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May 2018: Number 12. This investigative work by Anas focuses on corruption in the Ghana Football Association (GFA). Portions of the investigative piece were shown privately to President Nana Akufo-Addo. In the video, Kwesi Nyantakyi - the President of the GFA - is filmed appearing to be soliciting for bribes from some football investors using ...
Bogoso explosion. On 20 January 2022, a large explosion occurred along the Tarkwa-Bogoso-Ayamfuri road in Western Region, Ghana, after a truck transporting mining explosives collided with a motorcycle. The explosion levelled the nearby Apiate village, killing 13 people and injuring 200. [1][2]
v. t. e. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and first President of Ghana. Nkrumah had run governments under the supervision of the British government through Charles Arden-Clarke, the Governor-General. His first government under colonial rule started from 21 March 1952 until independence. His first independent government took office ...
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2020. Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was re-elected in the first round after securing a majority of the votes. [1] Former President John Dramani Mahama announced that he would contest the results. [2]
ModernGhana. ModernGhana is a Ghanaian online media [ 3] portal that has been in operation since 2005. [ 1] The site covers news, politics, business, sports, entertainment and opinions. It is owned [ 4] by Modern Ghana Media Communication Ltd., a privately owned Ghanaian company. [ 5]
1995 - Curfew imposed in the Northern Region after ethnic violence re-erupts leads to 100 deaths. 1996 - Jerry Rawlings re-elected as president of Ghana. 2000 - December - John Kufuor is elected president of Ghana after defeating John Atta Mills in the presidential elections. 2001 May - 126 die due to stampede in the Accra Sports Stadium.
Alan John Kyerematen. Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen (born 3 October 1955) [1] is a Ghanaian politician, a corporate executive, and a former member of the New Patriotic Party. He was Ghana’s Minister for Trade and Industry from 2017 to 2023. [2][3] He was also Ghana's Ambassador to the United States from 2001 to 2003 and later as Minister of ...
Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020) [1] was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected president of Ghana. [2][3][4] He was the longest-serving ...