Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged the Ashanti Regional Minister-designate, Simon Osei Mensah, to be an agent of transformation in the region, if Parliament approves his nomination. He...
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Otumfuo To Name New Asantehemaa This Week
Barring any last minute changes, a new queen mother of the Asante Kingdom will be named this week to succeed the Nana Afia Sewaah Kobi Ampem II who died in November last year. The Manhyia Palace...
Airtel Mourns With Otumfuo and Asanteman
Members of Airtel Ghana’s senior leadership team joined His Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the entire Asanteman Traditional Council and thousands of sympathisers to mourn the Asantehemaa Nana Afia...
Asantehemaa Goes Home
The Dead speaks not. The Dead sees not and the Dead hears not. When we literally smell something up in the air, we get the sense that something’s cooking. When we hear ‘Fontonfrom’ drums...
Asantehemaa Laid To Rest
After 111 years on Mother Earth, 39 of which was spent as the queen mother of the Ashanti Kingdom, the late Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II was yesterday given the final farewell on her journey to the...
Kumasi Goes Dead As Otumfuo Buries Mother
The capital of the Ashanti Region, Kumasi, was virtually a ghost town yesterday following an order from the Manhyia Palace that residents should stay indoors owing to the funeral of the departed...
Display of ‘magic’ At Asantehemaa’s Burial Rites
There was open display of magic by priests from various shrines in the Kumasi Metropolis at the weeklong burial rites of the Asantehemaa Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampem II at the Manhyia Palace. Priests...
Ghana And The World Mourns – As Asantehemaa Goes Home
“Nana, you very successfully fulfilled your historic role of destiny. You will remain much beloved in your Kingdom, Asante, and by many beyond who were fortunate to come close to you.” His...
Ghana And The World Moruns – As Asantehemaa Goes Home
“Nana, you very successfully fulfilled your historic role of destiny. You will remain much beloved in your Kingdom, Asante, and by many beyond who were fortunate to come close to you.” His...
Day 4 of Asantehemaa’s Burial Rites
play videoThe final funeral rites of Nana Afia Kobi Serwa Ampem II is on going in Kumasi It's the fourth day of the burial rites of Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwa Ampem II. Many people are still...
Kumasi Goes Silent As Asantehemaa Goes ‘home’ Today
Kumasi Metropolis is currently silent as the Manhyia Palace prepares to bury the Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II today. The thirteenth queen mother who died on November 20, 2016 is being...
Final Burial Rites For Asantehemaa Today
The Kumasi metropolis will be without commercial activities today, as businesses are expected to grind to a halt to pave way for the smooth burial of the Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II....
Traders To Stay Indoors
Traders willing to comply with directive from Manhyia for commercial activities to be halted Traders and residents in the Ashanti regional capital of Kumasi have said they will ensure full compliance...
Asantehemaa Goes Home Today
The final burial rites for the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, are scheduled to be held on Thursday, January 19 after days of traditional funeral rites. The rites began on Monday,...
Schools Shut For Asantehemaa’s Burial
Schools in Kumasi have been directed to close for Asantehemaa's burial rites The Ghana Education Service in the Ashanti Region has directed that all schools be closed today, Thursday, 19 January, for...
Kumawood Is Gathering Creative Ideas From Asantehemaa’s Burial Rites – Bill Asamoah
The President of the Kumawood Actors Guild, Bill Asamoah has said members of the association have been awestricken by the display of rich heritage at the four-day burial rites for the late...
I Wish I Was An Ashanti; They Are Blessed – Allotey Jacobs
Allotey Jacobs says he wished he was an Ashanti because the Ashanti kingdom is blessed. Commenting on the funeral of the Asantehemaa on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo, Allotey Jacobs was marvelled by the...
Former President J.A. Kufuor’s Tribute To the Asantehemaa
From my infancy, I was privileged to know Nana because of the close friendship my mother, Ama Dapaah of Apagyafie, had with her. Nana always called me not by my name, but by the affectionate word...
President Akufo-Addo’s Tribute To the Asantehemaa
I was campaigning in the Nkwanta South constituency in the Volta Region on October 27, 2016, when I heard the pleasant news that the Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, had endorsed my...
Akufo-Addo Pays Tribute To the Asantehemaa
I was campaigning in the Nkwanta South constituency in the Volta Region on October 27, 2016, when I heard the pleasant news that the Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, had endorsed my...