Tag Archives: A/R

A/R: Pastor on the run for his life over land and chieftaincy dispute

    Apostle Rexford Charles Amoah, a senior pastor and general overseer of the Christ Ambassadors Baptist ministries at Kumasi has gone hideout to save his life as a result of the unquenched land and chieftaincy dispute at Barekese in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of Ashanti. The pastor who …

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Even if Akufo-Addo is Bawumia’s running mate, NPP will lose 2024 polls – A/R traders mock

The governing New Patriotic Party on December 6, 2023; gave its flagbearer for the 2024 elections extra time to settle on a running mate ahead of the crucial elections. This was after Mahamudu Bawumia made a formal request to the NPP National Council for more time to settle on his …

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A/R: Tourism Minister cuts sod for the construction of Amphitheater

The Deputy Minister for Tourism Arts and Culture, Hon Mark Okraku-Mantey has today, April 26,2023 cuts sod for the construction of Amphitheater which is  to be built at the cultural center of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. According to the Minister, it is not only Kumasi that will benefit from …

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Abusive A/R NSS boss loses 2 months’ pay, transferred to Accra to work under supervision

The abusive Ashanti regional director of the National Service Scheme, Mr Alex Opoku-Mensah, has been suspended for two months without pay, as punishment for raining insults on a nurse, with whom his daughter, a houseman at the Manhyia Hospital, had a misunderstanding. He has also been transferred to the NSS headquarters …

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A/R: “Our prices are still affordable” – Se_x Workers on new charges

Se_x workers famously called “Ashawo” in the Ashanti Region have disclosed that though the current economy is not favourable for their work but their charges are affordable. They say though things are hard but they care for their customers too. Thereby making sure they charge reasonably which will not burden …

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A/R: Midwives forced to use torch lights for deliveries at CHIP compounds

Over 5000 residents living in Pokuase, Amoako and Esienkyem communities in the Ahafo Ano East District in the Ashanti Region are without electricity or standby generator forcing nurses and midwives to deliver to deliver pregnant women using torch lights and lights from their mobile phones at various CHIP compounds. Residents from the three communities …

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Green Ghana: Asantehene leads tree planting in A/R

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has planted a tree as part of the Green Ghana Project. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is leading the Ashanti Regional version of the 2022 Green Ghana Project. The tree was planted at the Royal Golf Club in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti region. Last …

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A/R: Two armed robbers sentenced to 20yrs imprisonment each

Two armed robbers who were arrested by the police in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each for robbery. The two, Emeka Opara and Samuel Kalo, were arrested on May 30, 2022, following their attack on a victim at ECOBANK, Abrepo Junction, where they …

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Host NPP elections at military barracks if you sense security threat – Yamin tells A/R Minister

Former Deputy Ashanti Region Minister Joseph Yamin has strongly opposed the Regional Security Council’s decision to host the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) elections at the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC). According to the deputy regional minister during the Mills-Mahama administration, conducting partisan activities at the seat of government in the …

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A/R: Soldiers set four excavators ablaze in private residence

Armed Military personnel believed to be members of the anti-galamsey task force have allegedly set ablaze four excavators parked at a private residence of a man believed to be small-scale miner. The incident occurred on Wednesday, 23rd February 2022 at Ntobronso, a Community in the Nkawie District of the Ashanti …

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