Tag Archives: Farmer

Farmer allegedly shot dead by police over Fulani menace

A 54-year-old farmer, Kwasi Ahoku, has been allegedly shot to death by the police at his residence at Maamekrobo in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region. The incident occurred on Friday, February 3, 2023, around 6:30am. It is alleged that the police are the cause of …

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67-year-old farmer with 12 wives, 102 kids and 568 grandchildren cries of hardship

A 67-year-old farmer with 102 children and 568 grandchildren from 12 wives has decided to hesitantly stop producing more children because he is not able to singlehandedly take care of them due to failing health and low income. Musa Hasahya and his family Musa Hasahya is a resident of a place called …

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VIDEO: The story of Anaaba Agbango, the visually impaired farmer in Goka

A 49-year-old visually impaired person in Goka, a farming community in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region, Anaaba Agbango, is among some of the few persons living with a disability to venture into a productive venture. Anaaba Agbango, a native of the Upper East Region who has been …

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Farmer sentenced to die by hanging over murder of Okada rider

  Justice Olukayode Ogundana of an Ekiti State High Court has sentenced one Ajakaiye Toyin to death by hanging for the murder of one Afe Omoniyi, a commercial motorcyclist. Toyin had engaged the service of Omonyi on August 23, 2022, to convey him from Agbado-Ekiti to his farm along Ode …

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Suspected armed robbers kill physically challenged farmer on Wenchi-Bamboi highway

Suspected armed robbers have shot and killed a 40-year-old physically challenged farmer at Branam, a farming community in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region. The body of the deceased, Yaw Takwa, has been deposited at the Wenchi Methodist Hospital for preservation and autopsy. During a visit to the area …

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Cocoa farmer killed by fallen tree at Mankranso

A 65-year-old cocoa farmer has met her untimely death after a falling tree fell on her in a bush at Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region. The lifeless body, identified as Madam Habiba was reportedly found by some family members who had thronged to …

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Mixed reactions as best farmer receives Key Soap, wheelbarrow as ultimate price at Nwabiagya North

In what most people have described as a demotivation to farmers, the overall adjudged best farmer for the Atwima Nwabiagya North District, Bright Osei Kofi was given a wheelbarrow as his take-home price. The 38th Farmers’ day celebration which was held at Amakye Bare in the Atwima Nwabiagya North district …

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Meet Nana Sarpong Siriboe: The 2022 Overall National Best Farmer

Nana Yaw Sarpong Siriboe, a 43-year-old mixed farmer, based at Juaben in the Ashanti Region, has been adjudged the 2022 Overall National Best Farmer. He was crowned at the 38th National Farmers’ Day Celebration, held under the auspices of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), at the Jubilee Park, …

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35-year-old farmer allegedly stabbed to death over missing mobile phone

Isaac Godiga, a 35-year-old farmer has met his untimely death after he was stabbed several times in the chest and stomach at Assin Akropong in the Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region. Information gathered by Kasapa News, Yaw Boagyan revealed the deceased confronted the suspect over his missing Samsung …

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70-year-old farmer found dead in a bush

A 70-year-old cocoa farmer, Opanyin Kweku Oppong Abdulai, has been found dead in his farm at Dapong village, near Upper Bobikuma in the Agona West of the Central Region. The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Swedru Municipal Government Hospital mortuary for autopsy. A source at the …

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