Tag Archives: Kumasi

A group of sports journalists in the Ashanti Region has announced plans to petition Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II as part of a scheduled demonstration against what they term a decline in football in the country. This follows a similar action by sports journalists and enthusiasts in Accra earlier last …

A ground-breaking health and medical outreach program was launched in Kumasi on Saturday, January 20, 2024, by the Amuzu Foundation and the Amuzu Herbal Clinic. Doctor Joseph Amuzu conducted a free health check that helped more than 450 people from Kumasi and the surrounding areas. Participants in the health screenings …

Asante Kotoko held on to secure a thrilling 3-2 victory against Hearts of Oak in a captivating Super Clash on Sunday, December 10, 2023, in the Ghana Premier League, gaining the first bragging rights of the season in Kumasi. They orchestrated a comeback at the Baba Yara Stadium, delivering an …

In a tragic incident during Wednesday evening’s heavy rainfall, a 45-year-old man named Kwaku Aboagye has gone missing after being swept away by flood waters in Atafoa, a community within the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti region. The victim was riding a bicycle and attempted to cross the Atafoa River, …

  The city of Kumasi in Ghana is in mourning after the tragic and senseless killing of a young woman named Maadwoa.   The incident occurred in the forecourt of Dufie Towers in the Adum area of Kumasi, a few meters away from the deceased’s house, and has left the …

One of the most well-known religious figures among Muslims, Sheikh Muhammad Rashaad Ahmed, has passed on. Sheikh Rashaad, a Kumasi resident, was known as a “Professor Emeritus of Islamic Jurisprudence” whose life was devoted to upholding the principles of Islam as it was revealed to Prophet Mohammed (SAW). He was …

An Accra High Court has sentenced the four young men who kidnapped two Canadian ladies in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital in 2020, to a total of 40 years’ imprisonment in hard labour. This was after the court found them guilty of the four charges of conspiracy and kidnapping contrary …

The Presidency says President Akufo-Addo’s convoy did not hear the supposed booing during the President’s recent tour of the Ashanti Region. According to the Communications Director at the Presidency, even President Akufo-Addo did not hear it. He added that himself (Eugene Arhin) was not aware of the jeers from onlookers. …

The Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, was on Monday, October 17, the scene of jeers and catcalls for President Akufo-Addo, who was inspecting the Phase II of the Kejetia/Central Market Project. On their way to the Kumasi Central Market, the president’s convoy was met by scores of traders at Adum in …

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and his daughter, Ohemaa Afia Kobi Ampem, on Friday morning joined dignitaries to plant trees to mark this year’s Green Ghana project. The dignitaries were; the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, Mayor of  Kumasi, Sam Pyne and other District and Municipal Chief Executives Executives. The Lands Ministry says …