What Adu Boahen Has Bequeathed to Ghana
When we talk of “bequests” left to the living by the dead, we often think of material things. Buildings, for instance, Or farms. In the case of the late Professor Adu Boahen, books that can be...
Tag: Jerry Rawlings
Justice Must Be Served for Ya-Naa Yakubu Andani II – Rawlings
Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has expressed worry over the failure of successive governments to seek lasting justice for the late Ya-Naa Yakubu Andani II who was assassinated...
Atta Mills Was “Brilliant” but Disappointing and Shallow. – Rawlings
Former president JJ Rawlings has described his former vice president who later became president John Evans Atta Mills as a “brilliant” man, but “shallow.”
Although Rawlings and Mills worked...
Ghanaians Are Worst off Today than before – Rawlings
Former president Flt Lt. JJ Rawlings believes Ghanaians are worst off today than times past.
According to him, during his era there were policies and interventions formulated to transform the lives...
Ghana’s Educational System Lacks Substance – Rawlings
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has described the educational system in Ghana as lacking substance and essence.
He said at a time when the country was inundated with so many universities the...
Former President Kufour Blasts Mahama over Volta Region Record
Former president John Agyekum Kufour has strongly defended his record of performance in the Volta Region, stressing that he developed infrastructure in the region.
According to Mr Kufuor, the New...
What You Need to Know about Ivor Kobina Greenstreet
Ivor Kobina Greenstreet was elected presidential candidate of the Convention Peoples' Party (CPP) after the party's national delegates' congress on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at the International...
JJ Rawlings: ‘Heroic’ Taxi Driver Deserves National Award
The taxi driver, who, at the peril of his own life, stopped two armed robbers in their tracks on Saturday in Accra, deserves national recognition, former President Jerry Rawlings has said.
Mr...
Former President Rawlings Marks 34th Anniversary of Dec. 31 Revolution
Former President Jerry John Rawlings, on Thursday December 31, 2015, marked the 34th anniversary of the December 31, 1981 revolution that toppled Dr Hilla Limann of the Third Republic.
The ceremony...
Zanetor’s Eligibility as Ghanaian Voter Challenged
A legal practitioner Gary Nimako has written to the electoral commission seeking to find out if NDC parliamentary candidate-elect Dr Zanetor Rawlings is a registered voter in Ghana.
The letter is...
Biography of Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
Acheampong was born in Kuamsi in the Ashanti Region, to James Kwadwo Kutu Acheampong and Madam Akua Manu of Trabuom, Ashanti. He attended Trabuom Elementary School, St. Peter's Catholic School,...
Jerry John Rawlings Charges President, John Mahama To Check “Unprecedented Levels of Corruption” In Ghana
Former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, has charged his country's President, John Mahama, to check what he describes as the “unprecedented levels of corruption” in the West African...
Konadu Rawlings: Corruption, Thievery still Persist in NDC
A former First Lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, has dismissed media reports that she intends rejoining the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying the conditions that led to...
Jerry John Rawlings Contemplating Contesting For National Chairman of the NDC
The upcoming national delegates’ congress of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to elect new national executives has taken an interesting twist, founder of the NDC, Jerry John Rawlings is...