In the past days, the Bantama Youth in the Ashanti Region have been protesting what they describe as neglect by the NPP government as far as developmental projects are concerned. Displaying the green, yellow and black flags of the Ashanti kingdom, alongside the Ghana flag, the agitated youth clad in …
Read More »Obuasi residents ‘fight’ AngloGold Ashanti for mining concession, jobs
Obuasi residents are up in arms against managers of AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi mine over the company’s refusal to cede part of its mining concessions to community members. Some held placards which read: “We are tired of the joblessness”, Enough is Enough, AngloGold keeps failing us”, We are tired”, as they …
Read More »2024 polls: Ashanti will fall for NDC – Henry Osei Akoto
A National Organiser hopeful of of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Henry Osei Akoto has indicated that the Ashanti Region has realised the goodness in the pposition party as compared to the governing New Patriotic Party. According to him, he will work hard to make sure that the Ashanti …
Read More »Consumers in Ashanti Region resist proposed increment in water, electricity tariffs
Some residents in the Ashanti Region have asked companies providing utility services to reconsider their proposed increment on electricity and water tariffs. Some noted that the services rendered by these companies were below standard and do not deserve any form of increment from the common Ghanaian in times of high …
Read More »NPP Ashanti Reg. polls: Wontumi in comfortable lead
Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi), incumbent regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party appears to have garnered more votes compared to his close contender, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah (Coka) in the ongoing NPP regional executives election in the Ashanti Region. GhanaWeb’s Ashanti Regional Correspondent indicates that after votes in 3 zones were counted, …
Read More »It is time to change Ashanti regional NPP chairman- Ayisi Boateng
A founding member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti region, Mr. George Ayisi Boateng has appealed to the delegates in the region to change the current regional chairman of the party and opt for someone who can bring all party members together to win power in …
Read More »Ghana’s Ashanti Airlines nears AOC completion to operate – Report
AviationGhana sources have confirmed that Ashanti Airlines is nearing the completion of its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) to enable it operate as an airline in Ghana. Two licenses, Air Carrier Licence (ACL) and Air Operator Certificate (AOC), are required by the aviation sector regulator, the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), …
Read More »VIDEO: The motorcade, the flashy cars, the monarch: How the Asantehene steps out
The name Asantehene evokes not only power and authority, especially among the Akan clan, but it also carries with it a lot of admiration and beauty. From the secrecy, or little that is known about such details such as the kind of food or daily routines that the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei …
Read More »Rains to hit parts of Accra, Central, Ashanti today – Ghana Meteo
The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA) has announced that there would be rains in the later hours of the morning of Sunday, April 24, 2022. Announcing this through its social media handles, the GMA said the rains would be accompanied by windy conditions and affect parts of Accra and regions in …
Read More »The audacious Ashanti King who dared to use the skull of the British governor as a drinking cup
In colonial times, the natural, regular order was for the colonized to be the cowards in most of the things that transpired in those eras, regardless of how oppressing or challenging they were. But like most stories, not everyone always falls in line when subjects of these nature come up …
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