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  • KNUST student, police officer accused of gang raping girl granted bail

    The High Court sitting in Kumasi has granted bail to an interdicted police officer and a final year student of KNUST, standing trial for allegedly gang-raping a first-year student.

    The two have been granted bail in the sum of GH¢80,000 each with two sureties; a relative and a government worker not earning less than a net salary of GH¢1,000 a month.

    They were remanded after appearing before the Asokore Mampong District Court in July.

    Since the Asokore Mampong District Court lacks jurisdiction in granting bail on the matter, the lawyers for the two accused persons applied for bail at the High Court and has been granted.

    The substantive matter which is being heard at the Asokore Mampong District Court has been adjourned to 19th September 2022.

    Source: Citi News

  • CSIR-CRI appeals for funding for studies into snake tomato breeding

    The Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has called on the government and other private organisations to come to their aid with financial support to aid them conduct further studies into prospects of the snake tomato plant in Ghana.

    The snake tomato plant (Trichosanthes cucumerina) is a gourd vegetable that grows in tropical regions, and it is used for culinary and medicinal purposes.

    It is a member of the cucumber family and is called by many names in different parts of the world.

    The snake tomato is packed with phytonutrients.

    Dr. Michael Kwabena Osei, a Senior Research Scientist and a Vegetable Breeder at the CRI, speaking with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) after a field inspection of the trial plot at Kwadaso near Kumasi, underscored the need for agencies and the government to support the research into the plant.

    He explained that Ghana could consume the vegetable as a substitute for the traditional tomato, adding that it had almost the same constituents as tomato.

    “If we should wake up one day and find out that the tomatoes in the country are not able to survive, and we do not have other substitutes, it is going to be a problem.

    “That is why as a Research Institute we go ahead and research and diversify the crops we research on,” he told the GNA.

    The Research Scientist said in the last two years the Institute obtained one line from Amanchia in the Ashanti Region to commence the study.

    It later sought 30 different lines from the World Vegetable Center and now characterizing them to see which ones could be evaluated, going forward.

    This crop, According to Dr. Osei, did not require too much attention as given to tomato, however it took up to four weeks to get matured (from planting to maturity), thrived under sunshine and required little water to produce more.

    Other characteristics are that it can either be harvested in the green stage or ripened stage.

    In terms of the nutritional and medicinal values, the snake tomato is low in calories, high fiber content, contains vitamins A, B and C, laxative properties, lower blood cholesterol, aid digestion as well as treating constipation.

    Dr Osei indicated that in countries like Nigeria, it was mostly used in preparing stews and soups, whereas in Ghana here, the underutilized crop is being patronized by foreigners on the open markets at higher prices.

    He submitted that when the needed funding was made available, it would enable the CSIR-CRI to extend the research to the different agro-ecological zones to determine how the crop performs in other parts of the country.

    Currently, studies are underway to assess poisonous substances, check biochemical, brix, and other fruit qualities.

    The results will inform research scientists during release and make the necessary data available to plant growers.

  • Police on manhunt for Odikes attackers

    The Ashanti regional Police Command is on a manhunt for persons who attacked the office the founder of the United Progressive Party, Akwasi Addai also known as Odike.

    Some unidentified men on Monday, August 22, 2022, attacked Odike, and vandalised his regional party office at Pataase, in Kumasi.

    Glass doors, vehicles, a TV, and chairs were damaged at Odike’s office, according to the Regional Command that sent officers to the area after the incident.

     

    They did not only fire gunshots indiscriminately into the office but also at two cars parked in front of the office.

    The well-built men numbering about three, who stormed the office with a taxi cab, also smashed the windscreen of one of the cars in front of the office.

    One of the party members, who was in a meeting with Odike at the time of the attack, also sustained bruises on his face from the gunmen’s brutality.

    The culprits drove off after they demanded the whereabouts of Odike but could not find him.

  • Set up bi-partisan committee to probe Islamic SHS incident Defence & Interior Committee

    The Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament has recommended the setting up of a bi-partisan committee to probe the circumstances that led to the clash between the Police and students at the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi.

    The committee as part of its report from the fact-finding mission to the school on the matter also recommends the sanctioning of the Ashanti Regional Director of Urban Roads for failing to take action about the root cause of the riots in the school.

    The chairman of the Committee, Kennedy Agyepong, presented the report to the house on the floor.

    “The committee requests the Ministry of Roads and Highways as a matter of urgency to provide a pedestrian crossing and speed rams.”

    “The committee recommends that Parliament should set up a bi-partisan committee to further investigate the matter. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning is also expected to release the approved budget to the Minister of Interior for the procurement of the necessary tools.”

    About 30 students of the school were rushed to the hospital after police allegedly opened tear gas on them while they were demonstrating over frequent knockdowns in front of the school weeks ago.

    The students of the school were said to have blocked the road in front of their school in the course of their protest, prompting authorities to invite the police.

    The police were accused of using excessive force to disperse the demonstrating students from the streets.

    Three senior officers were subsequently interdicted by the IGP over the incident.

    Source: Citi News

  • Kumasi International Airport ready in August

    Barring any unforeseen delay, the Kumasi International Airport could start operating international flights from August this year, two clear months ahead of the expected time of completion.

    In December last year, the contractors working on the airport expansion project, Contracta Construction UK Ltd, told the Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) that the project would be completed in October 2022.

    However, during a tour of the project by the REGSEC last Tuesday, the Project Manager, Alan Frazeto, told the members that “by September, Kumasi will have an airport that meets international aviation standards and could be ready to start operating international flights”.

    This follows the steady progress of work done on the expansion project which started in 2018.

    So far, the construction of the terminal, as well as the installation of escalators, the baggage carousel, check-in points and passenger boarding bridges has been completed.

    While the total work done in both phases two and three of the project is estimated to be about 82 per cent complete, that of the terminal is about 98 per cent complete.

    Tour

    Members of the REGSEC have been visiting all the important project sites in the region on a quarterly basis to appraise themselves of progress of work.

    In the first quarter of this year, the team visited all the projects being executed by Contracta in the region, except the phase two of the Redevelopment of the Kejetia Market and the Baby and Maternity Block of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

    Simulation

    When the Daily Graphic visited the airport project site last Tuesday, it observed that the contractor was undertaking simulation exercises to test the readiness of installed equipment for a smooth take-off later in the year

    The luggage carousel for both domestic and international flights was being fixed and the check-in conveyors tested.

    Work was progressing steadily on the new control tower and the utility block that would house the standby generator, fire tenders and other emergency facilities.

    Mr Frazeto, who conducted the Daily Graphic around the project, said there had been no major hitch, a situation that had enabled work to progress ahead of the scheduled time of completion, “and barring any unforeseen challenge, the rest of the work currently ongoing should be completed and tested before September”.

    Satisfaction

    The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, who led the REGSEC team, expressed satisfaction with progress of work and the fact that they might even complete the project before schedule.

     

    He said he was impressed by the level of improvement from what the team had seen in December when it visited the project.

    “As they promised, it means we are even going get the project completed earlier than they said. Previously, when we came here with the President, they assured us that by October 2022, we would start receiving international flights.

    “Today, we have been informed that by August, we can open up to international travels, which means that they have been able to move faster, and that is excellent and commendable,” he said.

    According to Mr Osei-Mensah, almost all the basic facilities required for international flights were available at the airport, saying: “Of the greatest importance to me is that it will have the best scanner, which can even allow flights from here to move directly to the US, something which has been the most difficult eligibility criteria in terms of aviation.”

    Project

    The expansion work at the Kumasi International Airport is a €124.9-million project being undertaken by Contracta Construction UK Ltd.

    The scope of work includes the extension of the existing runway pavement from 1,981 metres to 2,320 metres, the construction of a new taxi link and apron, two new apron parking stands and an aeronautical ground lighting system.

    Others include the design and building of a terminal with the capacity to handle 800,000 passengers per annum, an 11MW substation, as well as the provision of new bulk utility services, independent of the existing utility services for the airport.

    Phase three of the project involves the construction of the air traffic control building and a fire station, as well as the expansion of the existing runway pavement.

    Source:  graphic.com.gh 

  • Fire outbreaks in Kumasi leave variety of property destroyed

    A variety of property estimated at several thousands of Ghana Cedis have been lost as fire gutted some satellite markets in Kumasi on Sunday.

    The unfortunate incidents, which occurred at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Alabar, had left traders dejected and counting the cost of the losses.

    In the first incident, some section of a privately-owned mini-market, consisting of 10 metal containers and located behind the Republic Hall of the University, got burnt leaving in its wake the destruction to varieties of merchandise.

    A statement issued by the University Relations Office, signed by Dr. Daniel Norris Bekoe, the Officer-in-charge, and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), indicated that the incident occurred at about 1:30 am.

    It said a fire tender stationed on the campus of the University was immediately dispatched to manage the situation, while the authorities evacuated to safety those students who were close to the fire scene.

    “Management wishes to place on record that the Republic Hall was not affected by the fire.

    “Again, Management wants to state that no student or item belonging to any student was affected by the fire,” the statement emphasized.

    It entreated the general public to disregard the misinformation on social media purporting the death of 17 persons, including a porter at the Hall due to the incident.

    The statement said the campus of the University was calm as students went about their routine activities peacefully.

    Meanwhile, when the GNA visited Alabar, the scene of the second incident, some traders were still searching through the rubbles from the fire outbreak to salvage the few undestroyed items left behind.

    “I am lost for words. Only God knows the future,” Alhaji Habib Mohammed, one of the affected traders, lamented in an interview.

    The fire, according to the Ghana National Fire Service, was detected in the early hours of Sunday, destroying everything within its reach for several hours before it was brought under control.

    The intensity of the razing fire was said to have collapsed a section of the storey building housing some units of stores, though there were no casualties.

    Source: GNA

  • 3 perish in freak road accident in Kumasi

    Three people have died in a freak road accident at Anloga Junction, a suburb of Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, reports say.

    A motorised tricycle, with three occupants, burst into flames after colliding with a trailer killing all the occupants of the motorised tricycle.

    According to Citi News, an eyewitness said the loaded trailer bumped into the motorised tricycle because its breaks had failed.

    The motorised tricycle, according to the eyewitness, burst into flames shortly after it was dragged on the road by the trailer.

    “We were standing around the junction when we noticed two people who got down from a bus and entered into the tricycle. The tricycle driver used a one-way road and crashed into a trailer that was coming in the opposite direction with a failed brake. The trailer dragged the tricycle close to where I stood and upon reaching there, the tricycle got engulfed in flames.

    “When the trailer driver realised the tricycle was in flames he reversed the car and got down with his mate. The car has now been towed from the scene and the burnt bodies have also been handed to an ambulance by the police.

    The fire service car arrived after the bodies had been burnt beyond recognition,” Citi News quoted the eyewitness in a report on Thursday, November 5, 2020.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Tension in Kumasi as military, police storm Central Mosque

    Tension is mounting at the Ashanti Regional Central Mosque, after armed police and military personnel are deployed there to maintain law and order.

    It follows a misunderstanding between some Muslims Youth and Ashanti Regional Chief Imam Sheikh Abdul Mumin Harun.

    Personnel of Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Police Service were at the Kumasi Central Mosque to protect the Regional Chief Imam and ensure peace.

    Some aggrieved Muslim youth threatened to force the Chief Imam, Sheikh Abdul Mumin Harun, to resign over his alleged political pronouncements.

    The aggrieved youth have accused the Imam of been bias against the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama.

    Muslims were having Jumma (Friday prayers) at the Central Mosque in the Ashanti Region when the security officers stormed the place.

    The Executive Secretary of Office of Regional Chief Imam, Ustaz Ahmed Seidu speaking in an interview stated that youth had planned to cause mayhem at the place of worship.

    According to him “the military and the police are not at the Central Mosque to intimidate anyone but those who will make an attempt to cause confusion will not find it easy.”

    “If anyone dare messes up with the peace we are enjoying at the Kumasi Central Mosque , believe you me , that person will regret it. The police and the military will deal drastically with that person,” he added.

    Source: angelonline.com.gh

  • Kumasi to get theatre – Tourism Ministry, Chinese company sign MoU

    The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China Bengbu International Technology and Economic Cooperation Limited (CBITEC), a technical conglomerate that specialises in international design, construction, and management of projects, for the construction of a modern theatre in Kumasi.

    The MoU was signed in Kumasi on Saturday, September 5, 2020.

    The sector Minister, Mrs. Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, signed for the ministry, while Mr. Li Zhongchun, the business executive of CBITEC, signed for the company, with the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) for Kumasi, Mr. Osei Assibey Antwi, serving as witness.

    Designed for large conferences, drama and music performances, and modern dance, the theatre will seat 2,000 people in the main auditorium and also contain a 600-capacity hall for conferences and meetings.

    The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has provided a parcel of land for the project.

    Significance

    Mrs. Oteng-Gyasi said the theatre, when completed, would not only add to the beauty of the architectural skyline in Kumasi but also inject new energy into the arts and culture space in the metropolis.

    She said it would also increase business and events in tourism, create jobs, as well as have a spillover effect on the ancillary arts and culture sector in the region.

    She said the project was expected to commence next year, after preparation works had been done.

    Rankings

    According to her, the 2020 Global Peace Index Report ranked Ghana as the most peaceful country in West Africa and the third most peaceful on the continent, adding: “This enviable position has great marketing potential for the creative arts sector.”

    Mrs. Oteng-Gyasi said a thriving creative arts industry in Africa could trigger the potential growth of players in the sector, such as artists, entrepreneurs, distributors, and support services for accelerated growth.

    She said the government was exploring comparative advantages and potential in the various regions to see how culture and arts could drive the local economy for development.

    For instance, she mentioned the Kente weaving industry in Bonwire, Ntonso, and Adanwomase as places that could be offered the necessary support for job creation, adding that the sod would soon be cut for expansion works in those areas.

    Commendation

    The minister commended the Kumawood movie industry for its contribution to the film industry, which she said was also a tool that could be harnessed to revolutionise the creative arts and culture industry.

    She said the Creative Arts Bill, when passed into law, would also help put the Ghana movie industry on the global map like Nollywood, Bollywood, and Hollywood.

    Appreciation

    Mr. Osei Assibey expressed appreciation to the Asantehene for providing land for the project.

    He also thanked the ministry for selecting Kumasi for the project and gave an assurance that the KMA would offer the necessary support for the execution of the project.

    He said plans were underway for the construction of a cultural museum in Kumasi by the assembly, saying the architectural designs and a concept paper had already been prepared.

    The Apagyahene of Kumasi, Nana Owusu Afiyie IV, who represented the Asantehene, also lauded the government for the decision to construct a theatre in Kumasi.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Notorious taxi cab snatcher busted in Kumasi

    The Suntreso District Police Command has arrested 37-year-old suspected car snatcher Alex Owusu for his involvement in the stealing of a number of taxi cabs in the Kumasi metropolis.

    The suspect was arrested on Tuesday, August 19, 2020 after he attempted to snatch a taxi from the owner.

    The Ashanti Regional Police PRO, ASP Godwin Ahianyo addressing the media said the suspect usually hires the taxis from places like Obuasi, Tarkwa, Nkawkwa and its environs under the pretense of coming for excavator parts from Kumasi-Suame Magazine or his sick mother in Kumasi.

    According to ASP Godwin Ahianyo, “On arrival in Kumasi, the suspect will convince the taxi cab driver to have the car wash at a washing bay and persuade the driver to leave the car with the bay attendant and accompany him to Suame Magazine to buy the supposed excavator parts”.

    He narrated, “While there, the suspect will take leave of the victim and convince the victim that he is going to take money from the bank to buy the excavator parts. The suspect will then return to the washing bay and take the keys from the bay attendant and drive the car away”.

    ASP Godwin Ahianyo said the Ashanti Regional Police Command has received several complaints from the victims, noting that with the assistance of Kosoa District Police Command, the police was able to apprehend the suspect.

    The suspect led the police to retrieve eight taxi cabs which are currently in the custody of Suntreso District Police Command.

    The suspect, Alex Owusu is currently in police custody assisting the police in their investigations.

    Meanwhile, ASP Godwin Ahianyo has admonished commercial drivers especially taxi drivers to be more vigilant.

    Source: angelonline.com.gh

  • Food prices in Kumasi remain generally stable

    Food prices in the major and satellite markets in the Kumasi Metropolis, have generally remained stable over the past few weeks, despite the recent increases in lorry fares across the country.

    A market survey conducted by the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi has indicated that prices of most vegetables and foodstuffs, which are in abundance in the markets, have remained the same for some time now, and in some markets, even cheaper.

    At the Bantama, Asafo and Abinkyi markets, where a team of GNA reporters visited on Monday and Tuesday this week, a bunch of medium-sized plantain, which is now scarce in the markets, ranges from GH¢15.00 to GH¢25.00.

    Four medium sizes of fresh yam (Pona) is selling at GH¢10.00. However, prices of mini bags of other root and tuber crops such as cassava and cocoyam, have gone up slightly, ranging from GH¢96.00 to GH¢100.00.

    Madam Abenaa Antwiwaa, who sells cocoyam and cassava at the Bantama market, said prices of cocoyam, cassava and other tubers, always become slightly high, during the new yam season, which were associated with a bumper harvest.

    This in her view, she explained, was because the farmers did not want the food crops to flood the markets to force the prices to be very low.

    “This is to protect their business,” she added.

    Prices of vegetables such as carrots, cucumber, cabbage, garden eggs and other leafy vegetables are generally very cheap and affordable.

    The same goes for pepper, both green and red, with “Olonka” of each going for GH¢4.00.

    A bag of onion has however, gone up to GH¢300.00 from GH¢260.00.

    Prices of tomatoes and okra are generally becoming cheap, with a medium-sized basket going between GH¢20.00 and GH¢30.00, as compared to GH¢50.00 of the same quantity about a month ago.

    For grains and cereals, millet is sold at GH¢280.00 per bag, while the ‘olonka’ is going for GH¢9.00.

    Wheat is sold at GH¢280 per bag, with ‘olonka’ going for GH¢7.00.

    Local rice (Asante moo), 50KG sold at GH¢196.00 per bag, with a cup is going for GH¢2.50ps.

    Maize is selling at GH¢203.00 per bag, with ‘olonka’ going for GH¢8.00.

    Prices of frozen fish, ‘Kpanla’ is sold for GH¢60.00 for a five kilogramme weight, and red fish goes for GH¢90.00 for a five kilogramme weight depending on the size and type.

    Source: Business Ghana

  • Surge in armed robbery at Kumasi metropolis, police alerts residence

    The Ashanti Regional Police Command has advised residents to be alert, while efforts are made to arrest all armed robbers to nib the current trend of robberies within the Kumasi Metropolis in the bud.

    This comes after the Police noticed a rise in armed robbery by some suspected robbers operating in and around the Kumasi metropolis.

    In a statement, the Police hinted that, the suspects often target people who have gone to withdraw cash from the Bank, adding that the suspects lurk around bank premises and use motorbikes to trail unsuspecting victims and then rob them off their money at the least opportune time.

    The Command has therefore advised the public, particularly those who go to withdraw huge sums of money from financial institutions to resort to electronic transfers and transactions where applicable, amongst others.

    “Institutions who must carry huge sums can also request for Police escort. Be mindful of those you communicate with about your banking transactions; When driving, look out for those who follow you, whether in cars or on motorbikes;When you become suspicious of anything, make a brief stop at any filling station, a Police Station or any public place as a safe haven; Banks are advised to mount security cameras at their premises and monitor them 24/7 around the clock,” the Police advised.

    Below is a statement:

    PRESS RELEASE

    PUBLIC AFFAIRS UNIT REGIONAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS POST OFFICE BOX 1903 KUMASI

    13TH JULY, 2020

    PUBLIC EDUCATION ON EMERGING ROBBERY TREND IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS The Ashanti Regional Police Command has taken serious view of the modus operandi of some suspected armed robbers operating in and around the Kumasi metropolis and wishes to educate residents to be alert, while efforts are made to arrest all of them to nib the current trend of robberies within the metropolis in the bud.

    The suspects often target people who have gone to withdraw cash from the Bank. The suspects lurk around bank premises and use motorbikes to trail unsuspecting victims and then rob them off their money at the least opportune time.

    The Command therefore advise the public, particularly those who go to withdraw huge sums of money from financial institutions to take the following precautionary measures in order not to fall prey to the activities of these nefarious characters:

    Resort to electronic transfers and transactions where applicable. Institutions who must carry huge sums can also request for Police escort.

    Be mindful of those you communicate with about your banking transactions; When driving, look out for those who follow you, whether in cars or on motor bikes;

    When you become suspicious of anything, make a brief stop at any filling station, a Police Station or any public place as a safe haven;

    Banks are advised to mount security cameras at their premises and monitor them 24/7 around the clock;

    Bank security guards must question motorbike riders who are seen lurking around banking premises;

    Persons who go to the bank must be wary of those who lurk around the banking premises aimlessly and report them to the police officer on duty;

    The Police Command is appealing to the general public, especially anyone with information on suspected criminals or any suspicious characters within their

    Website www.police.gov.gh Email-padphotopol@gmail.com, hq.pro@police.gov.ghFacebook GhPoliceService Twitter @GhPoliceService 1

    Whatsapp Videos Only-0206639121Emergency 191, 18555 (MTN &vodafone) Tel: 0302-773906, Post Office Box 1903, Kumasi

    communities to report them to the Police through the following emergency 0299207770, 18555, 112 and 191 (Toll Free).

    Any reliable information given to the Police will be given the necessary and prompt attention it deserves, in order to curb this emerging trend of crime in the Kumasi metropolis and in the region. The Command sends a strong warning to those behind this crime to put a stop to it because they will be dealt with ruthlessly when arrested.

    The Command once again wish to assure the law abiding people of the Ashanti Region that we will continue to provide the very best security in the region for all to go about their activities without fear and in peace.

    ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE

    PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER / ASHANTI REGION

    Website www.police.gov.gh Email-padphotopol@gmail.com, hq.pro@police.gov.ghFacebook GhPoliceService Twitter @GhPoliceService 2

    Whatsapp Videos Only-0206639121Emergency 191, 18555 (MTN &vodafone) Tel: 0302-773906, Post Office Box 1903, Kumasi

    Source: Atinka Online

  • Police foil residents attack on Kumaca students

    Asokore Mampong Police Command have thwarted an attempt by the some residents in Asawasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region plot to attack students of Kumasi Academy in the Municipality.

    There was an uneasy calm in Asokore Mampong Community on Saturday July 11,2020 as some students in Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) allegedly attacked one student after he was accused of bringing his gang to the school to rob the students.

    Assembly Member for Asokore Mampong Electoral Area Oheneba Kofi Nti who confirmed the incident to Kumasi based Pure FM Osei Kwadwo said the students who was attacked by the students were hospitalized.

    “Some of the students came to my house around 11pm on Friday after the incident. They explained to me that the student who was attacked came to the school with his gang to collect their belongings” Oheneba Kofi Nti said.

    “The gang who was attacked threatened to attack the students in school in a form of revenge, but Asokore Mampong Police Command foiled their plans”

    Oheneba Kofi Nti, the assembly member for Asokore Mampong Electoral Area assured parents and students of Kumaca to remain calm as police has tightened security measures on campus.

    Source: angelfmonlinegh.com

  • Kumasi GES dispels rumours of infection in schools

    Mr David Oppong, the Kumasi Metropolitan Director of Education, has described as false, reports that some final year students who recently returned to school contracted the COVID-19 virus.

    The Metropolitan Education Office, he said, had been monitoring events and activities in schools since they were reopened for the final year students to complete their work and write their final examinations.

    “Presently, we do not know of any school which has recorded a confirmed case of COVID-19,” he told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Kumasi.

    He said the GES working in partnership with the Metropolitan Public Health Committee, had put in place the necessary measures for early detection of signs and symptoms of the disease amongst students.

    “We have provided almost every school within our jurisdiction with a thermometer gun for the routine checking of the body temperature of students,” he noted.

    Additionally, authorities of the various schools were directed to create isolation centres to take care of students who would show signs of the disease before being sent to the hospital.

    Ghanaian schools had for over three months been closed down as the country took measures to contain the spread of the pandemic, which had claimed more than one hundred lives since the country recorded its first two cases on March 12.

    With the disease spreading rapidly nationwide, many parents were apprehensive as their wards went back to school to prepare for the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

    Mr Oppong assured parents of maximum protection for their wards, and entreated the public to treat the rumours circulating on social media with contempt.

    Source: GNA

  • Police to patrol churches and mosques in Kumasi

    The Kumasi Divisional Police Command has announced plans to deploy personnel to the various churches and mosques within its jurisdiction as adherents are preparing to worship in their numbers in the coming days.

    This is being done to ensure police presence at the places of worship, for effective enforcement of the COVID-19 preventive protocols, following the easing of some of the restrictions on public gatherings by the government.

    “We are anticipating most of the churches and mosques would be preparing to re-open to their members very soon.

    “Therefore, our decision is to patrol these facilities in making sure that the health and safety of the members were not compromised,” Chief Superintendent Frank Abrokwah, the Kumasi Divisional Police Commander, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Kumasi.

    The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his recent address to lift the ban on church activities, said twenty-five per cent attendance with a maximum number of one hundred (100) congregants, could worship at a time in church or at the mosque.

    This was to be done with a mandatory one-metre rule of social distancing between congregants, with a maximum duration of one hour for each service.

    In addition to the mandatory wearing of nose masks, all persons at all times in churches and mosques must also register their names and contact details, while hand-washing facilities and sanitizers are to be provided for their use.

    Chief Superintendent Abrokwah said churches and mosques were expected to hold limited services and reminded Christians and Muslims of their obligation to be law-abiding to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus.

    He commended some churches and mosques in the Metropolis for living up to expectation by doing the right thing on the first day of their service after the ban was lifted.

    Greater Kumasi has recorded the second-highest confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country, with a total case count of 1,735 and 19 deaths, as of June 08, this year.

    Chief Superintendent Abrokwah said everybody was at risk.

    Consequently, there was a need for people to take the required precautions in their lives to avoid contracting the disease and spreading the virus.

    Source: GNA

  • Firefighters battle inferno at foam manufacturing company in Kumasi

    Firefighters are battling a raging inferno at one of the buildings belonging to Royal Foam Limited at Ayigya, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.

    The fire, which is said to have started at about 5 pm on Friday, gutted one of the buildings where some chemicals are stored.

    Firefighters are making frantic efforts to prevent the fire from spreading to other warehouses where foams are kept.

    About six fire tenders are currently at the scene as stranded workers of the company looked on helplessly as fire fighting efforts continue.

    The immediate cause of the fire is not yet known.

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Police on a manhunt for Kumasi baby thief

    Police in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, are on a manhunt for a woman who stole a two-week-old baby girl from her mother at about 7:30 am around the Silver Pharmacy area at Bantama, Kumasi, on Wednesday, May 2020.

    The mother of the baby whose name was given as Marian Yahaya, 19, claimed that she went to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) for wound dressing only to be met by a middle-aged woman, fair in complexion who confronted her for not wearing the face mask to protect her from contracting the coronavirus (Covid-19).

    The alleged baby thief advised the nursing mother to hand over the baby to her and get herself a face mask before she could gain access to the KATH premises to which the mother obliged.

    Sadly, the mother, who was delivered of her baby through a cesarean section returned with the face mask only to find out that the suspect had disappeared with her baby; all effort to trace her proved futile.

    Briefing the media, ASP Godwin Ahianyo, Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, appealed to the general public to be on the lookout for any suspicious middle-aged woman in a possession of a baby girl of about two weeks old and inform the regional Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) or the nearest police.

    Source: Daily Guide Network

  • Kumasi: 11 prostitutes arrested after their client falls to his death while in “action”

    Eleven(11) commercial sex workers are in the grips of the Asokwa District Police Command after a male client of theirs fell to his death from one of the windows of the Anidaso Hotel where he had allegedly had an altercation with a prostitute after he had had sexual intercourse with.

    The prostitutes were rounded up at the Asafo area of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region after the incident of the death of the man, believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s, attracted their attention.

    The man, a commercial tricycle driver, died instantly on Sunday, 10th May 2020, after falling from the window of the hotel.

    The police command after the arrest of the prostitutes said they are investigating to ascertain circumstances leading to the incident, according to Christopher Owusu Mpianin of the police command.

    Meanwhile the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital awaiting autopsy.

    Source:MyNewsGh.com

  • Four new interchanges to be constructed in Kumasi Amoako Atta

    The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta, has said the government is set to build four new standard interchanges in Kumasi to drastically reduce vehicular traffic in the Ashanti regional capital.

    The project according to the minister will take place at Suame Roundabout, Anloga junction (Oforikrom), Bekwai roundabout and airport roundabout.

    Briefing the media in Kumasi ahead of the Ministry of Roads and Highways tour of the Ashanti Region, the minister disclosed, the technical team from the ministry is almost done with a primary feasibility study into the project.

    He disclosed that government has 156 different road projects currently ongoing in the Region. Adding that ring road will be constructed to ease movement for people travelling from Accra to the North and vice versa, who do not have anything to do in Kumasi.

    He enlisted the projects “the following bypasses shall be undertaken as a measure of creating additional travel option for commuters and also improving the capacity of the network. This is for completion of the inner ring road of Kumasi. This is the completion of the inner ring road between timber garden through ahodwo, santease roundabout and onto the sofo line interchange. We also have what we call Kumasi after the ring road. Feasibility studies for the Kumasi after ring road is currently ongoing.”

    “Arrangements are being discussed to construct the section of the ring road between Ejisu on the N6 and Opimso on the N10. And this is a very important project of the government and it will substantially reduce traffic in Kumasi.”

    He added “so all those travelling from Accra to the northern part of the country and vice versa who do not have anything to do in Kumasi. Will have to use these after ring roads.156 different road projects are currently going on the Ashanti region and are being undertaken by strong major contractors.”

    Source: Starr FM

  • Kumasi experiences ice block rain

    The Ashanti regional capital Kumasi on Monday experienced an ice pellet bath popularly known as hail stones as rains turned into little pellets of ice.

    The spectacle of the particles, some measuring bigger than four lude dyes, have littered the roofs and streets.

    This has drawn several residents into corridors and windows, some taking videos with others picking up the particles to admire its nature.

    A woman who had come into her corridor with her children told Ultimate News, this was the first time in over twenty years she witnessed anything of the sort.

    “I remember seeing things like this when I was young probably about ten years old. I came out when I heard the bangs on the roofs. I brought my children out to observe it because they have also not seen this before,” she told reporter Ivan Heathcote Fumador.

     

    Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh

  • Coronavirus: Man arrested for attacking policewoman at Kaneshie

    A 22-year-old man Osman Amadu is in the grips of the Kaneshie Police for spraying a substance in the eyes of a policewoman at Abossey Okai Zongo junction during enforcement of restriction on movement duties.

    On Friday, April 10, 2020, around 9:00 am, the police officer was on a COVID-19 duty at the Zongo junction ensuring compliance of directives.

    In the course of the duty, a taxi cab was stopped with the suspect on board. He was questioned about his movement but he became furious and without any provocation, sprayed a liquid substance which was in a small plastic bottle into the eyes of the policewoman.

    The complainant shouted for help and her colleagues together with other witnesses came to her aid. The suspect was immediately arrested and sent together with the liquid substance to the Kaneshie Police Station for investigation.

    He admitted the offence and said he did not know what came over him. He is being processed for court on the counts of assault on a public officer and violation of the Restriction of Imposition Act, as the substance is being forwarded to the forensic laboratory for examination.

    The policewoman has also attended hospital with a red swollen eye but has been referred to an eye specialist for further treatment.

     

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • Coronavirus: Hundreds ignore social distancing as they gather to receive food from NADMO in Asokwa

    Hundreds of underprivileged people have gathered today in Asokwa Kumasi to receive food being distributed by the National Disaster Management Organisation( NADMO) as part of government measures to cushion the vulnerable in this lockdown period.

    The people jostled to get their fair share of the food as officials from the organization and security agencies tried unsuccessfully to maintain order, let alone observe social distancing.

    Government imposed a lockdown in Greater Kumasi and its surrounding areas over two weeks ago as part of drastic measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

    But even with the lockdown in force, some people have ignored other measures key to fighting the pandemic such as maintaining social distancing and regular hand washing under running water with soap.

    Distribution of food by philanthropists and government agents has been done largely in total disregard for the social distancing protocols proposed by experts to stem the spread of the virus.

    Many have condemned the disorderly nature of the distribution of food and other essentials to the vulnerable and underprivileged, insisting that it could become an avenue for the spread of the virus

     

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Coronavirus patient on the loose in Kumasi MP claims

    The Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwah has disclosed that an individual who has tested positive for COVID 19 is in hiding in the Tafo Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

    According to the vice-Chair on the Interior and Defense Committee of parliament, the patient absconded from an isolation centre in the country.

    The MP made the frightening revelations in an interview on Kumasi-based Nhyira FM Thursday.

    The MP, however, refused to disclose the exact isolation centre the patient was being kept.

    He argued, “even in Senegal someone strangled a nurse and run away with two other patients on isolation.”

    He however assured that medical and security personnel overseeing isolation and quarantine centres are on high alert continuously monitoring patients and suspected cases and are ready to do quick follow-ups if the numbers run short.

    Out of the three hundred and thirteen (313) cases of COVID 19 recorded in the country, the case count in the Ashanti region stands at twenty-five (25).

     

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • IGP, fetish priest arrested over lockdown extortion in Kumasi

    A fetish priest and three others who posed as officers enforcing movement restrictions in Kumasi have been arrested by the police.

    The three are Kingsley Baafi aged 29 alias IGP, Justice Gyan, aged 27 and Eben Kofi Yawson, 35 alias Stone.

    They were picked at the Bantama Market in Kumasi by a team of police officers after they failed to comply with the restriction order imposed by the government.

    The suspects face charges of extortion after they unlawfully arrested and detained one Michael Asamoah in their Toyota Sequoia vehicle with registration number GN 6061-18.

    Though it is not clear why Asamoah was detained by the suspects, Dailymailgh.com gathered that they demanded an amount of ¢100 for flouting the lockdown regulations.

    “They were dressed like police personnel and they had unlawfully arrested and detained the victim who was wearing a boxer shorts in the vehicle and demanded the amount of money before his release”, police documents made available to Dailymailgh.com said.

    He had come out to urinate and was unlawfully arrested in front of his house where the suspects parked their car and was “detained at the back seat of their car”, the report further stated.

    The victim has since been rescued and brought to the Suntreso Police Station where he lodged an official complaint. The suspects have since been detained and assisting police in their investigations.

    The government of Ghana had tightened human traffic as part of measures to prevent the spread of the deadly Coronavirus.

    Dubbed, “Operation Covid Safety”, a joint police and military contingent has been deployed to affected areas to enforce the directive.

    Parts of the national capital Accra, Kumasi, Kasoa and Tema have been affected by the directive. Some miscreants have, however, been exploiting the directive to perpetrate crime.

     

    Source: dailymailgh.com

  • Man slaps Military officer after being punished for flouting lockdown order-Video

    A video has currently surfaced on the internet which has a military man who almost shot a guy in Kumasi for slapping him after he was being punished for defying the lockdown rule which has been imposed by the government.

    In the video, the military man started beating the guy for not doing the punishment well and the guy also punched the military man and started running away. The military man immediately clocked his gun and went after the guy.

    Some have taken the lockdown period to prove their stubbornness to the not to stay home and when they are caught and punished so that they do not come out the next day, they try to respond in equal measure by hitting men put in charge of the exercise. However, we plead our security men and women act professionally.

    Source: Nana Kwame/Smartandstuck.com 

  • Transport operators close Accra, Kumasi stations in Volta Region

    Transport operators in the Volta Region have closed down all bus stations for Accra and Kumasi routes.

    This development comes after the President directed a partial lockdown of Greater Accra including Tema, Kasoa in the Central Region and Greater Kumasi for two weeks.

    The Accra and Kumasi stations have remained empty since the lockdown came into effect with buses grounded.

    Although the GPRTU and PROTOA station officers at the Ho-Accra station refused to speak on record, it was detected that they had closed down the Accra, Ashaiman and Madina stations in particular.

    A similar action was taken at the Kumasi Station.

    The STC terminal and the Metro Mass Transit terminal also closed.

    A Metro Mass driver who plies the Ho- Koforidua Kumasi route said “We are at home. We are all not working on any of our routes including the Accra and Kumasi routes.”

    The MMT driver who gave his name as Akyea noted that even the Koforidua route has also been affected by the lockdown because it is the Kumasi bus that serves that route as well. At Hohoe, Kadjebi, Sogakofe, Dzodze and Kpando residents say Accra and Kumasi vehicles alike are not available.

    The station officers nonetheless revealed to DGN Online that after the announcement of the lockdown last Friday evening, traffic from Accra and Kumasi into the region increased considerably.

    A ticketing personnel of the GPRTU station at Madina who gave his name as Sammy said, “Saturday 28 and Sunday 29, March, 2020 was very busy for us. We run out of buses and left some of the travellers stranded.”

    He said over 200 buses going to the region: Ho, Hohoe, Aflao, Akatsi, Kpando among others transported a lot of people who he believes were trying to avoid being caught in the lockdown.

    Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

  • 15 traders grabbed in Kumasi for breaking lockdown directive

    About 15 traders were Wednesday morning arrested at Dr Mensah Market within the Central Business District of Kumasi by the Joint Security taskforce for allegedly breaching lockdown directives.

    The suspects who were not traders of essential commodities were found to have opened their shops for brisk business when they were pounced on by the security details who whisked them into a waiting vehicle and drove them away.

    MyNewsGh.com has confirmed that the suspects are currently in detention at the Zongo Police Station pending next line of action but sources reveal that they could be put before court for violating the orders.

    A member of the Legal Team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Lawyer Abraham Amaliba has revealed that persons who flout the lockdown rules face up to four years imprisonment

     

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Areas sealed in the Accra, Kumasi lockdown

    A 14-day restriction on movements in parts of the Greater Accra Region and Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region, as part of measures to control the spread of the coronavirus, comes into effect today.

    The lockdown affects areas are where significant numbers of virus infections have been recorded.

    According to the security services, there shall also be complete sealing of entries and exits into the affected areas.

    Affected areas in Accra are:

    Accra Winneba route with total sealing at Weija Toll Booth.

    Accra Akropong route with sealing of the Ayimensah Toll Booth.

    Accra Dodowa route with Mensah Bar at Oyibi to be sealed.

    Oyibi Appolonia Kubekrom- Ashaiman, Afienya New Jerusalem Appolonia route to be blocked at appropriate points.

    Tema Akosombo road to be blocked at Asutuare junction barrier with Tema- Aflao at Tsopoli barrier.

    That of Ashaiman Santow at Adjei Kojo while Ashaiman Appolonia at Appolonia.

    The Tema beach road will be sealed at the Sakumono level crossing.

    In the Ashanti Region, the Kumasi Tamale road is to be blocked at Kodie while the Kumasi Accra will not go beyond the Ejisu Toll Booth.

    The Kumasi- Mampong movement ends at the Manponteng Toll Booth.
    Kumasi Obuasi road will be blocked at Pakyi No. 2.

    The road linking Kumasi Sunyani will be blocked at Abuakwa Manhyia and that of Kumasi Bibiani at Sepase close to Abuakwa.

    Adankwame Asante Mampong, Juaben, Effiduase, Agona and alternate routes to be blocked at appropriate points.

    Within the Kasoa and its environs, the following routes will be blocked against movement.

    These routes are:
    Kasoa Amasaman road blocked at Adam Nana
    Kasoa Accra at Pink FM
    Kasoa Nyanyano road at Kakraba junction.

    Source: Abubakar Ibrahim | Myjoyonline.com

  • Kumasi markets to be fumigated today

    Markets in the Ashanti Region will be fumigated on today, March 27, 2020.

    A similar exercise was done in Accra on Monday and this is part of government’s measures to battle the deadly coronavirus.

    In a release signed by the Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah, it urged traders at the various markets to co-operate and comply with the ban on activities in all the markets in the region.

    It also informed the general public to note that markets will not operate on Friday.

    Ghana has now recorded 132 cases of the deadly Covid-19 with 3 deaths and one recovery.

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Accra, Tema and Kumasi identified as epicentres of Coronavirus in Ghana

    The Ministry of Health (MoH) has identified, Accra and Tema in the Greater Accra Region and Kumasi in the Ashanti Region as the epicentres of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana.

    At a press briefing in Accra Tuesday, the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman Manu said: “What we have identified so far in Ghana now, we may have, we can describe two areas in Ghana now as our own epicentres, Accra and Tema together and Kumasi.”

    “We are doing what we describe as contact tracing, in Accra we have deployed 98 field officers …that have been trained doing the tracing and we are getting to people.”

    The Minister said in Kumasi for instance, about 50 trained people have been employed who are still doing contact tracing.

    He, therefore, advised that based on the evidence, “wherever we are, all those our brothers and sisters who have come in, we should advise them to put themselves in self-quarantine if we haven’t tracked them yet.

    “And they should also talk to health authorities in the area where they live, to send teams to serve them, they can be calling on telephone describing their conditions to health officers they get in touch with such that, we can protect the rest of the population against community spread, the horizontal spread we are seeing in our country at the moment,” the Minister said.

    New cases

    As of Monday night [March 23, 2020], a total of 27 positive cases had been recorded in Ghana with two deaths. There were only 25 existing cases.

    But at the press briefing Tuesday morning [March 24, 2020], the Minister of Health explained that an additional 25 cases from those who arrived in Ghana in the last few days and were in mandatory quarantine have tested positive to bring the total positive cases in Ghana to 52, with two deaths.

    There are 50 existing cases which are being managed in isolation.

    In all, a total of 1030 travellers who arrived in Ghana after air, land and sea borders were closed are currently on mandatory quarantine for 14 days.

    Out of the 1030 number,  611 samples have been taken and 185 has been processed and 25 tested positive

    The rest is yet to be tested.

    The Minister of Health said those on quarantine, psychologists have been deployed to have charts with them.

    He said the Ministry was also in the process of handing them over to the case management team in isolated areas for treatment.

    “Definitely, not all of them will be critically ill and they are not, some might not be ill at all, but decisions on them will depend on individual case management issue. If you are not even ill, you still have to be quarantined for the mandatory 14 days.”

    He said early on, there were indications that if a person tested negative, “we release you after four days but, [based on] technical advice, and we have met all the doctors and we cannot [continue] do that and we have to keep you for the entire two weeks, which is the 14 days.”

    He said: “We have adequate rooms in Accra… to actually take care of all those who have tested positive at the moment. But going forward, a team is going round identifying places that we can use for isolation for case management, not only in Accra.”

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • School bus runs over 4-year old girl in Kumasi, driver arrested

    A school bus has ran over a 4-year old girl at Sawaba in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. Reports say the school bus with registration number AS 6088 C was supposed to pick up school children to the Happy Kids School which is also in Sawaba.

    One of the children a 4-year old girl called Ishatu went behind the vehicle when the driver had parked, the driver not knowing tried to park well and unfortunately ran over the girl.

    The girl’s head was caught under the vehicle and it took onlookers to draw the attention of the driver to what had happened.

    The body of the girl is with the family as they want to get it ready for burial per Muslim customs but the police say they want to do an autopsy before they give the body to the family.

    The family are not happy with the police processes as they want quick burial to avoid the cost of keeping the body at a mortuary.

    The driver has been arrested and sent to the Aboabo Police Station. The father and mother of the girl say she was their third child and this is a great loss.

    Residents of the area are in a state of shock as they say this is a black Wednesday.

    The vehicle is still at the location as the police have begun investigations into the matter.

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Independence Day: How Kumasi traders spent the night at stadium to secure best spots

    Some rather daring traders have shown the real business risk-taking spirit of the Ashanti region bracing the cold night to sleep in the open just to secure the best spots for business during the 63rd independence day commemoration in the regional capital Kumasi.

    The traders, some of whom had packed their merchandize in sacks, others covered with tarpaulins around the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, ostensibly kept an eagle eye.

    Some who could not keep the night watch laid mats in the middle of what could best be described as their conquered territories to catch some sleep disregarded the noise from vehicles and passersby.

    The merchandise included packs of bottled and sachet water, drinks, confectionaries, paraphernalia, clothes and artefacts with some keeping grilling stands and cooking accoutrements for their makeshift fast food joints.

    The organizers who worked all night putting final touches to the 43 thousand-seater Baba Yara Sports stadium are optimistic huge numbers will show up to give the occasion, which is the first to happen in the Region, a befitting attendance.

    The independence anniversary being celebrated on the theme: “Consolidating our Gains” will be attended by the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the president Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, a good representation from Parliament, Ministers and Government Appointees, the diplomatic core as well as traditional authorities.

    The Parade which will be heralded by the security services, school cadets, pupils drawn from basic, second and third cycle schools as well as other notable groups, will have the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley, as the Special Guest.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Scores injured after butchers clashed in Ahinsan

    Some persons have been left injured after butchers in Ahinsan is the Ashanti Region clashed over who leads them.

    The incident which occurred yesterday February 25, 2020, saw the military and police personnel intervene in the clash after a misunderstanding broke out over who should be crowned chief of the butchers.

    Even though police eventually restored calm there are reports of some persons sustaining various degrees of injuries.

    The incident happened after a new chief butcher who was installed four months ago visited the slaughterhouse for the first time.

    His opponents did not receive him warmly which resulted in an attack on him and his entourage.

    The new chief butcher narrating the incident said: “I tried to come back here and visit my brothers so I start my normal work but when I got here, my opponents started throwing stones at me, hooting at me as if I am an animal and my car has been destroyed.”

    A Luv FM reporter who was at the scene to report the issue faced the same faith as the chief butcher as he also got injured.

    Meanwhile, the Ashanti Regional Police command has charged leaders of both faction Alhaji Muntari Bature and Alhaji Wahab for disturbing public peace.

    They have both been granted bail but will report to the police as investigations continue.

    Even though the place is now calm, the military and police have tightened surveillance.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Caterpillar crashes Gari and beans seller, 2 others to death in Kumasi

    A gari and beans seller was among three people who died instantly when a Pee Loader known locally as caterpillar failed its breaks and crashed into hawkers at Aputuogya Nkwanta in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.

    Several others also sustained varied degrees of injuries in the process.

    The unfortunate incident which occurred around 8:30am has thrown the community into a state of mourning.

    An eyewitness, Kwabena Nuamah narrated that the victims including the injured were rushed to Kuntenase hospital.

    According to him, the caterpillar failed breaks and run into the hawkers killing the three instantly.

    Two out of the three died on the spot; and this included the gari and beans seller who was busily serving her customers.

    The victims are currently receiving treatment.

    Source: Angel FM

  • Baba Yara Sports Stadium closed

    The National Sports Authority (NSA) has temporally closed down the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi with immediate effect.

    A statement signed by Mr. Edmond Appiah – Ag. Regional Director of the NSA said, the stadium is closed to both football and athletics purposes with effect from Monday, February 17, 2020.

    The statement said the closure is to enable the NSA and Ministry of Youth and Sports to have ample and uninterrupted time to fixe critical places of the stadium before the celebration of Ghana’s 63rd Independence Anniversary Celebration.

    It added that the total renovation would, however, resume immediately after the celebrations.

    It said, the public is therefore advised to make alternative arrangements for their programmes adding that, they would be dully notified when the stadium can host football and athletics again.

    Source: GNA

  • Photos: Speeding Truck Catches Fire on Accra to Kumasi Highway

    A speeding Man Diesel Articulated truck heading towards Kumasi direction suddenly caught fire on reaching Mankrong near Teacher-Mante stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway.

    The Truck driver managed to park to safety and escaped with his mate before the entire head of the truck was consumed by the blaze.

    It took the intervention of some residents to extinguish the fire from spreading to the cargo bed fully loaded with some valuable goods.

    The cause of the fire is not known but electrical fault could not be ruled out.

    Source: mybrytfmonline.com 

  • Thieves loot 22 TV sets in Kumasi

    Twenty-two sets of Samsung flat-screen television estimated around GH?20,000 were stolen after robbers broke into a shop at Adum, Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region.

    The robbery took place at the Ambrose 09 Ventures store on the Prempeh I Roundabout area at the Central Business District between 11:00 pm on Saturday and 1:30 pm on Sunday.

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    The Chief Director of Ambrose 09 Ventures, Akwasi Amo, said even though the store had significant stock, he was astonished why it was targeted by the robbers, who covered the front view with big size black polythene to enable them to operate without suspicion.

    According to him, the stolen TV sets included 15, 32 and 43 inches. He, therefore, appealed to anyone with information about the raid to come forward.

    The Central District Police Command in the Ashanti has since commenced an investigation into the matter.

     

    Source: Dailyguidenetwork.com

  • Kumasi robber grabbed at hospital

    A suspected armed robber, Rahuff Mohammed, who fled with gunshot wounds after a shootout with police at Oforikrom in Kumasi, has been arrested.

    The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Kwasi Mensah-Duku, said the suspect was dropped off at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) for medical attention with the help of an accomplice.

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    Speaking at a media briefing in Kumasi yesterday, the police chief indicated that Rahuff and his gang, on October 12, 2019, attacked and robbed a resident of Anloga who placed a call to the police for assistance.

    He stated that Rahuff and his two other accomplices, Baba Musa and Silencer, opened fire on the police when the law enforcement officers pulled over at the scene.

    COP Mensah-Duku said the officers also returned fire, but the suspects managed to escape with GH¢1,500 cash and an Iphone 7X belonging to the victim.

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    On the following day, the police commander narrated further that police received information from authorities at KATH that a man had been dropped off at the hospital with gunshot wounds.

    According to him, suspect Rahuff was identified by the victim when officers proceeded to KATH. He is currently receiving treatment under police guard.

    COP Mensah-Duku appealed to the public to assist the police with information that would lead to the arrest and prosecution of the other two members of the gang.

    Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

  • One feared dead in accident in Kumasi, six others in critical condition

    One person is feared dead and six others in critical condition after a vehicle rammed into some traders at Roman Hill in Kumasi.

    The incident happened at about 10:30 am on Monday when the driver of a mini Urvan bus with registration number AS 6403-Y lost control his steering wheel.

    The Station Officer at the Manhyia Divisional Motor Traffic and Transport Department, Chief Inspector Bernard Ngoah who was at the scene of the incident confirmed the incident to Citi News.

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    The victims, mostly traders were selling along portions of the streets when the incident happened.

    They were rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(KATH) for treatment.

    “We had a distress call from the police information room that there was an accident at Roman Hill, so I rushed there together with other investigators. When got there it was true the incident happened. We gathered that some people were pushing the vehicle when the driver lost control and ran into the traders who were trading along the streets. We initially realized that six persons sustained injuries, but the other victim who was trapped under the vehicle was later rescued and taken to the hospital”, he explained

    The driver of the vehicle who also sustained injuries has been discharged from the hospital and now in police custody.

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    Police officers said they have begun investigations into the incident.

    Police also indicated that the vehicle will be taken to the Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) for technical examination to ascertain claims made by the driver on the cause of the accident.

    Source: citinewsroom.com

  • Floods kill 7 children in Kumasi

    A total of seven children have lost their lives through flood-related incident within the past two weeks in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.

    Three of them lost their lives exactly two weeks ago, and the remaining four perished when they were washed away in a stream at Breman on Saturday evening.

    Kwabena Nsenkyire, the Ashanti Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), made the disclosure to DAILY GUIDE yesterday.

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    Highlighting the latest four deaths, he said six children went to swim in a stream, which had overflowed its banks after a heavy downpour, at Breman on Saturday.

    Four of the children were suddenly swept away by the strong currents, while the remaining two managed to run to safety to tell what had happened. He mentioned the names of the dead children as Clinton Gyamasi, 9; Israel Asante, 9; Seth Owusu, 10; and Abedallah Osman, who is also 10 years old. According to him, the sad incident happened around 4:30 pm on Saturday but the bodies were eventually found around 11 pm after a wild search.

    He said the boys were rushed to the Tafo Government Hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival. The bodies are currently in the morgue for autopsy.

    Mr. Nsenkyire also said three other children, who are also below 10 years old, had early on died through flooding in other parts of the city. He said Mercy Attah, 9, was washed away by floods at Anloga Junction; Augustine Antwi, 6, also died in a similar fashion at Kokoso and another boy died at Abuakwa.

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    Kwabena Nsenkyire expressed disgust over the deaths and blamed the city authorities for the deaths, saying “all the playing grounds in the city have been sold to developers!”

    According to him, since there are no playing grounds for the children, they (children) are forced to visit streams to swim at their leisure time and some have resulted in deaths.

    Source: Dailyguidenetwork.com