The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) is currently in the Ashanti region campaigning ahead of the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections despite the disqualification of its presidential candidate. Presidential candidate Dr. Henry Lartey who is currently in the region, in an interview with rainbowradioonline.com said, he is winning the 2016 presidential election despite his disqualification … Read more
New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says President John Mahama cannot claim credit for all the infrastructural projects being showcased by his government. This, he said, is because funding for some of the projects was secured by the NPP government before the party lost the 2008 elections. “These regional hospitals and district … Read more
New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says President John Mahama cannot claim credit for all the infrastructural projects being showcased by his government. This, he said, is because funding for some of the projects was secured by the NPP government before the party lost the 2008 elections. “These regional hospitals and district … Read more
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr John Kudalor, has assured the public of the commitment of the Police Service to remain impartial in the discharge of its duties towards the successful conduct of the December 7 general election. He, therefore, appealed to the people to cooperate with the police by abiding by electoral laws … Read more
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has responded to the claims by the Chief of Staff, Mr Julius Debrah that drinking the kalyppo fruit juice was not healthy because it contained sugar that causes deadly diseases to humans. He said the comments by Mr Debrah was an … Read more
The Former Minister of Trade and Industry Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanteng has assured that the next New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will drastically reduce import duties on goods and services. This, he believes will promote business growth in Ghana and create friendly business environment. Mr. Kyeremanteng said this whiles addressing NPP supporters at Manhyia south constituency … Read more
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves”. Abraham Lincoln CONCERNED CITIZENS, notably those of Ashanti, and predominantly, those of Kumasi, were getting agitated. The problem was with the election of the Presiding member of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. As if … Read more
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is expected in the Ashanti Region Wednesday to begin a four-day campaign tour. He is due to visit about ten constituencies in the region, including Manhyia North which the spot for some disputes between some NPP executives in the lead up to parliamentary primaries in July … Read more
A swarm of bees have attacked and killed a retired police officer at Abuakwa Manhyia in the Ashanti Region. The retired officer, believed to be in his 80s, was stung to death on Friday. Narrating the incident to Adom News an eye witness said Agya Owusu was resting on a bench in front of his … Read more
Some of the posters with the image of the late President Evans Atta Mills One suspect was arrested and kept in police custody for circulating posters bearing the inscription ‘Who killed Atta Mills?’ in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region. Class FM’s Ashanti Regional correspondent, Hafiz Tijani reported that the Manhyia Divisional Police Command … Read more
Politicians have been sternly warned against recruiting naïve youth in Zongo areas in the country to foment trouble during the December 7 general elections. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia South Constituency in Kumasi, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, who sounded the warning, criticised some politicians who usually instigate Zongo youth to cause commotion during … Read more
After a year of stalemate, members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) have finally elected the chief of Amakom, Nana Adu Mensah Asare, as the new Presiding Member. He won by 100 votes to become the next Presiding Member. TV3’s William Evans-Nkum reports that a total of 123 out of 147 assembly members voted at … 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
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
Matthew Opoku Prempeh has admonished disqualified presidential aspirants to steadily engage the EC in their attempt to be reinstated rather than “picking unnecessary quarrels” with the EC boss. “The media rant and issuing of court threats won’t solve the problem. I think the best way to get the EC to rescind its decision is to … Read more
Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia South, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh says the disqualified flagbearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga lacks the ‘mental capabilities’ to draft a manifesto for elections. According to him, he was surprised to hear that the APC leadership was accusig the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of plagiarism. “Hassan … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as Dr. Napo, has taken a swipe at the General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, describing him as nothing but a comic relief, and a perfect stomach politician. Opoku Prempeh says … Read more
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
Mr Amankwaa who is contesting on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party, was accompanied by hundreds of party supporters and the constituency executives as they chanted “Nana w) kurom” to wit Nana is in town. The party faithful were convinced the unity and purpose exhibited by the supporters and all the executives was a … Read more
The vehicle of the Member of Parliament for Manhyia North in the Ashanti Region, Collins Owusu Amankwah, has been broken into and ransacked by unknown assailants. Confirming the incident to Bright Kwesi Asempa, host of ‘Yen Nsempa’ morning show on Onua FM, the MP said the perpetrators broke into his car parked on his compound … Read more