Tag Archives: TENSION

Tension is brewing in the Bole Traditional area following a directive by the Chief of Bole for settler towns to be given Gonja names. The Chief of Bole, Bolewura Safo Kutugefeso, in a letter to the Electoral Commission and other government agencies, said “all communities under Bole Traditional area shall …

OTECNEWS’ intelligence and monitoring of the operations of landguards at Homabenase within Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti Region have spotted a number of the Ghana Police operating with these landguards against the residents. Already tension in the area has reached its zenith as the people of Homabenase have vowed to …

There is tension at the headquarters of Saviour Church of Ghana at Akyem Osiem in the Eastern region following the invasion of the house of General Superintendent, Opanyin Abraham Adusei by armed police officers Tuesday dawn. Opanyin Abraham Adusei had travelled to Afram Plains to visit his commercial farms but …

There is tension in Nuaso, a suburb of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern region following a confrontation between some agitating residents who spontaneously protested Monday morning against the presence of the military and the installation of prepaid meters without engagement with the community. The volatile atmosphere forced …

There is tribal tension simmering between the Chief of Akyem Engresi and krobo settlers at Akyem Kwateso over land dispute . The tension has escalated in the last few weeks after the Chief of Engresi Osabarima Sarfo Kyei Kantanka banned the krobos in Kwateso from burying their dead relatives in …

Drivers at Afram Plains have threatened to demonstrate against the Volta Lake Transport Company Limited on their new ferry charges In an interview with Agoo News’ Owusu Aduomi, Some of the drivers complained about the high increase in the fees they pay on the Ferry. They said there is an …

     One person has been shot in the leg at Sekyikrom in the Nsawam Adoagyri Municipality of the Eastern Region. This was after some persons attacked the Palace of the Apagyahene, Oheneba Nana Asante Okorie I, Sunday afternoon. The attackers, after shooting several times in the Palace, also destroyed some …

There is tension and agitation among inhabitants of Pramso in the Bosomtwe District of Ashanti following the relocation of the town’s main cemetery to a new site. In a report by GBC’s Ashanti Regional Correspondent, Nicholas Osei-Wusu, the increasing agitation among the indigenes also has to do with the health …

But for the timely intervention of a joint police-military team at Obuasi, a clash between angry artisans and officials of Anglogold Ashanti’s security personnel would have turned bloody. Mining artisans, popularly known as ‘galamseyers’ numbering over fifty, wanted to take over a mining pit abandoned by Anglogold Ashanti at Wawase, …

Tension is brewing at the University of Education, Winneba, following a decision by the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University, Nana Ofori Ansah, to terminate the appointment of the Director of Finance. Members of the University Council say the act by the Council Chair was without the concurrence …