Legon Observer, mujallar Legon Society for National Affairs (LSNA), an kafa ta ne a watan Yulin 1966 a matsayin buga mako biyu. Tare da tushe a cikin ilimin kimiyyar siyasa na Jami'ar Ghana a Legon, ta kafa kanta a matsayin muhimmiyar murya yayin mulkin soja na National Liberation Council. A zabukan 1969 ta yi kira da "karfi na uku", tsakanin Komla Agbeli Gbedemah National Alliance of Liberals da Kofi Abrefa Busia's Progress Party. Wasu sun goyi bayan Jam'iyyar All People Congress, karkashin jagorancin John Bilson, wanda daga baya ya tsaya takarar shugaban kasa a matsayin dan takarar Third Force Party. 1974 zuwa 1978 an dakatar da jaridar yadda ya kamata: Janar Acheampong ya hana musayar kasashen waje don toshe shigo da jaridu, tare da kama editoci da tsare su. Editocin sun haɗa da Yaw Twumasi da Kwame Arhin. A cikin 2007 an ƙaddamar da New Legon Observer, a ƙarƙashin rijistar edita na Ernest Aryeetey, sannan Daraktan Cibiyar Nazarin Ƙididdiga, Nazarin Al'umma da Tattalin Arziki (ISSER) kuma yanzu (shekara ta 2013) mataimakiyar shugabar Jami'ar Ghana.