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A daughter of Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, Nana Frema Busia, has listed some corrupt activities under the late Jerry John Rawlings, who hitherto was hailed for preaching, “probity, accountability, transparency and social justice”. In her latest article titled “Jerry John Rawlings in perspective”, she wrote that a retrospective assessment of the era …

Mrs Judy Nkansah Nee John is the only surviving sister of former President Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings from the paternal line. With her maiden name as Judy John, she was the younger daughter of James Ramsay John, following the first; the former president. Paying her final respects to a beloved elder …

A planned funeral by the Anlo Traditional Council for former President Jerry John Rawlings has “fallen in water” following the latest ban on all social gatherings by President Akufo-Addo. The Traditional Council reportedly boycotted the main funeral organized in Accra citing various including accusations that it was not duly consulted in many …

Third daughter of former President Jerry John Rawlings, Amina has disclosed how her father’s love for nature was made manifest even when he departed from the world. Recounting events which unfolded among his canines at his residence, Amina Agyeman Rawlings indicated without citing their number, that they gathered around her father’s …

On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, a man who resembles the late Jerry John Rawlings stormed the funeral grounds of the former president. Having this notion that he looks like Rawlings, he paraded the compound of the Blacks Stars Square as some attendees of the State funeral hailed him as Papa J. Coincidentally, …

Col. Festus Aboagye, a former ADC to the former late president, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, has given reason to why he still has four drinks his former boss gave him, more than 21 years ago. The drinks: a Red Label, a Black Label, a bottle of Smirnoff, and a bottle …

Veteran highlife musician Akosua Adjepong says she has regretted ignoring advice from ex-President Jerry Rawlings which could have changed her career for good. According to her, Mr Rawlings wanted her to organise a highlife concert annually to revive the genre and also to sustain her own legacy. However, she said it was …

President Jerry John Rawlings was typically known as a charismatic person but one other thing that has been unique to him was his peculiar choice for fashion. Particularly during his eight years as a democratically elected leader, he always made a conscious effort to put Ghana on the global map through what …

The only son and last born of the late former president, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, has described one moment in the life of his father where he made reference to a near-death situation, calling him ‘stupid.’ Kimathi Agyeman-Rawlings, in his tribute to his father, narrated a story about a visit …

Dr Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has in plain language chastised the late Jerry John Rawlings (Rtd.) over some of his dealings as a head of state and President of Ghana. According to Sekou Nkrumah, Rawlings betrayed the idea of the June 4, 1979, …