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Chieftaincy and Culture
8th February, 2012
OSAGYEFO Amoatia Ofori Panin, the Okyenhene has elevated the regent of Kwabeng, Nana Adjei Twum, to the status of Gyantuahene of the Akyem Abuakwa at Kibi, in the Eastern Region.
The elevation of the 58-year-old chief, known in private life as Dickson Adjei Twum, and also the Chief Executive Officer of the MacDick Royal Plaza in Koforidua came ...
4th November, 2011
The chief of Badzeme in the Volta Region, Okofrobor Agyeman VII, has called on traditional rulers to use annual festivals as a platform to fight indiscipline emanating from “politics of ...
1st November, 2011
THE fragile peace that the Chiefs and people of the Bawku Traditional Area had been enjoying after several years of ethnic conflict is under threat.
This followed an order by Naa Bohagu Sheriga, ...
31st October, 2011
The case, in which Dr. Jo Blankson is being challenged over his nomination and installation as Ga Mantse at the Greater Regional House of Chiefs at Dodowa, is drawing to a close as the adjudicating ...
25th October, 2011
The Ajumako Traditional Council have elevated three sub-chiefs in the area to status of Nguaintoihen, Abakomahem and Baemhem due to their dedication to the growth of the traditional area.
They are ...
24th August, 2011
Chiefs and people of Osu on Tuesday, celebrated their annual Homowo Festival with a peaceful parade of traditional regalia and the sprinkling of kpokpoi (food).
The ceremony aimed at hooting at ...
16th August, 2011
The chiefs and people of Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West municipality, last Saturday celebrated their Homowo festival with pomp and pageantry.
There was firing of musketery while a retinue of ...
16th August, 2011
The people of the Ohiawa We of Otublohum in Ga Mashie, last Saturday celebrated their homowo festival amidst merry making.
The Dzaasehene of the Otublohum division, Nii Amoo III, sprinkled the ...
6th August, 2011
The people of James Town (Ngleshie Alata) paramountcy in Accra led by Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V , James Town Mantse, will on Monday, August 15, celebrate a special Odwira festival to mark the ...
8th July, 2011
The Chiefs and people of the Edina Traditional Area in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region on Tuesday Celebrated their annual Bakatue festival and regatta ...
28th June, 2011
A grand durbar of the chiefs and people of Have traditional area was held here last Saturday to climax the annual Agadevi festival.
The event is celebrated as a symbol of thanks-giving in ...
25th May, 2011
Tension is mounting between the people of Nimoro and Fielmua communities in the Sissala West District of Upper West Region, over a land dispute.
Both sides are said to be stock piling arms and ...
23rd May, 2011
Queen mothers in the country have advocated they must be given enough representation at the Regional House of Chiefs and the Districts Assemblies.
This is contained in a communiqué read by Nana ...
20th May, 2011
Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Ho, Asogli State and President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, has advised traditional rulers in the region to provide better leadership for the benefit of ...
18th May, 2011
THE Nsuta Traditional Council has announced an IMMEDIATE ban on the “one-week” funeral celebration in the area.
Nana Adu-Agyei Bonsafo III, the Omanhene, said the situation where bereaved ...
9th May, 2011
A Centre for Communication and Culture (CCC) was inaugurated in Accra last Friday, to promote cultural development through advocacy and training for creators and critics of culture.
The centre, a ...
8th May, 2011
THE Chiefs and people of the Effutu Traditional Area on Saturday celebrated their annual Aboakyir festival with the catch of three antelopes amidst heavy security presence.
Conspicuously absent at ...
2nd April, 2011
Akua Dansua, Minister for Tourism, has been appointed onto the Advisory Board of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD), in Berlin, Germany with effect from April 1st, 2011.
The appointment ...
2nd April, 2011
The people of Tafi Abuipe in the Hohoe Municipality have celebrated their first Kente Festival.
The festival was the joint-initiative of the weavers and this years batch of American Peace Crops ...
16th March, 2011
By a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has quashed the order of prohibition and injunction restraining Nana Kwame Baafi, Atipimhene of New Juaben, from beating the going-gong in pursuance of his ...
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