The Police have shot four robbery suspects dead during a targeted intelligence-led operation on January 22, 2022, at Gbetsile near Afienya in Tema. The four suspects now deceased, were part of a robbery syndicate that snatched a Toyota Rav4 mini SUV vehicle from a victim under the pretext of selling …
Read More »Nigerian shot dead after stabbing officers at Kwabenya Police station
A Nigerian national living in Ghana has been shot dead after he allegedly stabbed some police officers at the Kwabenya Hills Valley police station Accra. The suspect, according to police report, stormed the station with a knife and stabbed the officers after a matter involving him was reported at the …
Read More »Uganda ex-minister Simon Lokodo dies in Geneva
Uganda’s Former ethics and integrity minister Rev Fr Simon Lokodo is dead. Fr Lokodo, a member of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) died Saturday morning in Geneva, Switzerland, according to a statement from the rights body. “It’s with great shock and pain that we have learnt of the passing …
Read More »Prison officer shot dead by highway robbers over GH¢340
Robbers strike on Bonsu-Brimso-Apedwa stretch Angry robbers shot prison officer in the left eye Police mount special operation to arrest robbery gang An officer of the Ghana Prisons Service, Chief Officer Francis Dzaka Mawunyo, has been shot dead by a gang of three highway robbers on the Asiakwa-Apedwa stretch on …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: Many feared dead in explosion at Bogoso
Many people are feared dead and several injured in an explosion that happened at Apiatsi, a suburb of Bogoso in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality. Read More: 44 villages in Drobo State support the Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill, warns MP not to vote against it The entire Apiatsi community on the Bogoso-Bawdie …
Read More »Meet the World War II veteran Naoh Mwanbil who died at age 120
Somewhere in the world, men of his calibre are celebrated, honoured and read about – unfortunately, in our part of the world, that’s usually not the case. Naoh Mwanbil, born on 1st September 1901 and raised in the tiny village of Buugu in the Talensi district of Bolgatanga in the …
Read More »Actress Resurrects 3 Hours After She’s Announced Dead
Drama has trailed the news of the death and sudden ‘resurrection’ of veteran Yoruba actress, Sidikat Odukanwi, popularly known as Iyabo Oko. The actress, who started her acting career in 1973 on the platform of Eda Onileola theatre troupe, was announced dead on Wednesday by her daughter. She gained prominence …
Read More »Dr Isaiah Blankson, NASA’s ‘Speed Demon’ passes on
Celebrated Ghanaian-born Aerospace engineer, scientist, and inventor, Dr. Isaiah Blankson who became synonymous with the American Space Programme, and earned the accolade of SPEED DEMON, in his thirty-three-year career at National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), has passed on. Dr. Blankson died on November 19, 2021. Dr. Blankson left an indelible …
Read More »Hiplife musician Scizo is dead
The Ghana music industry is mourning the death of veteran Hiplife singer, Joseph Kwame Sogli, professionally known as Scizo. Read More: Tutulapato of TV3’s Talented Kidz gains admission to St. John’s Grammar SHS Rapper Edem, in a Facebook post sighted by GhanaWeb, confirmed the news of Scizo’s death. He wrote: …
Read More »9 high-profile persons who died of Covid-19 in 2021
And who thought it would be another year of safety protocols, vaccines, and worse – new Covid-19 variants? Indisputably a tough year for a world that was trying to recover from the devastating effects of an unseen pandemic that hit. Check out this: 44 villages in Drobo State support the …
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