Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
By Lordick Mayabi Nairobi – Outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga who came second to Uhuru Kenyatta in the presidential election vowed on Saturday to contest the results in the Supreme Court alleging “massive tampering”of the March 4 vote. He said that every instrument deployed by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) failed and that […]
By Kofi Ayim, New York Majority of Ghanaians are practically denied access to the justice system because of dire economic needs, and may suspects languish in cells and jails, some as long as 10 years for lack of legal representation. This gloomy picture was painted by Supreme Court Justice William Atuguba, Chair of Ghana’s Legal […]
Ghana at 56 was celebrated among Ghanaians in the Tri-state area with dances and parties . In Newark, NJ, celebrations began with flag-raising at the City Hall on March 6 and climaxed with a dinner dance organized by the Council of Ghanaian Associations of New Jersey at the Ramada Hotel at the Liberty International Airport […]
The Council of Ghanaian Associations of New Jersey (COGANJ) received on behalf of Nima Police Station in Accra a number of police paraphernalia from the Essex County Sheriff at Newark, NJ. The presentation made at the offices of County Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura was a follow-up gesture to the visit of Police Superintendent Aduhene, commander […]
Newark – A medical student from Essex County went out of his way twice during the blizzard to try to find a homeless manm who had nowhere to go. Rameez Ulhassan has been providing aid and comfort to Paul Boateng for about a year. Boateng has been confined to a wheelchair anf living on the […]
MORRISANIA — Four members of The Bronx’s growing African community have entered a closely watched City Council race, delighting supporters who seek more political muscle, but worrying leaders who fear a fractured African vote. The African candidates in the contest for the 16th District City Council seat include a Nigerian medical researcher, a Guinean businessman […]
By Kwabena Opong The Council of Ghanaian Associations of New Jersey (COGANJ) received on behalf of the Nima Police Station in Accra a number of policing paraphernalia from the Essex County Sheriff at Newark, NJ. The presentation made at the offices of the County Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura was a follow-up to the visit of […]
By Steve Maggi It was a moment I had anticipated since January, 2010, when my wife and I took the long bus-trip down to Accra from Offinso, solemn and on the verge of tears knowing that our magical time in Ghana was about to end, and even worse, not knowing when we see this sacred […]
What may have appeared to be a major danger has been averted by the Liberia Civil Aviation Authority or LCAA. The unsafe situation in which the American Airlines, Delta Air is engulfed may have prompted the LCAA to move quickly in advising the President of Liberia, Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf against a flight with it. The […]
By Kwabena Opong Ghana reached another milestone in its democratic qualifications with the swearing in of John Dramani Mahama as the fourth president of the 4th Republic on Monday, January 7. Mr. Mahama’s investiture comes at a time when his party (the NDC), the Electoral Commission and he are getting ready to face the opposition […]