By Gifty Amofa, GNA Bekwai (Ash), March 4, GNA – A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for…
Ashanti Region
Stories from Ashanti Region
KMA launches operation to remove explosive chemicals from markets in Kumasi
Muyid Deen Suleman, GNA Kumasi March 03, GNA – The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), has launched an operation to stop the sale of all…
AAMUSTED students urged to avoid distraction
By Kwabia Owusu-Mensah, GNA Kumasi March 02, GNA – Professor Frederick Kwaku Sarfo, Vice Chancellor of the Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED), has…
KsTU secures spot to train workforce in pharmaceutical manufacturing process technology
By Florence Afriyie Mensah, GNA Kumasi, March 02, GNA – The Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) has been selected to train the required workforce in…
Obuasi East MCE breaks ground for three key projects
By Yussif Ibrahim, GNA Domeabra (Ash), March 2, GNA – Mr. William Kofi Adzowu, the Municipal Chief Executive for Obuasi East, has broken ground for the…
Farmer gets 18 years prison term for defiling 8-year-old girl
By Charles Tawiah, GNA Nkawie (Ash) March 02, GNA – A 38-year-old farmer has been jailed 18 years by the Nkawie circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti region, for defiling an eight-year-old girl. Haruna Mohammed, pleaded guilty…
Prudential Bank delights customers with chocolates as it observes February as the month of love
By Muyid Deen Suleman, GNA Kumasi, March 1, GNA – In commemoration of February as the month of love, Prudential Bank Limited has infused a delightful touch by enchanting their customers with chocolates…
Former MCE, eight others granted GH¢800k bail over fraudulent sale of government land
By Muyid Deen Suleman Kumasi, March 1, GNA – A Kumasi High Court has granted bail to a former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Asokore-Mampong, Alhaji Alidu Seidu, along with eight other individuals…
Over 100 Residents in Obuasi Benefit from Free Eye, ENT Screening
By Yussif Ibrahim Obuasi (Ash), Feb. 27, GNA – Over 100 residents in Obuasi have benefited from a free eye screening and treatment programme…
Driver’s mate remanded into prison custody for stealing motorbike
By Charles Tawiah, GNA Nkawie (Ash), Feb. 27, GNA – A 24-year-old driver’s mate has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South…
Election of Bekwai Presiding Member ends in stalemate
By Samuel Ofori Boateng, GNA Bekwai (Ash), Feb. 26, GNA – The election of a Presiding Member for the Bekwai Municipal Assembly ended in a…
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine certifies, equip 100 community artisans
By Yussif Ibrahim, GNA Obuasi (Ash), Feb. 26, GNA – AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine has graduated and certified 100 young artisans under its Skills Development…
NPP General Secretary urges sympathisers to formalise membership in upcoming registration
By Yussif Ibrahim, GNA Kumasi, Feb. 25, GNA – Mr. Justin Frimpong Kodua, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called…
CSIR-CRI, partners using AI models to boost Ghana’s seed system
By Florence Afriyie Mensah, GNA Kwadaso (Ash), Feb. 25, GNA – A consortium including the Crops Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial…