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Hundreds turn out for breast screening at Kaneshie Market Complex
• Mr Martin Adu-Owusu (middle) with the dignitaries at the launch
About 500 women at the Kaneshie Market Complex, who were screened on Thursday and Friday as part of The Spectator Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, have been advised to continue treating their breasts with outmost care, even after the campaigns for the month of October are over.
According to Mrs. Gloria Owusu, the Group Administrator of The Community Hospitals Group, the breast remained an important asset for women, babies and men as well, hence the need for it to be “preserved very well.”
She said it was important for traders to take time off their busy schedules and avail themselves of regular medical checkup, including the early detection of breast cancer.
She stressed that late diagnosis of the disease could produce more adverse effects, therefore, women should take advantage of free screening opportunities where health professionals could examine them thoroughly.
“The irony of breast cancer is that people are afraid to check because they think the disease is so deadly that they do not want to come anywhere close to it. But we forget that what we may go through eventually when it is detected late is worse than we can imagine.
“Women can go about their trading activities and still squeeze sometime for medical chech up and give prompt attention to their health needs and avoid delays which have always ended up in medical fatalities,” she noted.
The Spectator Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, themed: “Life Before and After Breast Cancer: A Future of Positivity and Hope,” formed part of the effort by The New Times Corporation and its partners to help reduce the devastating effects of the disease.
As partners of the campaign, Mrs. Gloria Owusu said The Community Hospitals Group had dedicated the month of October to free breast screening as well as other obstetrics and gynaecological check-up for women.
“We have positioned ourselves as gentle giants in the health industry that is why we find it fulfilling to partner the New Times Corporation and other stakeholders on this progressive mission,” she said.
Mrs. Owusu further urged women to take their health needs seriously and remain active while going about their businesses.
Some traders who spoke to The Spectator praised stakeholders for the initiative and promised to take the message of regular breast screening seriously.
Madam Lucy Awuku said women should not shy aware from seeking medical help breast cancer, which did not have any spiritual connotations. Madam Florence Quartey also said she would continue to do the screening regularly, although she had not been diagonesed with the disease while Madam Comfort Osei Amoafo commended organisers for the initiative.
By Ernest Nutsugah
The professor who spends his days exploring the intricacies of African languages found himself at the centre of a different kind of lesson on Friday, October 2, 2026. 
This time, there were no lecture notes, academic arguments or university classrooms. Instead, there was the weight of tradition, the rhythm of a community celebration and the solemnity of an oath at a royal palace.
Professor Ọbádélé Kambon, a full Professor of African Linguistics at the University of Ghana, was enstooled as Apagyahene and Sunsum Ɔsahene of Akuapem Mampong in the Eastern Region in a ceremony that brought academia and traditional authority together.
For the professor, the occasion was more than a new title. It was a moment that connected his academic interests in African languages and indigenous knowledge with the living traditions of an Akan community.
The day’s events unfolded through a series of customary observances. Kambon was first taken to the compounds of the Ɔkyeamehene and Gyasehene, where the preparations for his installation continued.
Then came the application of hyire, the white kaolin powder associated with traditional rites.
With the customary proceedings underway, the new chief was lifted onto the shoulders of celebrants and carried along the main thoroughfare of Akuapem Mampong.
The procession transformed the streets into a public stage for a ceremony rooted in the community’s traditional institutions.
There was something striking about the image, a university professor, accustomed to the measured language of academic discourse, being carried through the town in a display of traditional recognition.
Yet the celebration was not complete with the procession.
A ram was sacrificed at the Mamponghene’s compound before Kambon was taken to the palace, to swear the oath associated with his new offices.
The ceremony brought him formally into his roles as Apagyahene and Sunsum Ɔsahene.
Beyond the colourful proceedings, the titles themselves carry layers of historical meaning.
Kambon in his research explores the historical connections between Apagya and Akan political and military organisation.
Accounts cited in his work linked Apagya to an asafo, or military company, while historical writing traces an Apagya stool in Asante to the reign of Opoku Ware I in the eighteenth century.
These historical associations offer a glimpse into the institutions that have shaped Akan society over generations, although they do not automatically define the precise responsibilities of the office in Akuapem Mampong.
Kambon’s own professional life reflects a similar interest in preserving and examining African knowledge.
His work encompasses Akan language structure, naming practices across the Black world, proverbs and indigenous intellectual traditions.
Through Abibitumi, the platform he founded, he also promotes language learning, scholarship and cultural engagement.
But tradition was only one part of the story that day.
When the formal ceremony gave way to a reception, the occasion expanded into a celebration of three milestones: Kambon’s enstoolment, his promotion to full professor and his daughter Ama’s admission to the University of Ghana.
The gathering therefore carried a personal significance that went beyond the honours bestowed on one man. 
It celebrated professional advancement, the continuation of family aspirations and a connection to cultural heritage.
For a father, seeing a daughter gain admission to the same university where he holds a distinguished academic position offered another reason to celebrate.
For the professor, the moment placed family achievement alongside his own professional and traditional milestones.
Kambon had already established a place in the traditional life of Akuapem Mampɔn through an earlier installation as Banmuhene Kyidɔmhene, recorded in 2017.
His latest enstoolment adds another chapter to that relationship.
In Akuapem Mampɔn, the day brought together the university, the palace and the family table in one celebration. And for Kambon, the journey from the lecture room to the traditional procession showed how scholarship, cultural responsibility and family achievement could converge in a single memorable occasion.
By Enoch Ntiamoah Siaw
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Intercity STC Coaches Limited has interdicted a driver captured in a viral video allegedly hitting a Sprinter bus during an overtaking manoeuvre at Pokuase before driving away from the scene.
In a public notice, the company described the driver’s conduct as unacceptable, stressing that it did not reflect the safety standards and professionalism it upholds.
Management said it had commenced an immediate investigation into the incident and identified the driver, who has been interdicted pending the outcome of the disciplinary process.
The company added that it was awaiting an official report from the Pokuase Police Command to help establish the facts surrounding the incident.
STC reaffirmed its commitment to passenger safety and responsible road use, while thanking members of the public for bringing the incident to its attention.
Management assured the public that appropriate action would be taken following the investigation.
By: Jacob Aggrey
