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Offinso: I won’t allow vacant stool to be sold to illegitimate candidate – Asantehene

I am giving the assurance that I will not allow the Offinso Stool to be sold to anyone who is not the legitimate candidate...

Asantehene replies Dormaahene

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has replied the Dormaa chief, Oseadeayo Agyeman Badu II on his recent pronouncements about the powers of the...

Hogbetsotso Za accountability case adjourned

A case requesting a number of men who have been in charge of organising the annual Hogbetsotso Za festival between 2011 and 2022 to...

Chieftaincy Ministry dragged before court for ‘unconstitutional conduct’

The Dutor of Anlo, Torgbiga Wenya III, and three other traditional heads have hauled the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs to court for...

Juaben Traditional Council announces death of queen mother

The Juaben Traditional Council in the Ashanti region has officially announced the death of Nana Akosua Akyamaa III, the queen mother of Juaben.She...

Ga Traditional Council announces activities for Ga Manye’s funeral

The final funeral ceremonies for Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaedru, are scheduled to take place from October 23rd to October 31st, 2023.During this period,...

Multimedia Group commiserates with Ga Traditional Council

The management of Multimedia Group Limited, on Thursday, October 5, 2023, commiserated with the Ga Traditional Council over the passing of the Ga Manye,...

Don’t hold yourself as ‘Dutor’ of Anlo – Chieftaincy Ministry warns lawyer

The Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has ordered a private legal practitioner, Ephraim Agbeko Voadorgu, to desist from holding himself as the "Dutor...

Konongo Asona clan files injunction against late chief’s funeral

The Asona clan royal family of Konongo in the Ashanti Region has filed an application for an injunction against the burial and funeral celebration...

Police seek injunction against Odehye Kwasi Akuffo from parading as Okuapehene

The Ghana Police Service has filed a motion praying the Akuapem Mampong District Court for an order to stop Odehye Kwasi Akuffo “stool rival”...

Goaso Krontihene found dead after going missing

The Krontihene of the Goaso Traditional Areas in the Ahafo Region, Nana Yenhyira Kojo Kuma, has been found dead in the bush.Nana Yenhyira Kojo...

Emulate Otumfuo, dismiss officials involved in ‘galamsey’ – Akufo-Addo told

The Media Coalition Against Galamsey is admonishing President Nana Akufo-Addo to emulate the actions of the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II by dismissing government...

Asantehene destools second chief in less than a week [Video]

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has destooled the Chief of Aduamoa in the Afigya Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region.Nana Osei Tiri Ababio is...

You’ve failed people of Western Region – Matilda Amissah Arthur rebukes politicians, chiefs

Former Second Lady, Matilda Amissah Arthur, has chastised both the political and traditional leaders of the Western Region over the lack of development in...

Asantehene destools Bekwai-Abodom chief over ‘galamsey’ allegations

The Chief of Bekwai-Abodom, Nana Saforo Koto, has allegedly been destooled by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.According to reports, the destoolment is a...

Chief granted bail for fraudulent sale of land

The Chief of Aboabo Oyibi, Solomon Boye Borquaye, also known as Nii Aboabo, who was arrested for alleged fraudulent sale of land, has been...

Mahama congratulates newly enskinned Bole chief [Photos]

Former President John Mahama has congratulated the newly enskined chief of the Bole Traditional area, Mandariwura Seidu Iddi Tempir.This was after he graced...

Bi-partisan committee to probe Gomoa-Effutu land dispute

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, says a bi-partisan committee dedicated to investigating the land dispute between...

Residents flee as gunshots ring out at Lugni over chieftaincy dispute

Residents of Lugni in the Nanumba South District of the Northern Region are fleeing for their lives after a chieftaincy dispute led to several...

Dormaahene warns families, chiefs against illegal sale of lands

The President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II, has warned families and chiefs over the illegal and...

Final funeral rites of Ekumfi Paramount chief [Photos]

Activities to mark the final funeral rites and memorial service of the late Ekumfi Paramount chief have taken place at the forecourt of the...

Violent clash at Sakyikrom over reinstatement of alleged destooled Chief  

There was a near deadly clash at Sakyikrom, a community near Nsawam in the Eastern Region, over an attempt to reinstate a 'destooled' Chief,...

Why skeletons were exhumed, stored at Amanase Chief’s palace

The Gyaasehene of Amanase, Obenfo Addo Agyekum I, has responded to reports of human remains being stored at the Chief’s palace in the Eastern...

Heavy security presence at Akyem Kukurantumi following disturbances over queen mother’s installation

There is heavy security presence at Akyem Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North Municipality following disturbances over the installation of a new queen mother on...

Kikpande chief suspended over death of Mujipe chief

The Paramount Chief of Kikpande in the Kpembe Traditional Area in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region, Kikpandewura Kanyiti I, has been...

Alban Bagbin installed chief of Awudome

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has been installed sub-Chief of Awudome in the Volta region.Mr Bagbin will serve under the title Togbe Nutefeworla...

New Gonja overlord enskinned

A 69-year-old farmer, Yagbonwura Be-Kunuto Jewu Soale, has been enskinned as the new overlord of the Gonja kingdom.The Yagbonwura will serve under the chieftaincy...

Invitation to High Court Judge was purely in good faith – Talensi Traditional Council

The Talensi Traditional Council has said a decision by its overlord, Tongraan Naab Kugbilsong Nanlebegtang to extend an invitation to a Bolgatanga High Court...

Stop Gabby from installing ‘foreigner’ as Chief – Okyehene, IGP told

Felicia Ama Otiwaa, the Obaapanin of Akakom Traditional Area in the Eastern Region has appealed to the Okyehene and the IGP to stop Gabby...

Trade Minister Installed Akuapem ‘Abrewatia’

The Ankyease Royal Family of Amanokrom in the Akuapem Traditional Area in the Eastern Region has installed the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry,...

Meet the new Overlord of Gonja land

Kingmakers of the Gonja Kingdom in pursuant to the tradition and custom have announced and outdoored Amonebafe Borenasa I as the new Yagbonwura.This was...

Akufo-Addo, Bawku Naba renew commitment to lasting peace

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the Overlord of the Kusaug Traditional Area, Naba Abugrago Azoka II, have renewed their commitment to amicably resolve...

Otumfuo restores land forcefully seized from owner by Amakomhene

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has bemoaned the bellicosity with which some traditional leaders in Kumasi are forcefully snatching lands from its owners...

Mamprugu Traditional Council demands apology from govt over attempted arrest of overlord

The Mamprugu Traditional Council has condemned the government over what it describes as a ‘Rambo-style’ attempt to arrest the Overlord, Naa Bohagu Mahami Abdulai...

Bolgatanga High Court issues arrest warrant for Mamprugu overlord 

The Bolgatanga High Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of the Nayiri of the Mamprugu traditional area, Naa Bohagu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga,...

Security Analyst suggests solution to Bawku conflict  

A security Analyst, Adam Bona, has suggested ways to end the protracted Bawku conflicts.He has indicated that parliament as an independent body should have...

Security analyst backs decision of govt on new Bawku Naba 

A Security Analyst, Dr Adam Bona, has condemned the enskinment of a new Bawku Chief in the Upper East Region.To him, the...

I’m disappointed; gov’t could have done better – Adam Bona on new Bawku Naba Installation

A Security Analyst, Dr Adam Bona, has expressed his disappointment with the government for failing to stop the installation of a second Bawku Naba....

Heavy security deployment to Damongo over ruling on chieftaincy dispute

The Savannah Regional Security Council (REGSEC) is deploying armed police and military personnel to Damongo, the Regional capital to prevent any disturbance ahead of...

Ahanta Traditional Council endorses Nana Akwanzi Abraba IV as Acting President

The Ahanta Traditional Council in the Western Region has given its full support and endorsement to the council's newly appointed Acting President.The endorsement comes...