The Ashanti regional branch of the opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) has raised fresh objection to the presence of some ‘strange’ observers at some registration centres in the Kumasi metropolis. According to the NPP, it is suspicious about the activities of these so-called observers and is warning the Electoral Commission, the Ghana Police Service and other […]
An abandoned palace at Esreso in the Ashanti Region has collapsed and killed two people who were seeking refuge from Thursday’s torrential downpour in the area. Two others- a lotto operator and food seller- who were in the building at the time, also sustained various degrees of injuries with one said to be in a
Some residents of Old Tafo in the Ashanti region are accusing Police officers deployed to the community of harassment and intimidation. The officers are in the town to enforce a curfew which has been re-imposed on the area by the Regional Security council. The Interior Ministry imposed the curfew following the clashes between some Muslim
Two children are feared dead in a flood as result of last night’s downpour which lasted for at least 3 hours in Kumasi in the Ashanti regional capital. A 9-year old boy and a girl and an 8year old girl (Zainab Nasiru-Deen) staying at sawaba and Ayigya Zongo respectively fell into an overflowing gutter in
19 patients across the country with heart -related diseases including a foreigner, have benefited from free cardiac surgery at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi of the Ashanti Region. The free open heart surgery was conducted by USA- based Cadioster International, with a mission of helping Ghana to develop their cardiac surgery programmes and cardiology
One person has been confirmed dead following clashes between some irate youth and traditional authorities at Old Tafo a suburb of the Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander ACP Ampofo–Duku, who disclosed this to the media during a visit to the scene on Thursday, added that 25-year old Amidu Sulemana died
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
Members of the Agogo Youth Association (AYASS), a youth group at Agogo in the Ashanti Region, have resolved to get rid of Fulani herdsmen in the area. Led by two prominent citizens of the area, Communication Director of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Ernest Owusu Bempah and the Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North,
Popular Kumawood actor, Abraham Kofi Davies aka Salinko has picked his forms to contest for the Progressive People Party (PPP) Parliamentary Primaries at Atwima Kwawonma Constituency in Ashanti Region. He confirmed his candidacy after his campaign posters went viral on social media. Some influential personalities in the PPP and supporters reportedly convinced the Comedian cum
Ashanti region to benefit from 3,700 metric tonnes of rice Ashanti region is expected to benefit from 3,700 metric tonnes of rice this year. This was as a result of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s (MOFA) ability to secure 2,474 acres of land for large scale production of rice. The project is said to
