Tag Archives: KUMASI

Persons who consume Coconut in the Ashanti Region should brace themselves for price hikes to correspond with the increment in the recent fuel prices in the country. Coconut Sellers in Ashanti Regional Capital of Kumasi have hinted of an upward adjustment in order to stay in business indicating how unhappy …

Two persons have been reported to have died in an accident on the Obuasi, Kumasi highway. According to an eyewitness, the accident occurred at Dominase where a sprinter bus with registration number GE 2434-16 and a truck with registration number GT758-12 were involved in the nasty accident.   The eyewitness …

Asantehemaa Nana Konadu Yiadom II has called off an election exercise scheduled to appoint various trading commodity leaders in the Kumasi City Market. The election, scheduled for Wednesday, October 26, 2022, according to reports, was called off by Asantehemaa after she summoned the organisers to her palace for questioning. According …

A young girl believed to be 12 year-old has met her untimely dead after she was knocked down by a speeding vehicle at Kotwi in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti. The unfortunate accident occurred on Tuesday October 11, 2022 around 5:00 pm. Some eyewitness who narrated the story …

Residents of Atonsu-Bokro in Kumasi have been thrown into a state of shock after glimpsing a 23-year-old girl, Joycelyn Adator allegedly faking a pregnancy. The residents mobbed Joycelyn Adator after finding out she had faked pregnancy but for the timely intervention of Director for Journalists Against Abuse (JBA) Aboagye Frank …

Fire swept through more than 10 shops at the leather and footwear section of the Kumasi Central Market on Monday morning, destroying properties worth thousands of Ghana cedis. Items including leathers, bags, shoes, slippers and sandals were burnt in the inferno. Traders at the leather and footwear section of the …

Some parts of Ashanti region experienced flooding after torrential rains in the early hours of Tuesday, September 28, 2022. Some affected areas included Sokoban, Santasi-Anyinam-Hemang, Kronum-Adonko, Moshie-Zongo, and Atafua. Other areas also affected were Abuakwa-Maakro, Ahenema-Kokoben, Asuofua, Asawasi, Aboabo, Sawua and its surroundings. Apiedu, Emena, Kotei and its surroundings also …

Severe flooding at the Kumasi Central Market in the Ashanti Region has destroyed wares estimated to be over 10 billion old cedis About 300 shops filled with wax prints, provisions, kitchen wares, children’s clothing, assorted drinks, and food items among others as water submerged their area early Monday morning. Some …

Fire has gutted portions of a Cargo Terminal at Ashtown in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti destroying about 15 coffins. The ravaging fire which occurred on Saturday September 24,2022 also burnt other valuables amounting to thousands of cedis. OTEC News’ Kwame Agyenim Boateng , said firemen responded promptly to …

Caleb Amankwah scored late to give Hearts of Oak a point against Asante Kotoko in the first Super Clash of the season on Sunday at the Baba Yara Stadium. Kotoko thought they had won all three points minutes to the end, but Amankwah stunned them with a goal in the …