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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...