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Two students at the Tamale Technical University (TaTU) on industrial attachment died in a gory accident on the Salaga-Tamale Road on 8th December, 2022. The victims, Alhassan Abdul Rashid and Iddrisu Abdul Latif were level 100 students from the Civil Engineering Department. The cause of the accident has not been …

Traditional leaders at Adrobaa, a farming community in the Tano North Municipal of the Ahafo Region have performed rituals to pacify the land after an accident which claimed the lives of five pupils. The Nananom, led by Adrobaahene, Nana Odiasempa Boadu and Nana Adwoa Dum II, the Queenmother in the area, …

The embattled Benkumhene of Asamang Tamfoe Traditional Area, Nana Boakye Darkwa, is demanding a refund of a total amount of GH¢115,000 mining proceeds given to Ofori Panin Fie out of mining in the community. According to him, the amount was paid on October 7, 2022 as a goodwill money which …

Martin Amidu has taken on Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin over recent comments Bagbin made on the floor of Parliament relative to his experience in Parliamentary democracy. He accused the Speaker of behaving somewhat like a village chief who was treating Ghanaians and Members of Parliament like his subjects. The …

The Chief of Ejura Traditional Area, Barima Osei Hwedie II, has destooled one of his sub-chiefs for allegedly aiding some nomadic herdsmen in suspected armed robbery attacks in the area.   The chief of Miminaso No2, Nana Obri Yeaboah was destooled on Sunday November 27, 2022 following the killing of …

By KELVIN MUDENDA and CAROLINE NGWENGWE A TRADITIONAL ruler has burnt to death four people, among them his estranged wife, his 82-year-old mother-in-law and two juveniles after locking the door to the house they were sleeping in before igniting it using petrol. The reason behind this is unknown.

Nii Kwabena Bonnie III, is a famous Osu Alata Mantse who orchestrated the 1948 boycott of European goods by Gold Coasters, hugely contributing to the fight for Ghana’s independence. Born in 1890, he was a traditional leader of Osu Alata Mantse and Oyokohene of Techiman of the then Gold Coast. …

It has emerged that the Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin destooled the Benkumhene of Asamang Tamfoe Nana Darkwa despite pleas by the ssub-chief Nana Darkwa, in earlier reports, had called bluff reports of his destoolment by the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council led by the Okyenhene. However, appearing before the committee …

Nana Meebo, chief of Borae Ahenfie, and two persons have been allegedly shot dead by unknown assailants at Borae Ahenfie, a farming Community, in the Krachi Nchumuru District of the Oti Region. Some 14 people have been arrested in the connection with the shooting incident and are assisting the Police …

The firing of musketry, traditional warriors’ display of artistry, the sounds of drum appellation, and the chief priest pouring of drinks amidst the chanting and invocation in Ga language characterized the final funeral rites of the late Tema Manste. The late Nii Adjei Kraku II Tema Paramount Chief reigned for …