Some cases of the African Swine Fever (ASF) have been detected at some farms in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality in the Ashanti Region. Hundreds of pigs in four farms located in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality have been affected. Some 575 pigs have so far been confirmed dead in …
Read More »Attack on Ukraine hospital kills 3, wounds 17, officials say
An airstrike on a hospital in the port of Mariupol killed three people, including a child, the city council said Thursday, and Russian forces intensified their siege of Ukrainian cities, even as the top diplomats from both sides met for the first time since the war began. The attack a …
Read More »Man allegedly kills mother over ‘missing’ GH¢100 at Sooba
A 45-year-old man, Zakaria Alhassan has been remanded into police custody for allegedly killing his own mother over his missing GH¢100. The incident occurred at Sooba, a community in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region. The man was said to have shot his 71-year-old mother when she …
Read More »Man kills his 71-year-old mother over missing GH¢100
A 45-year-old resident of Sooba in the West Mamprusi Municipality has reportedly shot his 71-year-old mother. The suspect identified as Zakaria Alhassan, according to a report by Asaaseradio.com returned from a drinking spot last Thursday and confronted his siblings about an amount of GH¢100. An inquest about the missing amount …
Read More »Walewale: Man ‘kills’ daughter, wounds wife over soap
A 25-year-old man, Haruna Adam, is in the custody of the Walewale Divisional Police Command for allegedly killing his own three-year-old daughter, Mezrifa Hurana. According to police report, the suspect, who is a farmer, also inflicted machete wounds on his wife, Zuraya Kofi, age 22. The incident is said to …
Read More »Collapsed wall kills two construction workers in Ashanti Region
Two workers at a construction site were buried alive when a wall collapsed on them at Konkromoase, near Atasemanso in the Ashanti region. The two men, yet to be identified, are believed to be between the ages of 27 and 39 years. They were among four employees digging a trench …
Read More »Rescue mission ends after Akumadan accident kills one
A driver was declared dead in an accident that occured on Friday at Akumadan on the Kumasi-Techiman highway, police have confirmed. Emergency crew found the lifeless body of Coulibaly Amadu on Saturday after heavy rains halted rescue efforts for nearly 24 hours. A police incident report indicates that the deceased …
Read More »Juaso: Trailer-bus crash kills 4 on the spot, injures several others
At least, four people travelling on a Sprinter bus died from a crash with a trailer at Juaso in the Ashanti Region on Saturday, 19 February 2022. The trailer was transporting several crates of drink when the head-on collision happened about a kilometre after Juaso Junction in the Kumasi-Accra direction. …
Read More »Accident at Bawjiase kills woman
An accident involving a cargo truck with registration number GE-819-Y on Tuesday, February 15 run over a woman believed to be in her early 20s killing her instantly at Bawjiase in the Central Region. The accident, according to eyewitnesses, happened in front of the Bawjiase Police station after the cargo …
Read More »Truck kills 37-year-old KNUST laboratory technician
A 37-year-old laboratory technician with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) hospital, Emelia Amekuji has been confirmed dead after an articulator truck ran over her at Anloga junction in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred on Thursday, 10 February 2022. The deceased’s four-month-old baby …
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