Tag Archives: KUMASI

Strange things are happening in Ashanti Regional capital of Kumasi where residents are forced to buy coffins ahead of their death due to the high cost of living and the skyrocketing prices of coffins Akwasi Baafi who manufactures and sells coffins at Kumasi Asafo Labour Roundabout revealed that some people …

Learning was paralysed in public schools Tuesday after teachers proceeded with their planned strike across the country to demands for the payment of Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). When the OTEC FM News crew visited public schools in Kumasi metropolis in the Ashanti Region, pupils turned their classrooms into playing grounds as while others were …

He was the biblical Sampson of his days, his story, a mixture of bravery and notoriety. A defender of the poor and vulnerable and model figure for citizen vigilantism in Kumasi, specifically Buokrom. Owing to his much-touted strength and bravery which made him an ‘area champion’ in Kumasi in the …

Scores of passengers sustained varied degrees of injury when their car veered off the road into a bush on the Accra – Kumasi Highway. According to a report by myjoyonline.com, the incident involving a sprinter bus happened at the Juaso-Atwedie area of the Highway. The Kumasi-bound vehicle with registration number …

For some infants in the Kumasi Metropolis, the fire and explosion recorded at a plastic water storage factory in Atonsu on Friday, has left them with a traumatic memory on their minds. This is visible in a video showing some kindergarten school children running helter-skelter for safety while a raging …

A polytank manufacturing company located at Atonsu near the Kumasi Shoe factory has been gutted by fire. Three people have so far sustained serious life-threatening injuries as a result of the explosion. According to residents, the fire incident happened on Friday morning when the gas tanker was discharging gas which …

On Monday, June 13, 2022, an operation by the Kumasi Regional Police Command to disperse a group of demonstrating students led to over 30 of the students being admitted to a hospital. The students of Kumasi Islamic Senior High School had blocked portions of the Abrepo Road passing through the …

It was a day filled with joy and an opportunity for most Asante Kotoko players to connect with the people of Kumasi after ending the 2021/2022 Ghana Premier League successfully as champions. Being the first of its kind, the management of Asante Kotoko together with the technical team and the playing body thronged the …

Scores of students of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi have reportedly been rushed to the hospital following an incident with police. According to a 3news report sighted by GhanaWeb, some students of the school early on Monday morning blocked the Abrepo Junction-Barekese road to protest the absence of …

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested the driver of a DAF truck with registration no. AS 7324- 12, seen in a viral video plying the Ejisu-Kumasi road, without his back tires, an official statement has confirmed. The Ghana Police Service said in a statement that the suspect driver, Kofi …