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A group of discontented Ghanaian youth have taken their frustration to the streets, targeting the statue of former President Edward Akufo-Addo, father of current President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The incident, captured on video, shows the young men slapping a sculpture of Edward Akufo-Addo, who served as Ghana’s president from 1970 to …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has underscored the role played by Joseph Boakye Danquah a former presidential candidate in 1960 in the establishment of the University of Ghana. The President giving a speech during the 75th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service of the institution expressed his conviction that history will view JB Danquah favorably …

President Akufo-Addo has rejected allegations that the government has thrown its full force behind Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s presidential primaries. The president said the claims are false and being made maliciously. According to him, there is no single person in the party who …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made two reshuffles of two deputy ministers in his current government. Contained in a letter that announced the appointment of Freda Prempeh as the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, the president named Mavis Nkansah Boadu and Thomas Mbomba as new appointees. The two, who are …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reportedly accepted the resignation of the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resource, Cecilia Abena Dapaah. According to asaaseradio.com, a source close to the Office of the President has confirmed the acceptance of Cecilia Dapaah’s resignation. The minister informed President Akufo-Addo of her resignation on Saturday, July …

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been in Europe over the past few days, meeting world leaders to strengthen Ghana’s diplomatic ties. Akufo-Addo as part of his activities visited the Vatican City and paid a courtesy call on the leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, on Saturday, …

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made a glamorous entry at the 30th anniversary ceremony his late wife, Eleanor Akosua Akufo-Addo. The family of the late Madam Eleanor Akosua Akufo-Addo, formerly known as Saa Nkansah-Gyamenah organised the commemorative ceremony to mark three decades since her passing. The President was mobbed by the …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo graced the final rally of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Assin North on June 25 ahead of the June 27 by-election. He drummed support for the NPP’s Charles Opoku stating that he was by far a better candidate than James Gyakye Quayson of the …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared that the people of Assin North deserve a Member of Parliament who is not dogged by court cases. He was speaking on June 25 at the final rally of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Fosu where the party tasked supporters to turn …

President and Founder of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has taken a swipe at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his description of international credit ratings agencies as ‘reckless’. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo criticised the ratings agencies for their “reckless” downgrades of African economies during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He noted that these downgrades …