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Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has denounced nepotism in Ghanaian society. According to him, “family and friends” obstruct national progress and shouldn’t be encouraged in any manner. Opportunities must be granted to everybody regardless of their affiliations with their families or tribes, he says On the contrary, Asantehene added …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has been hailed by former President John Agyekum Kufuor for his enormous contributions to Ghana’s development, especially for his part in maintaining the peace the country is enjoying. The former President Kufuor referred to the Asantehene as a wise man who is respected by people …

On March 5, 2024, Tuesday, at the Manhyia Palace, Alassane Ouattara, the president of Ivory Coast, met with Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene.     Ouattara arrived at the VIP section of the Kumasi International Airport and was welcomed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on the tarmac.   …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has destooled the queen mother of the Offinso Traditional Area, Nana Ama Serwaa Nyarko over her gross insubordination to the kingdom. Her destoolment was pronounced on Thursday, January 11, 2024, during the first Asanteman Traditional Council meeting for the year. Nana Ama Serwaa Nyarko …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaian graduates not to leave the country to seek greener pastures abroad. Speaking at the 57th Congregation of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), on Friday, November 24, 2023, the Asantehene, who is the chancellor …

Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen has explained why the Asantehene can create and enstool paramountcy’s citing the 2020 Chieftaincy Act. According to him, that is the case because, by law, it is only overlords that can enstool others of the same level stressing that the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II as …

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has been urged to call out the government to open some completed government hospitals in the Ashanti Region. The call was made by US-based Ghanaian vlogger Kevin Taylor who says Otumfuo’s campaign for Komfo Anokye is useless if new hospitals remains closed. “With all …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, publicly reprimanded a subchief who over double sale of land under his jurisdiction. One of the two victims dragged the chief to Manhyia, the Otumfuo’s Palace in Kumasi, where the chief was severely questioned outside the regular royal court sitting. In a video shared …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has sounded a word of caution to delegates of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) regarding their upcoming congress to elect the party’s next flagbearer. Addressing a gathering at the Manhyia Palace, the Asantehene admonished the NPP delegates to choose a presidential candidate with …

There was drama at the Manhyia Palace on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, as the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, was settling a chieftaincy dispute regarding the stool in Anyeneyere, a suburb of Atwima. One of the parties, a woman, claimed she was the queen mother of Anyenyere because the stool …