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Information reaching mynewsroomgh.com has it that Ghana’s former President, Jerry John Rawlings has passed on.

He died in the early hours of Thursday, November 12, 2020, at the Cardiothoracic Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital at age 73

Mr. Rawlings buried his late mother Madam Victoria Agbotui in October 2020.

About Jerry John Rawlings

Jerry John Rawlings was born June 22, 1947.

He was a former military leader and subsequent politician who ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001 and also a brief period in 1979.

He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana.

Rawlings initially came to power in Ghana as a flight lieutenant of the Ghana Air Force following a coup d’état in 1979.

Prior to that, he led an unsuccessful coup attempt against the ruling military government on 15 May 1979, just five weeks before scheduled democratic elections were due to take place.

After initially handing power over to a civilian government, he took back control of the country on 31 December 1981 as the Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC).

In 1992, Rawlings resigned from the military, founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and became the first President of the Fourth Republic. He was re-elected in 1996 for four more years.

After two terms in office, the limit according to the Ghanaian Constitution, Rawlings endorsed his Vice-President John Atta Mills as presidential candidate in 2000.

Education and military career

Rawlings finished his secondary education at Achimota College in 1967.

He joined the Ghana Air Force shortly afterwards.

In March 1968, he was posted to Takoradi, in Ghana’s Western Region, to continue his studies.

He graduated in January 1969, and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer, winning the coveted “Speed Bird Trophy” as the best cadet in flying the Su-7 ground attack supersonic jet aircraft as he was skilled in aerobatics.

He earned the rank of Flight Lieutenant and in April 1978.

During his service with the Ghana Air Force, Rawlings perceived a deterioration in discipline and morale due to corruption in the Supreme Military Council (SMC).

As promotion brought him into contact with the privileged classes and their social values, his view of the injustices in society hardened.

He was thus regarded with some unease by the SMC.

After the 1979 coup, he involved himself with the student community of the University of Ghana, where he developed a more leftist ideology through reading and discussion of social and political ideas.

The Obuasi Circuit court presiding over by Her Honour, Joyce Boahen has remanded the alleged rapist whose penis was bitten by a lady at Obuasi Abompeh Newsite in the Ashanti Region.

The robber whose name has been identified as Emmanuel Ankron was bitten off by a lady while receiving ‘BJ”.

The suspect is reported to have entered the room of the 24-year-old student drugged her and had sex with her.

According to the victim, around 2:am, an unknown man suddenly entered her room, drugged her and had a forceful sex with her.

When she woke up, she saw the man, with a cutlass and a locally manufactured pistol, who took her GHC550, a TV set and mobile phone.

Upon realizing the victim was awake he asked for a blowjob for a second round of sex that got his penis bitten in the process.

The angry robber retaliated with a bite, before making away with a bleeding manhood.

The lady out of fear shouted for help from her neighbours but to no avail. She then proceeded to a hospital at Obuasi for treatment. Few minutes later the suspect also came to the same hospital for treatment, and she alerted the security men. She together with the security called on the police and got him arrested.

Crime scene investigators visited the scene where the cut penis was retrieved and sent to the hospital for preservation.

The robber is to reappear before court on 20th November, 2020

75-year-old Pastor Prempeh, locally known as Sofo Ouattara, who oversees the Twifu-Ayebiahwe branch of the twelve Apostles Church (Awoyo/Nakaba) in the Twifu Hemang Lower Denkyira District has been arrested by the Twifu Praso Police command for allegedly butchering his wife, Sofo Maame Ama Tawiah, to death.

Information gathered by Angel Fm news reporter Kwame Owusu Asante Shadrack suggests that a 6 years old girl who happens to be the granddaughter of the pastor went out to urinate around 2:30 am in the early hours of the day.

Shockingly, the door was locked when she had returned to gain access to the room, at that same time, the grandmother was screaming and whining for help. She forced the door open and tragically saw the shock of her life, the grandfather, Sofo Ouattara was holding a well-sharpened Cuttlass and butchering her wife Sofo Maame Ama Tawiah. The reedy voice of the 6-year-old child could not travel far when she shouted to draw the attention of the nearby houses to the dreadful incident.

The grandmother, Sofo Maame Ama Tawiah had already died in the pool of blood when people came in an attempt to rescue her life.

Confirming the tragic incident to Angel FM Correspondent, Kwame Owusu Asante Shadrack, Twifu Praso police commander ASP Addae Boateng, said the body has been deposited at Twifu Praso government hospital morgue for preservation, whiles the suspect has been arrested into police custody pending investigations into the matter. He added that the alleged pastor attempted suicide by cutting his throat but currently he is alive.

An armed robber may not enjoy s3x for the rest of his life as his manhood has been bitten off by a lady while receiving ‘BJ” from a lady he went to rob.

The robber whose name has been identified as Emmanuel Ankron is reported to have entered the room of the 24-year-old student at Abompey new site, a suburb of Obuasi, drugged, and had sex with her.

According to the victim, around 2:am, an unknown man suddenly entered her room, drugged her and had a forceful sex with her.

When she woke up, she saw the man, with a cutlass and a locally manufactured pistol, who took her GHC550, a TV set and mobile phone.

Upon realizing the victim was awake he asked for a blowjob for a second round of sex that got his penis bitten in the process.

The angry robber retaliated with a bite, before making away with a bleeding manhood.

The lady out of fear shouted for help from her neighbours but to no avail. She then proceeded to a hospital at Obuasi for treatment. Few minutes later the suspect also came to the same hospital for treatment, and she alerted the security men. She together with the security called on the police and got him arrested.

Crime scene investigators visited the scene where the cut penis was retrieved and sent to the hospital for preservation.

The robber is currently in police custody after receiving treatment.

3 people have died in a gory accident at Anloga Junction in Kumasi on Thursday November 5th, 2020 evening. The incident involved a Hyundai truck and a tricycle, popularly known as ‘Pragya’.

The deceased, a woman and a kid believed to be her child and another young man were all in the tricycle. They have all been burnt beyond recognition.

Eyewitness say the lorry was driving towards Afful Nkwanta on the inner lane of the road not far from the traffic light at Anloga Junction when the tricycle crossed it in an attempt to move from outer to the inner lane of the same stretch.

Two officers with the Tamale Police Station are fighting for their lives at the hospital, after they were violently attacked by residents of Kpawumu-Fuo, a community in the Northern Region capital, Tamale on Thursday, November 5, 2020.

The victims are Lance Corporal Atsu Adanu and Lance Corporal Samuel Mordzi. A third officer, Constable Baba Iddirisu, as well a civilian identified only as Rasheed who led the police to the community to arrest a suspect, however, escaped the attack.

They had gone there around 04:30am to effect the arrest one Abdul Rahman who is said to be wanted in a case of stealing, which is under investigation by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Tamale police.

According to a police situation report the policemen, armed with one AK-47 rifle, arrested the suspect but the community rushed on them with cutlasses and sticks, beat them up and took the suspect away and disarmed the police officers.The Rescue 

The Rescue

The complainant later called police and a team from the Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU), who rushed to the scene and rescued the policemen and sent them to Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) for treatment.

Lance Corporal Atsu Adanu received a deep cut on his head and forehead while Samuel Mordzi also received a deep cut at the back of his head, and forehead. Tamale police attack

Constable Baba Iddirisu, however, managed to ran away unhurt.

Meanwhile, police have arrested some 25 members in the community suspected to have played a role in the attack and the police riffle retrieved but without ammunition.

The suspects are being held at the Regional Police Headquarters in Tamale, for interrogation.

The Inspector General of Police, James Oppomg Boanuh has indicated that security personnel who will be deployed to ensure security at the December polls will be fully armed.

Addressing the media at a press conference, Mr James Oppong – Boanuh indicated that the Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces together with Operational units of the Ghana Police Service will be fully armed to execute the patrol and they will be identified with a special armlet for election duties on the election day.

IGP James Oppong – Boanuh made it known to the media that the security will continue their usual duties to deal with general incidents of crimes that will spring up before, during and after the elections.

He said he has visited the 16 regions of the country with his team to see for himself the readiness and capability of the Police Regional Commands to lead sister security agencies in the regions to police the ballot.

IGP James Oppong – Boanuh said 6, 178 flashpoints have been identified nationwide due to that rampant patrols and standby forces will be visible to prevent any mishap from happening.

The IMANI Centre for Policy and Education hosted an event in Accra assessed the New Patriotic Party’s manifesto as outlined in 2016 in their bid to win elections

The political think-tank juxtaposed the promises of the NPP government made in the run-up to the last elections as against their realization at a time when the country is gearing up for another general election in December

According to the political think-tank, the NPP government led by President Akuffo Addo in 2016, made 510 promises which they have fulfilled about 56.77% of the promises made.

The Researcher of IMANI, Dennis Asare indicated NDC on the other hand made 540 promises in the 2012 manifesto in which in the 2016 assessment of their manifesto, fulfilled 54% which makes NPP’s performance better than that of NDC

He indicated that, the NPP government has performed well in the areas of Social services and human capital Investment, healthcare projects in terms of new technology in the healthcare system, as well as in the economic, foreign affairs and security sectors

Touching on areas the government performed abysmally, he indicated that local government, corruption and public accountability sectors did not see any good performance by the government.

He therefore advised all political parties to take into consideration the state of the economy and other factors before making vague promises in their manifesto

At least 270 out of 538 electoral college votes are needed to win the U.S. presidency.

With millions of legitimate votes still waiting to be counted, President Trump vows to go to the Supreme Court over fraud while claiming, victory.

“We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election…As far as I’m concerned we already have.”

He suggests – without evidence – that election “fraud” has occurred.

“This is an embarrassment to our country,” he says, adding that he plans to go to the Supreme Court to fight election results.

Democratic party’s Presidential Candidate, Joe Biden has expressed optimism in his chances of winning while votes continue to trickle.

Addressing supporters at his drive through campaign headquarters in Wilmington Delaware, Biden said, “We knew this was going to go long, but who knew we would go into maybe tomorrow morning, maybe even longer!”

“But we feel good about where we are. I’m here to tell you tonight we believe we’re on track to win this election.”

Adding that “It ain’t over until every vote, every ballot is counted.”