON?
WE ARE QUICK TO MENTION SCENT,THE SCENT ON HIM OR HER. HOW SMELLY,DIRTY AND DUSTY IS GH?I MEAN GO TO ACCRA, KUMASI, TAADI N YOU WILL FIND THE ALIEN SMELLS N SCENTS!
OPEN GUTTERS EVERYWHERE...TRASH BEING THROWN OR BURNT ANYWHERE. PPL ARE SHITING N THROWING FEACES ANYWHERE, ANYHOW...OH LORD, ANIMAL KINGDOM PAA NIE?!
FOLKS, WAT ARE THE COMMONALITIES BETWEEN BOTH PERSONS HERE? AA AND MAHAMA ARE BLESSED WITH A TAXABLE POPULATION, STAR PLAYERS, AMAZING POOL OF TALENT N RESORCES TO EASILY BECOME A FIRST RATED
NATION/SOCCER TEAM. HOWEVER, THE TRUE POTENTIAL CAN NEVER BE REALISED (NO AFCON TROPHY FOR AA, NO REAL ECONOMIC IMPRVMENT/INFRASTRUCTURAL DEV IN GH). SIMPLY BCOS AA AND MAHAMA ARE CLUELESS N CONFUSED.
THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WAT TO DO....AND DONT HAVE THE COURAGE TO KNOW HOW.....ISNT THAT PETTY N PATHETIC?
LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF OUR REGIONAL STADIUMS...DEPLORABLE. KUMASI STADIUM HAS TOO MANY POTHOLES, THE PLAYERS WERE TRIPPING OVER THEM. ASK ATSU.
UPGRADE THE PITCH INTO A MODERN PITCH N STOP THE MEDIOCRITY IN GH. BUILD MORE MODERN PITCHES SO GH CAN HOST MORE AFRICAN N WORLD TOURNAMENTS. WE CANT HOST WMNS WCUP OR EVEN U17 ON GH.
MEANWHILE NAIJA, EGPYPT, S AFRICA HAVE ALL HOSTED MAJOR CONTINENTAL N WORLD TOURNAMNTS...
THE PITCH IN ACCRA AND KUMASI CAN NOT MEET THE STANDARDS OF A WORLD CLASS SOCCER PITCH. THIS IS A FACT...YOU CAN PLAY ON THEM, BUT YOU RISK AN INJURY BCOS OF THE UNDULATING SURFACE, UNEVENESS
OF THE FIELD, HOLES IN THE FIELD.
SO CANT THE MIN OF SPORTS GO TO SOUTH AFRICA N SEE? PLS, JUST TAKE A TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA N SEE WAT A REAL STADIUM LOOKS LIKE. GO TO BRASIL N SEEK HELP.
SPEAK TO THE MINISTERS OVER THERE N TELL THEM. WE NEED THESE IN GH TOO.
DONT BE ASHAMED TO ASK FOR GUIDANCE/HELP. WE TALK LIKE HYENAS. EVEN GABON/EQ GUINEA, ANGOLA, NAIJA ALL HAVE BETTER STADIUM FACILITIES
THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN GH. IF I AM KP BOATENG/ESSIEN/DEDE, NO WAY IN HELL AM I RISKING MY CAREER ON THIS PITCH. HW3, I WONT PLAY ON THAT PITCH N TRY TO INJURE MYSELF?
TWEAA, STADIUM WITH POTHOLES WEI? IN THIS MODERN DAY N AGE?
WHAT IS THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF EQ GUINEA/GABON? LOOK AT THE CONDITION N QUALITY OF OUR AIRPORTS? KUMASI N ACCRA? AGAIN, THE MIN OF TRANSPORT THE THE AVIATION DEPTS NEED TO GO
TO SOUTH AFRICA N SEE WELL, WELL. DONT SIT IN UR AC OFFICES IN ACCRA EATING KELEWELE N NUTS WITH FANTA N SAYING...AHHHHHHHH....LOL
LOOK AT THE STATE OF OUR ROADS N REGIONAL HIGHWAYS? ITS VERY SAD. I ALWAYS GET MADD N UPSET WHEN IM IN GH......UUURRRGGGHHHH!!!
GH IS PROLLY THE NATION WITH THE MOST HIGH QUALITY FOREIGN BASED PLAYERS IN AFRICA. YET, WE CANT WIN A MILK TIN? WHY?
IF APPIAH WHO NEVER PLAYED OUTSIDE GH, HAS HAD OVER 6YRS AS GBSTARS COACHING APPRENTICE, HAS HAD LESS COACHING EDUCATION, CAN PRODUCE MEDIOCRE RESULTS LIKE THIS.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF DESAILLY IS PLUGGED IN THE EQUATION AS COACH OR ADVISOR? OH GH, WE HAVE GOLD, OIL, DIAMONDS, PREGNABLE WOMEN AND POTENT MEN, COCOA, LEARNED MINDS LIKE ANNAN, KUFFOUR AND NDUOM..
EVEN SHEA BUTTER SEF WE GET, BUT LOOK AT OUR DEPLORABLE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS, STADIUMS, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS...OUR NATION?! WATCH AND LEARN!
THE MIN OF SPORT IN GH MUST MOBILIZE FUNDS FROM THE CENTRAL GOVT, PRIVATE SECTOR N REGIONAL GOVTS. GO TO S AFRICA/BRASIL N SEEK HELP. THESE AFUOM LANDSCAPERS AT GGT ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL.
THEY DNT EVEN KNOW WAT THEY ARE DOING.....
WATCH THE BRASILIAN LEAGUE. U WILL SEE PLAYERS LIKE DIDA, RIVALDO, RONALDINHO, FREDDY ADU, BAPTISTA, COACH DUNGA, DIEGO FORLAN, PATO OF AC MILAN, JUAN, AND MANY MORE ALL PLAYING OVER THERE.
WHERE ARE FMR GBSTAR PLAYERS LIKE OLELE, APPIAH, PAINSTIL, JOHN MENSAH ETC STILL DOING IN EUROPE? FOOLISHNESS!
GO BACK N HELP THE LEAGUE ELEVATE FROM ITS PRIMITIVE STATE.
UNDERDEVELOPED GH
It’s becoming clear what separates winners from losers in emerging-market stocks.
On the winning side are exporting countries; on the losing, net importers.
China, Russia and other big exporters have likewise seen their markets rise.
WE NEED FACTORIES!!!
even by africa standards ghana is waaay underdeveloped but ghanaians do not seem to notice that….
airports , roads, stadia in ghana are still sub standard….THIS IS WHY I HATE coming to ghana…Africans who LOVE AND respect ghana, are surprised AT what they see when they visit..
There is a old saying: "when something is working, leave it alone; work on something else where you can create something new for doing good". This is universal truth. Somethings are meant to be that way.
MAJORITY OF THE PPL CANT USE A COMPUTER. INTERNET CONNECTIVITY IN GH IS VERY POOR. THE GOVT AND PRIVATE SECTOR MUST INVEST IN NATIONWIDE BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY, FAST! THIS IS THE FUTURE.
PARENTS, STOP ENROLLING YOUR KIDS IN SCHOOL. LET THEM ROAM THE STREETS. IF THE GOVT ASKS WHY.
TELL THE GOVT YOU DEMAND FREE BASIC SCHOOL FOR ALL GH KIDDIES UP TO SHS..4YRS!
GH GOVT MUST OFFER FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO GHWEB. WE NEED RAPID INTERNET BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE IN GH. THIS MUST BE A PRIORITY FOR THE GOVT!
GO N GET A LOAN N USE IT FOR INITIAVES LIKE THIS.
OTHER NATIONS WITH LESS ENDOWED NATURAL RESOURCES, POPULATIONS ARE DOING IT....
PLS TELL AA N KONADU TO WATCH BRAZILIAN LEAGUE. SHOW BRAZILIAN LEAGUE GAMES ON GH TV.@ ...WWW.P2P4U.NET
GFA WHEN WILL YOU STREAM PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES LIVE ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO WATCH? OH GH, WHEN OOOO! ARE U ASHAMED OF YOUR UNDULATING, UNEVEN SOCCER PITCHES?
AGENTS/CLUBS OUTSIDE GH COULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE OUR LEAGUE, PLAYERS. THIS WILL HELP GH. GFA, GET CURRENT
NYANTAKYI IS RUNNING THE GH LEAGUE LIKE FOSU LINE, DONGOMI. THE EARLIER HE LEAVES, THE BETTER GH SOCCER WILL BE
Ghana is NOW like Haiti!!! There was only one airport in Haiti and when the disaster strucked,aid donors HAD it so hard to send humanritan reliefs because the only one international airport
was destroyed. just imagining if Ghana is not the same as Haiti!! Building one international airport in Kumasi has turn into a tribal politics!!#
President John Dramani Mahama has added a whopping GHc15.6 billion to Ghana’s total public debt stock since being sworn into office as caretaker and substantive president within the period from July 2012 to August 2013.
This implies that President John Mahama has contracted a total of GHc15.6 billion of debt for Ghanaians since becoming the President of Ghana.
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SHOW FOR ALL THIS DEBT? WHO VOTED FOR NDC? GO N CLAIM YOUR SHARE....
KOBLA ZEGO 10 years ago

This is terrible. What a loss and what a way to die !
Efo Kofi, hede nyuii. Iam totally lost for words for now.

This is terrible. What a loss and what a way to die !
Efo Kofi, hede nyuii. Iam totally lost for words for now.
ROCKY 10 years ago

Shock for what? Is this a shocking news? This man was at the castle giving counter-positions to undeserving people at random against Prez Mills' wish. What is shocking about this news, huh? He was toying with this great natio ...
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Shock for what? Is this a shocking news? This man was at the castle giving counter-positions to undeserving people at random against Prez Mills' wish. What is shocking about this news, huh? He was toying with this great nation of ours whiles innocent people including tax payers were suffering. Please, spare us those evil tears!!!
SERENA SEGBEFIA 10 years ago

Useless and incompetence!! Ghana's debt is gone up by 15.6billion dollars within 4 months! what a total waste

Useless and incompetence!! Ghana's debt is gone up by 15.6billion dollars within 4 months! what a total waste
oppong london 10 years ago

this time he was not killed by ndc ,like mills but terrorist al qaeda,what was he doing at that shopping mall? the anti ashanti ewe man was blowing ghanas money in kenya,at 78 the greedy man was still part of ndc government ...
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this time he was not killed by ndc ,like mills but terrorist al qaeda,what was he doing at that shopping mall? the anti ashanti ewe man was blowing ghanas money in kenya,at 78 the greedy man was still part of ndc government squandering our money for the future youth,oyiwa.
GHFUO, change ur thinking 10 years ago

MONEY MEANT FOR FREE 4 YR SHS WAS SQUANDERED IN KENYA BY THIS OLUMAN. IN A VERY PLUSH MALL FREQUENTED BY EXPATRIATES N FOREIGNERS IN KENYA. WAT LEGACY DID HE LEAVE FOR THE UNBORN IN GH? CAN HE TAKE HIS ILL GOTTEN WEALTH WITH ...
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MONEY MEANT FOR FREE 4 YR SHS WAS SQUANDERED IN KENYA BY THIS OLUMAN. IN A VERY PLUSH MALL FREQUENTED BY EXPATRIATES N FOREIGNERS IN KENYA. WAT LEGACY DID HE LEAVE FOR THE UNBORN IN GH? CAN HE TAKE HIS ILL GOTTEN WEALTH WITH HIM?....A WORD TO THE WISE.....
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

What a loss, and Oh, what a waste!

May his soul rest with its maker.

What a loss, and Oh, what a waste!

May his soul rest with its maker.
pepeni 10 years ago

Please!!! islam does not support terrorism and murdur. Those criminals are not muslims. The Quran does not permit a true moslem to humiliate his fellow human, let alone take innocent lives. The Quran says that if a man kills ...
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Please!!! islam does not support terrorism and murdur. Those criminals are not muslims. The Quran does not permit a true moslem to humiliate his fellow human, let alone take innocent lives. The Quran says that if a man kills another man; it is like he has killed the whole of mankind. Therefore, Terrorism has no seat in the vehicle of islam.
Son from Neptune! USA 10 years ago

North South, East and West full of Koranic mayhem. When will civilization reach the Islamic people?!!

North South, East and West full of Koranic mayhem. When will civilization reach the Islamic people?!!
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

Are you kidding me, Pepeni?

Let me give you some quotations from the Koran: Nice reading!

SV: 54 - O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors.

SIII: 92 - Never should a bel ...
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Are you kidding me, Pepeni?

Let me give you some quotations from the Koran: Nice reading!

SV: 54 - O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors.

SIII: 92 - Never should a believer kill a believer…
(Vuvuzela’s comment: You understand why they allowed muslims to leave unhurt.)

SIII: 85 - If anyone desires a religion other than Islam, never will it be accepted of him…

SIII: 151 - God did indeed fulfil His promise to you when ye with his permission were about to annihilate your enemy..

SIV: 144 - O ye who believe! Take not for friends unbelievers rather than believers...

Sura II: 191 - … And slay them wherever ye catch them…

If you're still in doubts, I will give you my personal accounts.
pepeni 10 years ago

This pick and choose misrepresentation is your bane.
'take them not for friends' is not the same as terrorize them.
Why do u have to leave other parts of the verses unmentioned? This shows how Prejudicial thou art. Infact ...
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This pick and choose misrepresentation is your bane.
'take them not for friends' is not the same as terrorize them.
Why do u have to leave other parts of the verses unmentioned? This shows how Prejudicial thou art. Infact your equivalence is those criminals and bandits who commit crimes in the name of islam.
Ato 10 years ago

Oh WHAT A SAD DAY for us as students of African literature. In deed,the literary world has lost another gem. Not too long ago, we lost Chinua Achebe and now Awoonor is also gone THIS EARTH,MY BROTHER. Rest in peace,Kofi.

Oh WHAT A SAD DAY for us as students of African literature. In deed,the literary world has lost another gem. Not too long ago, we lost Chinua Achebe and now Awoonor is also gone THIS EARTH,MY BROTHER. Rest in peace,Kofi.
GBAGBLADZA 10 years ago

Atta Mills once prohesied that Ghana will burn like kenya.what he was trying to tell us a Ghanaian will die in kenya

Atta Mills once prohesied that Ghana will burn like kenya.what he was trying to tell us a Ghanaian will die in kenya
Akans Prophecies 10 years ago

Should Mahama be stupefied by the death of someone? I thought he swore aligeance to the evil. His godfather, the lunatic murderer jj rawlings exterminated many Akans to establish his supremacy over the motherland. Today, Mah ...
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Should Mahama be stupefied by the death of someone? I thought he swore aligeance to the evil. His godfather, the lunatic murderer jj rawlings exterminated many Akans to establish his supremacy over the motherland. Today, Mahama is the flag bearer of this cancer in the Ghanaian society. He couldn't even explain free and fair the cause of the death of his president Atta Mills, so why should he bother on the Pro?.The lawless condition that this NDC have thrown in our society makes assassinations and corruptions free and fair, acceptable and recondition to the surprise of many Ghanaians, who unfortunately are caught by their traps! Save our Souls!
Akwasi 10 years ago

Why Mahama said, he would be solely missed by family, friends and NDC and not the whole country. You see how divider Mahama is.

Why Mahama said, he would be solely missed by family, friends and NDC and not the whole country. You see how divider Mahama is.
SHEIK 10 years ago

I CALL ON THE WHOLE WORLD TO DAY TO DROP THE ISLAMIST TO THESE SHAMYLESS IDIOTS WHO KILLING PEOPLE ARROUND THE WORLD.THEY CAN NEVER BE MUSLIMS BECAUSE ISLAM DOES NOT TELL ANY BODY TO KILL SOME BODY. AND INTERMS OF ISLAMIC WAR ...
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I CALL ON THE WHOLE WORLD TO DAY TO DROP THE ISLAMIST TO THESE SHAMYLESS IDIOTS WHO KILLING PEOPLE ARROUND THE WORLD.THEY CAN NEVER BE MUSLIMS BECAUSE ISLAM DOES NOT TELL ANY BODY TO KILL SOME BODY. AND INTERMS OF ISLAMIC WAR FARE YOU DONT KILL AGED, CHILDREN AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT ATTACK YOU DONT ATTACK OR HARM THEM,EVEN YOU DONT CUT DOWN TREES SO WHERE IS THE ISLAM IN WHAT THESE IDIOTS ARE DOING?
Foreingner 10 years ago

Well said SHEIK

Well said SHEIK
MAXIMUS 10 years ago

President Mahama, you must consult with an adviser befofe you make statements.
Awoonor's death on a foreign land is not a sadness to only ndc, famaly and friends, it is a sad news for Ghana.
It is presidents like you that a ...
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President Mahama, you must consult with an adviser befofe you make statements.
Awoonor's death on a foreign land is not a sadness to only ndc, famaly and friends, it is a sad news for Ghana.
It is presidents like you that are causing a devide and rule in Ghana.
WEAKLION 10 years ago

I don't think The President can keep getting up set, if Ghanaians do calls him a fool . He do need to watch more politics from other countries and that my assist him a lot.

I don't think The President can keep getting up set, if Ghanaians do calls him a fool . He do need to watch more politics from other countries and that my assist him a lot.
JOHN M AGBENYEZI 10 years ago

A VERY SHOCKING NEWS INDEED.THE ENTIRE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH IN UNIVERSITY OF WINNEBA RECEIVED THE NEWS WITH A HEAVY HEART.HE WAS SUCH A PROLIFIC WRITER, I REMEMBER HIS FAMOUS POEM 'THE CATHEDRAL' WAS AMONG THE COLLECTIONS OF P ...
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A VERY SHOCKING NEWS INDEED.THE ENTIRE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH IN UNIVERSITY OF WINNEBA RECEIVED THE NEWS WITH A HEAVY HEART.HE WAS SUCH A PROLIFIC WRITER, I REMEMBER HIS FAMOUS POEM 'THE CATHEDRAL' WAS AMONG THE COLLECTIONS OF POEM WE STUDIED LAST SEMESTER. GHANA HAS LOST AN ILLUSTRIOUS SON.
zanzibar 10 years ago

why why why, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, may thy soul rest in perfect peace

why why why, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, may thy soul rest in perfect peace
KB 10 years ago

Kwasi Fosu,how stupid can you be?!Learn to think before you post!

Kwasi Fosu,how stupid can you be?!Learn to think before you post!
Pelicles 10 years ago

The NDC propaganda machinery will in the end, twist facts to link NPP to the death of Kofi Awoonor. This is no news because the face of hatred is gone from Ghana. This is a man who feeds, clothes, shelter, bathe, NO ASHANTI y ...
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The NDC propaganda machinery will in the end, twist facts to link NPP to the death of Kofi Awoonor. This is no news because the face of hatred is gone from Ghana. This is a man who feeds, clothes, shelter, bathe, NO ASHANTI yet, the hatred this man harbors towards these people is unimaginable. He was the brain behind all the nasty things JJ did to Ashantis/Akan when he took the reign of power and he was the brain behind Mills making that "I fear the Ashanti Project" and he is the only person to explain that project.

Hatred will send all those who hate for no reason to an unknown destination to be eliminated. Now, Ewes should be weary of Muslims because they shouldn't forget what Muslims did to them sometime ago and now, they have been able to eliminate their "eye opener" in Ghana. I think, as from today, they will rethink that Ashantis are no threat to them but Muslims.
zanzibar 10 years ago

another prof is gone, who is killing them?

another prof is gone, who is killing them?
MENSAH 10 years ago

With array of people from all over the world in Ghana,I FIND IT VERY DANGEROUS AND VULNERABLE,IN TERMS OF GHANA'S SECURITY ISSUES.
HOW ARE WE PREPARED TO FACE SUCH A HUMANE DEED FROM THESE WICKED AND UNCARING TERRORIST GROUP ...
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With array of people from all over the world in Ghana,I FIND IT VERY DANGEROUS AND VULNERABLE,IN TERMS OF GHANA'S SECURITY ISSUES.
HOW ARE WE PREPARED TO FACE SUCH A HUMANE DEED FROM THESE WICKED AND UNCARING TERRORIST GROUPS?
We tend to leave everything unattended and uncaring.That makes Ghana,as a whole,very vulnerable,for such attacks:
Without any adequate gun control rules,armed robbery operated at will etc,hey!
WE ARE AT RISK.
I am in CANADA,but I am a GHANAIAN AND THINK ABOUT MY PEOPLE'S SAFETY.
Preparation is a very huge key here,as well as,preventive mechanism.
Lions are naturally instinctive predators/hunters that begin to hunt at three years old.They have to be trained to acquire the skills needed to hunt on their own.
Ghana needs to prepare for such an eventuality before it strikes.
I am not predicting one,but prevention is always better than cure.
I have faith,God can protect our dear nation,anyway,but we have to be as wise as serpent and an ant and be very vigilant to report anything suspicious.
I LOVE GHANA,MY MOTHERLAND.
JOMAX 10 years ago

BRING SANITY IN YOUR COMMENTS, COZ U CAN BE TRACE.

BRING SANITY IN YOUR COMMENTS, COZ U CAN BE TRACE.
JOMAX 10 years ago

OOOOOHH MA BROTHERS

OOOOOHH MA BROTHERS
DODOWA 10 years ago

.See what happens when the world pays cavalier attention to these barbarians called Muslims? Any soothsayer or psychic who might have predicted Kofi Awoonor's demise through the senseless brutality of depraved Muslims would h ...
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.See what happens when the world pays cavalier attention to these barbarians called Muslims? Any soothsayer or psychic who might have predicted Kofi Awoonor's demise through the senseless brutality of depraved Muslims would have been easily dismissed as fugue talk. I don’t know what it would take for the world to realize there is no good Muslim except the one in the morgue or six feet under. The attempt at foistering zabernizim in the civilized world has hit home. Always wondered what it would take for the civilized world to show these worshipers of Satan that enough is enough. Which putridly twisted religious doctrine allows for the massacre of innocent people? Kenya and the rest of the world have been too soft with these diabolically minded Muslims. Geert Wilders spoke for the concerned world when he said; “We mask our capitulations as tolerance or sensitivity” This is the price Kenya pays for hosting these barbarians. Why don’t they go to Saudi Arabia, Iran, Algeria or any of these Muslim countries to seek asylum? Kenya should throw out all the Somalis NOW!!!
pepeni 10 years ago

You got it all twisted! The teachings of islam do not support terror. Those armed bandits are the greatest enemies of islam. This because they misrepresent the essential tenets of islam which is peace and tolerance. I pray th ...
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You got it all twisted! The teachings of islam do not support terror. Those armed bandits are the greatest enemies of islam. This because they misrepresent the essential tenets of islam which is peace and tolerance. I pray that those terrorist be nabbed and brought to justice.
Joe Turkey 10 years ago

Young guys and gals, I give you a piece of history. Like Jerry Rawlings, he convinced a group of soldiers to overthrow Col. Acheampong back in the 70s. He was arrested, tried and sentenced to death. At his sentencing, he plea ...
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Young guys and gals, I give you a piece of history. Like Jerry Rawlings, he convinced a group of soldiers to overthrow Col. Acheampong back in the 70s. He was arrested, tried and sentenced to death. At his sentencing, he pleaded for forgiveness and told the Tribunal he was too young to die. Acheampong forgave him as he did many other coupmakers of his time. He lived on to align himself with congenital and pathological coup machine, Jerry Rawlings. See, I don't wish him death; I never will. But these are egoistic men, whose entire existence is based on fabrications, exaggerations, outright lies, innuendos and complete misreading of law. For whatever he contributed to Ghana (above the cost of his destruction), I wish him a peaceful rest.
BaBa 10 years ago

and when got the opportunity they killed Akyeampong .good to know tnx for the history

and when got the opportunity they killed Akyeampong .good to know tnx for the history
Rommel 10 years ago

I hate muslims,these Alla worshippers will stop at nothing to destroy precious lives,may the soul of the dead prof find peace

I hate muslims,these Alla worshippers will stop at nothing to destroy precious lives,may the soul of the dead prof find peace
Kwesi Mends, Takoradi 10 years ago

Please act Presidential.

Please act Presidential.
GOOD GHANAIAN 10 years ago

ITS A PITY BUT THE COMMENTS SHOW HOW HE HELPED DESTROY GHANA.ITS A PITY BUT A SHAME THAT HE OES TO HIS MAKER WITH SUCH A TRAIT.

ITS A PITY BUT THE COMMENTS SHOW HOW HE HELPED DESTROY GHANA.ITS A PITY BUT A SHAME THAT HE OES TO HIS MAKER WITH SUCH A TRAIT.
COM'DE-VA 10 years ago

It's only this idiot president who will still sow seeds of division with tribal sentiments to write such a stupid statement on his facebook wall.After all, Kofi Awoonor was the chairman of the council of state for Ghana not n ...
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It's only this idiot president who will still sow seeds of division with tribal sentiments to write such a stupid statement on his facebook wall.After all, Kofi Awoonor was the chairman of the council of state for Ghana not ndc or ewes.Had it not his hard hard line stand on tribalism, he should have been one of the good sons of the country of our time. I always pray that one day, politicians in Ghana will be screened mentally, down to their childhood, the environment, the parental care, trauma just to mention a few before they take office so as to minimise those bullshits because some of them behave like children. Yes! their ages are inversely proportional to the way they think or the IQ.This is disgrace to Ghanaians and goes behond our boundaries.May termites eat the flesh and bones of Kofi awoonor in Kenya because he was too tribalistic. Ghana doesn't need such people in our country.
Horace Ankrah 10 years ago

Prof, I remember the days when you would come to our house to pick me up for a ride to teach me how to carry myself through this life.

I remeber my dad would say "Hello Kofi, come on in" and you would reply "no Chris I cam ...
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Prof, I remember the days when you would come to our house to pick me up for a ride to teach me how to carry myself through this life.

I remeber my dad would say "Hello Kofi, come on in" and you would reply "no Chris I came to see Horace"

You taught me so many things and have always called me your son.

Two weeks ago we met at the NDC NEC meeting in Madina and you said " My son Ankrah I want to see you often" I replied " Sir I am off to the UK but will see you before I leave".....I failed.......The Lord knew we were meeting for the last time.

For What you did for your family...Sika and co; For what you did for mother Ghana through education and governace and for what you did for the NDC Party I know for certain that the WHOLE OF GHANA WILL MISS YOU!!!!!!!

I have lost a mentor nobody knew of as such. You did all that you could do for me when I was growing up as a young man at Cape Coast University campus and now as a politician.

May the Lord bless your soul for that!!

I have lost a Mentor, Dad and a friend.

Prof! REST IN PERFECT PEACE

Horace Ankrah
AWUDU 10 years ago

I am disappointed as a Muslim that religion should be used in such a dastardly manner, everywhere, be it by Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhist or Jews. God's name must not suffer in such a painful way to pursue purely poli ...
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I am disappointed as a Muslim that religion should be used in such a dastardly manner, everywhere, be it by Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhist or Jews. God's name must not suffer in such a painful way to pursue purely political agendas. Al Shabab are not fighting for Islam..they have a desert land and can't survive. Boko Haram are in the desert regions of Nigeria and deprived; see the desert tribes of the middle east - the jews, the Palestinians, the Yemenis, the Syrians, the North Africans..don't tell me they have Oil. Those oils are usurped by the Kings and Royals and the masses suffer..I have traveled there and I know. The problem of Islam in the world is that created by the system - the Kings own everything! The poor suffer, and they take it out on the World!
ayariga k 10 years ago

The President of the country issues a statement on such a tragic death of a renowned Ghanaian citizen and he only does it on behalf of the "family, friends and the NDC party? Shame on you Mr. "President"!!!

The President of the country issues a statement on such a tragic death of a renowned Ghanaian citizen and he only does it on behalf of the "family, friends and the NDC party? Shame on you Mr. "President"!!!
g dot hana (BP) 10 years ago

agreed, what a disgrace to politicise the man's death like that as if just one half of the country will grieve. if he must be president he must recognise that he represents ghana first and ndc last.

agreed, what a disgrace to politicise the man's death like that as if just one half of the country will grieve. if he must be president he must recognise that he represents ghana first and ndc last.
DODOWA 10 years ago

Aren’t these Muslim apologists ashamed of rerunning this pathetically trite defense to mayhem which is undoubtedly their marquee act? Of course in their sick and twisted minds, the whole world keeps drooling and any repetit ...
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Aren’t these Muslim apologists ashamed of rerunning this pathetically trite defense to mayhem which is undoubtedly their marquee act? Of course in their sick and twisted minds, the whole world keeps drooling and any repetition of these annoying excuses is gospel. The following aphorism by Carl Popper is very significant in this context. Unlimited tolerance, leads to the disappearance of tolerance” I believe the ONLY way these recalcitrant evil practitioners could be stopped is by dishing their own medicine back to them. I don’t understand why the world loses sleep over Syria? After all, they are effectively reducing the number of future suicide bombers.

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