According to the him, lorry terminals in the Kejetia project was only allocated for loading and offloading of passengers, adding that, it will only accommodate about 180 cars. The consultant to the Contracta Engenheria Ltda, Mr Emmanuel Danso said this when the Ashanti regional Minister, Hon. Simon Osei Mensah toured the project site on Wednesday, … Read more
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has ordered traders and hawkers off the pavements at Kejetia A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Assembly, Mr. Godwin Okumah Nyame asked that they relocated to the Kumasi Zoo main gate. This has become necessary to pave way for work to commence on the construction of … Read more
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly has denied claims that it has started a decongestion exercise in the city’s central business district. Petty traders along the pavement from the Children Hospital to the Kejetia Central Market have been relocated to the Race Course to pave the way for the reconstruction of the roads from the Komfo Anokye … Read more
The cause of Alex Amoako’s death is still unknown The News Editor of Kumasi-based Ashh Fm operated by Kencity Media Alex Amoako is dead. News of his death went viral on social media before his family confirmed it in mainstream media compelling managers of the station to begin soft programming in his honour. Until his … Read more
Fire has gutted the Kumasi Central market in the Ashanti region with several shops and goods worth thousands of Ghana cedis destroyed, Reports indicate that the fire destroyed over 15 other shops before it was put out by the personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service. According to reports, several shoppers and traders who were … Read more
Fire has gutted several stores and a truck at Roman Hill, close to the Kumasi Central Market in the Ashanti Region. According to Citi News’ Lauretta Timah, items worth hundreds of thousands of cedis have been destroyed in the outbreak. The cause of the fire is not immediately known, as fire officers are currently at … Read more
The fire has destroyed several properties A fire outbreak at the Kumasi Central Market Monday afternoon has destroyed shops, stalls and goods worth several thousands of Ghana cedis. According to Graphic Online’s Kumasi reporter, Joseph Kyei-Boateng, personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service are at the scene fighting the fire. Below are some photos from … Read more
Reports indicate that the fire is fast spreading to other shops The Kumasi Central market in the Ashanti region is on fire, Starrfmonline.com has gathered. The cause of the fire is not yet known but reports indicate that the fire is fast spreading to other shops. According to reports, several shoppers and traders are trapped … Read more
A former presidential staffer, Dr. Clement Apaak has described the raid at a Court in Kumasi by members of the vigilante group, Delta Force as an indictment on the democratic credentials of President Akufo-Addo. The invasion of the court presided by Mary Nsenkyire Thursday came barely a week after the president pledged to crack down … Read more
President Akufo-Addo is storming the Ashanti region this weekend in a “thank you visit” to the ruling party’s political stronghold. The President has made a number of visits to the region, but this is the biggest encounter with the electorates who contributed immensely to his victory in election 2016. Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to arrive … Read more
The swift intervention by the officers of the Ghana National Fire Service prevented what could have been yet another fire disaster at the Kumasi Central Market. Four shops had been destroyed in suspected arson attempt early Tuesday by the time fire personnel managed to quench the fire. A plastic fuel container a box of matches, … Read more
Police in the Ashanti Region capital, Kumasi, have arrested 24 men suspected to be involved in the stripping and beating of a lady accused of theft at Adum, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. This is after the woman made a report about the assault to the police. The 24 suspects are currently in the custody … Read more
Following the Valentine’s Day assault on an alleged female thief at Kejetia, police in the Ashanti regional capital have rounded up 20 persons for questioning, Adehye FM’s Elisha Adarkwa has reported. According to him, the suspects were picked up on Tuesday February 21 at the Danyame lorry station in the central business district of Adum … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Fire Officer, Semekor Fiadzo, has called for the building of more fire stations in Kumasi by city authorities. This he said was necessary for the swift response to fire emergencies in order to shorten the time firefighters take to arrive at the scene of an outbreak. There are six fire stations in … Read more
The capital of the Ashanti region, Kumasi, is virtually ‘dead’ over the directive banning almost all business activities in the city. Checks by Citi Business News indicate that traders in major suburbs in the region are complying with the directive. The move also follows the conclusion of the burial rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana … Read more
Heaps of uncollected solid waste within the central business district of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have triggered fears of a possible cholera outbreak in the area if immediate action is not taken. Though city authorities have expressed commitment to rid the Kumasi metropolis of filth, pockets of refuse remain uncollected for days in parts … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama as part of his campaign tour of the Ashanti region will on Tuesday November 8, 2016 inaugurate Phase1 of the Kejetia New Market. The Kejetia new market which is not yet to be fully completed will be inaugurated by the President to allow portions of it to be used whiles work … Read more
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) was unable to elect a Presiding Member today [Tuesday] following the two aspirants’ inability to garner the required votes needed to take up the position. Citi News’ Ashanti Regional correspondent, Lauretta Timah reported that none of the aspirants could garner two -thirds (98) votes of the house to be elected. … Read more
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) will today [Tuesday] hold elections to elect a presiding member after nine failed attempts. The Assembly has been without a Metropolitan Chief Executive and Presiding Member for several months and efforts to elect a new one have on several occasions ended in a deadlock. According to Citi News’ Lauretta Timah, … Read more