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Residents in and around Sabo Zango in the Volta regional capital of Ho are living in fear following a renewed clash between supporters of two factions at the Central Mosque on Friday. The Central Mosque on Friday turned chaotic as supporters of Alhaji Muniru Ali disrupted Jummah prayers being led …

One of the country’s peaceful Muslim’s communities, Ho Zongo is likely to experience riot over the regional Imamship position. There has been confusion among the Ho Muslim folks for more than a decade after the demise of the then Volta regional Chief Imam, Umoro Danjimah Hamzah. In GhanaWeb’s quest to …

The Ho Municipal Security Council has closed down the Central Mosque for two weeks to allow for the settlement of litigation involving the regional Imam. The ‘lockdown’ according to the regional police command, Mr. Alexander Yeboah is meant to prevent clashes between the two factions. “We went there to maintain …

The Ho Police have arrested a notorious armed robber, who has been on the Police wanted list for several years, in an operation. Prince Adu, 30, aka ‘Dracula’, unemployed, was arrested on Thursday at his hideout while asleep after he robbed an Immigration Officer at gun-point at about 0230 hours. …

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has announced the launch of commercial flights to Ho during the Easter holidays. Madam, Amma Faake Gadzekpo, Head of Business Development Services of the GACL said the facility had long been ready, and that the Company had been looking for the “right opportunity and …

Another separatist group is reported to have attacked the State Transport Corporation (STC) situated in Ho, the Volta Regional Capital. The attack which was carried out by armed militants of the separatist group Monday midnight fired gun shots before proceeding to assault the driver of the bus. They are reported …

A Ho High Court presided over by Justice Eric Baah has sentenced two persons to a total of 34 years in prison for trafficking nine children in the Volta region, after a 2-year trial. The two, 40-year-old Aku Kedevi, a fishmonger and 63-year-old Michael Boti, a fisherman, were respectively sentenced …

The Minister for Special Development Initiative has admitted to firing gunshots at the Step to Christ registration centre in the Awutu Senya East constituency. Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson in an interview on Adom TV said she fired the shots because some hooligans had come to the centre to cause chaos. …

The Congress of Paramount Chiefs in the Ho West District of the Volta Region has called on government and the Electoral Commission to employ civil and peaceful means in identifying persons suspected to be aliens attempting to take part in the ongoing voters registration exercise other than the rambo-style approach being deployed …

A 28-year old shop owner, Wisdom Darkey, has been “intentionally” knocked and killed at Dzolo Gbogame by a taskforce team of Ho West District Assembly in the Volta region, residents claimed. According to an eyewitness Prosper Korsi Ahiaku, the deceased’s uncle who was in shop before the incident occurred in …