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Ashanti Region
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Juaben MCE confirmation: Police whisk away Assembly Members to safety
Juaben (Ash), Nov. 1, GNA – The Police have escorted to safety Assembly Members of the Juaben Municipal Assembly after they were locked up…
Juaben Assembly Members reject nominee for the second time
Juaben (Ash), Nov. 1, GNA – Hundreds of youth of Juaben have massed up at the premises of the Juaben Municipal Assembly, threatening to…
Politics is about the diversity of ideas, development of the people – NCCE
Oforikrom (Ash), Oct. 31, GNA – The Oforikrom Municipal Inter-Party Dialogue Committee (IPDC) has been tasked to increase its education on political tolerance. Madam…
Political parties in Sekyere Afram Plains to serve as peace ambassadors
Drobonso (Ash), Oct. 30, GNA – The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Sekyere Afram Plains District have…
Former NPP MPs demand voting rights in party’s internal elections
Kumasi, Oct. 29, GNA – Former Members of Parliament (MPs) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are demanding voting rights in all internal elections…
Participating in vigilantism can land you in 15 years imprisonment – NCCE
Ashaiman, Oct 28, GNA – Mrs Lucille Hewletts Annan, Greater Accra Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has urged the…
2024 elections: We can only win with a united front – NPP
Akyawkrom (Ash), Oct. 27, GNA – The chances of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) winning the 2024 general elections is largely dependent on…
Covid-19: Obuasi residents refusing to take vaccines
Obuasi (Ash), Oct. 21, GNA – Out of the 55,231 doses of vaccines allocated to vaccinate the people of the Obuasi East District against…
Jonas Woode confirmed as DCE for Adansi Akrofuom
Adansi Akrofuom, (Ash), Oct 19, GNA – Members of the Adansi Akrofoum district assembly have confirmed Mr. Maurice Jonas Woode as the new District…
With TESCON, nothing can stop NPP from ‘breaking the eight’ – Dr. Nyarko
Agric-Nzema (Ash), Oct. 18, GNA – Dr. Kingsley Nyarko, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, has stated that with effective support from the Tertiary…
New era dawns Kumasi as Sam Pyne resumes office as Mayor
Kumasi, Oct. 09, GNA – On October 08, 2021, history was made with the swearing-in of a new Mayor for Kumasi, Ghana’s second-largest city.…
MMDCEs cautioned against corrupt practices
Kumasi, Oct. 8, GNA – Thirty-nine out of the 43 elected Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the Ashanti Region, have been…
Sam Pyne confirmed as KMA Chief Executive
Kumasi, Oct. 5, GNA – Members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) have confirmed the nomination of Mr Samuel Pyne, as the Metropolitan Chief…
I believe strongly in presidential term limits – President Akufo-Addo
Kumasi (A/R), Oct. 3, GNA – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed his strong support for the existence of term limits for Presidents.…
President Akufo-Addo optimistic about Kumasi International Airport completion
Kumasi, Oct. 2, GNA – Work on the Kumasi International Airport, one of the flagship projects being executed under the President Akufo-Addo’s Administration to…
Kwadaso residents urged to participate actively in local governance
Ohwimase (Ash), Oct. 01, GNA – Dr. Kingsley Nyarko, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, has called for the active involvement of residents…
Amansie South endorses DCE nominee for second term
Manso Adubia (Ash), Sept. 30, GNA – Members of the Amansie South District Assembly in the Ashanti Region, have endorsed the President’s Nominee, Mr…
Obuasi Municipal Assembly confirms Adansi-Bonah as MCE
Obuasi (Ash), Sept. 29, GNA – President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the Obuasi Municipal Assembly, Mr Elijah Adansi-Bonah, has been confirmed as the Municipal Chief…
Atwima-Mponua DCE nominee gets 100 percent approval
Nyinahin (Ash) Sept. 29, GNA – Members of the Atwima Mponua district assembly gave their votes to approve Mr Isaac Kofi Marfo as the…