Tag Archives: CHIEFS

Thugs numbering over 10 have attacked the Chief of Awutu Oshimpo, Nai Kofi Okyere, and the Ankobeahene of Awutu Traditional Council Nai Oshimpo Acheampong with cutlasses and other weapons. The incident happened at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, …

     One person has been shot in the leg at Sekyikrom in the Nsawam Adoagyri Municipality of the Eastern Region. This was after some persons attacked the Palace of the Apagyahene, Oheneba Nana Asante Okorie I, Sunday afternoon. The attackers, after shooting several times in the Palace, also destroyed some …

Nana Ntime Banahene, Esumeja Krontihene together with some sub-chiefs of the Esumeja traditional area, have warned Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Dr. Nana Agyemang Badu II, over his recent public outburst against Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. According to them, the Dormaahene pays homage to the Golden Stool, therefore, he has no authority, …

The chiefs and people of the Effutu Traditional Area in the Central Region have held a durbar in Winneba to climax the annual Aboakyer festival. The festival climaxed with the accustomed hunting of a live deer from the sacred forest was undertaken by the Dentsifo and Tuafo Asafo groups. There …

The Okyeman Gyaasehene, Daasebre Ayimadu Kantomanto, has called on Christian leaders to allow their members to be made chiefs in their villages and towns, since, according to him, there is nothing satanic about chieftaincy. In his view, being a traditional leader offers Christians a golden opportunity to purify and Christianise …

Some irate youth of Sefwi Amoaya in the Bodi District of the Western North Region have attacked the community’s Chief Palace and some opinion leaders over their alleged involvement in illegal mining activities in his traditional jurisdiction. The chief of Sefwi Amoaya, Nana Bukure Asiedu II, and the assemblyman for …

The police have launched a manhunt for fifteen gunmen who attacked the Dakpema Chief’s palace in Tamale on Monday dawn. Five people including the Dakpema Chief, Naa Bawa Fuseini, sustained injuries and are being treated at the Tamale Hospital. The gunmen reportedly stormed the palace at about 5 am. The …

Since last year, the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs has on three occasions failed to give its final judgement on the Kwahu-Nkwatia chieftaincy judgement over reasons yet to be unraveled. It will be recalled that a previous ruling delivered by the Judicial Committee of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs …

The Weija Traditional Council is demanding compensation from government over the siting of the Weija Dam on its land. The Traditional Council says 44 years after their forefathers gave the government over 50,000 acres of land for the construction of the dam, they are yet to receive any compensation. At …

The Effutu Traditional Council has expressed excitement over a High Court directive to the University of Education Winneba (UEW) to reinstate Professor Mawuko Avoke as the Institution’s Vice-Chancellor. A statement signed by Neenyi Ghartey VII, President of the Effutu Traditional Council entreated the University’s Governing Council to “expedite action in …