Salifu Amoako was born in 1966 and raised in Kumasi by a Muslim family who could not afford to send him to school during his infancy, Prophet Elisha Salifu Amoako went to school at a rather mature age. He suffered embarrassment as a result, and abandoned schooling after one year and became wayward – he […]
Author Archives: Henry Kwadwo Amoako
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Pentecostalism in Africa began in Nigeria during the early twentieth century as a renewal movement to the prominent mission churches in Africa. Nigeriahas the largest population of Pentecostals in Africa and, in a study from 2006, three out of ten Nigerians identify as either Pentecostal of Charismatic. Around 1910, an Anglican deacon launches an indigenous […]
POLITICAL HISTORY, RESEARCH
Historical Events and Legendary Criminals (The Story of Anini of Nigeria) Final Part
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He shot the station’s attendant and gleefully started spraying his booty along the road for people to pick. The height of Anini’s exploits, however, took place on October 1, 1986, the Independence Day when the state’s Commissioner of Police, Casmir Igbokwe was ambushed by the gang in Benin, and nearly yanked off his nose in […]
POLITICAL HISTORY, RESEARCH
Historical Events and Legendary Criminals (The Story of Anini of Nigeria) Part 2
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Anini was born in a village about 20 miles from Benin City in present-day Edo State. Anini, dreadfully called ‘The Law’ or ‘Ovbigbo’. He migrated to Benin at an early age, learned to drive and became a skilled taxi driver. He became known in Benin motor parks as a man who could control the varied […]
POLITICAL HISTORY, RESEARCH
Historical Events and Legendary Criminals (The Story of Anini of Nigeria)
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AKA “The Law”!! A very intelligent Criminal who was extremely good at driving!! Yes! One Time the Police gave him a very hot chase in town and guess how he escaped… He drove backwards or in reverse!!! At very top speed! The Master Tactician was so “invisible” that when he was caught his legs were […]
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Achimota, in the language Ga, means ‘speak no name’. Achimota is one of the oldest neighbourhoods of affluence in Accra. It is a town in the Accra Metropolitan District (AMA). Achimota is a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Though it is considered a suburb of Accra, today, it was located about 10 […]
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World War I began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers). The war in Europe was carried into Africa, where […]
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John Mensah Sarbah was one of the pioneers of Ghanaian politics and a distinguished African politician in the Gold Coast in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He was Born into a wealthy family, and studied law in England. At the age of 23, he returned to the Gold Coast to set up a legal […]
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Sundar Selvaraj was born on 17 March 1962 into a Catholic family. He has two sisters and a younger brother. When he was about seven years old, his father embraced Hinduism and became a layman priest. Young Sundar being the firstborn male child followed his father’s footsteps and became a devout Hindu. He gave himself […]
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Jean Adukwei Mensa is a Ghanaian lawyer born in Accra and the current Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana. Prior to assuming the role of Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa spent an 18 year career at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). There she rose to the position of Executive Director and […]
BIOGRAPHY, RESEARCH
The Man Who Claimed to be ‘God Himself’ on Earth OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU But Still Died! Final Part
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In 2001, Olumba Olumba Obu was already too old, weak and frail. Some members of his congregation were smartly scheming what would happen and who would succeed him when he passes on. His son, Roland, was not seen as a suitable candidate to mount the throne because of his lifestyle. His daughter, Ibum, led another […]
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Fan Milk Limited was founded by Danish entrepreneur Erik Emborg. As a young man, Erik trained in the shipping company J. Lauritzen in Esbjerg, Denmark. Shortly afterwards, he went to Scotland and England to further his education. Before the start of the Second World War, Erik was stationed in Poland. As time went on, he […]
BIOGRAPHY, RESEARCH
The Man Who Claimed to be ‘God Himself’ on Earth OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU But Still Died! Part 3
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When preaching, Olumba Olumba Obu Centres on two things: love (ima) and power (odudu). Power of the Holy Spirit. Obu preached against polygamy, joining secret cults and traditional institutions. Obu is accused of preaching existential millennialism, epoch-based messianism and even a complicated form of pantheism that some have interpreted to be polytheism. One of Obu’s […]
BIOGRAPHY, RESEARCH
The Man Who Claimed to be ‘God Himself’ on Earth OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU But Still Died! Part 2
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As you must have noticed from the previous sections, Olumba Olumba Obu did not set out at first proclaiming himself as God. In fact, at a point, he released a press statement in which he clearly emphasized that he was not God but Olumba Olumba Obu. However, even at that time, his ambivalence over the […]
BIOGRAPHY, RESEARCH
The Man Who Claimed to be ‘God Himself’ on Earth OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU But Still Died!
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The famous spiritualist Olumba Olumba was born in 1918 in the tiny compound of Ano-Obu, Unorowenze in Biakpan Village, Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State in Nigeria. His father, Olumba Obu was a minister in the Presbyterian Church while his mother would later be referred to as Queen Mother Ibum Olumba and is […]