The Odikro of Nanapa, Baffuor Rockson Akwei Asamoah I, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, cut the sod for the construction of a  5-unit teachers’ bungalow for the community.

He was joined by the District Chief Executive for Atiwa East District Assembly, Ernest Owusu Ntim, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Lutos Group Limited, Thomas Larbi, for the sod-cutting ceremony.

Speaking at the ceremony held at the Nanapa community, Ernest Owusu Ntim mentioned that though Atiwa East is well known as one of the mining District Assemblies in the country, the area is not benefiting from these activities.

“So when I assumed office as District Chief Executive of the Assembly, I went round for community visitation to find out the projects the miners have done for the communities in which they operate, but I didn’t see a single project the mining companies have done for them,” he said.

Mr. Ntim stated that upon consultation, he was told the community needed a teacher’s bungalow to accommodate teachers to enhance teaching duties.

According to the DCE, after listening to their plight, he sat down with the mining companies that operate in the Nanapa community to leave a legacy in the area, hence agreeing to construct the teachers’ bungalow for them.

The project is expected to be completed within 3-4 months.

The Atiwa East DCE vowed to ensure that all the mining companies within his jurisdiction construct at least one project for the area to enable them to benefit from the gold extract.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Lotus Group Limited (mining company), Thomas Larbi, who funded the project, said his company has done a lot of infrastructure projects in Nanapa, as well as supporting education.

He urged mining companies across the country to at least do a project for the community in which they operate to become a legacy.

On his part, the Odikro of Nanapa community, Baffuor Rockson Akwei Asamoah I, commended Ernest Owusu Ntim and Thomas Larbi for listening to their cry and breaking ground for the commencement of the project.

He further revealed that the lack of a teachers’ bungalow in the community has led many teachers to vacate the community due to high transport fares and the poor nature of the roads.

Baffuor Akwei Asamoah believes that when this project is completed, the teachers will stay and carry out their obligations accordingly.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Richpot Group of Companies, affectionately known as ‘Aduro,’ has advised Ghanaian youth to embrace hard work to better their lives in the future.

He noted that all the successful people we see, both at home and abroad, didn’t achieve their current status overnight; rather, they worked hard for it.

Aduro mentioned this at Akyem Kwabeng during a football friendly match between Richpot FC and Sentence FC.

The game aimed at bringing the youth together to contribute their quota towards the development of Akyem Kwabeng.

At the end of the community’s Football friendly game, Richpot FC defeated Sentence FC by a lone goal.

The CEO of the Richpot Group of Companies added that Akyem Kwabeng is known as a mining community; therefore, he used the opportunity to appeal to the government to put in place measures to enhance mining activities in the area to enable the youth to find jobs and get something to feed their families.

He indicated that if the youth are jobless, most of them engage in social vices, which is not healthy for the country’s development.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

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The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has expressed sympathy for the victims of the Accra flooding accident that occurred in June 2026.

The heavy downpour that shocked the country claimed lives and property and left others homeless.

Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin attributed the situation to indisciplined behavior among some citizens of the country who dumped refuse inside the gutters.

Okyenhene indicated that if care is not taken, the same incident could happen to anyone across the country if we don’t stop such an act.

The Okyenmanwura mentioned these during the celebration of the Akyem Abuakwa State Ohum Festival, which was observed under the theme:” Rejuvenating Our Customs For Sustainability And Nature Connection” at Ofori Panin, Kyebi on Saturday, July 4, 2026.

He added that the government alone cannot monitor everywhere to ensure that people clean their environment; therefore, he advised the general public to prioritize sanitation to avoid such occurrences in the near future.

On his part, the Local Government Minister, Ahmed Ibrahim, mentioned that plans are far advanced to add traditional leaders (Chiefs and Queen Mothers), Assembly Members, and Members of Parliament to the governance to contribute ideas to running the affairs of the country.

He revealed that, should the aforementioned people have been included in governance, maybe the country wouldn’t have witnessed the Accra flooding incident.

Ahmed Ibrahim noted that President John Dramani Mahama is deeply worried about the situation, and highlighted that measures have been put in place to support the victims

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By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

The Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) has donated GH¢20,000 in cash, GH¢1,000 worth of airtime, assorted drinks, and hampers to the Akyem Tafo Traditional Council in support of the 2026 Ohum Kan Festival.

This gesture forms part of the Foundation’s annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) towards the celebration of the festival.

Speaking to Journalists, Ransford Gyan, the Area Sales Manager for Eastern, Oti, and Volta Regions respectively, highlighted the long-standing strong relationship between MTN Ghana and the Akyem Tafo Traditional Council.

“We have seen how deeply the Ohum Kan Festival reflects the identity, heritage, and aspirations of the Tafo people, and we are proud to be associated with a celebration that continues to preserve culture while opening new doors of opportunity,” he added.

He indicated that festivals like Ohum reflect the same spirit as they connect with people, preserve our heritage, and create opportunities for transport operators, food vendors, accommodation providers, artisans, traders, and many other small businesses.

‘In many ways, what festivals do culturally, MTN strives to do digitally in bringing people together and enabling progress, Mr. Gyan emphasised.

According to him, this year’s celebration is even more special for MTN Ghana as it marks their 30 years of connecting to the Ghanaian community under the theme “30 Years of Progress, Powered by You”.

Mr. Gyan mentioned that MTN Ghana had become an agent of development – enabling lives, supporting businesses, and contributing its quota to the nation.

“Nananom, our customers are at the heart of everything we do. Without our customers, there is no MTN Ghana. That is why we remain committed to delivering excellent service and making,” he noted.

Daasebre Adusei Peasah IV, the Akyem Tafohene, thanked the Foundation for its continued support of impacting lives in his community.

He then made a passionate appeal to MTN Ghana to enhance its network service delivery to the people in the area to address recent complaints of unstable network connection, which is affecting families, daily activities, and businesses.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

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An Akyem Takyiman-based businessman in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region, Foster Tetteh, popularly known as X-Bone, commemorated his 37th birthday  with a donation of educational materials to Basic Schools in the vicinity

He donated items includes 2,000 exercise books, 2, 000 pens, 10 sets of brand new jerseys, and 30 footballs.

The gesture, aimed to enhance education in Akyem Takyiman and its environs was presented at the community’s Palace during the Adae observation on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.

This comes during a stakeholders meeting among traditional leaders, elders, and the residents to discuss the development of the area.

Speaking to Kontihen Kofi Oboh, X-Bone mentioned that his gesture stemmed from his urge to prioritise the people’s welfare, especially the less privileged in the various communities, to put smiles on their faces rather than wasting huge resources on flamboyant birthday celebrations.

He noted that education is the cornerstone of every developed country across the globe which is why he saw the need to provide support for all the Basic Schools in Akyem Takyiman.

This, he added, would enable the schoolchildren to be punctual with school attendance and become prominent figures for the country in the near future.

According to him, the denial of access to quality education of schoolchildren practicing illegal mining activities (galamsey) at a very tender age is because their parents lack the financial muscles to facilitate their education needs.

A situation, the donor, described as a threat and very devastating to the future careers of these children.

X-Bone advised schoolchildren in Akyem Takyiman to take their studies seriously and pledged his readiness to offer Senior High School (SHSs) education support to any candidate who records better results in his or her Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

He further entreated colleagues and businessmen in the area to emulate his gesture and help give hope to the vulnerable children.

“In doing so, every child in the community will get a better future and help contribute meaningfully to the growth and development of Akyem Takyiman,” he underscores.

The Kontihene of Akyem Takyiman, Baffuor Kyei Danso II, thanked the donor for his kind gesture, saying it will go a long way to help the studies of the schoolchildren.

He was adamant that the people of Akyem Takyiman would experience a massive transformation should all and sundry follow in the footsteps of X-Bone.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

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The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Atiwa East Constituency in the Eastern Region, Albert Nuamah, who is seeking re-election, has attributed the party’s poor performance in the 2024 election to the absence of some key members who exited the party.

He noted that the misunderstanding among the key actors of the party before the 2024 elections led some to break away and form their own political party and contested the election as an Independent Presidential Candidate.

A situation, he described as very devastating, and called on the party’s national leadership to put in place measures to avoid any future occurrence.

“However, if I am given the nod by our gallant delegates to continue serving the party as Chairman, I will bring everybody on board, especially the peeved ones, and find solutions to their bitterness to enable them to get involved in the 2028 election campaign to win power for the NPP,” he said.

Mr. Nuamah, therefore, entreated the Atiwa East NPP delegates to consider the reforms he had brought to the party during his first tenure in office and vote for him to continue his good work for the party.

The aspiring Youth Organizer of the constituency, Andrews Agyapong, mentioned that the youth are the foundation of every political party across the globe; therefore, he would initiate programs that would draw the youth in Atiwa East closer to the NPP to help them secure victory in 2028.

According to him, NPP is the only political party in Ghana that places the welfare of the Ghanaian youth first before anything else as compared to NDC, and indicated that if Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia were elected as the next President of Ghana in 2028, he would create more jobs for the youth to reduce social vices in the country.

Furthermore, the former Youth Organizer of the constituency, Benjamin Gamali Marvin showed his heartfelt appreciation to the constituency executives for elevating him to Organizer status without letting anyone contest him.

He also reaffirmed his commitment to work hand in hand with all the aspiring executives to help Dr. Bawumia and the NPP to win the 2028 elections.

The Atiwa East vetting committee Chairman, Anthony Osei Adjei, who serves as Eastern Regional NPP Secretary, on his part, after the program, advised all the aspirants to embark on a clean campaign and avoid using profane words for their opponents to secure sympathy votes from the delegates.

He noted that in doing so, after the election, they can come back and work together for the party to achieve its aim of winning the 2028 election.

They all made this known after vetting the constituency aspirants who want to serve the party in the next 4 years  as well as helping the party to recapture power in 2028.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Akuapem South constituency of the Eastern Region, Michael Ahwireng, is seeking re-election for a third consecutive term in the upcoming constituency executive election, scheduled for July 11 and 12, 2027.

Speaking to Journalists after his successful vetting, Mr. Ahwireng reaffirmed his commitment to work effectively with his yet-to-be-elected new constituency executives to ensure that they reclaim the Parliamentary seat from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 2028.

According to him, the NDC’s Member of Parliament for the constituency, Lawrencia Adwoa Dziwornu, won the 2024 election with a margin of over 100 votes. He stated that the NPP needs unity and little effort to reclaim the seat.

Mr. Ahwireng further cited that the NDC lost the Upper West Akim Parliamentary seat to the NPP in 2020, but after reorganizing themselves well and working as a team, they won it back in 2024.

Against this scenario, he believes that the same thing will occur in Akuapem South after the 2028 election.

He used the opportunity and appealed to the Akuapem South NPP delegates to re-elect him as Chairman, and reiterated that he would collaborate with other executive members to work hard to win back the parliamentary seat in the upcoming 2028 elections for the NPP.

The aspiring Secretary of the constituency, Evans Ivan Opare Obeng said that one of his aims is to bring all the various groups in the area together and have a dialogue with them, and propagate their vision to them to enable them to vote for the NPP in 2028, if he is elected as Secretary.

He also reiterated his readiness to help the other aspiring executive members to grab the Parliamentary seat from the NDC.

Mr. Opare also urged their delegates to have confidence in him and vote for him to become the next secretary of the party in Akuapem South.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The incumbent Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the New Juaben South Constituency of the Eastern Region, Charles Oseipoku Boakye, who is seeking re-election, has described the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a deceitful and unreliable political party in Ghana.

He made these remarks after a successful vetting held at their Party office in the Old Estate, Koforidua, where he picked up the number 2 slot on the ballot paper to contest their July 11 and 12, 2026 constituency executive election.

According to Charles Boakye, he can’t fathom why Ghanaians voted for the NDC in 2024 based on the Nkoko Nkitinkiti and 24-hour economy initiatives.

Oseipoku Boakye echoed that when they [NDC] failed to execute their numerous promises made to the good people of Ghana, they had now turned the 24-hour economy initiative into a marketing construction.

He cited that the Koforidua Agatha market, which supports many vulnerable market women, has been demolished for the construction of a 24-hour economy market, and this demonstrates how they are struggling to govern the country.

“No country across the globe can run a 24-hour economy when the economy itself is in a shambolic state, and this is the current situation in which Ghana finds itself now, under President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress administration,” mentioned Charles Oseipoku Boakye.

The New Juaben South aspiring Chairman then entreated Ghanaians to critically examine the country’s happenings and consider voting for the NPP in 2028, as Ghana enjoys economic freedom when their party is in power.

Some Ghanaians have questioned the credibility of some of the people who are aspiring to become the executive members of the New Patriotic Party because they believe it is only the elite who run their party.

Reacting to this, Charles Oseipoku Boakye stated that now things have changed, and if you’re a political party and you want to capture political power, it is your responsibility to open your arms for anybody who wants to serve the party.

“Which is why this time around our party has paved the way for anyone who qualifies to contest the constituency executive election, and indicated that it shouldn’t always be the intellectuals to lead our great party, and in doing so, it will unify the party members to work hard for NPP to win the 2028 election,” he explained.

Mr. Boakye then appealed to the more than 1,000 NPP delegates expected to participate in this exercise to elect new executives to run the party in New Juaben South for the next 4 years to look at his performance and the peace he has installed among the party members to retain him to continue his good work for NPP.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Kibi Presbyterian College of Education, located in the Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly of the Eastern Region, in partnership with Admissions Expert and the Philippine Christian University, hosted an International Conference on Digital Education and Pedagogical Innovation on Wednesday, June 24,  and it is expected to end on Friday, June 26, 2026.

The 3-day event was celebrated under the theme: “Rethinking Pedagogy In The Digital World: Skills And Competencies Of Educators And Learners: Policies And Infrastructure Support.”

Speaking to Journalists,  the Principal of the Kibi Presbyterian College of Education, Rev. Dr. Charles Fosu-Ayarkwah, urged Ghana to embrace and get involved in the digital space to shape the minds of our young ones to enable them to compete with other kids who are using digital skills to do sophisticated machines in their respective countries.

Rev. Dr. Ofosu-Ayarkwa said that digitalization has made the world a global village, and it has helped many people to pursue their courses across the continent without stressing themselves traveling abroad to study those courses, indicating that these are some of the reliefs digital technology has brought to humanity.

However, he cautioned that since the educators are teaching the learners about digitalization skills by using iPads, mobile phones, and other tools to access the internet for their research, there should be a limitation for them, and they must be monitored to ensure they don’t abuse the internet to watch unholy content that would negatively impact their lives and in doing so it would help them to become innovators we want for the country.

On his part, Professor Christopher Yawkwah, the Vice Dean of the School of Educational Development and Outreach at the University of Cape Coast, admonished educators to keep themselves abreast with digital technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enable them to educate schoolchildren.

Professor Yawkwah noted that, aside from digital and AI creating job opportunities for people, it also has its challenges and urged teachers to do fact-checking after the information given by the AI before giving the learners such information because AI can sometimes be misinformed, and practicing this daily in a classroom will enable them to give true and accurate information to the schoolchildren.

Furthermore, Koku Anyidoho who is pursuing his PhD in Theology at the Philippian Christian University and the same time represented the Dr. Junifen Gauuan, the President of the Philippine Christian University, Philippines mentioned that Information Technology has become part of us and all the successive governments of Ghana are trying very hard to build ICT laboratories across the country to enhance our kids’ knowledge about the digitalization skills in Ghana.

He added that for every Ghanaian child to benefit from the digital skills, especially those in the hard-to-reach areas, the government must ensure that telcos enhance their service to enable them to have access to a quality network for their operations.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

On Sunday, 21st June 2026, I  received with shock and deep concern reports of the alleged shooting incident involving my predecessor, Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo.

Later in the day, I visited her at the hospital and was pleased to see her in good spirits. News of this unfortunate incident is therefore particularly disturbing.

I strongly condemn this alleged act of violence in all its forms. Such incidents undermine public safety and threaten the peace and stability we all cherish.

I call on all well-meaning Ghanaians to join in condemning this act and to reaffirm our collective commitment to peace, tolerance, and respect for human life.

I further urge the Inspector-General of Police and the Ghana Police Service to act swiftly and professionally to investigate the circumstances surrounding this incident and ensure that all persons responsible are identified and brought to book in accordance with the law.

At this time, I also appeal to the public to remain calm and avoid speculation while investigations are ongoing. Let us allow the security agencies to carry out their work and establish the full facts.

My thoughts and prayers are with Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo, and I wish her a speedy recovery.

The Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency, G/R,  Hon. Elikplim Akurugu made this statement on her Facebook page.

Source// Elikplim Akurugu.