THERE is a looming clash at Tetegu, a fast developing community in Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra region, Today investigations have revealed. This imminent danger, Today gathered, follows what the elders of Tetegu considered as an “unlawful” sale of plots of lands leased by them to Tare Properties Development Company Limited for development projects. According to them, some … Read more
The police at Nungua, a suburb of Accra have arrested 34 people for allegedly attacking some residents on Thursday following burial preparation for the late priest of the Ga State. Nungua District Police Commander DSP Patience Akwetey told Raymond Acquah on Joy FM’s Top Story programme Friday the men went round to harass some petty … Read more
An Accra High Court (General Jurisdiction Division) has granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the induction of George Tackie Abia aka King Tackie Adama Latse II into the Ga Traditional Council as Ga Mantse. The court, presided over by Justice Kweku T. Ackaah-Boafo, also held that the defendants-the Ga Traditional Council and Nii Dodoo Nsaki II, … Read more
An Accra HIGH Court presided over by His Lordship, Justice Kweku T. Ackaah-Boafo, has stopped the swearing-in of Mr. George Tackie Abia, who is known as Adama Latse, a claimant to the Ga Mantse stool. The judgment, which was delivered on Monday, February 13, 2017, declared the ruling by an Accra High Court presided over by Her … Read more
THE Daily Graphic edition of February 6, 2017 broke the news of another Ga Matnse being installed. According to the Daily Graphic story, kingmakers of Abola Piam We of the Ga state have installed a new Ga Mantse (Accra Chief) in the person of Nii Obli II whose installation happened on Saturday, February 4, 2017. … Read more
Confusion is deepening within the Ga State following this weekend’s installation of Nii Tackie Obli the II as Ga Mantse. The king makers of Abola Piam We of the Ga State in Accra over the weekend installed Nii Tackie Obli (the second) as Ga Mantse, bringing to four the number of claimants to the stool … Read more
DETAILS have now emerged as to the motive behind last week’s Tuesday clash at Ga Mantse Palace in the Greater Accra Region when two claimants to the stool clashed. Three men were reported to have sustained various degrees of injuries with one said to have had his right hand chopped off. And following that unfortunate development … Read more
Land guards numbering about 32 have visited mayhem on the innocent residents at Adjiriganno, a suburb of Accra. The land guards, who were armed to the teeth Today gathered vandalized properties, tormented and obstructed property owners from embarking on any developmental project on their lands during the early hours of their illicit activities in the … Read more
Some residents of Gbese want the Gbese Mantse of the Ga-State, Nii Ayi Bonte II to step down following his promise to abdicate his traditional stool, should the National Democratic Congress(NDC) lose the general elections. There were social media trolling and calls for him to honour his words and step down just as he[Chief] challenged … Read more
The Gonjaland Youth Association in the Northern region has advised the Overlord of the Gonja Traditional Council Yagbonwura Tutumba Bore Essah I and chiefs in the Gonjaland to cancel a meeting to congratulate president elect Nana Addo for victory in the 2016 elections. Instead the association wants the chiefs to commiserate with their kin, the … Read more
Periodically, some traditional council and/or rulers of many areas in Ghana impose bans lasting as long as a month or more, to restrict people living within their jurisdiction from making any form of noise including funerals. Generally, a chief may impose a ban during and including the period leading to the following occasions. 1. The … Read more
The man who touts himself as the chief of Gbese, Nii Ayi Bonte II, yesterday suffered an embarrassing fate when president-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, called on the Ga Traditional Council at Dodowa. Nana Akufo-Addo had gone there to thank the chiefs and the queen mothers for their support during the 2016 electioneering campaign – … Read more
Gbese Mantse and Adonte of the Ga State, Nii Okaija III, has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), John Kudalor, to clamp down on activities of vigilante groups within the various political parties in the country. The Ga chief insisted that the activities of such groupings were illegal; stressing that this is a … Read more
Ganyo’ɛ Gbaa Gã naa. Recent news reports of a group of GaDangmes castigating leader of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akuffo Addo, and a call to vote against the party, appear not to have gone down well with some other GaDangmes. In deed, I bow my head in shame when offensive language is used on … Read more
The Ga Traditional Council has asked government to extend the cut-off date for submission of claims of the proposed Marine Drive Tourism project in Osu to June 2017. In a petition to President John Dramani Mahama, the Traditional Council also requested for increased access to the project and greater transparency in releasing relevant information to … Read more
Acting General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) John Boadu, has predicted that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be voted out by members of the Ga Traditional Council in the December polls due to chieftaincy disputes in the council masterminded by the NDC. According to Mr Boadu, who is also the … Read more
President John Mahama has promised the people of the Greater Accra Region more social and economic infrastructure if he is given a second term in office. The President made the comments in an address to the Ga Traditional Council while on his campaign tour of the region yesterday. He visited the Odododiodoo, Ablekuma West and … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has mocked the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying they are free to steal his ideas as outlined in the manifesto of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Mr Mahama, while addressing chiefs and members of the Ga Traditional Council as well as NDC supporters at the Ga Mantse Palace in Kaneshie … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says Ghana’s economic fortune has taken a nosedive because of policies implemented by the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). Deputy NPP Communication Director, Anthony Karbo, wonders why the country has not been any better in the near eight years of the NDC if the party has good policies. He told … Read more
President John Mahama has challenged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to produce their manifesto and stop accusing him of plagiarizing their ideas. According to the president, he directly participated in the drafting of the NDC 2016 manifesto and can vouch for its originality. “I was directly involved in writing the manifesto for the NDC and … Read more