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Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has proffered the Community Mining Programme (CMP) as the finest solution to the prevalence of illegal mining at Patriensa in the Asante Akim Central municipality of the Ashanti Region. The scheme was instituted by the government in 2019 as a means of formalizing illegal small scale mining, popularly known as galamsey in selected communities for sustainable and responsible mining. Otumfuo gave the CMP as a proper solution to illegal mining in Patriensa when the new […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has charged the newly enstooled chief of Kwaso in the Ejisu Municipal District of the Ashanti Region, Nana Osei Fosu Adutwum, to fight for the community’s share of the national cake in the quest to develop the area. The chief who takes over from Nana Nketia Boampong II who was destooled in June 2023 received the wise counsel of the King when he requested to take the oath of allegiance on April 8, 2024 Otumfuo […]
Nana Poku Ware, the chief of Anyinase, has sworn the oath of allegiance before the Occupant of the Golden Stool, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. He was presented to the King during the April 8 meeting of the Kumasi Traditional Council (KTC) by the Oyoko Division of the Council. The former courtier of the Manhyia Palace took the oath, pledging his commitment, obedience and submission to the King on Monday. Ahead of his oath, the Council gave favourable testimonies about […]
Ghanaian boxing sensation Stanley Nyantakyi has presented his second career title to the Overlord of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The LBO Featherweight Champion won his first national title and his second professional title last week in a four-round bout against Accra Champion Emmanuel Quartey. Leading him and his management team, the Osibo Boxing Management and Promotion, to the Occupant of the Golden Stool on April 8, 2024, was Hemanhene Nana Apau Wiafe Ababio Sanwoansan who on his […]
The leadership of the Baoule ethnic group- an Asante tribe in Ivory Coast- and the family of former President Henri Konan Bédié have officially broken the news of his demise to the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. This was on April 8, 2024, at the Manhyia Palace. Among the delegation were seven Paramount chiefs including Nanan Attoh Yapi III, Nanan Komenan Jacob, Nanan Tano Kouakou, Nanan N’Guessan Toto, Nanan N’Guessan Begbin and Nanan N’Dri Kouakou Chamel. […]
The Tamale Youth Choir has recognised Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s leadership as a symbol of hope and an inspiration for generations to come. According to the choral group, His Majesty’s leadership, which has principally placed the welfare of his subjects on top of his scale of preference, is not only remarkable but inspiring. “On this momentous occasion marking your 25 years of his distinguished reign as the illustrious Asantehene, we the Tamale Youth Choir come to extend our heartfelt […]
The Tamale Youth Choir and the Obuasi Heralds Choir emerged best performing choirs in the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Composers Competition at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The seven competing choir groups included the Tarkwa Crusaders Choir, Tema Mass Choir, Tamale Youth Choir, Bantama Youth Choir, Obuasi Heralds Choir, Kasoa Youth Choir and Amammereso Youth Choir. Before their performances, guest choirs including Akoo Show Choir and the Winneba Youth Choir as […]
The 25-year reign of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was celebrated through choral compositions by seven choir groups across the country as they battled it out to win the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Composers Competition. The contest held at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Friday, April 5, 2024, saw the groups proclaiming the unparalleled leadership of the 16th king of the Asante Kingdom in melodic tunes. The event began with performances from guest choirs including […]
Lady Julia Osei Tutu, wife of the King of the Asante Kingdom, has expressed the royal family’s pride in the distinguished reign and leadership of His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. In her first public well-wishes to her husband, Her Royal Highness said she was extremely proud to be part of the journey of the King’s enviable leadership. Extolling her life partner, she said, “Otumfuo, you have shown great wisdom in all you have undertaken and so earned the love […]
The Manhyia Palace has taken delivery of 30 waste containers donated by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) in collaboration with the Kumasi Compost and Recycling Plant (KCARP), Africa’s largest compost plant which is a subsidiary of the Jospong Group. The bins were presented to the Palace by representatives of the donors on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, with the sole aim of keeping the Palace tidy in the course of events slated for the 25th Anniversary celebration of the King of […]
