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 …
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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 …
Read More »Police officer jailed 10 years for extortion
A Policeman has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Cape Coast High Court after he was caught on camera demanding an amount GH¢2,000 from some civilians. General Sergeant Augustine Owusu-Ansah, with service No. 45533, who was stationed at Assin Fosu in the Assin Central Municipality …
Read More »WAEC to use QR codes to curb examination malpractice
In its quest to curb examination malpractice, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) is set to embed a QR Code in each question paper of candidates during examinations. Speaking to Citi News on the sidelines of the 69th Annual Council meeting, the council said this technology and other interventions would make it practically …
Read More »Two car burglars busted!
Police in Accra have arrested two suspects who are specialised in vehicle break-ins. The suspects, Wisdom Cudjoe, also known as Jordan and Joseph Ahenkora, were arrested on Saturday, 20th March, 2021 at Kasoa Opeikuma and Chorkor respectively, after they were captured on a CCTV camera, forcibly breaking into one of …
Read More »HOT VIDEO: Two students trade blows over lady
Two young men, believed to be students, have been spotted in a viral video trading blows over a lady. Though the identity of the parties is not immediately known, the lady in question is also said to be a student of the university the two students also attend. The two …
Read More »Man grabbed over the murder of his pregnant girlfriend
Isaac Mensah, alias Ike, is being held by the Nima Divisional Police Command over the death of his pregnant girlfriend. Ike was said to have booked a room at the Nana Gyimah Hotel, Kokomlemle, where the deceased joined him later, only to be found dead the next day when …
Read More »Man nearly lynched for stealing meat, stew and other items at Wassa Akropong
A 26-year-old young man was nearly lynched for stealing meat, stew and other items in a cluster of houses at Agapet, a suburb of Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Amwenfi Municipality. The thief who gave his name as Kobby carried his ‘stealing operation’ on Thursday; a market day at …
Read More »Pollution shrinking human penises, warns scientist
Penises are shrinking and genitals becoming malformed because of pollution, an environmental scientist has warned in a new book detailing the challenges facing human reproduction. Dr Shanna Swan writes that humanity is facing an “existential crisis” in fertility rates as a result of phthalates, a chemical used when manufacturing plastics …
Read More »Burglars break into MP’s house, steal perfumes
Suspected burglars broke into the residence of the Member of Parliament of Gomoa East, Desmond De-Graft Kwasi Paitoo on March 25, 2021. The MP said he woke up this morning, March 26, only to discover that the burglars had entered his residence. According to him, the burglars cut his burglar-proof window, …
Read More »Robbers kill Kumasi-based Engineer of Joeshobs Construction
A Kumasi-based road engineer who works with Joeshobs Construction limited, Emmanuel Owusu Antwi, has been shot in the head by suspected armed robbers. The robbery incident happened Thursday evening at about 10 pm in Buokrom at the entrance of the victim’s house while returning home from work. According to a …
Read More »Galamsey: Four Chinese, National security operative arrested`
Six (6) suspected illegal miners including four (4) Chinese nationals have been arrested by the Ashanti regional Operation Vanguard taskforce. The Chinese nationals arrested are Li Xuh Jun, 51, Mo Chi Cai, 52, Wei Fun Ham, 45, and Wei Ziyun, 38. Yusif Fuseini – leader of the four suspects who …
Read More »Man killed for not giving friend palm wine
A 53-year-old farmer in the Volta Region died from gunshot wounds after his colleague got furious over his refusal to give him a calabash of fresh palm wine. According to reports, the 53-year-old palm wine tapper, Nobert Ataafi, was killed at Alavanyo Wudidi in the Volta Region during a disagreement …
Read More »Armed robbers attack ambulance in North East Region
An ambulance returning from Chereponi in the North East region to Tamale in the Northern region was reportedly been attacked by armed robbers. According to the Daily Guide newspaper, the incident occurred on Thursday, March 25, 2021, when the vehicle occupied by three personnel of the Ambulance Service and …
Read More »Siblings of embattled Achimota student risk expulsion from St John’s Grammar
Nikita and Amrita Marhguy, the two siblings of Tyron Marhguy, the Rastafarian who was denied admission by Achimota school risk being sacked from St John’s Grammar School if they do not cut their dreadlocks. This is after some old students petitioned the school to have the students trim their hair …
Read More »See the certificates of brilliant Tyrone Iras Marhguy, the rejected Achimota School dreadlocks student
Dreadlock would-be students, Tyrone Iras Marhguy and Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea are trending because the authorities of Achimota Senior High School and the Ghana Education Service have denied them enrolment. The students successfully secured admission into the prestigious Achimota school by the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) of …
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