New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong has stated that bad governance in the country has resulted in untold hardship on the average Ghanaian. Agyapong who doubles as the Member of Parliament for the Assin Central Constituency in the Central region contends that, if the country had a visionary leader in charge, …
Read More »Traditional leaders to demonstrate over delay in the passage of anti-LGBTQ bill
A section of traditional leaders in Ghana have threatened to organise a nationwide demonstration if Parliament fails to pass the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill in the first quarter of 2023. The traditional leaders added that all chiefs across the country will be forced to hit the streets with their citizenry to demand …
Read More »Biden set to host Nana Addo, others at US-Africa Leaders summit
President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to join his counterparts in Washington D.C. next week for the US-Africa Leaders Summit. President of the United States, Joe Biden, is hosting leaders from African countries starting December 13, 2022. According to the US States Department, the Summit will demonstrate the United States’ enduring …
Read More »Disqualify Ken Agyapong from flagbearership race – Maurice Ampaw to NPP leaders
Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has called on the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to disqualify the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, from the party’s presidential primaries for the 2024 elections. According to Maurice Ampaw, the MP, who has stated his intention to contest in the NPP flagbearership race, must be …
Read More »Asantehemaa stops election of new Kumasi City Market leaders
Asantehemaa Nana Konadu Yiadom II has called off an election exercise scheduled to appoint various trading commodity leaders in the Kumasi City Market. The election, scheduled for Wednesday, October 26, 2022, according to reports, was called off by Asantehemaa after she summoned the organisers to her palace for questioning. According …
Read More »These 12 African leaders are twice as old as new Burkina Faso president
Burkina Faso as of October 3 had a new president despite last holding an election in November 2022. Ibrahim Traore, rose to the high office of president and Supreme Leader of the Armed Forces after leading a coup that ousted his former boss Lt. Col. Sandaogo Damiba. Traore, at the …
Read More »Why Biden used a convoy for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral while Akufo-Addo, other world leaders were bussed
It became a big issue that was discussed widely by citizens of countries whose leaders had been directed to use shared buses to attend the funeral of the late British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The funeral service for the late Queen was held at Westminster Abbey in the United Kingdom …
Read More »London order: Social media users mock African leaders with bus photos
Despite only two African leaders having been photographed on a bus in London as they attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, social media users are mocking all African leaders. Only William Ruto of Kenya and Samia Suluhu Hassan were captured in the now viral photo first circulated on the …
Read More »List of world leaders to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral
The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II is scheduled for Monday, September 19, 2022, and host world leaders including leaders of countries and royalties are expected to attend. According to reuters.com, the President of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is one of three leaders from the African Continent that will …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth’s funeral: Foreign leaders banned from attending with private jets
The funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II has been scheduled for Monday, September 19, 2022. Ahead of the funeral, the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office has issued strict protocols for attending foreign heads of state and officials. According to multiple reports by UK media, the funeral for attending foreign …
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