Tag Archives: Ashanti Region

One of the defeated contestants for the New Patriotic Party’s Ashanti Regional Chairmanship position has disclosed that he paid ¢1,000 to each delegate on the election day in his quest to win. Robert Asare Bediako said despite paying the delegates, they still did not vote for him.   The defeated …

There was a mad rush for fuel at a town believed to be Kaase, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti region after a diesel tanker toppled over.   Although the details of how the accident happened are yet to be made public, in the video that has gone viral, …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will begin a two-region tour from Friday, October 1. President Akufo-Addo will take seven days to tour the Ashanti and Eastern regions.   Addressing journalists at the Presidency on Monday, Director of Public Affairs at the Jubilee House Eugene Arhin said the President has toured …

A video of some alleged “sakawa” boys driving a convoy of luxury cars at Offinso in the Ashanti Region were bragging that “if you can’t drink blood, you can’t be like us” has generated concerns. The paramount chief of Offinso in the Ashanti region has charged the police to devise …

Beneficiaries of the Nation’s Builders Corps (NABCo) in the Ashanti Region whose allowances have been in arrears will be paid by Friday, July 9, 2021. This is according to the Ashanti Regional Director for the programme, Dennis Kwakwa, who was responding to the issues of undue delay in allowance payment, …

The body of an adult male has been found beheaded at Feyiase in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region. A search party of the police and community members led to the retrieval of the head about 20 metres away from the location of the body. The circumstances leading to …

Angry residents of Atwima Kwanwoma in the Ashanti Region have staged a demonstration in the wee hours of Tuesday in protest over stalled construction of their road, which started in 2017. They blocked the major link road compelling motorists to seek alternative routes to their destination. The demonstrators are unhappy …

The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has admonished the public to continue observing the Covid-19 safety protocols following an upsurge in new cases in the last two weeks. Deputy Director in Charge of Public Health, Dr Michael Rockson Adjei, said the blatant disregard for the protocols was accounting for the rise …

The Ashanti Region has recorded eight deaths from 127 fire incidents in the first quarter of the year. Poor adherence to basic fire measures is a major attribute of the recent fire incidents. The latest fire outbreak happened Tuesday dawn at a slum in Kumasi where about 40 wooden shacks …

The Ghana Health Service in the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has charged all Director Generals of health facilities in the region to be on the alert on missing body parts of corpses at mortuaries. A statement issued by the Regional Director of GHS, Dr Emmanuel Tinkorang indicated that their attention …