It is Alhaji Karim Gruzah who introduced the current crop of Fulanis to Agogo, Kontihene of the Agogo Traditional Area, Nana Kwame Nti, has said. According to Nana Kwame Nti, Alhaji Gruzah, who owns King Faisal Football Club, was granted permission by the Traditional Council four years ago, to rear his cattle in Agogo, upon […]
The new US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, has reiterated the commitment of his county to ensure that this year’s elections are credible. According to him, the US is ready to work with the Electoral Commission and civil society in supporting the elections, which are highly likely to be held on November 7. Mr
The Member of Parliament for Kwabre East, Kofi Frimpong, has said some structures springing up in his constituency suggest Fulani nomads and herders, are moving towards his area. He has, therefore, issued a stern warning that his constituents will do everything humanly possible to forestall the nomads and their cattle herds from pitching camp in
President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the first term of his government focused on infrastructural developments and job creation across the country. According to him, his second term will focus on “putting money into the pockets of Ghanaians”. He said having money without basic infrastructure is economically meaningless adding that it is better to
Hundreds of individuals from the Abudu Royal family in Dagbon demonstrated through the principal streets of Yendi in the Northern Region demanding access to the Gbewaa Palace to perform the funeral and burial rites of the late Ya-Na Mahamadu Abdulai IV. They are accusing the government and the Asantehene-led Committee of Eminent Persons of unfairness
The Chief of Army Staff Major General Poku Adusei has assured the armed forces will do all within their powers to flush out Fulanis from the Agogo area. According to him, the military will stand by the regional Security Council’s decision to move the nomads from the community in order to instill peace and tranquility.
The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has deployed more military men as reinforcement for the police to drive away Fulanis in Agogo. The nomads have been at loggerheads with the locals following the killing of over three people recently in the area. There is an uneasy calm in Agogo following the latest development. The outgoing
Two people have been reportedly killed at Asante-Akyem Agogo in the Ashanti Region in a renewed clash that erupted between Fulani herdsmen and local farmers in the area. David Atiah, 25, and another person who is yet to be identified were said to have been shot dead at close range by a Fulani herdsman following
Three years after the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) declared the Upper East Region as leading in the country in open defecation, it appears the situation is still the same― or probably even worse. This is because all thirteen municipalities and districts in the region have been awarded zero in the bad practice on the
President John Mahama has appointed Emmanuel Yao Adzator as acting Director General of the Ghana Prisons service. His appointment follows the retirement of Matilda Baffour-Awuah as head of the state security agency. A statement announcing the appointment said Mr. Adzator, who is currently the Deputy Director General of the service in charge of finance ,
