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The Chiefs and people of Nkroful have forgiven Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for his comments about Ghana’s first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. During his unveiling in Kumasi on Tuesday, July 9, Dr. Opoku Prempeh stated that President Akufo-Addo had performed better …

A 1951 letter from Joseph Boakye Danquah, a core member of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), popularly known as JB Danquah, rejecting a call from Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to demand immediate independence from the British colonial masters, has surfaced on the internet. Coming just a day …

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has challenged comments by President Akufo-Addo during his address to the nation to mark Founders’ Day celebrations. On August 3, President Akufo-Addo said he rejected the notion that the country was founded by one man. According to him, the fight for Ghana’s independence was a …

The Member of Parliament for Ellembelle, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has criticised the running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh for comparing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s achievements to that of Ghana’s first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Armah-Kofi Buah said the NPP’s running mate’s comparison is …

Professor Francis Nkrumah, the eldest son of Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has passed on. The cause of death is not immediately known. But Indian author and editor Vijay Prashad announced his demise in a post on X on Sunday, June 30, 2024. He was 89 years old. …

Accra, Gold Coast’s capital [now Ghana], was filled with joyous chants at the release of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the leader of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) who later became the country’s first president. He, together with six other men, were released from prison on February 12, 1951, as free …

Former president, John Dramani Mahama, has accused faithful of the Danquah-Busia tradition of the overthrow of Ghana’s first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. According to him, the Danquah-Busia tradition, from which the New Patriotic Party was formed, connived with agents outside the country to oust Nkrumah in 1966. Mr. Mahama said …

The Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Sam Esson Jonah, says if he were to get the opportunity to be Ghana’s leader, he would want to be like former President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The business mogul and statesman said he would greatly appreciate it, even if it was …

Former Mayor of Kumasi, Kojo Bonsu, has detailed how he was fortunate to be one of the few people who witnessed and lived through the historic and traumatic maiden coup d’état in Ghana. According to him, the National Liberation Council (NLC) coup d’etat that overthrew Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s government in 1966 …