At a time when all law abinding citizens are adhering to government’s directives regarding the Coronavirus COVID-19, the Headmaster of Parkoso Senior High School seems to be in a different world all together. The Headmaster, Paul Kingsley Arthur in a query letter to teachers of the school and sighted by BestNewsGH.com, asked the affected teachers […]
Tag: Ashanti Region
Work hard and retain NPP in Power-Sammi Awuku to Ashanti NPP Organisers
The National Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Sammi Awuku has admonished organisers of the Party in the Ashanti Region to eschew every element of complacency and put in hard work in order to secure a resounding victory for the party in the 2020 General Elections. Mr. Awuku who was in the […]
Families of 4 men killed in A/R receive GH¢1.4m compensation from Government
A 1.491 million-cedi compensation package has been presented to the families of four persons who were killed and 32 others injured in a police shooting incident at Atwima Kwanwoma District of Ashanti region. The four, Douglas Addae, Prince Boateng, Kojo Ofori and Kwaku Seth were on Wednesday, February 7, 2017 killed by the Police at […]
A/R: 25-yr-old man arrested for attempting to kidnap 2 children in Nyinahin
A 25-year-old man has been arrested for attempting to kidnap two children at Nyinahin Baniekrom in the Atwima Mponua district of the Ashanti Region. The suspect, Joseph Appiah, popularly called Kojo Appiah, was arrested by the locals and handed over to the Nyinahin police on Saturday, 15 June 2019. A 25-year-old man has been arrested […]
If I’m able to take contracts meant for your constituency to mine, then what’s your use as an MP-Muntaka slams Ashanti MPs
The Member of Parliament for Asawase Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak has lashed out at his colleague Members of Parliament from the region, accusing them of being ‘lazy armchair MP’s’. ‘’I lobby for developments, I follow up, make sure things are done to its conclusion but these people sit in the comfort […]
There are two key players in Ashanti Region: Otumfuo owns it and Wontumi runs it-Irbard Ibrahim
Security expert and Chief Executive Officer Irbard Security Consult, Irbard Ibrahim has said the Ashanti Region has two key players, the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. According to him, the Asantehene owns the region, while […]
Racist Catholic Church statue: I am prepared to spend my own money to pull it down or craft a new one-Anti racist campaigner
An anti-racist campaigner, Zudana Azudaa has offered to use his own money to pull down the controversial racist statue erected by the Catholic Church at Tepa in the Ashanti Region. He is also willing to pay the one who designed the statue and built it, to mold a new one that will be acceptable to […]
Catholic Church comes under fire for erecting a statue described as racist in Tepa
The Catholic at Tepa in the Ashanti Region has raised eyebrows and has come under fire from the general public for erecting a statue that depicts a ‘’White Angel, BLACK DEVIL’’ scenario. The statue which has been condemned by sections of the public and described as racist depicts a White angel with a sword in […]
Turf war between Yammin and Nana Akwasi cause of acrimony in Ashanti NDC
Some Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region are blaming the seeming tension within the ranks of the party to a turf war between the regional chairman Augustus Nana Akwasi Andrew and former deputy Regional Minister, Joseph Yammin. According to them, Mr. Yammin after losing the regional chairmanship position in […]
Confirmed: One dead, another in critical condition, Ofosu Ampofo and Asiedu Nketia escape after gun attack at NDC meeting
The Ashanti Region Secretariat of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has confirmed the passing of one person and another who is in critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after a shooting incident at a meeting of the party in the Region. A statement issued by the Regional Secretary of the party Kwame […]
Suame NDC Chairman is hale and hearty, he is not butchered and not bedridden-Ashanti NDC
The Ashanti Regional Secretariat of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rubbished reports of a media publication with a gory picture of a man alleged to be the Suame Constituency Chairman of the party Saeed Umar, who was butchered in an altercation yesterday, Monday, February 11, 2019. A statement released by the party’s regional […]
Second lady interacts with traders in Kumasi, urges them to keep faith with gov’t
The Second lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia has met and interacted with traders in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital as part of her 3 day tour of the region. The second lady urged the traders to keep faith with the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government as it makes efforts to improve and transform the country. […]