A former Chief Executive of Ejisu Juaben Municipal Assembly under the John Mahama administration, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh, has passed away. The news of his death broke on Sunday afternoon, October 6. Although the exact cause of death remains unclear, close sources revealed that Mr Ponkoh had been unwell for several weeks before his passing. The […]
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Former Ejisu MP Owusu Aduomi rejoins NPP after going independent
The New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s former Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Ing. Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, has rejoined the party. This follows his earlier decision to contest as an Independent Candidate in the Ejisu By-Election. According to a statement from the Ashanti Regional Council of Elders of the party, “in a meeting characterised by frank […]
Former deputy Finance Minister John Kumah laid to rest
Former deputy Minister of Finance John Ampontuah Kumah who died in March was laid to rest at his hometown in Ejisu today. John Kumah died at age 45 after a short illness. Hundreds of mourners were in Ejisu to pay their last respect to Kumah who was also the Member of Parliament for Ejisu Constituency. […]
Electoral Commission sets April 30 for Ejisu by-election following MP’s passing
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set April 30, 2024, as the date for the Ejisu constituency by-election in the Ashanti region following the passing of the Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy Finance Minister, Dr. John Ampontuah Kumah on March 7, 2024. Dr. Kumah’s death, attributed to a brief illness, has left a widow and […]
Policeman, wife, baby burnt to death
A policeman and his family have been burnt to death at Apromase near Kumasi. The policeman said to be from the Anti Robbery Unit, his wife and three months-old baby were burnt Monday dawn. Graphic Online’s Kwadwo Baffoe Donkor reports from Kumasi that the household of Police Sergeant, Owusu Asante Baafi perished in the fire incident which engulfed […]
Medical tourism has huge economic prospects – Health expert
The Resident doctor at Riva Swiss Hospital, Dr Michael Amfo Afriyie has urged government to commit to resourcing health facilities across the country in order to leverage on it tourism potential that comes with it. According to Dr. Afriyie, medical tourism is part of the tourism industry which definitely can have a big impact on […]
Sammi Awuku involved in near fatal accident on Ejisu-Konongo highway
The National Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has escaped a near fatal accident on the Ejisu-Konongo Highway. The hardworking NPP National Organiser was enroute to Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Capital from Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional Capital when the incident occurred. BestNewsGH.com is informed a tricycle which was on the same stretch lost […]
VP Bawumia donates GHC500 each to 76 Kayaye who were fleeing lockdown but stopped at Ejisu
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has donated 500 Cedis to each of the stranded Kayaye (head porters) who were stopped at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region on their way to the Northern Region. The head porters, numbering about 76, had attempted to flee from Accra back to their hometowns in the wake of the […]