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Nine passengers including six-month-old baby die in fatal crash

At least nine (9) passengers including a six-month-old baby have been confirmed dead in a deadly crash at Apedwa section of the Accra to Kumasi Highway in the Eastern region. The fatal crash occurred Saturday, August 21, 2021, at about 6:40 pm when a driver yet to be identified driving …

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Farmer, 45, reports himself to police after shooting his wife dead

A forty-five-year-old farmer, Yaw Muntom, has reported himself at the Prang police station for shooting and killing his thirty-year-old wife at Lele, a suburb of Prang in the Bone East region. At about 15:00 hours, the suspect told the police that he had a quarrel with his wife Abena Jayon …

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Tidal waves killing residents of Dansoman Gbegbeyise

About six people have died while several others have been displaced at Dansoman Gbegbeyise in the Ablekuma West Municipality Assembly of the Greater Accra Region through tidal waves. Apart from this, several inhabitants have had to relocate to nearby places while others are putting up with friends and family members. …

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Tipper truck kills motor rider in Tarkwa

A motor rider has been crushed to death after he was trapped under a green tipper truck in Tarkwa on Friday morning. According to eyewitnesses, the motor rider who was heading towards the station from Bogoso Junction was meandering his way through traffic at the main station while the tipper …

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Thank you for cutting my jail term – Abuga Pele to Akufo-Addo

Former Member of Parliament for Chiana/Paga Constituency Abuga Pele has thanked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for granting him pardon. “Thank God for my release, I thank the president and I thank the people of Nakolo, I thank all those who were instrumental in getting me out of prison,” he said to …

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Car crash claims 10 lives at Gomoa Mampong

• 10 people have lost their lives in an accident on the Kasoa-Winneba Highway • Many others sustained various injuries with some being in critical condition • A survivor says wrongful overtaking was the cause of the accident A gory accident at Gomoa Mampong on the Kasoa-Winneba Highway in the …

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Dampare storms Abesim over gruesome murder of three

The acting IGP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has stormed Abesim, in the Bono Region, following the alleged murder of three persons. The police have arrested Richard Appiah, a 28-year-old architect who is believed to have murdered the three. He is currently in police custody assisting with investigations. The three victims …

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Bird strike caused fatal helicopter crash in Umgeni river

Part of the wreckage of the helicopter that crashed into reeds on the bank of the Umgeni River in Durban on May 3 2021. Image: Supplied Investigators probing a helicopter crash into the Umgeni river in Durban say a bird strike was to blame. Pilot Derek Fitzgerald, 34, and student pilot …

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Meet the 198-year-old woman claiming to be the ‘secret behind’ Kwame Nkrumah’s birth

•The woman claims to have played a key role in the birth of Kwame Nkrumah •She says Nkrumah’s mother did not believe it initially when she was told that she had conceived •She worked with a fetish priest that took care of Nkrumah’s mother until he was born From available public …

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