Bashiru Hayford Applies For AFC Leopards Top Job

Ashanti Gold trainer Bashiru Hayford has reportedly applied for the vacant coaching role at Kenyan Premier League side AFC Leopards. The former Black Princesses Coach is in hunt for the job after the Club opened application for interested Coaches. Hayford is on the verge of leaving Ashanti Gold after failing to guide the Club to … Read more

Michael Osei Wants To Sign Latif Blessing As Soon As Possible

Asante Kotoko boss Michael Osei wants to complete the signing of last season’s goal king winner Latif Blessing as soon as possible. Latif scored 17 goals last season to help Liberty Professionals avoid relegation and in fact without his goals Liberty would have gone down to the division one. “We have a couple of players … Read more

Kumawuhene Barima Sarfo Tweneboa Kodua Explains Himself On Royal TV

On or about Saturday 8 October 2016, the alleged Kumawuhene Barima Sarfo Tweneboa Kodua known in private life as Dr Yaw Sarfo went live on Royal TV to grant an interview. In the interview, he lied about his circumstances and many other issues. For every answer he gave, this puppet calling himself Kumawuhene preceded it … Read more

NPP Highlights Plans For Creative Sector

The opposition NPP, over the weekend, launched its manifesto ahead of the December 2016 elections. The event, which attracted the creme de la creme of the party, was held at the Trade Fair International Center Labadi. Highlife artiste Kwabena Kwabena led a team of stakeholders who have endorsed the NPP’s Flagbarer to the rally. Enewsgh.com … Read more

Kotoko To Start Pre-Season Training On Wednesday For G6 Tournament

Asante Kotoko will start training next Wednesday, 12 October for the 2016/2017 season. The early training is the get the Porcupine Warriors in top shape for the GHALCA G6 tournament next month. ”The competition starts on November 5,’’ the club’s Communications Manager Kwaku Ahenkorah told Asantekotokosc.com. ”Once we are participating, it’s important we return to … Read more

EC Admonishes Journalists To Avoid Misinformation of the Public

The Ashanti Regional Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Mr. Serebour Quaicoo has reiterated the need for journalists to understand the electoral process to avoid misinforming the public which could subsequently lead to chaos. Speaking at the launch of Penplusbytes and EIB Network “Voter’s count, Amplifying voices through new digital platforms” project in Kumasi, … Read more

NDC’s 1m Votes Target In Ashanti Is A Joke

The First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti region, Frederick Freduah Antoh has described the leadership of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) as day dreamers over the 1 million votes target in this year’s election. The NDC has targeted 1 million votes in the Ashanti region. The party says … Read more

240 File Nomination To Contest Polls In Ashanti

A total of 240 candidates have filed their nomination to contest the 47 parliamentary seats in the Ashanti Region in the December 07 polls. Mr. Serebour Quaicoe, the Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), who announced this said 35 of them were females and the remaining 205, males. He indicated that 19 people were … Read more

Election 2016: Ghana Police Neutral

The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Kofi Boakye, has reiterated no security agency can win this year’s elections for any political party, calling on citizens to avoid politicising crime. Speaking at the launch of Penplusbytes and EIB Network “Voter’s Count, Amplifying voices through new digital platforms” project in Kumasi, he said: “We are neutral as … Read more

Veep’s Speech; Is NPP Running From Its Ugly Shadow In Ashanti?

Veep’s speech; Is NPP running from its ugly shadow in Ashanti? By Maxwell Okamafo Addo Contrary to what his accusers and opponents are alleging, the Vice President never used the word ‘rig’ during his speech in Asawase. It however not surprising to hear them go on that tangent, since as the saying goes, ‘you give … Read more

Rev Osei Kofi Blames Hearts and Kotoko For ‘premier League Decline’

Ghana legend Rev. Osei Kofi believes standards in the Premier League have dropped and he blames giants Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko for that. His argument is that the two giants have failed to produce players for the senior national team. ”I blame Kotoko and Hearts for the state of our league, when you … Read more

Kumawood Actress Baby Father Missing At Christening

The question about who fathers the baby of actress Bridget Serwaa has been a hullabaloo in town ever since the news broke out that the actress has outdoored her baby at a secret place in Kumasi. According to seancitygh.com sources, the father of the child was not in attendance during the program and as well … Read more

Ashanti NDC Cancels Campaign For NPP Manifesto Launch

The Ashanti Regional Executives of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) have cancelled the launch of its regional campaign task force to prosecute the “Agenda One Million Votes in the Ashanti” slated for the weekend to next week. The launch which was slated for Saturday October 8, at the Kumasi Jubilee Park in the Ashanti … Read more

90% Votes In Ashanti Region ‘non-Negotiable’ – Wontumi

Nana Akufo-Addo will win at least 90 per cent of votes to be cast in the Ashanti Region in the 7 December polls, regional chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Bernard Antwi Boasiako has said. The NPP’s share of votes in the region, the party’s stronghold since Ghana’s return to multi-party democracy … Read more

Creation; Connecting Akan Cosmology, Bible And Geology

When society invest in educating a kin, the kin was not privileged to look down on the society but to revamp and uplift the societal practices for techno-socio-economic liberation. According to Akan Cosmology, Adanse in present day Ghana, is the place Odomankoma/Borebore (God) started creation of the world. This story sounded weird and I debunked … Read more

Kotoko Express On the Verge of Collapse

Kumasi Asante Kotoko’s official mouthpiece, the ‘Kotoko Express’ is once again on the verge of suspending operations due to its huge debt to Graphics Communication. Associate Editor for the outfit, Jerome Otchere has revealed to Kapital News, “the paper will not be returning to the newsstands until the team returns from their break and until … Read more

Over 80,000 Youth To Be Trained In Cocoa Farming

More than 80,000 young people are to benefit from a training programme to prepare them to venture into cocoa cultivation. Dubbed: “Ma so”, which literally means ‘lift it’, the five-year programme is aimed at ensuring that the youth, aged between 18 and 25, become productive by earning decent incomes from farming. The programme, which was … Read more

BNI Taking Ghana Back – Akomea

The conduct of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) lately has taken Ghana back as far as the country’s human rights record is concerned, Nana Akomea, Director of Communication of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said. His comment follows BNI’s arrest and detention of Ghanaian-Lebanese author Fadi Daboussi for two days for asking in … Read more

Hawkers Turn Kumasi Railways Bridge Into Shopping Mall

A footbridge linking the Kumasi Central Market to Adum and other parts of the central business district risk collapse if immediate action is not taken by city authorities to clear hawkers off the facility. The Kumasi railways footbridge, which was inaugurated in October 2013 to ease movement of pedestrians across the railway lines between Adum … Read more

Hawkers Turn Kumasi Railways Bridge Into Shopping Mall; Pedestrian Jostle For Space

A footbridge linking the Kumasi Central Market to Adum and other parts of the central business district risk collapse if immediate action is not taken by city authorities to clear hawkers off the facility. The Kumasi railways footbridge, which was inaugurated in October 2013 to ease movement of pedestrians across the railway lines between Adum … Read more