The residents of Ankaase in the Fanteakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region have boycotted the Assembly members’ election scheduled for today, December 19, 2023. The residents indicated that no development work had been done in the area for the past several years The chief of Ankaase Barimah Ansah Sasraku …
Read More »E/R: GUTA Locks Up 38 Retail Shops Belonging to Foreigners
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) in the Eastern region has carried out an enforcement exercise to close down over 38 mobile phone retail shops belonging to foreigners in Koforidua. The Eastern Regional Vice Chairman of GUTA, Samuel Aikins, who spoke to Afeema News on Wednesday, said their action …
Read More »3-year old boy allegedly beheaded by his uncle
Tragedy struck the Sege township in the Ada West District when a three-year-old boy was beheaded by his Uncle and found in a pool of blood. The identity of the little boy is unknown, but what is known is that he was brutally murdered by his uncle, 21-year-old Obed Kabutey. …
Read More »E/R: FDA Intensifies Campaign against substandard, fake medicine in Koforidua
The Food and Drugs Authority in the Eastern region on Thursday, 31st August, 2023, embarked on public education at Kumasi lorry station in Koforidua aimed at combating substandard and falsified medicines in the region. The advocacy campaign called “Promoting The Quality Medicines Plus (PQM+) Program” is also aimed at Educating …
Read More »Akyem Abuakwa Council Of Zongo Chiefs Establish Education Fund To Support Brilliant But Needy Students
The Akyem Abuakwa Council Of Zongo Chiefs has launched an educational project that will provide scholarships to support brilliant but needy students in Zongo areas Abuakwa enclaves. The Educational Fund would also be used to establish social amenities, and Islamic Schools and provide business support to both Muslim and Christian …
Read More »Boyfriend reports himself to the police for allegedly murdering his girlfriend
The Eastern Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has begun investigations into the murder of a 23-year-old lady at Trom, a suburb of Koforidua in the Eastern Region. Her lifeless body was found in her rented apartment on Saturday night after the suspect, her boyfriend, led police to …
Read More »Mother loses child, one injured after building collapses during rainstorm in K’dua
A woman at Koforidua Ada Magazine in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region has lost her child and has no shelter following the weekend’s rainstorm. A second child has been hospitalised after he sustained an injury on the leg. The deceased child, 5, and his brother, 7, …
Read More »NDC won’t make any promises it can’t deliver ,John Mahama reveals
Former president John Mahama and flag bearer hopeful of the NDC says the NDC will not promise what it cannot deliver. Speaking to delegates at the commencement of his eastern regional campaign tour, John Mahama says he will use his experience to turn around and transform the country. Aspiring Presidential …
Read More »Illegal mining : Small scale mining taskforce arrests five illegal miners
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners has arrested five illegal miners operating in the Fanteakwa District Eastern Region and Atwima mponua District in Ashanti region. The five illegal mining operators have been handed over to the police. The illegal miners who were arrested in a swoop at 3 …
Read More »E/R: One person confirmed dead over conflict normadic between herdsmen and farmers at Maame Krobo
One person has been confirmed dead in a conflict between nomadic herdsmen and farmers at Maame krobo in the Kwahu Afram plains South district of the Eastern region. Head of the eastern regional security council Seth Acheampong, confirmed the death after visiting the troubled area. Over the weekend conflict resurged …
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