The ascension of Nana Afia Kobi of the Oyoko clan to the highest female throne in the Asante Kingdom on 8th December, 1977 ensured a continuous preservation of the time honoured cultural values and customary practices of Asanteman. Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, was born in 1905 in Kumasi to Nana Yaa Birago (Nana […]
Category Archives: BIOGRAPHY
Research of world Great Personalities
06
May
May
Highly Respected King of The Ashanti Kingdom Nana Kweku Duah with the Legendary stool name: Otumfuo Osei Tutu II who is the life patron of Asante Kotoko is celebrated his 70th Birthday on May 6 2020. Known in private life as Barimma Kwaku Duah before ascending the throne in 1999 to succeed the late Otumfuo […]
05
May
May
She hold a Diploma in Communications from African University College Of Communications and Bachelor’s Degree in Advanced Communication too! Before coming to Peace Fm she was working for Radio Mercury in Kumasi, when she was approached by Peace FM and she accepted. She started radio right after leaving secondary school. She was at Mercury for […]
05
May
May
Onyeka Onwenu began her music career in 1981 while still working with the NTA, releasing her first album “For the Love of You”. She was originally a secular artiste when she began singing, but now she sings mainly gospel music and continues to write and sing about issues such as health (HIV/AIDS), peace and mutual […]
05
May
May
Onyeka Onwenu is a famous Nollywood actress, singer, songwriter, recording artiste, journalist, politician, social activist, human right activist, X Factor series judge, television personality, politician, entrepreneur and a philanthropist. She was born on 17th May 1952 in Obosi, a small town in Anambra State in the south eastern part of Nigeria. She is currently 67 […]
05
May
May
This all was a perfect canvas, onto which Sunday laid the melodic patterns of rock-n-roll, guitars, rhythms, and modern colors. Under this scheme, he produced two of his very first albums, the 1977’s Sound Vibration and the 1979’s The Royal Sound. They gained terrific success. After the success of these two albums, Sunny Ade was […]
05
May
May
Born Sunday Adeniyi, King Sunny Ade has been perfecting his Nigerian juju beats for decades. By now, he’s achieved legendary status: Some know him as the African Bob Marley. The son of a church organist, Ade knew from a young age that music was his life’s passion. He left grammar school in the 1960s, started […]
04
May
May
Mao was a Chinese communist leader and founder of the People’s Republic of China. He was responsible for the disastrous policies of the ‘Great Leap Forward’ and the ‘Cultural Revolution’. Mao was born on 26 December 1893 into a peasant family in Shaoshan, in Hunan province, central China. After training as a teacher, he travelled […]
04
May
May
Patience Ozokwor popularly known as Mama G is a veteran Nollywood actress, television personality, an entrepreneur, an evangelist and a philanthropist. She was born on 25th March 1958 in the village of Amaobo, Ngwo, Enugu State in the south eastern part of Nigeria. The veteran actress got married at the age of 19 in an […]
04
May
May
In 1965, Soyinka was arrested by the Nigerian government for allegedly holding a radio announcer at gunpoint to broadcast false election results. A wide campaign by the international community of writers resulted in his release after three months. Nigerian government imprisoned him yet again for 22 months during the Civil War. He was accused of […]
04
May
May
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka the man popularly referred to as Wole Soyinka is Arguably the Most Prominent consistent Nigerian that has ever lived in Modern History. All through his adult life, the world acclaimed playwright and Nobel Laurette has maintained a reputation that has seen him staying relevant all through the political journey of the […]
29
Apr
Apr
Olaudah Equiano was born in 1745 in the African country that is now Nigeria. Before he was captured he recounts this narrative in his memoirs: “The adults worked in the fields during the day leaving the children to hfend for themselves in the village. Older children were often given the task of acting as lookouts […]
28
Apr
Apr
John Mensah Sarbah was one of the pioneers of Ghanaian politics and a distinguished African politician in the Gold Coast in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He was Born into a wealthy family, and studied law in England. At the age of 23, he returned to the Gold Coast to set up a legal […]
28
Apr
Apr
Sundar Selvaraj was born on 17 March 1962 into a Catholic family. He has two sisters and a younger brother. When he was about seven years old, his father embraced Hinduism and became a layman priest. Young Sundar being the firstborn male child followed his father’s footsteps and became a devout Hindu. He gave himself […]
22
Oct
Oct
Jean Adukwei Mensa is a Ghanaian lawyer born in Accra and the current Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana. Prior to assuming the role of Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa spent an 18 year career at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). There she rose to the position of Executive Director and […]
BIOGRAPHY, RESEARCH
The Man Who Claimed to be ‘God Himself’ on Earth OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU But Still Died! Final Part
16
Oct
Oct
In 2001, Olumba Olumba Obu was already too old, weak and frail. Some members of his congregation were smartly scheming what would happen and who would succeed him when he passes on. His son, Roland, was not seen as a suitable candidate to mount the throne because of his lifestyle. His daughter, Ibum, led another […]
BIOGRAPHY, RESEARCH
The Man Who Claimed to be ‘God Himself’ on Earth OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU But Still Died! Part 3
05
Apr
Apr
When preaching, Olumba Olumba Obu Centres on two things: love (ima) and power (odudu). Power of the Holy Spirit. Obu preached against polygamy, joining secret cults and traditional institutions. Obu is accused of preaching existential millennialism, epoch-based messianism and even a complicated form of pantheism that some have interpreted to be polytheism. One of Obu’s […]
BIOGRAPHY, RESEARCH
The Man Who Claimed to be ‘God Himself’ on Earth OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU But Still Died! Part 2
22
Jun
Jun
As you must have noticed from the previous sections, Olumba Olumba Obu did not set out at first proclaiming himself as God. In fact, at a point, he released a press statement in which he clearly emphasized that he was not God but Olumba Olumba Obu. However, even at that time, his ambivalence over the […]
BIOGRAPHY, RESEARCH
The Man Who Claimed to be ‘God Himself’ on Earth OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU But Still Died!
14
Dec
Dec
The famous spiritualist Olumba Olumba was born in 1918 in the tiny compound of Ano-Obu, Unorowenze in Biakpan Village, Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State in Nigeria. His father, Olumba Obu was a minister in the Presbyterian Church while his mother would later be referred to as Queen Mother Ibum Olumba and is […]