There is a heavy Police presence at Yendi following the killing of at least eight herdsmen in a suspected reprisal attack on Zakole, a herder Community in the Northern Region. The attack was triggered when a teacher of Dagbon State Senior High School, Jacob Koila was killed in a suspected …
Read More »Commercial drivers up in arms against kwahu chiefs over escort charges
Some commercial drivers in the Kwahu municipality of the Eastern Region are up in arms against chiefs in the Kawhu Traditional Council over their decision to charge for escort during the Easter festivities. As per the escort charges, drivers will be given dispatch services to navigate traffic gridlock during the …
Read More »Father of 6 loses eye in fight over dog meat
A Father of 6 based in Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region has lost his sight forever after he was punched in the eye over dog meat. The man whose name is given only as Mohammed is a dog meat vendor who is well known in Nkawkaw and its environs for …
Read More »Police officer in gun battle with suspected robbers at gas station; one shot
A Police inspector on night guard duty at Akuapem Larteh junction in Akropong has been hailed for overpowering three armed robbers in a shootout Wednesday night. Inspector Albert Kuntu Blankson who was on night duty at Yokwa gas filling station at Larteh-junction came under attack by three suspected armed robbers …
Read More »Bride-to-be, 28 others die as boat capsize in Sokoto
Tragedy struck on Wednesday, April 13 at 8 am in the Shagari LGA of Sokoto State when twenty-nine persons including a bride-to-be died in a boat mishap in the Shagari River. The victims, who were mostly children were crossing the river to a nearby bush to fetch firewood which they …
Read More »Young man narrowly escapes death in cable theft electrocution
The entire electricity Bulk Power Station (BPS) serving electricity to Denu, Agbozume, parts of Nogokpo, Aflao, Dzodze, parts of Keta, and parts of Akatsi, Dzodze, Adina, and Ave Towns went offline after a thief got electrocuted attempting to steel cables. The young thief who was later identified to be 32-year-old …
Read More »‘The taxpayer looked after me in jail’ – South African mayor rejects salary, perks
A new mayor in South Africa has pledged that he will not take salary and other perks of office. Gayton McKenzie of the Patriotic Alliance (PA) party, was recently sworn in as mayor of the Central Karoo district municipality in the Western Cape province. In his inauguration speech, he stressed …
Read More »VIDEO: One dead, four injured in Tempane rainstorm
One person has died and four others injured after parts of the Tempane district in the Northern region experienced rainstorm on Tuesday April 12. The rain affected health facilities and school buildings. TV3’s Northern Regional Correspondent Christopher Amoako reported that hundreds of people were displaced by the storm. Source: 3news.com
Read More »At least 20 feared dead in South Africa due to heavy rainfall
At least 20 people are thought to have died in South Africa’s eastern coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal due to unusually heavy rainfall, according to media reports, while officials were still trying to assess the extent of the damage. There are fears that numerous people have been injured while damage to …
Read More »Osinachi’s death: Don’t die in abusive marriage — Head of Methodist Church
The Most Reverend Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana, has called on victims of relationship or marital abuse to seek help. “Abuse is not marriage in the Christian context and not how God instituted marriage, so it is unwise to stay in such maltreatments in …
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