Tag Archives: KUMASI

Calls mount to name Kumasi International Airport after Baffour Osei Akoto

Campaigners are hoping to have the new Kumasi International Airport renamed in honour of Baffour Osei Akoto, the brain behind the National Liberation Movement (NLM). The Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Ernest Owusu-Dapaa, who is the latest to …

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Cable thieves plunge Kumasi into darkness

Some unknown cable thieves have reportedly invaded Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, with their illegal activities. These hoodlums have started a grand operation of stealing electricity cables that are connected to the street lights in the city. Their actions have led to several streets in the city being plunged into …

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Kumasi: Over 60% of rescued foreign child beggars infected with HIV, TB and Covid

Ten out of fifteen foreign child beggars rescued by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) tested positive for HIV, Tuberculosis, and COVID-19 after going through medical screening. These underprivileged children were picked from the streets in a swoop by a joint task force of the Social Welfare department and the Metropolitan …

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PHOTOS: Pentecost elder killed in accident on Accra-Kumasi Highway

A middle-aged man has lost his life in a fatal accident on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. The accident reportedly occurred on Tuesday at the Nsuapemso Junction between Akyem Nsutam and Osino in the Fanteakwa South district of the Eastern Region. It was a collision involving a Toyota 4Runner with registration number GR 348 …

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“Sleeping with women who wear waist beads prevent HIV” – Kumasi residents

Earlier this week, it came to bare that a total of 23,495 people in Ghana tested positive for HIV in the first half of this year (January to June). This was disclosed by the Programme Manager of the National STIs and HIV/AIDS Control Programme, Dr Stephen Ayisi Addo. But despite …

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Kumasi Traditional Council orders Oyerepa FM to halt broadcast

The Kumasi Traditional Council has requested that Oyerepa FM, a radio station situated in Kumasi, stops broadcasting on Friday, August 26, until further notice. When a team from Oyerepa FM and TV arrived before the Traditional Council to offer an apology over remarks made by Akwasi Addai ‘Odike’ against Manhyia …

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VIDEO&PHOTOS: Alan supporters defy NPP’s directive, stage mammoth walk in Kumasi

A directive by the governing New Patriotic Party to some members of the party not to stage a health walk in honour of the Minister of Trade Industry, Alan Kyerematen, was defied as hundreds turned up for the walk on the morning of Saturday, August 13, 2022 in Kumasi. In what could be …

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Willing Ways Foundation clears off mentally-challenged people in Kumasi streets

The Willing Ways Foundation Ghana in collaboration with the Ashanti Regional mental health Authority under the auspices of the Regional Health directorate has commenced a project for the removal of destitute, mentally ill or mad people from the streets of the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. This follows series of reports …

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Accra-Kumasi airfare crosses GH¢600 mark – Report

The cost of travelling from the capital Accra to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region by air has crossed the GH¢600 mark, the highest one-way fare recorded on the route, Aviation Ghana reports. For several weeks now, an Accra-Kumasi one-way ticket on Africa World Airlines (AWA) and PassionAir has crossed the …

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Bus carrying smuggled prepaid meters seized by GRA officials in Kumasi

A bus carrying electricity prepaid meters that were allegedly being smuggled into the country has been seized by officials of the Ghana Revenue Authority in the Ashanti Region. According to the officers, they intercepted the bus which was carrying passengers and goods from Kumasi to Aflao in the Volta Region, …

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