Tag Archives: MARKET

Fire razes seven shops at the Wa ‘Kejetia’ market in the early hours of Saturday, officials say. The owners of the shops and their relatives were in tears at the time the Ghana News Agency (GNA) visited the scene at about 0800hrs. Mr Nayaru Mahamud, the Chief Security Officer of …

Residents at Krofrom in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) are living in fear as they complain of continuous invasion of thieves and criminals at the abandoned Krofrom market. Abandoned and dejected for over 14 years, the Krofrom market was supposed to serve as a peripheral facility to reduce congestion at …

There is no doubt to the fact that Ghana’s rebound will witness tough challenges. However, there are quite many factors that are encouraging to put Ghana on its track in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. First and foremost, it is worthy to note that the very recent swearing-in of President Akufo-Addo …

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako populalrly known as Chairman Wontumi has urged members of the NPP to search for areas where opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) members are and attack them anytime a market catches fire. In recent weeks, there have been outbreaks of fire …

Ashanti Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation(NADMO) is asking the security agencies to shoot and kill anyone trying to set a market on fire in pursuit of a clandestine political agenda. He noted that some unscrupulous persons in the name of politics are going round burning markets warning …

In their bid to prevent falling victim to the incessant market fires in parts of the country, some traders in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi have adopted a new strategy. The women say they now sleep in their shops to enable them to stop any fire which will be started …

The driver of the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor, has been picked up by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), formerly known as Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), 3news.com has gathered. The arrest is in connection with recent market fires recorded across the country. It is …

A portion of the Kaneshie Central Market in Accra is reported to be on fire. It is unknown what the cause of the inferno is but this comes a few days after the Kantamanto market in the Central Business District of Accra was gutted under strange circumstances. Some of the …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said plans are afoot to undertake a massive re-wiring exercise of all markets in the capital, Accra. He believes this would be one of the surest ways to address the perennial fire outbreaks in markets in the city. President Akufo-Addo said this when he visited the …

Markets and lorry parks in the Volta Region on Friday, [November 13, 2020] were closed to make way for the third phase of nationwide disinfection exercise.   The two-day exercise (Friday, November 13 – Saturday, November 14, 2020), which covered all markets and lorry terminals in the region, formed part …