Tag Archives: Koforidua

His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, as the Asante custom demands, on Sunday evening, stormed Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital to attend the wake keeping at the Yiadom-Hwediem Palace to mourn with the New Juaben Traditional Council over the demise of the Omanhene and the Queen mother. The final …

Search continues today for the ten(10) year old girl reportedly drowned in Koforidua after a heavy downpour on Tuesday afternoon. The victim, Nafisah Mumuni a class three (3) pupil of King of Kings Preparatory school allegedly drowned while walking in the floods with her elder sister to the house after …

• It appears the Ghana-Nigeria trade war is an unending one • Some GUTA members have locked up shops belonging to foreigners in the Eastern regional capital  • The situation turned chaotic as the affected traders tried to resist them  Some members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) …

A footballer and some others from Mali have become stranded in Koforidua after they were allegedly scammed by Qnet, a controversial network marketing company. The footballer was lured into the country by agents of Qnet under the guise of securing a deal with a premier league club in Ghana for …

• President Akufo-Addo and John Mahama met at the one-week ceremony of Nana Agyei Twinie • John Mahama attended the ceremony with his running mate Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang and other NDC executives • Mahama also attended the one-week ceremony of a former member of the Council of State The …

  The prime suspect of a gang of assailants who murdered a 24-year-old woman in Koforidua in 2019 has committed suicide. The suspect Kofi Tiatia, believed to be 36 years, was found hanging on a tree Wednesday, June 9 at Nsukwao, a suburb of New Juaben South. His body has …

Four Patients detained for their inability to pay their medical bills at Volta River Authority (VRA) Hospital at Akosombo have finally been released after the Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman Thomas Ampem Nyarko went to their rescue. The patients include new mothers who delivered through Cesarean Section after complications during …

Fifteen babies were born on Christmas Day at the Eastern regional hospital in Koforidua. Many of the mothers who delivered went through caesarean delivery due to varied medical complications which inhibited vaginal delivery thus threatened the lives of the babies and their mothers. “On the 25th of December, we had …

The winner of the maiden Sekondi Takoradi Marathon will pocket a cash prize of 10000 GH¢, organisers have announced. A total of 23,500GH¢ will be shared among the first ten runners to finish the race that hits the Twin City on Saturday. With the ultimate winner taking home a cash …

The township of Koforidua in the Eastern Region was virtually nonchalant towards Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, the running mate to the NDC flagbearer for the upcoming general elections John Mahama as she toured the town on her campaign trail. A video going viral on various social media platforms shows …