Tag Archives: CHIEFTAINCY

Two persons have been shot dead while two others sustained gunshot wounds in a chieftaincy dispute related gun attack at Adoagyiri in Eastern Region. The incident occured Tuesday evening. Starr News has gathered that gun weilding henchmen and members of Okyeman Land Protection Taskforce escorting a convoy of rival chief …

In a shocking incident captured on video and shared by Hello FM on June 7, 2023, a family was compelled to exhume a deceased body four hours after burial due to concerns raised by the Ngleshie Amanfrom Traditional authorities. According to Hello FM’s report, the family, originally from Gomoa Nyanyano, …

Ebenezer Kojo Kum, the Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, has resigned from his position with immediate effect. This was announced in a February 3, 2023 statement from the Presidency with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo accepting his resignation. “President Akufo-Addo thanked him for his services to the government and …

The Ahafo Regional Minister, George Boakye in collaboration with the members of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) and in consultation with the Interior Minister and the National Security Minister have imposed a curfew on Bomaa in the Tano North Municipal with immediate effect. The curfew according to a statement signed …

Medical Doctors at the Eastern Regional Hospital have amputated the leg of 39-year-old man Eric Kwabena Boafo alias Wayaas who sustained gunshot injury during chieftaincy clashes at Akropong -Akuapem Saturday, August 6, 2022. Eric Boafo was shot in the left leg around the fascia side of the knee. He was …

A 69-year-old man has been stabbed in a Chieftaincy dispute at Ajumako Onwane in the Central Region. The victim Opanyin Kojo Apamyin, the Chief, and some residents were at the Chief Palace when they were attacked. According to an eyewitness, the attack started with gunshots outside the palace before  the …

One person has died with three others, sustaining various degrees of injuries in a renewed chieftaincy clash at Yong Dakpema Yile, a farming community in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region. The Ghana News Agency gathered that four houses belonging to the combatants were set ablaze. Mohammed Chimsi, one …

On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, as the Majority MPs prepared to pass the Electronic Transfer (E-Levy) Bill, an ambulance was spotted within the premises of the Parliament of Ghana. The ambulance was not at Parliament because there had been some emergency and the attention of paramedics were needed but rather, it had allegedly …

Gravely ill Chieftaincy Minister, Alexander Kojo-Kum has been ferried to parliament in an ambulance to assist in passing the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The Majority in the House has had challenges with numbers to pass the E-levy. The Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabeyan, Sara …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ahanta West Constituency, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, is not dead, a family member insists. “It is true my brother was critically sick,” the family member said, “and we are still praying for him after being discharged from hospital and being treated home but he is not dead.” …