The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has scaled up the effort to galvanize people to go out to vote in the coming general election as it takes the voter education campaign to institutions training people with physical disabilities. Mr. Raphael Wilson Arthur, its Deputy Ashanti Regional Director, said the Commission was determined to go … Read more
A 24-year old girl in Abuakwa Abaase in the Nwabiagya South District of the Ashanti Region, Sarah Hammond, has gone blind for the past 10 days after being sprayed with a substance suspected to be pepper into her eyes. The dastardly, act which happened on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 was alleged to have been carried … Read more
Kumasi Asante Kotoko stylish defender, Richard Osei Agyemang has indicated he is unaware that the club has transfer-listed him. Osei Agyemang was one of the stand-out performers of the club last season, but reports circulating this morning claimed that he is one of the seven players the club have put on transfer as they eager … Read more
Former Head Coach of Accra Great Olympics, David Duncan was underwhelmed that he was voted as the worst coach of the season in the Happy FM’s Golden Bin Awards. David Duncan was the head coach of Asante Kotoko at the start of last season, but after a string of bad results in the first six … Read more
Ex Kotoko star Sarfo Gyamfi has disclosed how the General Manager of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Opoku Nti used MTN recharge cards to propagate his course. The Former Asante Kotoko footballer confessed in a live radio interview how the he was approached by the General manager of Kotoko to use his influence in bringing a presupposed … Read more
Inflation rate for the month of September hit 17.2 per cent compared to the 16.9 per cent recorded in August 2016. This represents a 0.3 per cent increase from the previous one in August. However, the monthly change rate between August and September was 0.2 per cent, a reduction from the -0.6 per cent recorded … Read more
Veteran Asante Kotoko midfielder Stephen Oduro has described the club as a colts club insisting it is sinking gradually. The hugely respected cult figure, who has spent more than a decade at the Kumasi-based club, has lambasted the leadership style of the club and has lambasted the head coach for his technical bankruptcy. Oduro is … Read more
Asante Kotoko have rescheduled their pre-season to 24 October after a management and technical team review. The Porcupines Warriors had announced to start training yesterday (Wednesday), 12 October to prepare for next month’s G-6 tournament. But the club have announced a change in plans. “They are now coming back to training on October 24, 2016,” … Read more
The Deputy Ashanti Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Lawrence Sarpong has denied the disqualification of 24 MP aspirants in the Ashanti Region. In an exclusive interview with Ultimate FM’s Fremah Boakye, Mr. Sarpong said he is not aware where the information is emanating from insisting no such report has been brought to his … Read more
Mr. Kojo Bonsu, former Chief Executive Officer of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), has stated that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) holds the keys to the development of Kumasi and the region as a whole. According to the former KMA boss, infrastructural development of the NDC government, under the leadership of President John Dramani … Read more
Assembly members at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly are expected to allow for a compromised candidate nominated by the Kumasi Traditional Council to be voted as Presiding member today. The candidate, Nana Adu Mensah Asare, will be interviewed and decided on by the assembly members later today. Today’s vote will be the seventh time the Kumasi … Read more
The Ashanti regional supporters chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko circles’s Obeng Sekyere has stated fans of the club will be shocked if the existing BoD and management of Kotoko is made to continue in office by the Club owner Otumfuo Osei Tutu ||. Obeng averred on Kumasi based Kessben FM that, under the Paul Adu … Read more
The National Democratic Congress says it is confident of annexing the two parliamentary seats for Obuasi because its candidates for the December polls are credible. Ashanti Regional Minister, John Alexander Ackon, and Municipal Chief Executive, Richard Ofori Boadi, first have to deal with concerns about revival of the Obuasi Mine. The two seats are currently … Read more
It appears the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is invigorated in its quest to make giant in-roads into the Ashanti region which has been a traditional stronghold of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). The party has revised its target of ten constituency seats to thirteen with its 1 million votes agenda for the presidential elections … Read more
Kapital Radio’s source close to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly has revealed that the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has decided to intervene in the protracted KMA impasse to get Kumasi a Presiding Member to enable the Garden City fully function. The source says all assemblymen of Kumasi met the King and Kumasi Traditional Council at … Read more
Ex-Kotoko coach Ralf Zumdick has ruled out a return to the club he managed 13-years ago. The German tactician has been strongly linked with a return to Kumasi since he arrived in the country. It’s unclear what his mission in the West African country is but that fueled speculation that he could stage a return … Read more
Kojo Bonsu, the immediate past Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), performed abysmally in office, hence his premature exit from office, Abraham Boadi, popularly known as Opooman, the Assembly Member of Nhyiaeso, has said. He said the only project Mr Bonsu embarked on to develop Kumasi was the Rattray Park. The park was … Read more
The way is clear now for the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly to end the Presiding Member election stalemate as two rival contenders step down. Abraham Boadi and Michael Adusei, assembly members for Ridge-Nhyiaeso and Dadiesoaba respectively who were deadlocked in the last round of voting have pulled out after meetings with the Kumasi Traditional Council (KTC). … Read more
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
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