A young man believed to be 24-years-old identified only as Isaac has allegedly murdered his ‘wife’ and deposited the mutilated body on a dumping site. The incident occurred at Onakwase a farming community near Kofi Pare in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region. Starr News gathers that a misunderstanding …
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E/R: Man ‘kills wife’, dumps mutilated body on dumping site
A young man believed to be 24-years-old identified only as Isaac has allegedly murdered his ‘wife’ and deposited the mutilated body on a dumping site. The incident occurred at Onakwase a farming community near Kofi Pare in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region. Starr News gathers that a misunderstanding …
Read More »Kasoa murder: ‘Killers’ planned to use 11-year-old victim for rituals – Police
The Ghana Police Service on Sunday evening released its first official statement on the widely reported Kasoa ritual murder incident. The police whiles clarifying the name and age of the deceased as Ishmael Mensah who was 11-years-old also confirmed the identities of the two suspects. Media reports identified the deceased …
Read More »13-year-old girl traumatized following years of defilement by her father
Madam Adjowa Bawa, mother of 13-year-old Adjowa Adjeiwaa, is appealing to the public to assist her daughter to regain her consciousness after being defiled and raped. This follows several years of rape by her father. The 53-year-old man has been remanded into police custody by the Ofaakor Circuit Court in …
Read More »UEW: Students force thief to sing hymns on central campus: [WATCH VIDEO]
The singing ability of a thief was put to a test after he was caught by students on the central campus of the University of Education, Winneba. The thief who appeared to be in his late 20’s was cajoled by students who are residents of the Alpha B Hostel …
Read More »VIDEO: Two Kasoa teenagers arrested for murdering a 10-year-old, severing ear for rituals
Two teenagers have been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command in connection with the murder of a 10-year-old boy in what seems to be a ritual murder. Reports available to GhanaWeb indicates the police received a distress call on Saturday at about 10:15 am about a homicide incident at Coca-Cola …
Read More »Suspected mentally unstable boy defiles girl, 13
A 17-year-old boy [name witheld] suspected to be living with a mental health condition has allegedly defiled a 13-year-old girl at Kasoa in the Central Region. Rainbow Radio’s Kwabena Agyekum Banahene reporting the incident said the 17-year-old was caught in the act by a neighbour. It has also been established …
Read More »Kasoa: Father allegedly rapes daughter, niece and step-daughter
A 53-year-old man has been remanded into police custody by the Ofaakor Circuit Court in Kasoa, in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, for allegedly defiling and raping his 13-year-old biological daughter at Kasoa CP. The suspect, Kwabena Nkrumah was arrested after the victim complained to …
Read More »Two teenagers arrested over alleged ritual killing of 10-year-old
Two persons, an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old are in the grips of the Kasoa Divisional Police Command for allegedly killing a 10-year-old boy for money rituals at Lamptey Mills, a suburb of Kasoa. According to sources the suspects lured the deceased, only known as Ishmael by his peers, into an …
Read More »Hunter allegedly shot dead during expedition in Krachi forest
Kwaku Atimba, a 36-year-old man has been allegedly mistaken for game and shot to death in a hunting expedition at Kplesu, near Krachi in the East Municipality of the Oti Region. The deceased reportedly went to his usual hunting and was expecting to come home the following day but …
Read More »Three ‘Chiefs’ jailed 3months each over Jopal Chieftaincy clashes
The Nalerigu District Court presided over by His Worship Abdul-baki Abdulai, has jailed aspiring Chiefs of Jopal village namely Nanyab Bilemlem, 64-year-old farmer, of the “Late Settlers” and Yekum Buyork, a farmer, 75, of the “Earlier Settlers” in connection with Chieftaincy clashes at Jopal in the Chereponi district of …
Read More »Food vendor grabbed for fondling minor’s penis
A 25-year-old food vendor has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly fondling the penis of a 14 year old boy at Korle-Gonno in Accra. Charged with indecent assault, Isaac Opare Addo pleaded not guilty. The Court presided over by Mrs Christina Cann admitted Addo to bail in …
Read More »‘April Fool’s Day’ pranks can cause cardiac arrest – Psychologist
The Vice President of Ghana Psychology Association, Reverend Albright Banibensu, has cautioned against negative pranks as they can cause cardiac arrests. “Persons with underlying anxiety disorders can have cardiac arrest out of pranks so we have to be careful with this April fool’s pranks,” he told the Ghana News Agency …
Read More »Pastor, three others arrested for attempted grave robbery
A Pastor and three others have been arrested at Abura Batayaa in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of the Central Region for attempting to loot a grave. Speaking to Kasapa FM News’ Yaw Boagyan, the Assembly Member for area Godlove Blankson said the suspects were arrested at midnight on …
Read More »Another Ghanaian nurse goes missing
It’s every mother’s worst nightmare as Madam Angela Asare faces the fear of having lost her daughter, Vera Asamoah, a Ghanaian nurse stationed in the nation’s capital Accra. Angela, who is also a nurse at the Asesewa Government Hospital in the Eastern Region recounts how her daughter left her apartment …
Read More »21-year-old SHS graduate hangs himself to death at Abura Academy
A 21-year-old Takoradi Saint Mary’s SHS graduate, Mohammed Kojo Musah has reportedly hanged himself to death at Abura Academy in the Cape Coast North District of the Central Region The incident has sent residents in the area into a state of shock, as the deceased left a note before …
Read More »Man shot dead in broad daylight at Kasoa
An unidentified man has been shot dead by armed men at Kasoa Opeikuma junction, in the Awutu Senya East municipality of the Central Region. The incident according to eyewitnesses happened around 1: 30 pm on Wednesday. An eyewitness who spoke to EIB’s Yaw Boagyan said the armed men on motorbikes …
Read More »Man shot dead in broad daylight at Kasoa
An unidentified man has been shot dead by armed men at Kasoa Opeikuma junction, in the Awutu Senya East municipality of the Central Region. The incident according to eyewitnesses happened around 1: 30 pm on Wednesday. An eyewitness who spoke to EIB’s Yaw Boagyan said the armed men on motorbikes …
Read More »Fire guts NDC’s Dr. Thomas Anabah’s Habana Hospital in Tamale
A private hospital belonging to a former Medical Director of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Dr Thomas W Anabah has been gutted by fire. The cause of the fire at Habana Hospital in Tamale on Monday, March 29, 2021, is not immediately known but some medical equipment estimated at …
Read More »Fear grips Lartey Gas residents over increased robbery attacks
Residents of Lartey Gas, a community in the New Juaben North Municipality, are living in fear over increased robbery attacks in the area, with the latest being an attack on a mobile money merchant. Speaking with the Ghana News Agency in an interview, some of the victims who shared their …
Read More »PHOTOS: School closes down for 3 days of prayers after ‘juju’ scare
Fear and panic have rocked residents in the Bodi district after ‘juju’ was spotted on a basic school’s compound. Sefwi Dokukrom D/A Primary and Junior High School at Bodi has since been closed down after the mystery pot with strange items was discovered on the school’s compound. Inside the pot …
Read More »Thief trapped inside church after robbery attempt goes wrong
A fearless thief, identified as Agyasuo, got trapped inside a church after his robbery attempt went wrong. Agyasuo is said to have targeted a Catholic Church building in their vicinity at Techimantia, Tano South where he broke into with a chisel and hammer. He created a hole inside the ground …
Read More »Akumadan Police arrest leader of notorious Cattle stealing syndicate
Mr. Latif Diko Osmanu, a 19-year-old young man and the leader of a notorious cattle stealing syndicate has been arrested by the Ofinso North District Police Command in Akumanda near Techiman. Mr. Osmanu who was caught over the weekend with about 10 live cattle and making efforts to drive the …
Read More »GES directive for Achimota School to admit rasta students still stands – Education Minister
The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has noted that the Ghana Education Service (GES) has not backtracked on its directive to Achimota School regarding the enrollment of two Rastafarian students. According to him, the Director-Director of GES will issue fresh guidelines to all heads of Senior High Schools with regards to …
Read More »Man killed for stealing GH¢800
A man, only identified as Awuni has been lynched to death by residents of Makro, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti region for stealing an amount of GH¢800. The suspected robber carried his operation on a businesswoman named Dorothy and her daughter at knife point, a report by Daily …
Read More »VIDEO: 22 arrested by Mpraeso police over alleged lesbian wedding
Correspondence from Eastern Region 22 persons including six men have been arrested at Kwahu-Obomeng in the Eastern Region for allegedly holding a marriage ceremony between two females at a popular LGBTQI+ joint in the community. A local journalist in the area, Okwahuhemaa Piesie Afia Pokua who spoke with GhanaWeb’s Michael …
Read More »Ambulance driver shot dead by robbers buried in ‘strange’ coffin
An Ambulance driver, who was shot dead by robbers while conveying a pregnant woman, has been buried. Senior Emergency Medical Technician, Abraham Tetteh, died on Saturday morning while on admission after a gunshot wound to his eye. Almost two months after his demise, Mr Tetteh has been laid to rest after …
Read More »Robber attacks siblings, rapes one at knife-point
Two female siblings were traumatised after they were attacked and one of them raped at knife-point at Sefwi Boinzan in the Juaboso District. The victims narrated to Adom News’ Augustine Boah how they retired to bed earlier over heavy rain, only to meet a known intruder identified as Acquah in their room. …
Read More »PHOTOS: KNUST mourns students who lost their lives in accident
Three students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have died after two separate accidents on Saturday, March 27, 2021. Confirming the incident, the University’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Daniel Norris Bekoe, said the first incident occurred when a car with five students run into a tree …
Read More »Bekwai Circuit court sentenced Nigerian 25 years for defilement
A 38-year-old Nigerien, Ibrahim Karaou has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit court in Ashanti Region for defiling a 12-year-old girl multiple times. The complainant in the case is a farmer and father of the victim while the victim is a primary school …
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