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Personalities behind three statues in front of Ghana’s Supreme Court Today in History, exactly 38 years ago, on 30 June 1982, three High Court Judges as well as a retired army officer were murdered in cold blood at the Bundase Military Range in the Accra Plains. The followed their abduction on the night by some unidentified assailants. The four were Mrs Justice Cecilia Koranteng-Addo, Mr Justice Kwadwo Agyei Agyepong, Justice Fred Poku Sarkodie and Major Rtd. Sam Acquah. On the night of 30th June 1982, Mrs Addo who was nursing a child and the others were abducted from their homes. The murders took place at the Bundase Military Shooting Range in the Accra Plains during the hours of a night-time curfew. Following intense pressure on Rawlings and the PNDC, a Special Investigation Board was formed by the government to investigate the murders of the three High Court Judges and the retired army officer. Five people – Joachim Amartey Kwei (then 32 years); L/Cpl Samuel Kwaku Amedeka (...

exactly 73 years ago, Flt. Lt Jerry John Rawlings was born. He is a former Ghanaian military leader and politician who ruled the country from 1981 to 2001 and also for a brief period in 1979. He led a  military junta  until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana.Jerry John Rawlings, 1st President of 4th republic of Ghana. John Jerry Rawlings Jerry John Rawlings was born in June 1947 in Accra, Gold Coast, to Victoria Agbotui and James Ramsey John, a chemist from Castle Douglas in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Rawlings attended Achimota School. He was the only child born to his mother. He s a former Ghanaian military leader and politician who ruled the country from 1981 to 2001 and also for a brief period in 1979. He led a military junta until 1992 and then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana. Jerry John Rawlings completed his secondary education at Achimota College in 1967 and had no educatio...

Prempeh I Today in History, exactly 89 years ago, On May 12, 1931 Asantehene Prempeh I (Kwaku Dua III) died in Kumasi, Gold Coast. Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Prempeh I Otumfuo Nana Prempeh I, born in 1870 was the 13th King ruler of the Asante state of the Asante Kingdom and the Asante Oyoko Abohyen Dynasty. He was born as Prince Kwaku Dua III of the Kingdom of Ashanti, and he took the name of Prempeh I upon ascension on the throne at the young age of 18. Reigned as Asantehene from March 1888 until his death in 1931 during which he repeatedly resisted the British Government’s attempts to subsume Asante into the Gold Coast Protectorate. His reign was a troubled one as it fell during the time of British invasion/colonization of the Gold Coast. In essence, he was the last king of the  Kingdom of Ashanti  before the Gold Coast fell under British protectorate. Asantehene Prempeh I began an active campaign of the Ashanti sovereignty. The Brit...

Ashanti Region have 355 cases of COVID-19 which Obuasi takes 90% percent of the records. Obuasi have recorded 251 cases according to Yaa Manu - Deputy Health Director, Obuasi in an interview with Kofi Asante Ennin on Kro Yi Mu Nsem on Monday 11th May, 2020. Moreover, the D.C.E of Obuasi-East District Faustina Amissah said the people who have been confirmed positive didn't show symptoms.

A  well branded, renowned and sensational artist who worship God in a reggae style with powerful tunes in Ghana, Akesse Brempong had a virtual concert dubbed 'HEAL OUR LAND VIRTUAL CONCERT' on Saturday 9th May, 2020. This concert started at exactly 7pm and was held at Empowerment Worship Center at Achimota in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Akesse Brempong together with Bo noo ni Hitmaker, Joe Mettle and Luigi MaClean shake the screens with some powerful songs of praise and worship. The concert was streamed on 'Akesse Brempong' Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. - Homebase and ATV. 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will 'heal their land'.

Today in History, exactly 19 years ago, On May 9, 2001, 127 Ghanaian football fans died in a stampede caused by the firing of teargas by police following a decision by the referee in a crucial match between arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Accra Sports Stadium known as the May 9 Disaster. May 9 disaster is undoubtedly the saddest day in Ghana Sports after 127 Ghanaian football fans died during a Premier League fixture between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. It remains the worst 90 minutes in African football history. Screams and wails could be heard from a country mile. The streets of Accra were dead silent too, as all the rowdiness, noise and attention switched to the various hospitals and clinics in Ghana’s capital, Accra. The tragedy Ghana’s two most successful football teams played that day, the Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club and the Kumasi Asante Kotoko Sporting Club. Officials were anticipating crowd disturbances, and had taken extr...

[HISTORY TODAY]: Sir Kobina Arku Korsah, First Ghanaian Chief Justice Sir Kobina Arku Korsah, First Chief Justice, Ghana Sir Kobina Arku Korsah (1894-1967) was the first African Chief Justice of Gold Coast (1956) and independent Ghana (1957-1963). He was the first Ghanaian alongside Nana Sir Ofori-Atta I to be appointed as members of the Governor`s Executive Council. He was the youngest person ever to be elected as member of the Gold Coast Legislative Council and the first Boys Scout Commissioner in Ghana. Sir Arku Korsah was the first Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of Ghana, Scottish Constitution (1953-1963). He was removed from office by President Nkrumah after he found the defendants in the Kulungugu bombing trial not guilty. In addition to his judicial work, Sir Arku Korsah was also a founding member of the Ghana Academy for Arts & Sciences. In August 1962, Sir Kobina Arku Korsah presided over the trial of five defendants. At the end of that trial, ...