The Electoral Commission (EC) has disqualified 24 parliamentary aspirants in the Ashanti Region from contesting this year’s election. Reports gathered by our Ashanti Regional correspondent, Isaac Owusu indicate that out of the 240 aspirants who filed their nomination on Friday, only 216 … Read more →
The Ashanti Regional branch of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), has confirmed an attack on regional executives of the party who were part of President Mahama’s convoy, during his ‘Accounting to the People Tour’ in the area. There were … Read more →
PRESIDENT JOHN Dramani Mahama insists he has done enough to improve the lives of the people in his first term in office so the electorate should retain him in power in 2016. He said he had also laid a good … Read more →
The Ashanti Regional Police command, with assistance from the Lion Bravo Team from the Police Headquarters in Accra, has arrested six new suspects, including two ladies, for their alleged involvement in the killing of a police officer at Dechemuoso some … Read more →
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, visited some polling stations in the Ejisu Juaben and Oforikrom constituencies of the Ashanti Region on the first day of the limited voter registration exercise. The … Read more →
A middle-aged man called Efo Kwesi has beheaded his wife at Brumeso, a suburb at Konongo in the Ashanti region. The lifeless body of 35 year old, Adwoa Serwaa was found in the couple’s house after he [Efo] reported the … Read more →
The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described as arrogant actions of President John Mahama’s convoy during a recent visit to the region. According to Samuel Pyne, the President’s convoy blared the popular song ‘Yentie Obia’ … Read more →
As part of advancing the ‘Better Ghana Agenda’, President Dramani Mahama would on Saturday May,3 pay a working visit to the Ashanti region. Among other things, the President is expected to tour most of the region and to commission completed … Read more →
The police in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality in the Ashanti Region have arrested 18 children and young adults for watching pornographic movies and playing video games.The children and young adults, between the ages of 18 and 22, were arrested in two … Read more →
Three hundred and eighty people were killed in 1,390 road accidents in the Ashanti Region in 2013.The Regional Commander of the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), Chief Superintendent Peter Gyimah, who announced this, said 1,495 others were injured.According … Read more →