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Ghana: Former First Lady Nana Konadu Rawlings dies At 76

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8 months ago

October 23, 2025

Ghana’s former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has died at the age of 76.

She was the widow of Ghana’s longest-serving leader, Jerry John Rawlings, who died five years ago after leading two coups and later serving as an elected president.

Presidential spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu confirmed that Agyeman-Rawlings died on Thursday morning after a short illness.

Tributes have since poured in on social media for the former first lady, politician, and women’s rights advocate.

Her family visited President John Mahama later in the day to officially inform him of her passing. Mahama leads the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the party founded by her late husband.

As first lady, Agyeman-Rawlings founded the 31st December Women’s Movement to empower women economically and promote community development. Her advocacy helped shape Ghana’s 1989 inheritance law and contributed to gender equality provisions in the 1992 constitution.

Born in November 1948 in Cape Coast, she studied art and textiles at university and married Jerry Rawlings in 1977.

The couple had four children, including Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, an NDC Member of Parliament.

Ghana’s parliament has adjourned in her honor as the nation prepares to officially mourn one of its most influential female figures.

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Femi Azeez Declares Dreams of Premier League Chance

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1 week ago

May 31, 2026

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Femi Azeez has declared his ambition to reach the Premier League after marking his Super Eagles debut with two goals against Zimbabwe in Nigeria’s 2-0 Unity Cup semi-final victory, a performance that made him the first Nigerian debutant to score twice for the senior team in 55 years, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

The 24-year-old Millwall forward, who arrived at the tournament on the back of a 19-goal-contribution season across 35 Championship appearances, has quickly identified the international stage as the springboard to the next phase of his career.

“I had a good season in the Championship and obviously, to do it on the international stage as well was just that next step up,” Azeez told Sky Sports.
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“Whenever I achieve something, I’m always hungry for more. I’m never satisfied with what I’ve got. I’m always going to work towards that next level because I’m ambitious as a footballer and as a person, and I want to reach as high a level as possible.”

The winger was direct about his top-flight ambitions, saying, “The Premier League is obviously the pinnacle of football. I’d love to play in the Premier League. So obviously, working hard, I’m going to do whatever I can to get there.”

Azeez arrived in the Eagles squad having already had a strong domestic season, earning a place in the Championship Team of the Season despite Millwall narrowly missing out on automatic promotion and falling to Hull City in the play-offs. His debut brace at The Valley, Charlton’s ground in London, only sharpened a hunger that was already well established.

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