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Armed robbers attack mining company, over five Chinese shot at Akyem Akokoaso

At least five Chinese nationals have been shot, with three left in critical condition in a brazen armed robbery attack on a mining site in Akyem Akokoaso, located within the Ofoase Ayirebi constituency of the Eastern Region. The victims were targeted in a robbery at the office of Jia Xin …

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Koforidua Circuit Court B has remanded into police custody four military men, other security officers for armed robbery at Akyem Akanteng

    The Koforidua Circuit Court B has remanded into police custody four military men, an Immigration Officer, and a private security man for armed robbery at Akyem Akanteng in the Lower West Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region. The accused persons are Sergeant Mensah Dominic 41 years, and L/Cpl …

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Tension between Akyem Abuakwa, Kotoku heightens as Okyenhene enstools parallel chief in Adoagyiri

There is heightened tension between Akyem Abuakwa and Akyem Kotoku traditional councils following enstoolment of a rival chief of Adoagyiri under the authority of Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin. The new chief Barima Adu Korkor III was enstooled on Saturday 19th August, 2023 under heavy police security of armed police …

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SHS student allegedly stabbed to death by boyfriend at Akyem-Nsutem

An 18-year-old student of the New Nsutam Senior High Technical School in the Abuakwa-North District of the Eastern Region has met her untimely death after being allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend. GhanaWeb gathered that Abigail Asare, a form two student of the school and resident of Accra on …

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Asante Akyem North Assembly buys free cashew seedlings at ghc 125K – Assembly member Alleges

  The Assembly member for Agogo Obuase Gyedim in the Ashati Region Hon Enock Sarfo Has alleged that, the Assembly has paid for unspecified quantity of free cashew seedlings given to them by the Former District Chief Executive officer for Bosome Freho Hon Yaw Danso at a price of Ghc …

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Akyem Manso Chief injured in attack by unknown assailants

The chief of Akyem Manso who doubles as Benkumhene of Akyem Kotoku traditional area Obrempong Sintim Poku III, came under attack on Sunday whilst heading to the Akyem Kotoku palace to attend Akwasidae. According to Obrempong Sintim Poku III, some unknown persons pelted his vehicle with stones about 50 meters …

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Don’t step foot on Akyem soil again – Okyeman youth warn KOANS CEO, Adakabre

The Okyeman Youth Association (OYA) is threatening confrontation with Kofi Anokye, the Chief Executive Officer of KOANS Building Solutions Limited, a real estate company, over an alleged fraudulent lease of one thousand acres of land to the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) . Addressing the media Tuesday …

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Osafo-Maafo breaks silence on leaked ethnocentric Ashanti-Akyem tape

Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the Senior Advisor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has admitted guilt for the content of a leaked audio that captured him making comments deemed to be tribalistic. Yaw Osafo-Maafo is quoted by ClassFM to have issued a statement in which he concedes to making the ethnocentric comments and apologizing for …

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You’re not an Akyem and have no right to speak for us – Osafo-Maafo told

A group identified as Concerned Citizens of Akyem State has condemned the ethnocentric statements of Presidential Advisor, Nana Yaw Osafo-Maafo which was captured on a secret recording. In the said tape which has recently gone viral, the presidential advisor during a meeting with delegates of the New Patriotic Party in the Eastern Region questioned …

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Tension as Akyem Engresi Chief bans krobos from burying dead relatives

There is tribal tension simmering between the Chief of Akyem Engresi and krobo settlers at Akyem Kwateso over land dispute . The tension has escalated in the last few weeks after the Chief of Engresi Osabarima Sarfo Kyei Kantanka banned the krobos in Kwateso from burying their dead relatives in …

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