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The Day I Cheated On My Beloved

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I am sure you are wondering why I would put a private issue on social media. Is it an apology this time or do I intend making fun of you? This could have been settled between just the two of us but I felt it was better to share it first before it went viral.  I know how it has been like all this time. I remember when we first met -I may have missed the date but surely not the experience. I could not wait to tell the World about my newly found love. I had seen the things that got the attention of some of my friends. But here I was, leaving all other pleasures for you. When you said 'I LOVE YOU', I felt it sank deep down in my heart and I knew this feeling was new. I was glad I had finally found someone who would cherish me. I thought to myself, "I am not letting this one go! No, not for any reason". But I was wrong! I had only trusted myself too much. It was not too long till I found my old self again. Knowing how well you loved, I took you for granted. Secr...

Galamsey - An Issue of Votes over Lives

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Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have. ~ John C. Maxwell Small scale mining widely known in Ghana as Galamsey is a popular menace in our communities. It is one problem that has stayed with us for decades and yet attempts to eliminate it has always proved futile. There is not a single Ghanaian who is oblivious of the harm these activities cost the country. In the wisdom of the Almighty, He endowed our lands with natural resources to make our lives easy. However, the activities of a few individuals have made little usefulness of these precious minerals. While we have had political leaders who haven't done so much as far as exploitation of these minerals to ease the burden of the hardship our countrymen go through, the activities of these miners do a lot more harm. The fight against Galamsey has been the toughest second to co...