The UNs SDGs Who Cares?
A number of happenings over the last few weeks have got me thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that more than 190 world leaders adopted at the United Nations general assembly...
Tag: Head of State
Government Condemns NPP Vice Chair’s ‘death Wish’ For Mahama
Government has condemned as hate speech the 1st Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) F. F. Anto’s, suggestion President John Mahama deserved a death sentence for seeking a second term at...
President Mahama Dazzles On Good Evening Ghana
On Tuesday 6th September 2016 President John Dramani Mahama who had the title Nana Ahobrasehene Toaso I confered on him by the Agonaman Traditional chief was ones again at his usual best as an expert...
If Cocaine Trade Possible In Ghana Why Not One-Village-One Dam – PPP
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has taken a swipe at critics of the Opposition New Patriotic Party’s promise of a ‘one Village, one Dam,’ project claiming it is feasible with a...
Prince Amoabeng Of UT Bank Is Right In Commenting On Erratic Power And Insults On President And Elder Statesmen
Undoubtedly Mr. Kofi Amoabeng is a household name that would remain with us for a long time to come. Out of nothing this man has managed to develop himself into a top business entrepreneur who has...
Dynastic Scion In His Father’s Shadow
Libreville (AFP) - Ali Bongo of Gabon, who has been declared the winner of a disputed election in the central African country, has spent more than half his 57 years in the corridors of power. On...
Celebrating Anas and His Tiger Eye
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood summed it up thus: “justice has been wounded.” The bribery scandal in the judiciary, exposed by ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas,...
Complete Biography & Profile of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ex-Head of State: 1957
Childhood Mentor: Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey (Assistant Vice Principal and the first African member of staff at the then Prince of Wales’ College at Achimota)Education & Career Pattern: Nkrumah was first...
Complete Biography & Profile of Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of ECOWAS
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, a lawyer and political scientist, was born in Ghana on December 7, 1950. He attended Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast and Government Secondary School, Tamale. He holds degrees in...
Complete Biography & Profile of John Agyekum Kufour, Ex-Head of State: 2001
Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor was born on December 8, 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana. He had his Secondary Education at Prempeh College where he passed at the top of his class. He enrolled at Lincoln Inn, London,...
Complete Biography & Profile of Fredrick William Kwasi Akuffo, Ex Head of State: 1978
1957: Enlisted as an Officer-Cadet in the Ghana Army. 1976: Chief of Defence Staff. General Akuffo and other members of the SMC saw the low esteem into which the military as using the public's...
Complete Biography & Profile of Lt. Gen Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Ex-Head of State: 1966
24 April 1936 - 16 June 1979 Father: Opanin Kwaku Amankwa Mother: Ama Serwaa Amaniampong Education & Career Pattern Presbyterian Boys Boarding School, Mampong A/R 1967: Commandant, Military Academy...
Complete Biography & Profile of Lt-Gen Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, Ex-Head of State: 1966
26 October 1926 - 17 April 1967 Place of Birth and Hometown : Education & Career Pattern Alakple Roman Catholic School, Angloga Senior School, Trained as a Cathechist 1947: Qualified as a Goldsmith...
Complete Biography & Profile of Lt. General Joseph A. Ankrah, Ex-Head of State: 1966
Father's Name: Kofi Ankrah Mother's Name: Beatrice Abashie Quaynor Wife: left behind several wives Children : 18 Education & Career Pattern Wesleyan Methodist School, Accra 1939: Mobilised into West...
Complete Biography & Profile of Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo , Minister for Local Government and Rural Development
Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo is Ghana's Minister for Local Government and Rural Development. He was appointed by President Mills during a cabinet reshuffle in January 2011. Prior to this appointment he had...
Complete Biography & Profile of Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ex-Head of State: 1972
Acheampong was born in Kuamsi in the Ashanti Region, to James Kwadwo Kutu Acheampong and Madam Akua Manu of Trabuom, Ashanti. He attended Trabuom Elementary School, St. Peter's Catholic School,...
11 Students Imprisoned for Defacing President’s Picture in Their Textbooks
11 Burundian students were detained and charged on Friday for damaging pictures of President Pierre Nkurunziza in their textbooks, while three other people were injured as police fired bullets during...
‘Mahama Is Indeed of God’ – Men of God Affirm
A cross section of religious leaders in the country have unequivocally confirmed widely held view that President John Dramani Mahama’s meteoric rise to the highest office in the land has the...
President Mahama Will Raise National Debt to GH¢110 Billion Soon – Akufo-Addo
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo kicked off his tour of the United States with a meeting of donors at a diaspora community venue near Washington, D.C.
The Ghana Cultural Center...
Biography of Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
Acheampong was born in Kuamsi in the Ashanti Region, to James Kwadwo Kutu Acheampong and Madam Akua Manu of Trabuom, Ashanti. He attended Trabuom Elementary School, St. Peter's Catholic School,...