Leaked emails intercepted by Global Eye Witness make startling revelations about leader of New Patriotic Party (NPP), the main opposition party in Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo’s interaction with close confidantes. The emails contain high-level interactions with financial contributors to the NPP’s political campaigns. Some of the emails also suggest “off the record” interactions … Read more
(Memo: 24 March, 1962) Continuing… We noted in Part I that Dr. Kwame Nkrumah understood there is public policy; there is partisan policy; and there are matters that are personal. That is another important principle, if you care for any Nation! Now, official records, this time from Ghana, show that under authority of the Unitary … Read more
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo has been mourning with the family of Kwabena Boadu – the departed press aide of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Boadu died in his hotel room in Wa while on the campaign trail. The cause of death is unknown but reports say he died from electrocution. The … Read more
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah has stated that the competency of President John Dramani Mahama which has led to the massive infrastructure development across the country has dazzled the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to him, President Mahama would continue to respond to the needs and aspirations of the people to ensure their … Read more
The presidential candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Dr. Edward Nasigre Mahama, has issued a strong indication that civil disquiet will not cease in Ghana until the citizens cease to be a barrier themselves to a move he says God began in 1996. Dr. Mahama, who is in his fifth run at 71 for … Read more
Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo has maintained that promotion in the civil and public service of Ghana must be of merit rather than favouritism. Nana Akufo-Addo insisted that promotions in the civil and public service ought to be based on merit of efficiency, of ability and not of political allegiance or … Read more
Any lessons from election of President Trump for Ghana? We all woke up last Wednesday to the stunning news of the election of the property tycoon Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States to succeed President Barack Obama. Nearly everyone, politicians, pundits and ordinary folk worldwide had predicted a comfortable win … Read more
Nana Akufo-Addo truly cares about Ghanaians and has their interest at heart, wife of the three-time flag bearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said. Mrs. Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo has, thus, asked Ghanaians to vote for her husband. Speaking to the electorate in the Sege Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, … Read more
It is an unquestionable reflection of the questionable character of a leader who has absolutely no remarkable sense of decorum, for President John Dramani Mahama to hold a rally in Suhum, where I briefly schooled while growing up in the 1960s, and the courtyard of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the main … Read more
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says if President Mahama had bothered to read the Constitution, he would have apprised himself of the fact that the President of the Republic does not have the power to destool a Chief. Nana Akufo-Addo was responding to comments made by President … Read more
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says if President Mahama had bothered to read the Constitution, he would have apprised himself of the fact that the President of the Republic does not have the power to destool a Chief. Nana Akufo-Addo was responding to comments made by President … Read more
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the South West Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region (GAR), Jerry Akwei Thomson, has observed that the presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Adoo, lacks credibility to protect properties belonging to the state, and therefore cannot be trusted with the destiny of … Read more
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday summed up in a poetic form, why he wants to become the President of Ghana on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. At a ceremony to unveil the party’s 2016 election manifesto in Accra, Nana Akufo-Addo used a poetic technique to outline seven key things that his government … Read more
By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Folks, the US-based Ghanaian academic, Stephen Kwaku Asare, has written an opinion piece that cried loud that Akufo-Addo has no law degree. He went on to explain why, framing his thoughts in a historical context to create the impression that it is nothing strange if Akufo-Addo has no law … Read more
By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 And no one in the Akufo-Addo camp is talking about what he was at the Lancing College? I have the evidence and will produce it when challenged. Beyond that level is the fact that prominent Ghanaian lawyers trained by the Middle Temple are listed openly … Read more
By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 Folks, the US-based Ghanaian academic, Stephen Kwaku Asare, has written an opinion piece that cried loud that Akufo-Addo has no law degree. He went on to explain why, framing his thoughts in a historical context to create the impression that it is nothing strange if … Read more
Why Akufo-Addo has no law degree – Kwaku Asare explains Kwaku Asare explains why Akufo Addo has no law degree U. S.-based Ghanaian academic, Professor Kwaku Asare, has explained why three-time flag bearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo is a lawyer but has no law degree. Read his full explanation … Read more
The 2016 presidential nominee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cautioned the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stop intimidating opponents. The three-time presidential aspirant said individuals and groups were entitled to a fair chance of campaigning devoid of political coercion. According to him, “only a few days ago, at … Read more
Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, wife of the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo, has been telling electorate, her husband and the NPP can be relied upon to fulfill election promises Speaking at the Mallam Presbyterian Church in the Weija-Gbawe constituency in Accra, Mrs. Akufo-Addo stressed that Nana Akufo-Addo has built his image on … Read more
26 June 1906 – 17 July 1979 Father: Williarn Martin Addo-Danquah Mother: Tboedora Amuafi Wife: Adeline Yeboakwa Akufo-Addo. Education and Career Pattern Achimota College, (won scholarship) to St. Peter’s College, Oxford University, UK where he read Mathematics, Politics and Philosophy. 1941: Returned to Gold Coast and started private legal practice but was soon caught up … Read more