Tag Archives: KUMASI

A three hour severe rainfall accompanied by strong winds and thunderstorm on Tuesday October 20, 2021 caused havoc in some parts of the Kumasi metropolis destroying properties and rendering hundreds of people including some students homeless. Most affected areas were Anloga Junction, Dichemso, Atafoa, Aboabo and Asokore-Mampong. Two persons are …

A three-year-old boy was found dead in a car at Roman Hill in Kumasi. The body of Stephen Acheampong was discovered moments after he was reported missing by his mum, Doris Amofa, who had gone to pick him up after school had closed on Monday, October 18. It is not …

The Chairman of the Right to Information Commission (RTIC) Justice Ofori Atta has urged media practitioners to collaborate with other stakeholders to ensure that the RTI Law is fully operationalized in the country. According to Mr. Justice Ofori Atta, the media can be successful only when they come together with a …

Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has arrested a driver and impounded nine vehicles in connection with fuel adulteration at the Kumasi Depot. Eight other drivers are still at large. Management says the police are currently investigating circumstances leading to the incident. Managing Director for BOST, Edwin Alfred Nii Obodai Provencal, says workers …

Parts of Ghana’s capital Accra and Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have flooded again following a brief downpour between Thursday night and Friday dawn. In Accra, areas such as Kaneshie First Light, Abbosey Okai and Adabraka Sahara are flooded. The situation has resulted in heavy vehicular traffic in different parts …

Three persons have gone missing in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region after hours of heavy rain that flooded communities in the city on Monday evening. The missing persons are part of a group of passengers who jumped off a Kia truck they were onboard as the floods pulled the vehicle …

Residents in the Kumasi Metropolis have urged the newly appointed Kumasi Mayor,Mr Sam Pyne to make  fixing of sanitation related issues as well as   poor roads network which has become major problems in the city his topmost priorities. The residents who welcomed the nominating of the former English tutor at …

The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has been urged to ramp up measures to halt the influx of alien child beggars on the streets of Kumasi. Hundreds of alien beggars have recently invaded the principal streets of Ghana’s second-largest city, the majority of whom are believed to have migrated from …

Ghanaian comedian Funny Face has been involved in a near-fatal accident on the Accra-Kumasi highway. In a video posted to his Instagram page in the early hours of Sunday, August 29, 2021, Funny Face said he was en route Kumasi in the Ashanti Region to visit his baby mama, Vannessa …

• A video of a priest kissing female students on a pulpit has attracted massive engagement on Twitter • According to the original source of the video, it was shot at a training college in Kumasi • It has received massive backlash from tweeps A video showing a priest giving …