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Four persons have been confirmed dead after they were involved in accident that occurred at Takoradi in the Western Region. The accident which happened in the early hours of Sunday 1st January 2023 involved two buses. A Republic of Liberia registered sprinter bus with registration number, LB-B11992 and an Assemblies …

Josephine Panyin Simons Mensah the lady at the centre of the fake pregnancy and kidnapping in Takoradi has been fined GHC7,200 by the Takoradi Circuit court A presided over by His Honour, Michael Ampadu on count two of her offense. She has 14 days to pay the fine. The accused …

Sekondi-Takoradi, known as the ‘Twin-City’, is the capital of the Western region of Ghana. Sekondi is the administrative capital while Takoradi is the commercial capital. Over the years, there have been so many accounts about how Takoradi got its name. The name ‘Twin-City’ is gradually becoming the ‘Oil City’ because …

The leadership of the Concerned Takoradi Youth has lauded the appointment of Mr. Opoku-Ahweneeh Danquah as the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). The group which is made up of over 100 members says Mr. Danquah, who was “born and raised” in Takoradi and understands the …

The makeshift Takoradi market has caught fire. The fire, which started in the early hours of Monday, April 4, has so far destroyed properties worth millions of Ghana Cedis. The host of Connect FM‘s Omanbapa morning show, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, with his producer, Mpimpimhene Nana Gyetuah, have been at …

About 52 passengers who boarded the 15-kilometer Takoradi via-Kojokrom to Sekondi passenger train service this morning sustained various degree of injuries after a fault alarm caused a stampede on the train at Butuah Station in Takoradi. Several passengers destroyed the glass windows of the train in an attempt to escape …

The family of a taxi driver who died in a police cells after he was arrested for knocking down some police officers around the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi-Takoradi, has dragged the Ghana Police Service to court. The family says it seeks to find answers on what killed Joseph …

Six suspected armed robbers have been apprehended by the Mpohor District Police after they robbed some scrap dealers on Saturday, January 8, 2022. The scrap dealers Haruna Dayan and Abdul Rauf who are from Kansaworodo a suburb in Takoradi on Saturday, January 8, were going about in search of scraps …

  This year’s Masquerades festival at Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region has come to an end. Also known as Ankos Festival, the Masquerade festival is a Ghanaian yearly festival where people from Sekondi-Takoradi who have travelled to other parts of the country, and even those abroad return home to a …

Every year, thousands of people gather to catch a glimpse of the masquerades, and have feel of the Sekondi-Takoradi Street Carnival also known as Masquerades Festival. The Ankos Festival, also known as the Takoradi street carnival or Masquerade Festival, is a Ghanaian yearly festival held in Takoradi. Its major feature …