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2023 AFCON: Black Stars arrive in Kumasi for Angola test

The Black Stars have arrived in Kumasi, where they will host Angola in the 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. Ghana have a doubleheader against the Black Antelopes with the first leg scheduled for March 23, 2023. The team began their preparations for the match on Monday, March 20 before departing to …

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VIDEO: Kumasi-based Silver FM burnt, 1 injured

Several pieces of radio equipment worth millions of cedis have been burnt in a fire outbreak at Kumasi-based radio station, Silver FM. The incident, which occurred Saturday dawn razed all electrical appliances, including consoles in the two main studios of the station. The fire started during a live radio preaching …

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How soldiers in Kumasi killed police woman, football fan after an officer was killed by church members in 1982

The brutalization of residents of Ashaiman by officers of the Ghana Armed Forces on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, has resurrected conversations about incidents where the Armed Forces have in the view of majority of Ghanaians misconducted themselves and abused the rights of citizens. To some people, the incident at Ashaiman …

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Dying passenger ‘thrown out’ of commercial vehicle on Accra to Kumasi Highway

A dying passenger has reportedly been thrown out of a commercial vehicle at Akyem Apedwa junction stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway in Eastern region. The passenger identified as Henry Owusu Agyemang Ankobea in his 40s believed to be traveling from Asante Bekwai to Accra was allegedly removed from …

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1,500 workers with Brazilian construction firm sacked in Kumasi over DEP

A Brazilian Construction firm “Contractor” has terminated appointments of over 1,500 construction workers employed for the Construction of the Kumasi Central Market, Kumasi International airport, and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospitals Mother and Baby Units (MBU). The firm from December 2022 commenced staff appointment termination in monthly batches in accordance …

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Police dispatch rider dies in gruesome accident on Accra-Kumasi road

A personnel of the Ghana Police Service, by name Rauf Addrisu, has reportedly died in a gory road accident on the Accra-Kumasi highway, on Friday, March 3, 2023. According to a police report which was sighted by GhanaWeb, the accident happened after a Kia Grandbird VIP bus crashed into the motor of …

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VIDEO: Parts of Kumasi experience rare hailstorms

Residents in several parts of the Ashanti Region witnessed the spectacle of several minutes of ice pellets falling with Saturday evening’s heavy rain. The ice crystals some of which were big enough to qualify for hail fell so persistently that people had to either park their vehicles in safe places …

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How Kofi Boakye led a team of policemen to arrest notorious Kumasi-based robber 2PM

A notorious Kumasi-based armed robber by the name 2PM has narrated the events that led to how celebrated senior police officer, COP Kofi Boakye, nabbed him years ago. Speaking to Kingdom Plus FM and monitored by GhanaWeb, he said that he became so used to robbery so much after he got …

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Kumasi: Gas tanker catches fire; driver and conductor rushed to hospital [PHOTOS]

A gas tanker driver and his conductor have been rushed to the hospital after their vehicle fell on its side and caught fire at Sokoban Ampayoo in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. Firefighters struggled for hours before dousing the flame. They managed to prevent the fire from spreading to other areas. …

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