A Kumasi Circuit Court has remanded into prison custody the Asawase Constituency Treasurer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Faiza Dauda in relation the violence that rocked the limited registration exercise in the area. Chaos a week ago erupted at a registration centre after executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the constituency …
The man who has arrogated to himself the title of the nation’s prophet, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah has vowed to face off with colleague, Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom popularly known as Prophet 1. He has threatened to beat him mercilessly both physical and spiritual realm if he does not stop testing his patience by unleashing his subordinate pastors to insult him …
Drivers of the Metro Mass Transit in Kumasi, who embarked on a strike action yesterday, have resumed work today after the intervention of Mr. Simon Osei Mensah, the Ashanti Regional Minister. The drivers of the state- owned company providing one of the biggest public commercial transport in the country, went on strike over what they termed as gross mismanagement of …
Fifteen persons are set to appear before a court for committing various traffic offences on the Kentinkrono and Tech Junction stretch in Kumasi. The Ashanti Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) in an exercise on Sunday also impounded nine cars at the Tech Police station. This exercise, which seeks to enforce road traffic regulations in the Ashanti region started …
Ghanaian actress and producer, Tracey Boakye has revealed that she spent a whopping $40,000 on her latest production ‘Baby Mama’. Talking to Ghanaian blogger, Zionfelix, the well-endowed actress who also owns a restaurant in Kumasi aside her movie production house called Shakira Movie Production, gave a brief background of the huge bill. She explained that she spent a lot on …
At least eight persons have been killed in a fight that broke out a funeral at Antoa-Achiase in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti region this afternoon, MyNewsGh.com reports. An eyewitness told Kumasi-based Angel FM that, the brawl ensued amongst some residents of the town and some artisans of Suame Magazine who had gone to the town to bury a …
Police in Kumasi have rounded up six people suspected to be criminals in a raid forming part of the measures to curb violent crimes within the metropolis and the Ashanti Region as a whole. DAILY GUIDE gathered that last Sunday’s raid, involving dozens of officers, was conducted at Aboabo Zongo, a community in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality, where criminals are believed …
Two persons, allegedly involved in the kidnapping of the two Canadians in Kumasi, were on Tuesday remanded, when they appeared before an Accra High Court. The two Safianu Abubakar, and Abdul Rahman Suleimana, who are both Ghanaians were said to have conspired with six others and kidnapped Miss Lauren Patricia Catherine Tilley and Miss Bailey Jordan Chilly. The other six, …
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested three persons suspected to be involved in car snatching activities in the region. The suspects, Papa Yaw Owusu 27, Enoch Amponsah 40, and Henry Inkoom 33, who reside at Pankrono-Estates, Tafo-Ahenbronum, all in Kumasi, and Ashale-Botwe, a suburb in the Greater Accra region, respectively, were arrested by the Asante Mampong Police. Assistant Superintendent …
Members of the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association have given government a two-week ultimatum to clamp down on foreigners engaged in retail business in the country or face a series of actions by the association. The ultimatum comes on the back of current agitations between Suame Magazine traders in Kumasi and Nigerian nationals who have opened up retail shops …
