About: Moses Kofi Yahaya

Here we go again; the presence of a group of South Asian Muslims, in this instance, Pakistanis, in the country is stirring a lot of controversy, hysteria and fear. The common perception, of course, is that these men, 17 of them, because of their religion, are terrorists who have infiltrated our country to cause chaos…

Somebody has to say it: for years, I have disdainfully dismissed any criticism of the north, however honest, as quixotic and tinged with tribal bias. But times have changed, and so have my hitherto unsophisticated views. Grudgingly, I have accepted the critics' constant refrain; the north is a lumbering drag on the rest of the…

We are seven months removed from the general elections and the political parties, much like the political animals that they are, have marked their territories; they are indeed entrenched in their positions and are unbending, to say the least. Flexibility is in short supply here. The upcoming elections will be consequential; in other words, they…

Imagine this scenario; you have just had a pleasant and intimate conversation on the cell phone with your better half, your wife, girlfriend or husband or you have just wrapped up a heated discussion with your half-brother about the family house. All along, you thought the conversations were strictly confined to you and your loved…