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03 Apr

How Rawlings Stopped Gaddafi From Bribing Ghanaian Officials During 1982 AFCON Final

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Legendary Ghanaian footballer Rev Osei Kofi has disclosed that former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi attempted to influence Ghanaian officials to lose the 1982 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) final against his country. According to him, while the team was preparing for the final against Libya, the late president was influencing Ghanaian officials with financial inducements for the team to deliberately lose the final. However, after getting privy to the information, he informed then-President Jerry John Rawlings, who quickly spoke to the team officials to desist from taking bribes and win the trophy for the nation. Speaking in an interview with Sporty FM, Rev…

Rawlings Told Me Mahama Can Never Be President – Ernest Owusu Bempah Reveals

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The Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ernest Owusu Bempah, has made a shocking revelation about a conversation he had with the late Jerry Rawlings, founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to Bempah, Rawlings called him two months before his death and stated categorically that John Mahama can never become the President of Ghana. Bempah, speaking on the "Movement In The Morning" show, said: "Rawlings asked me if I believed Mahama could win the 2020 elections, and I said he was campaigning for it. But Rawlings said Mahama had taken away the fortunes of the…

Associating Kennedy Agypong With Rawlings Evokes Horrible Memories… Don’t Do That- Bawumia Loyalist Tells Lawyer

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A loyalist of Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Paul Kwabena Yandoh has advised an ardent support of Hon. Kennedy Agyapong not to describe the latter as the “second JJ” since it evokes horrible and terrible memories. Before issuing the caution, lawyer William Kusi had openly described Hon. Kennedy Agyapong on the Wontumi Morning Show as the “second JJ” and the preferred candidate to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) into the 2024 elections. But Mr. Yandoh quipped that the description of Hon. Kennedy Agyapong by his supporter on the show was wrong and as such shouldn’t come from someone who belongs to the…