Tag Archives: Assin

LIVESTREAMING: Mahama storms Assin North to campaign for Gyakye Quayson

Former President John Dramani Mahama is in the Assin North Constituency to campaign for the ousted Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, in the upcoming by-election. Before departing for Assin North, the former president, in a Facebook post shared on Friday, June 16, 2023, said Gyakye Quayson was unjustly removed from …

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Court denies plea to adjourn Gyakye Quayson’s trial ahead of Assin North by-election

An Accra court has denied the plea by Gyakye Quayson to adjourn the hearing of his case until after the by-election. This was contained in a report by 3News.com. According to the report, the counsel for Gyakye Quayson, Justin Teriwajah prayed the court to postpone the hearing till after the …

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Assin North by-election: Military aircraft lifts NPP Chairman to Korle Bu after ghastly accident

The Bono East Regional Chairman of the NPP, Ibrahim Baba Bukhari is in critical condition following his involvement in a ghastly car crash at Akomfode in the Assin North District. It is gathered that Mr. Bukhari was returning from a campaign trip at Assin Ninkyiso and was heading towards Assin …

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Assin North by-election: Watch how Chairman Wontumi and NPP parliamentary candidate knelt for prayers

A photo capturing the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, and the NPP parliamentary candidate for Assin North, Charles Opoku, kneeling for prayer at a church has gone viral on social media. The image, taken ahead of the by-election scheduled for June 27, 2023, …

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MoMo vendor, 22, commits suicide over GH¢3,500 missing money at Assin Kruwa

A 22-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor has committed suicide at Assin Kruwa in the Assin South district of the Central Region. The deceased, Abdul Rahman Acquah left home on June 8, 2023, at about 3 PM and was nowhere to be found. A thorough search was conducted by the community …

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Assin North by-election: ‘It seems they are taking us for fools’- Chief fumes over selective development

The Chief of Assin Dansame, Dr. Nana Okofo Twum Barimah V, has voiced his disappointment with the government for neglecting development projects in his area. Speaking in an interview with Onua FM’s evening news on June 5, 2023, he expressed concern over the abandonment of crucial projects in Assin Dansame …

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Reshaping of Assin North roads not for by-election, project began in 2020 – NPP Chair

The New Patriotic Party(NPP) Constituency Chairman for Assin North in the Central Region, Ben Effah, has dismissed claims that the government has hurriedly started constructing roads in the area to win votes in the upcoming by-election. Assin North constituency has, in the past few days, witnessed the deployment of over …

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Spiritualist remanded for chewing finger of safety officer at Assin Fosu

The Assin Fosu Magistrate Court, presided by Abdul Majid Illiasu, has remanded a 36-year-old spiritualist, Iddi Olaxy Mohammed, affectionately called Money God, into police custody, for allegedly chewing the finger of a labourer of a road construction firm in Assin Fosu. According to the prosecution, Chief Inspector Gilbert Ayongo, the …

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Pregnant JHS student killed, head chopped off at Assin Asane

Residents of Nsane near Ayaase in the Assin South District of the Central Region have been thrown into a state of shock and fear following the murder of a 15-year-old school girl by unknown assailants. The deceased, Priscila Ataa Botwey aka Atta Kakra was found lying in a supine position …

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Mentally ill man butchers father at Assin Tumfokro

A 65-year-old farmer at Tumfokro in the Assin South District of the Central Region, Daniel Nsowah, is battling for his life at Abura-Dunkwa District Hospital following machete wounds inflicted on him by his son who is mentally ill. The victim received multiple slashes in his head, neck, shoulder, and elbow …

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