Tag Archives: RESIDENTS

Fear Grips residents as Land Guards destroy church building at Kasoa

Some aggrieved residents have disclosed that land guards have stormed Peace town, a suburb of Kasoa in the Awutu East Municipality to demolish church building and other properties belonging to Mr Pastor Mark Akomeah. According to the victim, the alleged land guards have been bothering him since 1995 and recently …

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Kasoa ritual murder: Amanase residents attempt burning juju woman’s shrine

  Some residents of Amanase in the Eastern Region attempted burning a shrine belonging to a traditional priestess who has been linked to the recent killing of an 11-year-old boy by two teenagers in Kasoa, Central Region, for ritual purposes. The intervention of the police in Suhum foiled the arson …

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Ahafo: Heavy downpour displaces 70 residents at Dwenase

A downpour on Wednesday displaced 70 residents of Dwenase, a farming community in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) learnt the rains, which accompanied a heavy storm, set in around 1930 hours, lasted for about 30 minutes and razed to the ground about …

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Residents besiege police station over shooting of taxi driver by Military

Angry residents of Asamankese in the Eastern region on Monday, April 5, 2021, mounted roadblocks and later besieged a Police station over the shooting to death of a taxi driver who is also a lumber dealer by Military officers. The deceased -Yaw George, 33, was shot Monday morning while driving …

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Fear grips Lartey Gas residents over increased robbery attacks

Residents of Lartey Gas, a community in the New Juaben North Municipality, are living in fear over increased robbery attacks in the area, with the latest being an attack on a mobile money merchant. Speaking with the Ghana News Agency in an interview, some of the victims who shared their …

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Residents risk epidemic due to lack of clean water at Ada Kyeremanten

Pupils and residents of Ada Kyeremanten in the New Juaben South Municipality lack access to potable water. The challenge has made them vulnerable to an imminent diarrheal disease, acute illness and chronic infection. The Ada Kyeremanten Commnunity in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region is blessed with …

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Bono Region: Wenchi residents share water with animals [PHOTOS]

Residents of Buasu Kwame Pinsang Electoral Area in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region have been compelled to share the only watersource in the area with animals due to the lack of access to potable water. An Assembly Member for the Buasu Kwame Pinsang Electoral Area, Emmanuel Dekyi disclosed …

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UE/R: Residents demand police commander’s transfer as armed robbers kill two drivers

A dawn gun attack by armed robbers on the Bolgatanga-Tamale Highway on two drivers on Friday (today) has provoked a public clamour for immediate transfer of the Upper East Regional Police Commander, DCOP Osei Ampofo-Duku, from the region. Eyewitnesses say two masked robbers opened fire from AK-47 rifles on the highway at …

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Angry Bosome Freho residents chase out foreign illegal miners from their lands

Some illegal miners at Danso, in the Bosome Freho District of the Ashanti region, have been chased away from their mining site by residents of the community, in fulfillment of their last warning to them a week ago. Late December 2020, the residents of the community hit the streets to …

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Angry residents attack Akatsi Police with cutlass, stones at Suipe Kpelikope

Angry residents of Suipe-Kpelikope, a farming community in the Akatsi South Municipality of Volta Region, have attacked and blocked some police officers, who were to effect an arrest. Six officers were dispatched to the community to investigate a case, when the youth attacked them. Briefing the Ghana News Agency (GNA) …

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