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Chief implores citizen to help develop rural c’nities
The Paramount Chief of Enyan Denkyira Traditional Area, Osabarima Otsibu VI, has appealed to citizens of rural communities who have made it to see it as a mission to help develop their towns and villages.
According to the chief, life has always been difficult in rural communities and help from elsewhere, even government assistance, is hard to get and the well-to-do citizens constitute the easiest source to fall on for support.
Osabarima Otsibu said this last Saturday during a short ceremony held at his palace at Enyan Denkyira in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District of the Central Region, to affirm Mr Kweku Gyasi Essel, the Ghanaian Times/The Spectator Night Editor, as head of the Twidan Ebusua (clan) of the town.
Praising the citizens for their support in the town’s development, he said, “just recently, one of these public-spirited citizens single-handedly renovated basic school blocks at the cost of GHc200, 000.”
He encouraged Mr Essel, now going by the title Ebusuapanyin, to do well to bring a change in traditional leadership that would maintain the cordial relationship between his clan and the rest of the community.
“This will eventually help to enhance the development of the clan and our town,” he said.
He said all manner of leaders had failed in things they could have avoided and asked Ebusuapanyin Essel to “eschew hearsay and cronyism.”
In a brief acceptance, Ebusuapanyin Essel, who now has the responsibility of presiding over issues that concern his maternal clan and being the traditional contact between the clan and any individual, group or community that would like to have any dealings with the clan, promised to maintain the unity in the clan and share ideas with the clan members with regard to how to improve their lives.
The newly-appointed traditional leader said, “I pledge to support the chiefs and other traditional leaders to develop the town.
“I will make sure l don’t bring disappointment and disgrace to my clan and community; rather I will endeavour to help to improve lives”.
The Adontsenhen of the traditional area and a member of the Twidan clan, Okumanyin Eduah I, also promised to support Ebusuapanyin Essel to succeed but asked him to “be selfless, firm and tolerant.”
Another traditional leader, Etsifi Asona Ebusuapanyin Kwesi Tweiku, a businessman known in private life as Uncle Siisi Crentsil, welcomed Ebusuapanyin Essel into the midst of the traditional leadership of the town and asked him to be resolute in all his dealings.
The ceremony was attended by other traditional leaders mostly clan members.
By Spectator Reporter
Ahyiresu and Abofrem, two quiet communities in the Atwima Mponua District, have been shaken to the core by a chilling midnight drama that reads like a nightmare.
A pastor and a young mother stand accused of attempting to bury a five‑month‑old baby girl alive, a crime that has ignited outrage and disbelief across the township.
According to police, Apostle Richmond Akwasi Frimpong, 36, Head Pastor of the Anointed Grace Prayer Ministry at Kuffour Camp, conspired with his uncle Emmanuel Appiah, 53, and the child’s mother, 23‑year‑old Beatrice Agyapomaa, to dispose of the infant, Anaya Achiaa, under the cover of darkness.
A fourth suspect, Emmanuel Donkor, remains on the run.
The suspects were caught near a refuse dump around 10 pm on April 9, 2026, after a vigilant resident, Akwasi Twezor, noticed their suspicious movements.
When confronted, they claimed the child was already dead and had palace approval for burial. But Twezor’s instincts proved right—the baby was still alive, gasping faintly for breath.
Chief Linguist, Nana Yaw Badu, later confirmed that Frimpong had misled him earlier in the evening, securing permission for burial by falsely declaring the child dead.
The infant was rushed to the Abofrem Clinic, where she is now responding well to treatment. Police described her as “very beautiful.”
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Evelyn Yitamkey, Commander of DOVVSU in Bibiani, confirmed that the suspects have been provisionally charged.
Frimpong faces attempted murder and conspiracy charges, while Agyapomaa and Appiah are charged with conspiracy and abetment.
They were remanded by the Bibiani Circuit Court, presided over by Judge Frank Asiedu Nimako, to assist investigations.
The docket has been forwarded to the Attorney General’s Department for advice, ASP Yitamkey indicated.
The attempted crime has provoked fury among residents, many suspecting ritual motives aimed at bolstering the pastor’s influence.
Crowds attempted to attack the suspects outside court, but police intervention prevented mob justice.
The Assembly Member for Ahyiresu, Yusuf Suleiman, has assured residents that justice will be pursued swiftly.
From Kingsley E. Hope, Kumasi
The forecourt of the African University of Communications and Business (AUCB) in Accra came alive on Friday with colour, creativity and innovation, as Level 300 students transformed the space into a lively exhibition of ideas.
Under the theme “Building meaningful brands beyond the logo,” the students invited patrons into a world where ordinary products were reimagined through storytelling, design and purpose.
From scented candles to innovative food concepts, each stand told a unique story, one that went beyond aesthetics to capture identity, value and human connection.
For many of the students, the event was more than just an academic exercise; it was a moment to dream out loud.
Guided by their lecturer, Peter Wonders, they explored what it truly means to build a brand in today’s competitive world where trust, consistency and experience matter just as much as logos and slogans.
Chairman of the occasion, Nana Kum Gyata VI, in his remarks said a brand is what people say about you when you are not present.
At the end of the presentations, awards were presented to deserving groups with Vida Nyaneba emerging as the overall best branding student.
By Esinam Jemima Kuatsinu
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