Tag Archives: JB

University of Ghana could be named after JB Danquah in the future – Akufo-Addo

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 …

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‘Sexy don don’ admits to killing JB Danquah

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 …

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Why JB Danquah lost parliamentary elections in Kyebi

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 …

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Nkrumah’s PDA killed JB Danquah, don’t belittle his role in independence struggle – Sekou Nkrumah

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 …

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Stop running down JB Danquah, you also lost ‘miserably’ in parliamentary elections – Kwesi Pratt cautioned

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 …

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Founders’ Day: JB Danquah can only be compared with Wontumi – Kwesi Pratt Jnr sets records straight

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 …

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JB’s murder: Defence lawyer casts doubt over DNA Consultant’s report

A DNA Analyst Dr Kenneth Frimpong who has been testifying in the case in which Daniel Asiedu is standing trial for the murder of J. B. Danquah Adu, the late Abuakwa North former Member of Parliament has been discharged. Dr Frimpong, a scientist, had tendered in a DNA Forensic Report …

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JB Danquah’s post-mortem report stolen – Pathologist tells court

  Watch in Twi The late Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu Pathologist, Dr Lawrence Edusei, has told the High Court in Accra that, the Post-Mortem examination he performed on the body of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North Joseph Boakye Danquah …

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Alleged Abuakwa-North MP killers finally get a lawyer

The alleged killers of J.B. Danquah Adu, former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North have finally been provided with a new lawyer. On November 27, last year, Mr Augustine Obuor who had represented the suspects over the past few years withdrew his representation in the case. Mr Obuor indicated that …

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