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Chieftaincy and Culture
17th June, 2010
The national queenmother of the Ghana Psychic and Traditional Healers Association has advised herbal practitioners, especially fetish priests (Okomfo), to use scientific methods in their business ...
14th June, 2010
The Offinso Traditional Council in Ashanti has banned the invocation of curses by aggrieved person using the Offin river god and other deities in the traditional area to settle personal scores.
The ...
12th June, 2010
The Chief Director at the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture, Rebecca Amooh Aboagye, has said Metropolitan, Municipal and the District Assembles (MMDAs) and the traditional councils should be given ...
10th June, 2010
MEMBERS of the Elmina canoe owners and fishermen association on Wednesday declared that they will not allow the celebration of this year’s Bakatue festival.
This, they say, this because they (the ...
1st June, 2010
The deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, Eric Opoku, has proposed the celebration of an annual festival of reconciliation at Sankore in the Asunafo South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region.
He ...
26th May, 2010
The Western Regional House of Chief says it has, within six years, significantly resolved the numerous chieftaincy cases in the area.
The cases, which were resolved between 2004 and this year, ...
25th May, 2010
Stakeholders at a forum on the development of the Volta Region has recommended the need to strengthen the relationship between chieftaincy and local governance system and the restoration of the power ...
24th May, 2010
The resumed sitting of the Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs at Dodowa to determine suits challenging the legitimacy of Dr. Jo Blankson as Ga Mantse, took an interesting ...
15th May, 2010
The Atukpai dynasty, under the leadership of Nii Tettey Tsuru II, the Gbese Mankralo, has launched a memorial funeral rites programme in Accra.
Slated for October this year, the programme, dubbed ...
13th May, 2010
The face of the Emancipation Day Celebration in Ghana will change this year with the introduction of aspects that are geared towards attracting meaningful investment from the Diaspora into Ghana.
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13th May, 2010
A two-day validation workshop to discuss the findings of a research into customary laws on land and family before codification, to avoid misunderstanding and misinterpretation, has been held at Ho for ...
11th May, 2010
Revenue from Stool Lands is not only meant for chiefs to meet their traditional obligations, but also to develop the various communities, Mrs Christina Esi Bobobee, Acting Administrator of Stool ...
10th May, 2010
The Gbese Royal Stool says the Public should disregard a letter issued by W.A.N. Adumua-Bossman, counsel for Nii Ayibonte (Thomas Okine) to the media purporting that the Supreme Court had ruled in ...
6th May, 2010
Tension acrimony and fear on Monday characterized the installation of Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI as the Osu Mantse in Accra.
The installation ceremony was performed at the forecourt of the Dowuona ...
28th April, 2010
The Kotoku Traditional Council, in Eastern Region, will meet for the first time in 10 years on Thursday May 13 to appoint Judicial Committees.
A statement signed by Mr Razak El-Alawa, Special ...
28th April, 2010
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has appealed to residents of the Kumasi Metropolis to avail themselves of the National Identification Exercise as it will help government to effectively plan for ...
18th April, 2010
The suspicion and sour relationship between the Ga chief, Nii Tackie Tawiah II, and the government looks set to worsen after a claimant to the Ga stool attempted an installation process with the ...
13th April, 2010
The Ga Traditional Council has directed that the ban on drumming and noise-making should start from Monday, May 10, and end on Thursday, June 10.
A release signed by Ms. Mercy Asante, registrar of ...
7th April, 2010
The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, has urged the government to plan and implement an inter regional highway system that will link the regional and district capitals within 10 ...
6th April, 2010
Mrs Lucy Awuni, Deputy Upper East Regional Minister has expressed worry over the many discriminatory cultural practices against women in the region.
The Minister expressed this when she addressed ...
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