Tag Archives: YAM

The 2022 edition of Ejura Yam Festival is currently underway with Ejurahene Barima Osei Hwedie II sharing hundreds of yam tubers to his subjects. Residents of Ejura received the yam tubers after the Ejura Traditional Council officially opened   the new yam season with special cultural displays and practices on Friday October …

The Ejura Traditional Council has officially commenced the 2022 edition of Ejura Yam Festival with a Moslem prayer and a cleanup exercise. The annual event which is christened “Sekyerene Festival” was formally opened on Friday October 7, 2022 with a special Moslem prayers led by the council of Zongo Chiefs …

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, topped trends on Friday after it was reported that the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, rejected gift items the MP had presented to him. Amidst the backlash and rumours surrounding what might have caused the Volta chief to publicly …

Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, on Friday, September 9, rejected some gifts presented by Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, MP, Assin Central, as part of his contribution to the people of the Asogli State who are celebrating the annual Yam Festival. The MP had visited Ho on Friday to …

Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has announced that Ghana has become the world’s largest exporter of yam after raking in $48 million last year. According to Asaaseradio.com, Ghana now controls 24% of the $200 million global export market. This has led to the growth of the country’s export value from …

The Mo/Dega communities celebrate the ‘Pea dii’ eating of yams festival at different periods by each community, that’s some places of Kintampo. This harvest festival starts in the middle of July and runs to the end of September. Mostly, it is usually celebrated in August when new yams are ready …

The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Abiodun Abdulramah, has refuted claims that two students were turned into tubers of yam in Ibadan area of the state by a suspected ritualist. The alleged suspected ritualist, a middle-aged man, was attacked by irate youth on Friday, December 3, after a security guard …

Correspondence from Eastern Region: Three persons including a driver, his mate and one other escaped unhurt when a truck full of yams they were occupying, overturned at Aboasa in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region. The accident happened Tuesday morning when the vehicle rammed into a pothole, dislocating the …