Former National Women of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Anita Desoso says the Ewe Chiefs and family of the late former President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings have decided not to be involved in his funeral because they were disrespected by Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings. According to her, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings did not involve them in …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Ghanaians bid final farewell to Rawlings
The four-day burial rites of Ghana’s longest-serving Head of State is being climaxed today. Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings who passed in November 12, 2020 will be laid to rest at the Military Cemetary in Accra. Prior to this, a Catholic Requiem Mass and a vigil were held in his honor on …
Read More »LIVE UPDATES: State Funeral for Jerry John Rawlings
A State Funeral for Former President Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings (Rtd.) is underway at Independence Square, Accra. The first president of the 4th Republic died on Thursday, November 12, 2020, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra after a short illness. He was 73. The funeral is expected to be …
Read More »MP For Shai-Osuduko Commiserate With Bereaved Family
Hon. Linda Akweley Ocloo MP for shai – Osudoku visited the family of the murdered 19 years old girl(Juliette Obu) at Doryumu. She expressed her sympathy to the bereaved family and assured them of her support in this difficult time. As the member of Parliament for the constituency, …
Read More »Four dead in gory accident on Kumasi-Bawku road
Four persons have been confirmed dead after their vehicle traveling from Kumasi to Bawku crashed into the Nasia bridge in the North East Region Tuesday morning. Thirty others who were on the vehicle have also been hospitalized at the Walewale Government Hospital after they sustained injuries. According to reports, the …
Read More »GIJ closes down as two staff test positive for COVID
The Ringway Estate campus of the Ghana Institute of Journalism has been shut down temporarily after two members of staff tested positive for COVID-19. The closure is to pave way for fumigation of the campus and one other. The school is expected to be reopened on Monday, February 1. Excerpts …
Read More »Police distribute nose masks, sanitisers to residents
The Central Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service, led by its commander, DCOP Habiba Twumasi-Sarpong, took to the streets of Cape Coast to distribute nose masks and bottles of hand sanitisers to residents. The sharing was done together with the Omanhen of Oguaa Traditional Area, Osabarimba Kwesi Atta II, and …
Read More »Anlo Chiefs unhappy about government’s hijacking of Rawlings’s funeral – George Loh
The Volta Regional Vice Chair on the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Loh says the Chiefs of Anlo are displeased with government’s decision to solely conduct the final funeral rites of Former President Jerry John Rawlings. According to him, the Chiefs say the government did not come to a consensus with them on …
Read More »How and Why Rawlings, Akufo-Addo became inseparable after decades of mutual hatred
Riad Hosiefe, a very good friend of the late former President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings has made some shocking revelations on how that the late former President became fond of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to him, Rawlings said the NPP leader rather made him feel like a former Head of State …
Read More »If you kill him, I’ll deal with you! – How Rawlings saved Kweku Baako from being killed
The life of Journalist Kweku Baako Jnr was saved by the late former President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings. This was disclosed by Riad Hozaife, who indicated that a group of soldiers had decided to kill him. Kweku Baako’s crime according to Riad Hoziefe was that he called the late former President a …
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