The Manhyia Palace says the burial and final funeral rites of the late Asante queen mother would take place from January 16 -19. A statement signed by Kofi Badu, Chief of Staff of Manhyia Palace Tuesday said, the late Asantehemaa will be laid in state at her Palace from midnight on Monday, 16 till the … Read more
President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the vice president-elect, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, have signed the book of condolence opened for the late Asantehemaa at the Manhyia Palace. This was when they visited Kumasi on Wednesday to take part in an Awukudae Festival, which was held at the Manhyia Palace. The late Asante queen mother, Nana … Read more
It has emerged that President John Mahama and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo met and had fruitful mutual discussions before the December 7 polls and after the elections to smoothen some rough edges. The secret and reportedly important meeting was said to have been held at the instance of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II a … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Organizer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Amoah, has assured the region of the party’s commitment to fulfill all the promises they made to Ghanaians. There are high expectations of the incoming government after Nana Akufo-Addo was declared winner of the just ended presidential polls. After his visit to meet with … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Organizer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Amoah, has assured the region of the party’s commitment to fulfill all the promises they made to Ghanaians. There are high expectations of the incoming government after Nana Akufo-Addo was declared winner of the just ended presidential polls. After his visit to meet with the … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Organizer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Amoah, has assured the region of the party’s commitment to fulfill all the promises they made to Ghanaians. There are high expectations of the incoming government after Nana Akufo-Addo was declared winner of the just ended presidential polls. After his visit to meet with the … Read more
The Ashanti regional organizer for the New Patriotic Party, Stephen Amoah has assured the region of the party’s commitment to fulfill all the promises he made to Ghanaians. There are high expectations about the incoming government after Nana Akufo-Addo was declared winner of the just ended presidential polls. After his visit to meet with the … Read more
The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated his resolve to meet the expectations of the people by working hard to turn the fortunes of the country around for the better. He expressed his determination to honour the promises made to the people of Ghana during the electioneering to bring about progress and prosperity for … Read more
President-elect, Nana Akufo Addo, has reaffirmed his resolve to fulfill promises he made to Ghanaians prior to his election to the highest position in the country. Addressing Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asanteman Council, and supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi on Wednesday, Nana Akufo-Addo called for support in … Read more
Traders in the capital city of Ashanti Region, Kumasi, yesterday made huge sales from their wares when the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, paid a courtesy call on the occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo, Osei Tutu II, at Manhyia Palace. The call on Otumfuo, which was to thank him and Asanteman Council, was Akufo-Addo’s … Read more
President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II as well as people in the Ashanti Region to give him the needed support to enable him execute campaign promises he made to Ghanaians for the development of the country. Nana Akufo-Addo also reaffirmed his commitment to fulfill his promises when … Read more
The presidential nominee of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has bemoaned the weak economy which is not generating the investments to bring about jobs assuring to revive the sector when voted into power at the December 7 polls. ‘There are no jobs because the Ghanaian economy is weak and is … Read more
About 300 members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) including five former assembly members in the Ashanti Region have defected to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). Addressing a press conference in Kumasi, spokesperson for the group and former assembly member of Bomso Electoral Area, Henry Osei Akoto, cited poor leadership within the NPP as … Read more
The Ashanti Youth Association (AYA) has condemned what it describes as gross disrespect shown to the Manhyia Palace and the President during the one-week observation of the late Asantehemaa. Asanteman was in grief over for the death of the Queen mother of the Ashanti stool Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa, Ampem II, the mother of Asantehene … Read more
Over three hundred known NPP Assembly Members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly(KMA) say they have defected to the NDC. Their main reason for leaving the NPP they say is the inability of the flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo to unite members of the party. “Ever since he assumed the leadership reigns of the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo has … Read more
They say kings and queens ‘Don’t Die’ they travel –that’s a belief shared by Akans in Ghana. Where do they go then? Gordon Offin –Amaniampong examines My first visit to the Manhyia Palace (the official seat of Asantehene) in 1983 never was. I felt disappointed. Bolga Naba III Martin Adongo Abilba, who ruled from the … Read more
Folks, those of us who have persistently condemned the kind of “masochistic” politics that Akufo-Addo is leading the NPP to do toward Election 2016 won’t stop saying that the NPP’s rogue politics constitutes the danger that will not give Ghana the peace that it needs to develop. We have said a lot already to make … Read more
Former President Jerry John Rawlings was the toast of thousands of mourners who stormed the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi on Thursday to mark the one-week celebration of Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II. Ex-President Rawlings was accompanied to the venue by his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings. The former Ghana leader arrived at the funeral … Read more
There have been reports that a seeming chaos broke out at the Manhyia Palace between President Mahama’s security detail and some NPP mourners, at the one-week celebration of the death of the queen-mother of the Ashanti Kingdom, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II. A massive crowd thronged the Manhiya palace to mark the one-week celebration, of the queen … Read more
Irate supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) nearly manhandled a known supporter of President Mahama in Kumasi, who allegedly pulled a gun on them for shouting ‘change’ in Kumasi yesterday. Donkor Fuseini, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere Afram Plains, who sensed danger, quickly fled from the bloodthirsty NPP supporters who had surrounded … Read more