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Check out features of Otumfuo’s gold coins to be launched on December 12

Commemorative coins of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will be launched on Sunday, December 12, 2021.The 24-carat gold coins were approved by the...

Otumfuo rekindles relationship with Awuah-Darko family [Photos]

The overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has rekindled the long-standing relationship with the Awuah-Darko family.This was at their private...

Akufo-Addo, Ramaphosa joins hundreds to celebrate Otuo Siriboe

It was a display of a mixture of different Ghanaian cultures of drums and dance as Juaben re-enacted its traditional roots to climax a year-long...

Savannah and North East REGSECs ban 2 Paramount Chiefs, others from Lukula community

The Regional Security Councils in the Savannah and North East Regions have with immediate effect, barred two Paramount Chiefs from entering Lukula and its...

Chief, 21 others arrested over shooting incident at Yamoah Nkwanta [Video]

https://youtu.be/TIycixHagFYThe Central East Police Command has arrested 22 persons including the Chief of Yamoah Nkwanta near Kasoa over a shooting incident that marred the...

Yilo Krobo: One shot, 3 sustain machete wounds in renewed chieftaincy dispute [Photos]

There is escalating tension in the Yilo Krobo Traditional area following a renewed chieftaincy feud which has led to one person being shot while...

Fetteh Kakraba queen mother escapes assassination attempt

The Queen mother of Fetteh Kakraba, Nana Adjoa Adobi, has escaped death after unknown thugs stormed her house amid the firing of gunshots.The...

Two shot after man mistakenly fires into crowd at Suhum [Video]

https://youtu.be/pMGytkSVCNoTwo persons have sustained gunshot wounds after a man mistakenly shot into a crowd at Suhum in the Eastern Region.The incident reportedly occurred during...

Gbawe Kwatei family sets records straight on curfew over chief’s funeral

The Gbawe Kwatei Family has dismissed rumours of imposing curfew in the area over the final funeral rites of the chief, Nii Laryea Faamlite...

Juaben Traditional Council reacts to reports of assembly members ‘kneeling’ before chief

The Juaben Traditional Council has dismissed reports that some assembly members were forced to kneel before the Paramount Chief of the area, Nana Otuo...

One shot dead in chieftaincy clash at Prampram

Unknown assailants have shot one person dead at Prampram in the Greater Accra Region.The deceased has been identified as Nii Otu Sei Klo,...

Takoradi: Apremdo Divisional Stool raises concerns over fake kidnapping reports

The Apremdo Divisional Stool of Ahanta Traditional Council has noted with grave concerns, bizarre incidents of fake kidnapping reports being recorded in the Western...

RoCHA-21 celebration: B-HeCK Africa NGOs Alliance to honour iconic traditional rulers

The B-HeCK Africa NGOs Alliance is set to honour traditional rulers as part of the Royal Citizen Honours Africa - Ghana (RoCHA-21) celebration.The event, which...

Yong Dakpemyili: Victims now living in ‘Makaranta’ after months of chieftaincy clash

Some persons, whose houses were destroyed in a chieftaincy clash at Yong Dakpemyili, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region, have resorted to...

Gomoa Traditional Council halts some commercial activities over chief’s funeral [Video]

https://youtu.be/TR4SdwP3MK4Some commercial activities have been put on hold at Gomoa Buduburam, Gomoa Fetteh Kakraba, Gomoa Mamfam, Gomoa Nyame Bekyere, and its environs as part...

3 injured in chieftaincy clashes at Walembelle

Three persons have been injured following a chieftaincy clash at Walembelle in the Sissala East Municipality of the Upper West Region.Police sources indicate...

Prominent Ashanti chief passes on

The Paramount Chief of Offinso, Nana Wiafe Akenteng III, has passed away, numerous media sources have reported.The traditional ruler passed on at the...

Journalist enstooled chief of Anum-Asamankese

The chiefs and people of Anum-Asamankese Traditional Area, have enstooled Samuel Osei Agyei as their Asomkahene at a colourful ceremony held at the Anum...

Daasebre Prof Oti Boateng passes on

The Omanhene of the New Juaben Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, Daasebre Professor Emeritus Oti Boateng, has passed on.He died about two weeks...

Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Council elects Acting President

Regional House of Chiefs of the Central Region has, in accordance with constitutional law, nominated a new Acting President for the Gomoa Akyempim Traditional...

Chief in court for allegedly impregnating girl, 15

A Chief has been arraigned before the Koforidua Circuit Court for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl.Mark Koranteng, 65, Dademantse of Mpanmu near...

First Lady signs book of condolence in honour of Osu Mantse, Nii Kinka Dowuona IV [Photos]

First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has signed the book of condolence opened in memory of the late Osu Mantse, Nii Okwei Kinka ÄŽowuona IV.Nii Dowuona IV,...

Covid-19: Ghana lucky to have you as president – Mamprusi elders to Akufo-Addo

“Ghana was lucky to have you as the Head of State during the period, you have demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that you are the...

Dag Heward Mills apologises to Otumfuo

The Founder and General Overseer of the Lighthouse Group of Churches, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, has rendered an unqualified apology to the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei...

George Andah installed chief [Photos]

Former Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya West, George Kojo Nenyi Andah, has been installed as acting Akyempim Odefey of the Senya Beraku Traditional...

One shot dead, another injured in chieftaincy clash

Tension is brewing with heavy police presence as one person is feared dead and another sustaining life-threatening gunshot injury in a chieftaincy dispute at...

Galamsey Dialogue: Otumfuo ‘ignores’ written speech; calls out Osei Mensah, Abu Jinapor [Video]

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, says the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah and the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, asked him...

Ga Traditional Council humbles Diana Asamoah [Photos]

After rendering a public apology on social media, gospel musician and evangelist, Diana Asamoah, has followed up in person to apologise to the Ga Traditional...

Feuding factions in decades-old Osu chieftaincy dispute smoke peace pipe

After decades of an unresolved protracted dispute between feuding chieftaincy factions at Osu, they have decided to smoke the peace pipe.The smoking of the...

Asantehene calls for Cabinet role for Chieftaincy Minister

 The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is advocating for a cabinet role for the Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ebenezer Kojo Kum.Otumfuo believes...

Tension as thugs allegedly assault and parade Chief naked

There is simmering tension at the Kwahu Pitiko traditional area in Afram Plains South District of the Eastern region.This follows a near-deadly attack...

James Town paramount chief barred

The Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs has barred Edward Adjiri Solomon, also known as Ahuma Kojo III, from holding...

What Gifty Anti did for the people of Adumasa…

People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are indeed the ones who do.This is exactly what motivated Ghanaian media...

New Juaben Traditional Council pulls down ‘offensive’ statue

The New Juaben Traditional Council has pulled down a statue it describes as 'offensive and dirty trick' erected at the Prince Boateng Roundabout near...

Tension at Akropong-Akuapem as gun-wielding men steal traditional stool

Tension is brewing in Akropong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region over a stolen traditional black stool by unidentified armed men.The stool which belongs to the...

Dixcove chief beaten to pulp by yet-to-be-identified men

Tension is brewing in Dixcove in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region following an attack on a sub-chief of Upper Dixcove.The sub-chief...

Klagon Chief, six others remanded for murder

The Kaneshie District Court has remanded into police custody, the Chief of Klagon, Nii Bortey Klan I, and six others.The seven have been accused...

Gonjaland loses paramount chief

The Paramount Chief for the Kusawgu traditional area in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah region, his Royal Majesty Samuel Sulemana Kunkarga (I), has...

Chief abandons stool to contest in parliamentary elections [Video]

A 47-year-old chief in Kumasi has abdicated his stool to contest this year’s parliamentary elections on the ticket of the National Democratic...

Photos: Kennedy Agyapong enstooled Assin chief

New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has been enstooled chief at Assin Dompim in the Central region.Reports indicate the outspoken...