TODAY IN HISTORY DID YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY? 2ND APRIL On this day in 2005, John Paul II, history’s most well-traveled pope and the first non-Italian to hold the position since the 16th century, dies at his home in the Vatican. Six days later, two million people packed Vatican City for his funeral, said to be the biggest funeral in history. John Paul II was born Karol Jozef Wojtyla in Wadowice, Poland, 35 miles southwest of Krakow, in 1920. After high school, the future pope enrolled at Krakow’s Jagiellonian University, where he studied philosophy and literature and performed in a theater group. During World War II, Nazis occupied Krakow and closed the university, forcing Wojtyla to seek work in a qu...
Popular posts from this blog
UNCLE DJ ROB DROPS “60 YEARS ON MIXTAPE”
Broadcaster and DJ Nana Kwabena Agyare Known in Showbiz circles as Uncle Dj Rob has released a new mixtape to commemorate Ghana’s 60 Years Anniversary. The one hour long mixtape contains hardcore rap songs made and brewed in Ghana by the very best in the industry. Speaking on why he decided to do a Gh. Hip pop mixtape, the fast rising broadcaster said that Ghanaian Hip pop industry have proven critics wrong and felt they deserved to be celebrated as Ghana marks its 60 years of independence. “When Rap music started in Ghana, Many people said it was not our style and Ghanaian rappers cannot sell on the international market but today, we have the likes of M.anifest, Sarkodie and others representing Ghana internationally and I believe it’s time to celebrate Ghana made Hip pop.” He said He however added that he cannot root for any of the artistes nominated for the Hiplife/Hip pop artiste of the year since all those nominated put in much effort to earn their nomina...
Sir John Mad With NDC Over Woyome Related Stories Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu- Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, has served notice to National Democratic Congress (NDC) activists, warning them against linking him to the infamous Woyome scandal. Sir John said NDC members had made it a point to drag his name into the woyome saga by claiming that he benefited from the Gh¢51.2 million the NDC financier pocketed from the government, saying that he would sue anyone who linked the scandal to him. “I dare any NDC person who would repeat anywhere that I benefited from t...
Comments
Post a Comment