Until the Accra Mall was built in 2007 in Ghana’s capital, only people privileged to travel outside the country to Europe, the Americas and other places had the chance to visit and see such huge edifices that acted as a one-stop shopping area with lots of shops trading in various consumables under one roof. The […]
Monthly Archives: January 2021
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Lawyer Nana Akenten Appiah Menka was a founder member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Minister of State in the Second Republic. Mr Appiah Menka was an industrialist whose company, Appiah Menka Complex Limited, produced the famous but now defunct Apino soap. His Apino Soap became a subject of adverse political campaigning by […]
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Joshua Kwabena Siaw, popularly known as J. K. Siaw, was a Ghanaian entrepreneur and industrialist in the 1960s. He established Tata Brewery Ltd, which later evolved into Achimota Brewery Company (ABC) and now called Guinness Ghana Breweries. Kwabena Siaw was born in 1923 in the Eastern Region of Ghana although his parents come from the […]
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Rev. Bro Pius Kweku Agyeman, SVD, is a prolific Catholic Composer and a Historian with Vast Knowledge in Ghanaian Culture. The SVD attached to his name means he is a member of the Society of the Divine Word (S.V.D.), a Roman Catholic religious organization, composed of priests and brothers, founded in 1875 at Steyl, Netherlands […]
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Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 30, 1964, and at a young age, she moved with her family to Connecticut She was raised by her mother, who recognized her love of music from a young age, and despite not having much money, bought her a ukulele when she was just three. Musician […]
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The payment of EX-GRATIA to Members of Parliament (MPs) who CONTINUE TO WIN THEIR SEATS and RETURN to the August House after election is a strange occurrence but permitted by a strange 1992 Constitution. This MUST STOP! Ghana needs money for lots of projects! That practice needs to be abolished, as it is a major […]
BIOGRAPHY, POLITICAL HISTORY
Biography of Alban Bagbin: The Veteran Parliamentarian Who Became Speaker of Parliament
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Alban Bagbin of the opposition NDC (they have been in government before and have tasted power on several occasions) was elected speaker of the 8th Parliament of Ghana after a dramatic day in Parliament on January 7th 2021. This is the wonderful profile of the man who entered Parliament in 1993 at the unveiling of […]
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Joe Eyison popularly called: “Station Master” was a veteran musician and actor who identified mostly with the OBRA drama group of the 1980s. At the age of 41 Joe Eyison has been involved in the music business for some 15 years. After Joe’s primary education at Cape Coast and Takoradi Methodist Schools he took up […]
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The talented Nigerian rapper died on 22nd April 2010 (2020 marked a decade since he died) after he was involved in a ghastly freakish motor accident. The accident occurred at early hours of 14 April 2010 after a collision with a trailer conveying stationary in front of Alakara Police Station, off Agege motor road, Mushin, […]
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In the middle of 1950, a lot of Parties were formed based on tribal lines. Some of these parties included, the Northern People’s Party(NPP) led by Simon Diedong Dombo, a traditional chief from (Duori) in the Upper West Region of Ghana; Anlo Youth Organization, Muslim Association Party, Togoland Congress and many more. After Ghana attained […]