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September 21: Long Live Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day

Today, Saturday, September 21, is Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day courtesy the instrumentality of President Akufo-Addo through the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republican dispensation...

Unity and Joy; the vibrant Independence Day Celebration at Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

Accra came alive on Independence Day as students and citizens flocked to the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra to commemorate Ghana’s historic day. The...

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park to be closed for 4 days

Managers of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park have announced the temporary closure of the Park to the public. The renovated park will be closed from...

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park comes alive as Kofi Kinaata & Samini take the stage...

Ghanaian music sensations, Samini and Kofi Kinaata, are scheduled to grace the stage today at the newly revamped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra. The...

Renovated Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park to be re-opened to the public today

The renovated and redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park will be re-opened to the public today, July 4, 2023. This is after President Nana Nana Addo...

President Akufo-Addo to commission redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park on Tuesday

The redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, with a cost of $3.5 million, is set to be commissioned on July 4, 2023, by the President...

Ghanaians celebrate First President with #Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day

As the country celebrates the birthday of its first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, many people both young and old have taken to social media...

Memorial Day Special: Nkrumah’s actual birthday and other interesting facts

I discovered, quite recently, that some of my friends and colleagues were not aware that September 21, which is marked as the day of...

Ghana marks Nkrumah Memorial Day

Yesterday (21st September) is Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day, a day set aside to remember and honor Ghana’s first President. In the past the celebration of...

Court clears way for Daddy Lumba’s funeral on Saturday after applicants fail to meet...

What was expected to be a major setback for the wider family of highlife legend Daddy Lumba has been resolved after the Accra High...

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park to temporarily close on December 27

The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park will be closed to the public on Saturday, December 27, 2025. In a statement, management explained that the one-day shutdown...

German President to undertake three-day state visit to Ghana

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will embark on a three-day State Visit to Ghana from Sunday, November...

The holy trinity of pan-Africanism: Dr. Aidoo electrifies audience at 2025 Dubois–Padmore–Nkrumah memorial lecture

The 2025 Dubois–Padmore–Nkrumah Memorial Lecture turned into an intellectual tour de force as Dr. Kojo Opoku Aidoo, renowned Pan-Africanist and Senior Research Fellow at...

Rename Kotoka Airport after Nkrumah – Vitus Azeem urges gov’t

Anti-corruption campaigner Vitus Azeem has called for the renaming of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in honour of Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah,...

Check out all holidays in Ghana for 2025

The Ministry of Interior has released the official list of statutory public holidays and commemorative days to be observed in Ghana for the year...

Monday, September 23 declared public holiday

Government through the Ministry of Interior has declared Monday, September 23, 2024, as a statutory public holiday. A statement issued by the sector Minister, Henry...

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lectures: African Parliaments blamed for democratic failings

Ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao, a former Permanent Representative of the African Union to the United Nations, has taken Parliaments in Africa to task for not...
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Akufo-Addo was totally wrong to select August 4 as Founders’ Day – Historian

Historian Kwaku Darko Ankrah has criticised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's selection of August 4 as Founders’ Day. Mr Ankrah has said the President erred,...

Others believe we were all sleeping until Nkrumah and CPP’s arrival – Akufo-Addo [Audio]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has maintained his stance, opposing the notion that an individual founded Ghana. In his 2024 Founders’ Day address, President Akufo-Addo...

Freedom in Ghana should be credited to NPP, not Kwame Nkrumah – Prof. Oquaye

A former Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, has asserted that Ghanaians owe the freedom they enjoy today to the efforts of the New...

Ghana was not founded by Kwame Nkrumah alone – Akufo-Addo [Video]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has firmly rejected the notion that Ghana was founded by a single individual. Speaking to the nation in his 2024...

NAPO’s Nkrumah-Akufo-Addo comparison was only his personal opinion – Spokesperson

A spokesperson of Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the running mate to the New Patriotic Party's Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has been seeking to clarify his...

Has Nana Addo been named ‘Africa’s Man of the Millennium’? – CPP slams Napo...

The Convention People's Party (CPP) has condemned the statement made by the running mate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Matthew Opoku...

First son of Kwame Nkrumah passes on

Professor Francis Nkrumah, the eldest son of Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has passed on. The cause of death is not immediately known. But...
The Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture and MP for Sekondi, Andrew Egyapa Mercer Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

Tourism Minister instructs swift maintenance of Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

The Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture and MP for Sekondi, Hon. Andrew Egyapa Mercer has instructed the Director of Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park...

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park surpasses Aburi Gardens as most visited site in 2023 –...

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has revealed that the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park ranked number one as the most visited tourist attraction site in...

Full Text: Akufo-Addo’s speech at 67th Independence Day celebration

Fellow Ghanaians, let me start by welcoming our special guest of honour, the redoubtable President of our western neighbour, the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire,...

Joy FM to open Ghana Month with re-enactment of Nkrumah’s Independence speech

As a precursor to Joy FM's Ghana Month activities, your Super Station prepares to stage a re-enactment of the speech delivered by Dr. Kwame...

2024 budget: Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park rakes in GH₵1 million monthly

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has expressed joy the investment made in renovating the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park is paying off. Mr Ofori-Atta has...

Nkrumah Park revenue shoots up from GH¢3,000 to GH¢1.1 million monthly

The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park now generates GH¢1.1 million a month following its rehabilitation. Prior to the rehabilitation, the park was generating GH¢3,000 on the...

Nkrumah’s name is not perishable – Historian

Lawyer and historian, Dr. Yaw Anokye Frimpong has emphasized the importance and relevance of the name of Ghana’s First President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, saying...

Losing our father was the price we paid for Ghana’s independence – Samia Nkrumah

The daughter of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah, has highlighted the essence of sacrifice in the development of Ghana. As part of...

Kwame Nkrumah should be the yardstick of good governance – CPP

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has urged the citizenry to reflect on the developmental agenda of Dr Kwame Nkrumah and use his records as...

Ellembelle MP donates GH¢10k for refurbishment of Nkrumah Museum at Nkroful

With a day to the celebration of Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s birthday on September 21, the Member of Parliament for Ellembelle, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has...

Ghanaians journey to Nkroful to commemorate Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s birthday

Thursday, September 21, 2023, will be Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day. It is a statutory public holiday observed in the country to mark...

September 21 declared as public holiday

The government, through the Ministry of Interior, has declared Thursday, September 21, 2022, as a statutory public holiday. This was contained in a statement...

Holding funfairs at Nkrumah Mausoleum disrespectful — CPP

A member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Wayoe Ghanamannti, has called on the government to immediately desist from using the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial...

Hundreds throng re-developed Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park for sightseeing

Lots of Ghanaians and non-Ghanaians on Monday thronged the redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park to have a feel of the new park as well...

Management of Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park justifies entry fee increment

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park has defended its decision to increase its charges by over 500 percent.  Non-Ghanaian adults will pay GH¢100...

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park officially reopens to the public from July 11

The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park (KNMP) will officially be opened to the general public from Tuesday, July 11, 2023. This is contained in a press...