Tag Archives: RAWLINGS

1982 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) winner, Sampson Lamptey has recounted their encounter with the late Jerry John Rawlings after winning Ghana’s 4th AFCON trophy. According to Sampson Lamptey, they played the 1982 AFCON finals with extra motivation after they noted from Jerry John Rawlings through the then Sports Minister that the administration …

On November 1, 1995, a banquet was held in honour then President of the Republic of Ghana, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings in Beverly Hills, USA. The event hosted by the then Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal was attended by several high-profile personalities including global pop icon Michael Jackson. In honour …

Of the many stories that have been told about how Ghana’s late former president, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, broke jail to emerge a military ruler in 1979, there is none as close as this one from his wife. In her autobiography, It Takes A Woman, of 2018, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings shared …

Former Special aide to late Jerry John Rawlings, Victor Smith has opened up on how he lost his job as the then president’s right-hand man. Victor Smith narrated in an Onua TV interview that JJ Rawlings asked him to write a letter stating that he has been relieved of his duties …

A veteran Ghanaian broadcaster, Amankwa Ampofo, has recounted his experience during the failed attempt to overthrow the PNDC government led by Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings in 1983. In an interview with Oman Channel, the retired journalist recalled his days at the Ghana Broadcasting Cooperation and the events of June 19, 1983. …

A veteran Ghanaian soldier, Robert Beckley 1, who served in the days of Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings in the 1970s, has recalled the words of the late president that perhaps, saved him from being executed by the Acheampong regime. On May 15, 1979, Jerry John Rawlings was arrested after he led a failed …

Former Scribe of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwabena Agyei Agyapong has revealed what transpired the first time he encountered late President Jerry John Rawlings. According to him, although he worked with the State Broadcaster as a Sports Presenter, he and the late former President always avoided each other because of how …

Rawlings rules Ghana as military and democratic leader Rawlings dies on November 12, 2022 Rawlings remembered on his 75th birthday He was Ghana’s first president under the Fourth Republican dispensation. Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings for the 73 years of his life, ruled Ghana as a military leader and a democratically elected …

Rawlings berates Adom-Otchere Asiedu Nketia hits back at Adom-Otchere Togbe Afede accuses Adom-Otchere of practising stomach journalism Per his own words, he is a rugged and resolute defender of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government and would go every length to use his platform to defend the interest and image of the government. …

The first military regime in Ghana, led by the late former President of Ghana, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, became the country’s shortest revolutionary regime but whereas it appears that was a time in the country that drew it backwards, it has emerged that it wasn’t quite so. A new …