star has had an incredible career in front of the camera.
Nana started out in radio, presenting everything from Kiss 100 to Capital, before she joined TV shopping channels. From there she appeared as a panellist on ’s and ’s show – and then signed up to the as a continuity announcer and worked on Panorama.
But in 2021, Nana decided to leave the behind to join GB News, admitting: “I used to work for the . They used to train me in many ways and I’m very grateful for that. But after I got my training I worked for them in total for 13 years. I left because I couldn’t say anything, really.
“I wanted to question climate change and I couldn’t because I knew I’d be out of a job if I did and I do not support at all.
“I thought they were a far-left Marxist pressure group and when my boss at the asked me to promote an event Black Lives Matter was having I sent an email saying I don’t think you can do.”
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GB News star Nana Akua lives an interesting life (Image: Getty)
She added: “I left shortly after that. And thank God GB News was there. I wrote to GB News and said give me a job. They hadn’t started but I knew what they were about and I was ready, I wanted to speak my mind.”
But what about Nana’s life off-screen?
Away from the cameras, Nana has two children – a son and a daughter. Motherhood hasn’t been easy, however, as her son Ivory was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Nana admitted she attended an abortion clinic but had her mind changed by the pro-life campaigners outside.
She said she turned up to the clinic three times, but each time couldn’t go through with it, confessing: “On the third occasion, greeted by a placard depicting a foetus at the same gestation as my own growing baby held by pro-life campaigners, something inside me shifted: here was undeniably a living being, and I resolved then and there to have this baby come what may.
“Ten weeks later, as I watched him fight for his life in an incubator, I felt profound guilt that I had ever even contemplated not bringing him into the world. Happily, he thrived, and today he is a delightful five-year-old who daily brings me joy.”
Ivory, now seven, was born at just 28 weeks, with Nana explaining in her Mail Online column: “His condition is relatively mild. But it means he is weaker on his right side. His foot turns in, his gait is sometimes unsteady and he is prone to falling over. I worry that, as he grows up, this could all lead to damage to his spine.”
She tried her best to advocate for Botox treatment for her son, which can help relax tight muscles and allow them to function better. But her physiotherapy team declined, with Nana admitting: “It shouldn’t be like this. Staff should not stand in the way of patients seeking second opinions. They should welcome the opportunity for a fresh pair of eyes. When did the letters NHS begin to stand for No Help Service?”
Nana has two children – a boy and a girl (Image: Getty)
After Ivory was born, Nana split from her partner – and confessed she loves balancing motherhood with her career. She said: “My son didn’t ‘ruin’ my career: he inspired it.
“My daughter, who came along nine years earlier, had a similar effect on me. Back then, I was a single mother who needed to provide for her child. So I started a fitness business from scratch. Every early morning trip to the gym and every late night spent replying to emails: it was all for her.”
Nana has had her own health battles to face, and started her fitness business after being diagnosed with a debilitating strain of lupus.
According to the NHS, it’s a long-term condition that causes joint pain, skin rashes and fatigue – and there’s no cure. Thankfully, Nana’s fitness journey helped to alleviate her symptoms and put her on the path to recovery.