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AHISCO organises homecoming event for Onukpai
A group of Onukpai enjoying their meal
Accra High School (AHISCO), on Saturday held a special homecoming event for old students of the school (Onukpai) as part of activities to mark its 100th anniversary.
It attracted former students of the various year-groups across the country and the diaspora.
Clad in their beautiful centenary polo shirts, the old students danced to musical tunes, shared fond memories and dined together to indicate the bond they shared.
The old students also engaged in sporting activities such as 50-meter race, draughts, and five-a-side football, oware, ludo, penalty shoot-out and tug-of-war.
In an interview with The Spectator, the Headmistress of the school, Ms Evelyn Sagbli Nabia, said the event allowed all Onukpai to reunite and relive their days in school.
She explained that the homecoming was to create a platform for many of the old students who claimed they have visited not the school since completion.
She, however, disclosed that others had contributed immensely to the development of the school but had never really come to see what their monies have been used for.
Ms. Nabia also used the opportunity to congratulate all students of the school and urged them to see the anniversary as the beginning of a new chapter.
“Hundred years is the end of a chapter of a school or an institution. However, it is also the beginning of a new chapter; so as stakeholders, let us come together to reopen a better and stronger chapter for our school to a new level as far as education in Ghana is concerned,” she added.
The National President of the Old Students Association of Accra High School (AHISCOSA), Mr Edmund Kofi Duffour Addae, urged the students to have the aim of achieving their goals.
The school will celebrate its 100th anniversary and Speech and Prize-giving day on Saturday, November 18, 2023.
By Jemima Esinam Kuatsinu
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Heritage Month Ghana trends
Since the institution of the Heritage Month celebration in Ghana, it has offered citizens opportunities of a lifetime to learn about their cultures and lifestyles.
Ghana’s version is observed in the month of March, coinciding with the country’s Independence Day celebrations on March 6.
Show host, George Sappor in full
regalia as a traditional leader
outfit to mark Independence Day and
Heritage Month. She usually does it with
husband and best friend, Kofi Aduonum
but in his absence, she maintained the
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Heritage Month features festivals, food fairs, arts, crafts, and music events to highlight the economic and social value of preserving national heritage.
Though a brainchild of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), the celebration has been driven to greater heights by local media with the organisation of several events to create the needed euphoria.
at Original TV gave
culture a touch of ‘old
school’ in her presentation
last Tuesday to wow
her audience as part of
the station’s Heritage
Month celebration
Among the events are the Heritage Caravan and Back To Your Village Food Bazaar powered by Accra-based Citi FM and Citi TV, Wear Ghana Festival and the Gɔbɛ festival powered by 3News.
The Heritage Caravan is a road trip which takes patrons across more than half of Ghana’s regions to offer a distinctive road trip that allows participants to explore the various regions of Ghana, providing an up-close encounter with the country’s historical and cultural heritage.
In addition to these roles played by the media, news anchors and other presenters appear on screens immaculately garbed in locally made outfits, bringing out the beauty of our traditions.
Today, The Spectator newspaper selected a few of the media personalities that are working to give the celebration a global dimension to project the country.
By Andrew Nortey
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MoMo vendor 24 murdered at Kwadaso
A disturbing crime has shaken the Kwadaso Onion market community in Kumasi, leaving family and friends grieving the loss of a young life.
Identified only as Junior, a 24-year-old mobile money vendor, was found murdered in his room on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
According to eyewitnesses, Junior had returned home the previous day with a substantial amount of money, over Gh¢20,000.
It was suspected that the killers might have been motivated by the large sum of money in Junior’s possession.
A police source that confirmed this to The Spectator, said investigation has been launched into Junior’s murder, but so far, no arrests have been made.
The Kwadaso community is reeling in shock, calling for justice and an end to the atrocity that has claimed the life of a young and promising individual.
Junior, is believed to be a native of Ejisu Onwe, and was known to his colleagues and friends as a hardworking and diligent individual who worked at the Kumasi Race Course.
His tragic death serves as a stark reminder of the risks and challenges mobile money vendors faced.
The incident comes barely a month after Patricia Nimako, a 27-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor, was shot and killed at Krofrom, Kumasi in the Ashanti region by an unknown assailants.
The suspected armed robbers fled with the deceased cell phones and an amount of GH¢10,000 on Thursday, February 13, at approximately 3:00 p.m.
The two armed robbers reportedly stormed the kiosk where the deceased was operating and without any provocation shot her dead.
There has not been any arrest yet by the police.
From Kingsley E. Hope , Kumasi
