Riohs Originate starts online fashion education
Riohs Originate has set the pace as the first Ghanaian Fashion School to Start an online fashion design and illustration education in the country.
The initiative had its pilot during the initial phase of the Coronavirus pandemic with the 2020 batch who started the course in February 2020.
The students experienced 75 percent of online class 25 percent of physical class. The institution announced the roll-out of the full online class at the just ended 8th edition of Joie De Vivre which took place at Alliance Francaise in Accra.
Joie De Vivre is a show that provided students the platform to exhibit their creativity and confidence on a runway.
Management of Riohs Originate has indicated that new students wishing to learn Fashion Design and Illustration in 2021 should expect a 100 percent online education as an option.
The novel initiative by the institution would give equal value to students that would go in for online education, having the opportunity to go through the Riohsexperience in the comfort of their homes, workplaces, and anywhere in the world.
“We continue to adjust our plans for our current students, aiming to be more accommodating and adaptable in 2021 with an online education while still keeping to high standards. Our COVID-19 experience had shown us how to do better, students deserve nothing but the best from us,” Mr. Richard Ohene Sika, Talent Manager of Riohs Originate said.
Riohs Originate Company Limited is known for impacting the lives of many Ghanaians who have chosen Fashion Design as a career. The Company is credited and noted for starting the six months course in Fashion Design and Illustration in the country some 10 years ago.
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for his role in a 2022 robbery at a mining site at Manso Akwasiso in the Ashanti South Region.
The convict, Dominic Ofori, also known as Fanta, was arrested on 16th February 2026 after years on the run. He pleaded guilty before the Bekwai Circuit Court to robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29, and was accordingly sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.
On March 20, 2022, the Manso Adubia District Police received intelligence that a group of armed men from Manso Abodom were planning to attack a mining site at Manso Akwasiso to rob the owner of gold concentrate. Acting on the information, police mounted a coordinated operation and laid an ambush at the site.
At about 5:30 pm the same day, four-armed men arrived at the site, fired indiscriminately, and robbed the miners of their gold concentrate. The police team on surveillance intervened, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
Three of the suspects, Abu Abubakar, Musah Latif, and Gideon Takyi, sustained gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on arrival at St Martins Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum. Dominic Ofori escaped at the time but was later arrested and put before the court.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has assured the public of its continued commitment to combating violent crimes and bringing offenders to justice.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 45-year-old Isaac Boafo, also known as “Duabo King,” for allegedly publishing false news intended to cause fear and panic.
Police said the arrest follows a viral TikTok video in which Boafo claimed that four officers at the Central Police Station in Kumasi engaged in inappropriate conduct with commercial sex workers during night patrols in Asafo.
Officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate (Ashanti Region) apprehended Boafo after receiving intelligence about the video.
During questioning, he admitted to creating the video to attract views and engagement online, and acknowledged that he could not prove the allegations.
Boafo also admitted making comments about the President of the Republic for content purposes and could not defend those statements.
He has been formally charged and is in detention as investigations continue.
The Ashanti Regional Police have warned the public against publishing or sharing false information on social media, noting that such acts can cause fear, panic, and damage reputations.
They said anyone found engaging in similar conduct will face legal action.
By: Jacob Aggrey
