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                  The Kwabre East District Police commander, Superintendent Suleymana Ibrahim has given some security tips to the general public on how to defend themselves against armed robbery attacks. The security officer commanded that anyone who would be attacked by an armed robber should shoot and kill the armed robber or apply any other means to defend themselves from the robbers. He said this when addressing Teachers, students and parents at Gyama Pensan Senior High School in the Kwabre East District of Ashanti Region during the inauguration of the school's Cadet last  Thursday, 21st December, 2017. He was there as the guest speaker for the event. Speaking at the event,  Spt. Suleymana Ibrahim   armed robbery activities become more intensified especially when we are getting to the end of the year, as these criminals take advantage of the occasion to rob people, emphasizing on the need for everyone to be ...

                                A man suspected to be in his late 20s narrowly escaped being lynched by an angry mob at Adum, the business community within the Kumasi Metropolis, for allegedly attempting to snatch someones mobile phone. The incident happened at around 8 pm last Wednesday, 20th December, 2017. The suspect was however sent to the central police Station. He was carried in a tricycle, (Aboboyaa) to the Central Police Station after being tied with a rope on his hand and leg. Some of them suggested that he must be lynched whiles others disagreed, ending up with him being sent to the Police station. Some two police men came into the scene to support the tricycle rider carry him to the Police. He is currently with the Police at the Central Police Station assisting with investigation.

Some 95 drivers who ply the Suame route in the Kumasi Metropolis have been arrested by the Suame MTTD unit of the Ghana police service for various road offenses. Some of them were arrested for failing to wear their seat belts whiles others were arrested for defying road traffic regulations and unlawful parking. The arrested road offenders consisting of commercial and private drivers and tricycle (aboboyaa) riders were detained at the forecourt of the Suame MTTD unit for several hours, where they were taken through some road safety sensitization by the MTTD officers. ASP K.K Kawodie, the Suame MTTD commander who spearheaded the exercise in an interview with press men said the exercise was to ensure accident free this festive season. "We took to the streets this morning to embark on an emergency road checks and these drivers were found culpable of violating road regulations. We did not arrest them to prosecute them but we are only educating them as a first caution, we will...

The noise on the controversial same sex marriage in Ghana seems to be rekindling after being calm for while, as some Two Ghanaian Lesbians have been joined together as marriage couples in Holland. Marriage photos of the two lesbians popped up on social Media, thereby arousing several concerns by Ghanaians. The couple, believed to be Ghanaians, got wed in kente cloth for the traditional part and also had an accompanying white wedding. The pictures, floating on social media have sparked up the conversation once again about gay rights which was started a few weeks ago with President Akufo-Addo’s interview with Al Jazeera.

The Ashanti Regional Education Directorate in collaboration with the PTA of SIMMS Senior High School in the Kwabre East District of Ashanti Region have ordered an indefinite closure of the school, following the vandalism of the school's properties by some irate students. The closure has come on the time the students are having their end of term exams. The Kwabre East District Director of Education, Madam Akua Abrafi narrating the incident in an interview with Agyenkwa FM's Henry Ameyaw indicted that properties include Windows, 2 cars belonging to some masters, tables and mono desks destroyed, marker boards and water pipes have been destroyed by the irate students. Explaining the cause of the chaos, Madam Akua Abrafi said a misunderstanding ensued among the students over the school's dinning which arouse the anger some of the students to perpetrate this act. "They did not express any ill feelings until yesterday when they went for dinning. Some of the...

                     Authorities of AME Zion Primary and Junior High School at Kantro in the Brong Ahafo Region are appealing to the Government to extend the school feeding program to the school to ease stress on the pupils, teachers and parents. According to some of the teachers, they have resort to charging Ghc 2 from each of the pupils to prepare foods for them, as they have not received their share of government's school feeding program. They told Atinka Fm's Brong Ahafo Regional Rep, Ebenezer Barfi that they have to boycott classroom activities to go to the kitchen to prepare food for the children, a situation they said has been affecting their academic activities. One of them said, " Kantro is in critical need of support from authorities. The children do not get food to eat when they come to school and so we have been taken Ghc 2 from them to get them food to eat for t...

  Government has been asked to consider extending the Nursing trainee allowance to cover private nursing institutions, as they pay a quota to the development of the Nation.  According to the President of Royal Ann Nursing Training College, Mr. Richard Aboagye, the restoration of the Nurses Trainee allowance has adversely affected enrollment in the private nursing schools. He said this in an interview with the Media during the 8th graduation and Matriculation ceremony of the Royal Ann Nursing training college at Abuakwa Manhyia in the Ashanti Region. He stressed that people have prefared to be enrolled in the public nursing training institutions whiles those who were enrolled in the private ones are withdrawing themselves to the public ones in order to enjoy the allowance, a situation he said has been affecting their activities. "We have a big challenge of widrawing of students from the private nursing schools. Even third year students are leaving to start a...

  Renowned Gospel artist, Mark Anim Yirenkyi has lamented over the lack of progress in Africa after all this years of liberation, blaming the situation on the adoption of foreign culture at the expense of our own. According to him, Africans have abandoned the wholesome values enshrined in African traditional cultures in favour to receive western ones without a corresponding understanding or application of their essences. "What really pains me is that black men have become secondhand people, we are now described as a third world but the world began in Africa, we are the first people but we have become the third world because we have adopted a civilization that fought against the will of our God". Mark Anim stressed. The stunning singer made this observation on the "Fakye" segment on Agyenkwa Gospel Party with Collins Amo Poku a.k.a Dj Tofiakwa last Sunday on Kumasi based Agyenkwa fm where he stressed that returning to our roots is the first step towards...

In a bid to prevent abuse of elderly persons in the country, a group called Guardian Of the Gray Masters has schooled the general public on the proper way to live with older persons who have entered into their menopause stage. Founder of the group, Mrs. Abigail Appiah in an interview said she was disturbed by the reckless manner most people handle their parents in their menopause age. According to the aged advocate, people have been abandoning their parents during their menopause, due to their inability to handle them, as their stage is affiliated with a bit of difficulties, a situation she described as dreadful. "Though living with such persons could sometimes be arduous, we must train ourselves in order to be able to contain the unusual attitude they put up, since it is a natural stage which is bound to happen to every woman". Menopause refers to the time at which a woman's menstruation stops. It is the absence of menses (a period) for 12 consecutive mont...

Bill Oxley on his deathbed at Mercy Hospital in Maine 79-year-old retired officer of the CIA, Bill Oxley, has made a series of stunning confessions since he was admitted to the Mercy Hospital in Maine on Monday and told he has weeks to live. He claims he committed 17 assassinations for the American government between 1974 and 1985, including the music icon Bob Marley. Mr. Oxley, who worked for the CIA for 29 years as an operative with top-level security clearances, claims he was often used as a hitman by the organization, to assassinate individuals who could represent a threat to the goals of the agency. Trained as a sniper and marksman, Mr. Oxley also has significant experience with more unconventional methods of inflicting harm upon others, like poisons, explosives, induced heart attacks and cancer. The 79-year-old operative claims he committed the assassinations between March 1974 and August 1985, at a time when he says the CIA “ was a law unto itself .” He says ...

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) has launched a new product in addition to its varieties of drinks in the Ashanti Regional market. The new beverage, Ɔdehyeɛ Beer, is an alcoholic beer produced to celebrate Ashanti heritage, progress and future. The total beverage business says the new product is a testament to its pioneering work in local raw materials usage and support for local farmers. Ɔdehyeɛ Beer, locally produced in Ghana is distributed in the Ashanti Region and available in 625ml and 300ml bottles. Marketing and Innovations Director of GGBL, Melanie Ramsey, said “Innovation is at the very core of our business. The Ghanaian consumer is evolving, becoming more sophisticated and aspirational yet very much rooted in culture and heritage. “It is in line with this that we forge into a new era with the people of Ashanti Region to launch Ɔdehyeɛ Beer - the first truly local beer that celebrates royalty in an everyday way.The uniqueness ofƆdehyeɛ Beer lies in the car...

Tension heightened at the Kumasi Academy (KUMACA), Tuesday 5th November 2017, in the Ashanti Region, as some parents clashed with the security personnel in charge when they attempted to prevent them from sending their wards home. Scores of parents who have their children at the school stormed the school to forceful take them away after reports of multiple death cases of some of the students. Four of the students were reported to have died mysteriously that morning whiles 27 others were sent to the hospital after they were attacked by strange disease. The parents upon hearing this macabre news besieged the campus  to vigorously demand the release of their wards to them but attempts were made by the security personnel to prevent them from taking the students out of campus. However, the parents who got provoked by the actions of the security men angrily pounced on them, thereby forcing them to open the main gate for them the parents to leave with their children. One of t...

There is currently what could be described as division among members of the Ghana National Association  of Small Scale Miners over a decision to establish a political party by some of the members. The Executives of the Association have snubbed the decision, saying they are not in support of that. A section of the Ghana National Association of small scale miners  (GNASSM)  have declared their resolve to form a political party in the name of the Association to fight for their interest, as they claim the two major Political parties, NPP and NDC have failed to fight on their behalf. Their decision follows refusal by government to lift the ban imposed on their activities, despite several agitations and confrontations with the government. But speaking in an interview with Ekuoba Gyasi on Atinka FM flagship AM drive, the  Director of Operations for the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM), Emmanuel Yirenkyi indicated that (GNASSM...

Sensational Media personnel, Kwabena Asare popularly known in the radio biz as Otwinoko has revealed that he was jinxed by some close friends and colleagues he was working with in the Media fraternity, leading to his illness. The revered host of social program on radio accused his former colleagues at Fox FM and later Nyhira FM of contributing to his health struggles over the years and predicament working as a broadcaster. Otwinoko identified OPD of Multimedia as the main orchestrator who led people to set him up and also practice juju on him. Odiifo Kwabena Asare who is currently suffering from visual imparment in an interview with Collins Amo Poku popularly called Dj Tofiakwa, on a segment in his Agyenkwa Gospel Party called "Fakye" on Sunday, 26th November, 2017, on Kumasi based Agyenkwa FM indicated that those behind his ordeal planned to eliminate him instead but God came to his intervention. "They did not just plan to make me surffer this il...

The president for Ekunafo Mmoa foundation , Mrs. Philomina Antwiwaa has called on the government to set up a legal office of qualified lawyers that will bestow justice for widows who suffer maltreatment from their late husband's relatives. According to her, it is a worry most widows become stranded and helpless, as their late husband's relatives deny them access to their late husband's properties, hence, the need to provide them with free legal experts who will fight for their rights. The widows advocate made this request during the 2017 annual prayer conference of the Ekunafo Mmoa foundation in Kumasi. It was held under the theme: The power of a praying widow/ caring for the widow. Mrs. Philomina stressed that most widows in case of any litigation with their late husband's relatives appear to lose the battle to the family, as they are unable to settle the charges demanded by the lawyers, thereby loosing their properties. "I have chosen to stand for ...

The lone health facility at Komenda - Edina- Abirem Eguafo Municipality in the Central Region is in a deplorable state, posing security threat on the health personnel and patients. The health director at the hospital, Dr. John Ekow Otoo in an interview said the facility has seen no renovation since it was constructed in 1974, as it has developed cracks and leakages on the roof, threatening the lives of the people who patronize the facility. He disclosed to Jerry Asare, a reporter with Atinka FM that the pillars and the ceiling of the facility is wearing out, posing as a death trap to its users. "The facility is like a death trap because every wall here has developed cracks and water leaks through the ceiling which has developed some leakages". According to him, the facility has been earmarked for a hospital due to its location, hence the need for immediate renovation to facilitate good health delivery. He said considering the population of the sub districts of 5...

A deluge has rendered scores of residents homeless at Ohwim and Amanfrom, in the Bantama constituency in the Ashanti Region, following a heavy downpour yesterday, 22nd November, 2017. Properties worth millions of Ghana Cedis were subsequently devastated as a result of the deluge. Some of the affected residents in an interview with the Media said they have been left stranded, as they do not have any other place to lodge. One of them, Opanin Kofi Boateng blamed the situation on a clogged drain in the area which he said got overflowed with water and invaded their homes. "There is a gutter right here which has been blocked with refuse and other materials. The gutter was formally not here but as people began to settle here, it also found it's way here". He noted. He said the water entered their rooms, invading their wardrobes, bags and other storage areas to destroy their belongings. "All our belongings have been destroyed. The water flooded our rooms, our ...

The authorities at Tikrom M/A JHS in the Ejisu Juaben Municipal of Ashanti Region have indicated their resolve to close down the school, following the rampant defecation in the school. Some unscrupulous residents in the Tikrom community have turned the classrooms of the school into a place of convenience, affecting the school's academic activities. The school desks, teachers tables and chairs as well as blackboards are mostly smeared with human excreta. Mr. Agyeman Yeboah, the head teacher of the school in an interview said the situation is dreadfully embarrassing and has affected their academic activities, as the teachers refuse to teach because of the stench that emanates from the school compound. He noted that the perpetrators do have free access into the classrooms, as there are no windows nor doors to close the classrooms after classes hours. "Our classrooms are uncompleted, there are no windows and doors and the people have taken advantage of that situation ...