Elvis Anokye

Kwahu Easter festivities: the euphoria is back again

The Ghana Paragliding Festival has become an integral part of the annual Kwahu Easter Festivities. The event rekindled the hither-to dying Kwahu Easter festival and transformed Easter celebration in Ghana into an international event. The Genesis The history of the festival goes back to March 2003 when, as the new …

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11 dead, scores injured in Good Friday bus, minibus crash

Eleven people have died after a bus and minibus collided on the N1 near Leeu Gamka in the Western Cape on Good Friday. The incident took place at around 06:00, said the Road Traffic Management Corporation’s (RTMC) Simon Zwane. In addition to the fatalities, an unknown number of people were …

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Has the law lost commonsense in the Assin North case? – Sylvester Mensah

Leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Sylvester Mensah has averred that the Supreme Court needs to consider holding public for a to explain some of their judgments to members of the general public. His views are in relation to the case involving Assin North Member of Parliament, James …

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Police probe church shooting that injured five worshippers

Four gunmen stormed a church and opened fire on worshippers during an Easter service Saturday dawn, local police have confirmed. The incident occured at the Heaven Embassy Chapel International located in the Atwima Kwanwoma District town of Afrancho near the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi. A patrol team from the Foase …

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Boat capsizes on Volta Lake, 40 feared dead

Some 40 people are feared dead on the Volta Lake after a boat carrying them capsized due to a storm. The boat was travelling across the Lake from Tongor-Dzemeni in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region to Havorkope in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern …

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How can Bawumia succeed Akufo-Addo – Alan boy takes on Ofori-Atta

Abraham Boadi, former Presiding Member of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, KMA, has questioned the grounds on which Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, said Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia was a perfect successor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to Boadi, Ofori-Atta did not give any justification for his comments after the April 7 State …

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Assin North MP should be banned from contesting any election – Lawyer

A private legal practitioner, lawyer Okyere Darko has called on the court to permanently ban the Member of Parliament(MP) for Assin North from contesting for any elections in the country. According to him, the Member of Parliament has committed a crime that should not go unpunished. Lawyer Okyere Darko believes …

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‘I’m not sure yet, I’ve to keep focusing on club football’ – Tariq Lamptey on playing for Black Stars

Brighton and Hove Albion youngster Tariq Lamptey says he’s not sure yet about playing for the Black Stars after calls to get him to to represent the African giant at senior level. The defender looks unsure about his future at the senior national team level yet as he’s still contemplating …

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‘You can’t plan’ – Mr. Beautiful likens Nana Addo’s government with using Spintex Road

Ghanaian comedian, Mr. Beautiful has compared the governance of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to driving on the Spintex road in Accra. According to the Kumawood actor born Clement Bonney, anyone who decides to use the Spintex road as a daily route isn’t a serious person in life looking at …

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Four on bail over GHC2,100,000 attempted bank fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has granted GHC6 million bail with three sureties to Stephen Arthur over an alleged attempt to defraud Fidelity Bank Limited of GHC2,100,000 belonging to customers. One of the sureties, the court ordered, should be justified with landed property. Three of his accomplices: Nicholas Gyekye, Ahmed Ansah …

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