The newspaper was formerly known as the
Guinea Press Limited. It was established by the first President of Ghana, the late President Dr.
Kwame Nkrumah in 1957, as a printing press for The
Convention People's Party. After his overthrow in military coup in 1966, The Guinea Press was taken over as a state property by the National Liberation Council Decree 130 of 1968. By an instrument of Incorporation-Act 363, 1971, Guinea Press was changed to the New Times Corporation. The Act also repealed the National Newspapers (Guinea Press Limited – Interim Reconstitution Decree) which acquired it as state property. That Act was given further recognition by the provision of
Provisional National Defence Council Law 42. ==References==