Tag Archives: KUMASI

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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Two international airlines apply to operate from Kumasi Airport – Hassan Tampuli

Two international airlines have applied to operate charter services and scheduled international flights to the newly-renovated Kumasi International Airport. The Deputy Minister of Transport In-Charge of Aviation, Hassan Tampuli, addressing stakeholders at the recently-ended 4th AviationGhana Stakeholders Meeting 2023, confirmed this and encouraged others to explore the possibility of servicing the …

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Kumasi bride heartbroken and shocked as groom vanishes hours to wedding

A young lady in her twenties is yet to recover from the biggest shock of her life after her Indian Fiancé bolted a night before her well-publicized mammoth wedding in Kumasi on Saturday 28th January 2023. Her wedding flyers and pre-video promos promised a royal wedding of a kind, billed …

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Atebubu-born Talent Shocks National Chief Imam and the Prez of Tijaniya in Kumasi

Atebubu-born swift-rising artist, Ali Jalal was opportunistic to present an amazing and beautiful portrait of the National Chief Imam and the president of Tijaniya, Ghana at the 55th Annual Maulud in Ashanti Region, Kumasi. The drawings were presented during the celebration of Ashanti Regional Maulud Nabiu on January 6 to …

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Two women crashed to death by cargo truck in Kumasi Central Market

Two persons are feared dead in a gory accident at Central Market in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti. The accident, according to the report, occurred on Sunday, January 8, 2023, after a KIA Rhino with registration number GR 8342-Z, veered off the road and fell down on the traders. …

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Decongest Kumasi or Nananom will do it – Bantamahene sends strong warning to KMA

The Paramount Chief of Bantama in the Ashanti Region, Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI, has bemoaned the rampant mounting of kiosks and containers causing congestion within the Kumasi metropolis. According to the paramount chief, the development has turned the once blooming city of Kumasi which was referred to as the Garden …

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Inadequate drugs and congestion remain major challenges at Kumasi Prisons

Authorities at the Kumasi Central Prisons are calling on the government and philanthropists to support the facility with essential drugs for inmates. Though they receive medicines from the government periodically, they are inadequate to meet the health needs of inmates. Congestion at the facility also remains a challenge. This was …

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Dr Kwaku Oteng’s son suspended; demoted from CEO to manager of Angel FM Kumasi

The Board of Directors of Angel Broadcasting Network (ABN) has announced the suspension of the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Samuel Kofi Acheampong. Samuel, the son of Ghanaian businessman, Dr Kwaku Oteng has also been relieved of his post as the CEO of Angel Broadcasting Network, in a letter dated November …

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Demo looms as Kumasi bakers fight flour companies for increasing bag of flour from GHS120 to GHS680

Bakers in Kumasi are set to petition the Ministry of Trade over the surging prices of flour in Ghana, Modern Ghana has been reliably informed. Information gathered by this portal has it that plans are set to stage a massive demonstration in Kumasi in some few weeks to come against …

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