By Charles Tawiah Abuakwa (Ash), July 24, GNA – Bright Oduro, aged 19 years, and unemployed has been jailed six months by the Asante Abuakwa Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality for committing three…
Ashanti Region
Stories from Ashanti Region
My focus will be grassroots mobilization – NPP Regional Nasara hopeful
By Muyid Deen Suleman, GNA Kumasi July 24, GNA – Mr Abubakar Abdul Razak, Ashanti Regional NPP Nasara organiser hopeful, has stated that, his focus for the NPP ahead of…
Poor Sanitation: Expert suggests stricter enforcement of environmental laws
By Dorothy Frances Ward, GNA Kumasi July 24, GNA – Dr Owusu Fordjour Aidoo, Academic Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Environment and…
Timber industry players convene to strengthen partnerships for sustainable growth
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kumasi, July 23, GNA – Stakeholders across Ghana’s forestry and timber value chain have met in Kumasi to discuss opportunities, challenges and…
DCE seeks Italian investment to boost water supply in Atwima KwanwomaÂ
By Yussif Ibrahim Kumasi, July 22, GNA – Mrs Grace Agyemang Asamoah, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Atwima Kwanwoma, has intensified efforts to secure international partnerships aimed at improving access to potable…
KNUST receives US$3 million Mastercard Foundation AHEFT Prize for excellence in research, innovationÂ
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kumasi, July 22, GNA – The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been named among the inaugural winners of…
Let’s invest in our children through reading – DCEÂ
By Charlest Tawiah Nyinahin (Ash) July 22, GNA – Mr. Issahak Ibrahim, the Atwima Mponua District Chief Executive (DCE), has stressed the need to invest in initiatives that will encourage school children to read at all times. He…
Ashanti Regional NPP vetting committee clears 34 aspirants to contest regional executive positionsÂ
By Muyid Deen Suleman   Kumasi, July 22, GNA – Thirty-four out of the 35 candidates aspiring for various executive positions in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, have been cleared to contest…
Manhyia police intercept narcotic drugs at Asawase Â
By Muyid Deen Suleman Kumasi, July 22, GNA – The Manhyia District Police Command has arrested two persons in connection with the unlawful possession and transportation of substances suspected to be…
Cleft children are not devil’s children – Prof. Obiri YeboahÂ
Kumasi, July 21, GNA – Professor Dr. Solomon Obiri Yeboah, Head of the National Cleft Care Centre, has dismissed myths about cleft lips and…
State Experimental Basic One School gets STEM laboratoryÂ
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kumasi, July 21, GNA – The State Experimental Basic One School in Kumasi has inaugurated a STEM laboratory equipped with…
Electrician remanded for defrauding nursesÂ
By Charles Tawiah, GNA Abuakwa (Ash) July 21, GNA – A 47-year-old electrician has been remanded into prison custody by the Asante Abuakwa circuit…
Gov’t increases feeding fees for special schools Â
By Muyid Deen Suleman, GNA Kumasi, July 20, GNA- The government has increased the daily feeding stipend for special needs schools from GHS 8.00…
Obuasi East MCE commissions Akaporiso community centreÂ
By Yussif Ibrahim, GNA Obuasi, July 20, GNA – Mr. William Kofi Adzowu, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi East, has commissioned the…
NPP must strengthen structures, work on grassroots to bring party back into power – Sarkodie Â
By Dorothy Frances Ward, GNA Asante-Mampong (Ash), July 19, GNA – Mr Peter Abum Sarkodie, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante-Mampong, has called on…