Tag: Nana Akufo-Addo
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How Ghana held state funeral for footballer, Christian Atsu (PHOTOS)
Hundreds of people gathered outside State House in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, on Friday for the funeral of footballer, Christian Atsu, who died last month in the earthquake in Turkey. Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, was also present. Atsu’s widow, Marie-Claire Rupio, was overcome with emotion as she paid tribute to her husband. The 31-year-old spent…
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Ghana’s Minister of State for Finance fired over impropriety
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday sacked Charles Adu Boahen, the Minister of State for Finance, after allegations of impropriety were circulated by a well-known Ghanaian investigative journalist.
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Why Twitter shunned Nigeria to locate it’s Africa HQ in Ghana
American microblogging and social networking service based in San Francisco, California has opened its first office in Africa, it’s headquarters on the African continent, shunning Nigeria. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Twitter announced opening its first office on the African continent on Monday, after laying the foundation through partnerships with a Nigerian firm and three others in…
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Same-sex marriage will never happen in Ghana under my watch – Akufo-Addo
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has declared that same-sex marriage will never happen during his tenure. He said this at the installation program for an Anglican Archbishop held in Mampong on Saturday. ”I have said this before, and let me stress again that it will not be under the Presidency of Nana Akufo-Addo that…
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BREAKING: ECOWAS elects new chairman
The President of Ghana, Prof. Nana Akufo-Addo, has emerged as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He was elected president at the 57th ECOWAS Summit in Niamey, capital of Niger on Monday. The Ghana Ministry of Information announced this via its Twitter handle. “President @NAkufoAddo has just been elected…
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Nana Akufo-Addo and Erna Solberg On The Impact of Covid -19 on SDGs
By Debo Oladimeji Co-chairs of the UN Secretary-General’s Eminent Group of Advocates for the SDGs, President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg have said that the on-going crisis of covid-19 has re-enforced the interdependence of our world. It has brought to the fore the urgent need for…
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Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo visits Nigeria, meets Osinbajo
Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday in Abuja met behind closed doors with President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the meeting, which took place at the Aguda House, Presidential Villa, Abuja, lasted for more an hour. Details of the meeting was not immediately made known to newsmen. However, a senior protocol officer…
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Obama sends delegation to Akufo-Addo’s Jan. 7 inauguration
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced Linda Thomas-Greenfield to lead his Presidential Delegation to Ghana to attend the Jan. 7 inauguration of Nana Akufo-Addo as the President of Ghana. The U.S. Department of State stated this in a statement in New York on Thursday. “President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential…