A military truck has run into people seated by the roadside in Zebilla leading to the death of one in the Upper East Region. Others were also injured in the accident. An eyewitness disclosed that the car coming from the Bolga stretch towards Bawku veered into the people. It is …
Read More »Floods: Kejetia traders demand compensation for incessant destructions of wares
Traders at the New Kejetia Market in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region have hinted on suspending payment of market premium if managers of the facility refuse to compensate them over incessant destruction of wares by floods. Their agitation follows whrn one of the pipes at the ceiling of the market burst on Sunday May 1, …
Read More »Two Ghanaian tomato traders killed in Burkina Faso armed robbery attack
Two Ghanaians have died while three others are in critical condition after armed robbers attacked five tomato importing vehicles at Tambolo near Dakota in Burkina Faso and about half a mile from the Ghana border at Paga. The five vehicles were on their way from Ghana to Burkina Faso to …
Read More »Traders, hawkers at KATH vow to resist eviction by KMA
Traders and hawkers selling along the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) roundabout have vowed to resist any attempts by the Kumasi City authorities to evict them. They said until a suitable place is allocated to them, no amount of pressure and intimidation from both the Kumasi city and KATH authorities …
Read More »‘Hooo, shame on you; corrupt state looters’ — Kumasi traders ‘hoot’ at Alan supporters
Traders at Kumasi PZ, a famous commercial downtown within the CBD of the metropolis have hooted supporters of NPP’s Alan Kyeremateng. In the early hours of Tuesday as Alan Kyeremateng’s group called “Asanteman Nkosuo-NPP Mpuntuo” as part of a protest staged against the candidature of Vice President Bawumia walked pass …
Read More »Bawku: Military, police forceful evict traders from Highways market; scores injured, vehicles destroyed
Residents and traders at Highways, a suburb in Bawku in the Upper East Region have sustained varying degrees of injury after a joint police-military team forcefully dispersed them from their current place of trade. The security officials reportedly used force in an attempt to get the traders to move from …
Read More »Arrest cedi fall! Traders charge Bawumia, as they ask members to hike prices by 80%
The Traders Advocacy Group has directed its members to increase the prices of goods and services by 80 per cent in retaliation to the government’s reversal of the 30 per cent benchmark value discount at the ports. The General Secretary of the group, Nana Poku, told journalists on Wednesday, 2 …
Read More »Angry Kejetia traders rescind decision to pay electricity bills for separate meters
Traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi have rescinded a decision to pay for the cost of separate meters at the facility. The traders in their quest to access separate meters decided to pay 850 cedis each for the meters and installation, following an agreement between management of the market, Electricity …
Read More »VIDEO: IGP Dampare schooled on ‘chibom’ recipe by traders at Lapaz
Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare paid a visit to traders at Lapaz during the early hours of the New Year. During his visit, the traders schooled him on one of the Ghanaian street delicacies, egg sandwich, popularly known as ‘Chibom’. Speaking in Asante Twi, the IGP asked ‘How …
Read More »Poor sanitation will collapse our business – Kumasi traders
Many traders undertaking business activities in and around the Dr. Mensah business enclave in the Kumasi Metropolis have expressed worry over poor sanitation in the area. According to them, the situation is deterring several of their customers which they fear may collapse their businesses. They say if steps are not …
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