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Denkyira Obuasi: SHS graduate stoned to death at a galamsey site

  A twenty-two (22) year Senior High School graduate, Evans Wireko has been stoned to death at a galamsey site by some persons at Fobinso near Denkyira Obuasi now New Obuasi in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region. One other is in critical condition and receiving treatment …

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AngloGold Ashanti reacts to ‘unemployment’ demo by Obuasi youth

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah AngloGold Ashanti Ghana (AGAG) has reacted to unemployment concerns raised by the Obuasi Youth Community Mining Association through a demonstration. A group of irate youth on Tuesday hit the street to register their displeasure with what they described as the worsening unemployment rate in the area. …

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Obuasi: Suspected highway robber shot dead, weapons retrieved

  By:brightwebtv/nanaasare barimahasare barimah file photo A suspected highway robber was shot and killed during an intelligence-led operation by the police at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, dailymailgh.com has learned. This follows recent reports of violent crimes including highway robberies within the Obuasi township and other surrounding areas. Confirmation A published police …

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Obuasi Police gun down robber, another arrested

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The police at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have killed an armed robber and arrested another in an operation on the Obuasi-Hia road in the Amansie Central District. While the dead could not be identified, the one arrested is named Tony Nana Yaw Mensah, a 35-year-old. …

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Obuasi Sec Tech students develop ballot box to stop multiple voting

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Some students of the Ashanti Region-based Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) have innovated a special ballot box for voting. In a move to help address challenges during voting, including multiple voting, the school has invented a smart box for automatic counting. The ballot box, according to the students, displays …

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Galamsey: 140,000 residents of Obuasi denied safe drinking water – Dapaah

  River Oda polluted About 140,000 people are being deprived of safe potable water in Obuasi Municipality and its surroundings because of the menace of illegal small-scale mining, galamsey. The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah bemoaned this and said galamsey activities on river Oda …

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3 miners trapped underground at Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi mine

  Three miners, believed to be working with AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi mines, are reported to have been trapped in an underground site after the mine caved in. The information available to Luv News regarding the incident is scanty, however, sources say a search party has been sent underground to rescue …

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Two armed robbers dead after gun battle with Obuasi Police

  File photo The Police at Obuasi have gunned down two suspected armed robbers in an operation on the Miles 9 road. According to the Obuasi Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Joseph Nyaaba, the two are believed to have traveled from the north for their operations. The robbers are said …

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A/R: Obuasi police guns down two armed robbers

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare Barimah General News The Obuasi Police gunned down 2 suspected armed robbers The Obuasi Divisional Police Patrol team on Wednesday, 10 March 2021, gunned down two suspected armed robbers at Akonfokrom near Mile 9 in the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti region.  This was disclosed by the …

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Akufo-Addo inaugurates KNUST-Obuasi campus

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare Barimah Akufo-Addo cutting the ribbon President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, 4 November 2020, officially inaugurated the Obuasi Campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University (KNUST), at a brief ceremony in Obuasi.  It will be recalled that the idea of starting the Obuasi Campus of KNUST came …

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