Abdul Majeed Zamani

Sarkin Samarin Zango Ankara His Royal Highness Alhaji Salim Yerima Ango  honored the invitation of the Rethinking Africa Youth Summit campus tour, as Guest Speaker at a leadership and entrepreneurship seminar at UPS in Accra.  His presentation was mainly focused on encouraging young people to inculcate a sense of honesty and integrity as the most essential character in building their future. With a leader of his caliber and a well presentable charisma, we can boldly say that the future is bright and our youth are also in safe hands.  He was also honored with a citation by the organisers of the event in recognition of his effort at advancing the cause of young people in the entire Sabon Zango Ankara Community. The youth has always been his major concern and therefore he has promised to lay down measures that will help create lots of opportunities for the benefit of future generations. This is just the beginning of an untold story of the beacon of hope in Sabon Zango Ankara...

A group calling itself the National Concerned Spare Parts Dealers has threatened to demonstrate in two weeks if the government fails to rescind its decision to relocate them from Abossey Okai to Afienya. The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council has served notice of effecting the relocation as part of efforts to decongest the capital. This move, according to the Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, follows an agreement with the leadership of the spare parts dealers. But the National Concerned Spare Parts Dealers say the leaders negotiating on their behalf lack capacity.     At a press conference on Tuesday, the Public Relations Officer of the group, Takyi Addo, expressed the resolve of the group to resist the relocation.“The supposed executives who agreed to the relocation proposed by government are interim executives. Their tenure of office has long expired. They had no authority to speak on our behalf and their views are not a reflection of ours.” The attempt by governmen...

​Shukura is a community in the Ablekuma Central Constituency which has recently seen massive developments which the recent project yet to be commissioned is the Police Station. The purpose of this project is to aid control theft cases, maintain peace and provide adequate security for the people living in this particular area.     This project was built by the darling boy of this constituency Hon Lord Oblitey Commey who happens to be the Director Of Operations at the Presidency. The project was built to serve in the interest of the people so it will be handed over to Government through the Municipal Assembly to the Ghana Police Service. In attendance for a general meeting and inspection of the project before the commissioning was Hon Lord Oblitey Commey, Hon Mariama Karley Amui(MCE of Ablekuma Central Constituency), Hon Abana Asoke(Presiding Member), Hon Ali Dogo(Ablekuma Central Constituency Organizer), Regional Police Command and Dansoman Divisional Command and other executiv...

In a letter written in November 1964 to Shirley du Bois who was head of the Ghana Television Service, on the subject of his family’s privacy, Nkrumah wrote:”Marriage does not exist in nature and does not warrant the importance that has come to be attached to it. It is a bourgeois imposition, a mere contrivance set up as a matter of human convenience for the protection of inheritance rights, capitalists and property owners.” In another letter written in August 1965 to his private secretary, Erica Powell Nkrumah said:“Have you noticed that…I’m a very lonely man? I’m friendless and companionless. I suffer from intense loneliness which makes me sometimes burst into tears. I am an isolated man – isolated even from life itself. Few people know this. Confirming the write-up under a post on Facebook, Dr. Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Osagyefo said, he believed his late father had this mindset about marriage because of “his radical and revolutionary thoughts”. “Very correct sir! You don’t e...

​After a flawless victory at the Bukom Arena for the Ghanaian Super Light Weight bout against Sanitor Agbenyo, it has been a very busy moments for the current Champion Poncho Power. Lots of media houses throughout the nation are all seeking to grant Faisal Abubakar an interview. As it stands now he is the talk of town in Ghanaian Boxing popularly known as Shatta Wale of Ghanaian Boxing. His demeanor alone is outstanding which makes his bout amazing to watch.     He first granted an interview at ATV together with his coach where they talked much about the state of local boxing. The next media house was Pan AfricanTV again with his coach on the “HELLO ZONGO” show hosted by Latifa Adam where the champion and his coach laid more emphasis on the need to be well disciplined and hardworking if you want to achieve enough greatness. The next media house was Amanie FM on the Hausa Perspective show hosted by Mallam Abbass Babaguni where the host together with serial callers were super im...

Dosso was founded in the second half of the 18th century by the Zarma ruler Garanké as his capital where he established the rule of the Zarmakoy (the Zarma rulers of Dosso). This was the highest level of political administration and justice. The rulers of the surrounding Zarma areas had to pay homage to the prestigious Zarmakoy of Dosso. From 1820, Dosso found itself in constant armed conflict with the Fulani Sokoto Caliphate. In 1830,  Zarmakoy Laouzo died in a battle and was succeeded by Gounabi who was shortly deposed by the Sokoto Caliphate. Dosso remained for several years without a Zarmakoy under the rule of Usman Dan Fodio's Sokoto Caliphate until 1850 when Zarmakoy Kassom took over. Zarmakoys of Dosso since the 18th Century - Current From 1750 - Zarmakoy Garanké 18./19. Century - Zarmakoy Katidioua 18./19. Century - Zarmakoy Bessa 18./19. Century - Zarmakoy Daoura 1825-1830 - Zarmakoy  Manguyé 1830 - Zarmakoy Laouzo around 1830 - Zarmakoy  Gounabi around 1830-1850...

​  THE ZABARMA EMIRATE OF GHANA (1860-1897) The Zabarma Emirate was an Islamic state that existed from the 1860s to 1897 in what is today parts of Northern Ghana and Burkina Faso. Although founded by the Zarma people, the Zabarma Emirate was a very heterogeneous entity in which the Zarma were actually only a minority. It was mainly Hausa , Fulani, Mossi and most importantly the Gurusi people who where their main allies and army men. The name Gurunsi actually comes from the Zarma language “Guru-si”, meaning “iron does not penetrate”. It is said that during the Zarma conquest of Gurunsi lands in the late 19th century, the Zarma leader by the name of Baba Ato Zato (better known by the Hausa corruption of his name: Babatu) recruited a battalion of indigenous men for his army, who after having consumed traditional medicines, were said to be invulnerable to iron. This was the genesis of the play and ethnic slavery jokes that exist between the Zarma and Gurusi of Ghana till this day. Desp...