On 26th April, 1999, my good friend, Barima Kwaku Duah, a royal of the Osei and Opoku royal family and a fellow member of the Oyoko clan, became Asantehene, as the 16th occupant of the Golden Stool, taking up the name of the founder of Asanteman and 1st Asantehene, the legendary Opemsuo Osei Tutu, to […]
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 […]
As part of the 20th-anniversary celebrations of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, 250 Asante Atano gods (river gods) were assembled at the Manhyia Palace yesterday for purification and thanksgiving rites. The event, which depicted a re-enactment of the history and relevance of the gods and the roles they played in the protection and building […]
Manhyia Palace, the seat of the king of the Asante Kingdom, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has placed a ban on all funerals in the Ashanti Regional Capital Kumasi and its environs ahead of the 20th anniversary celebration of the Monarch’s ascension to the golden stool. The ban takes effect from Monday, 8 April […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has narrated how he called for help from the John Dramani Mahama led government to help put the Anglogold Ashanti Mine in Obuasi back on track and was blatantly told off that such help would not be offered. Speaking at the reopening of the Mine in Obuasi yesterday January […]
By Elvis DARKO, Accra All Dagombas, especially the Abudus and Andanis, have been urged to accord the due recognition and respect to Yoo Naa of Savelugu, Abubakari Mahama, the new Yaa-Naa, as they chart a new course for lasting peace in Dagbon. Congratulating Alhaji Abukari Mahama on his selection as the new Yaa-Naa of Dagbon, […]
The Asante Youth Association has in the strongest terms yet, warned the Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word and Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah to completely extricate the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II from his prophesies or be prepared for the worst. According to the group, the embattled prophet whose 31st December […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has called on politicians to stop meddling in the affairs of traditional rulers and introducing politics into the system with the attendant polarization. According to him, politicians must draw the line and stay in their business and allow peace loving Ghanaians to enjoy their peace, no matter their tribe, […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has taken politicians in the country to the cleaners, accusing them of being the cause of divisions and tribalism in the country. According to him, the country was closely knit and was united until the emergence of party politics with the attendant polarization of the hitherto peaceful atmosphere. The […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has indicated that the roadmap reached for the resolution of the Dagbon crisis was purely based on the customs and traditions of Dagbon and was not influenced by any politician. The Asantehene who is the chairman of the committee of eminent chiefs appointed by government to help resolve the […]
The Andani faction in the Dagbon crisis says they are not happy with government at the way it handled the process of reconciling the two factions, with the roadmap as issued by the committee of eminent persons and submitted to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo and outdoored to the generality of the Ghanaian […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Afkufo-Addo is optimistic the Dagbon crisis would be resolved soon, to make way for the enskinment of a new Ya Naa in order to return the Dagbon State to normalcy. He has indicated his anxiety to join the people of Dagbon celebrate the Damba Festival with a new Ya Naa siting […]
