Tag Archives: Danquah

Just some three months after Ghana gained independence on March 6, 1957, the rivalry between Dr. J. B. Danquah’s National Liberation Movement (NLM) and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s Convention People’s Party (CPP) simply could not go away, manifesting into a much broader situation that led the then opposition holding a press conference regarding …

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 …

The confession caution and charge statement in the case involving the prime suspects in the killing of former Member of Parliament of Abuakwa North, JB Danquah-Adu as well as Vincent Bosso, has been accepted by an Accra High Court. The suspect, Daniel Aseidu, aka Sexy Don Don, admitted to stabbing …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that after enduring the campaign of slander and sabotage by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of the Danquah-Busia tradition, he totally empathises with Ghana’s founding President Kwame Nkrumah who, he said, suffered a similar fate until he was overthrown in a Coup D’etat …

Recently, the failure of Joseph Boakye [JB] Danquah to win an election in his hometown, Kyebi, has become topical within the political sphere. The trigger for this conversation started from Kwesi Pratt Jnr, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper who during a discussion on the founders’ of Ghana, stated that …

Dr. Sekou Nkrumah has condemned any attempt that seeks to belittle the role of Joseph Boakye (JB) Danquah in Ghana’s Independence struggle. According to the son of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, it was JB Danquah who once when introducing Nkrumah said that if the leaders will let the people down …

Kwesi Pratt Jnr has been advised not to run down Joseph Boakye Danquah, otherwise known as JB Danquah, one of the big six and grand uncle to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The Managing Editor of The Insight newspaper, while contributing to Pan African TV stated that people who want to push …

The Managing Editor of The Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has questioned the reason why people would continue to push for JB Danquah to be recognized as one of the founders of Ghana. According to the veteran journalists, the attributions made to Danquah as a national hero are false, as he …

An Accra High Court has admitted into evidence, a pendrive containing video confessions of the prime suspect in the murder of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu. Daniel Asiedu alias Sexy Dondon has admitted to stabbing the late MP during a scuffle when he went …

A leading member of the communication team of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), lawyer Appiah Danquah has slammed Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, accusing him of tarnishing the image of the party following his (Bawumia’s) claim that the Ghana Card can now be used as an electronic passport. Dr Bawumia has come …