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Slain soldier in Ashaiman laid to rest

Soldier Imoro Sherrif was allegedly stabbed to death in Taifa, a suburb of Ashaiman. His remains have been laid to rest. It was a difficult morning as military personnel took their 21-year-old colleague to his final resting place, showing their human side. The 37 Military Hospital in Accra prepared the …

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‘Sherrif cried for help but no one helped my dying son’ – Mother of slain soldier

The mother of the soldier who was murdered in Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region has disclosed that the deceased was mistaken for a criminal and was subjected to mob justice. She said, reports she had indicated that the late Trooper Sherrif Imoro told his assailants that he was not …

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Burkina ex-leader Compaore apologises to family of slain Sankara

Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaore, sentenced in absentia to life in jail for the 1987 assassination of revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, has apologised to the ex-leader’s family. “I ask the Burkinabe people for forgiveness for all the acts I may have committed during my tenure, and especially the family of my …

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Vengeance is the Lord’s – Parents of slain student accused of blasphemy speak

Parents of the late Deborah Samuel, a 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto who was allegedly lynched and burnt by her colleague over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad have indicated that they will not avenge her death. The devastated parents who were informed about their …

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28 years on, survivor lives to fulfil slain father’s dream

Fabrice Iradukunda was just a baby when his father, a pharmacist, was killed in the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi. His mother also passed a few years later, and as an orphan, he was left in the hands of a family that was friends with his parents, and has …

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Mother of slain immigration officer wants son’s killers to be found and arrested

Mother of the slain immigration officer, Elizabeth Otu, is seeking justice for her late son, AICO Michael Otu, who was gunned down by unknown assailants at the Hamile border on the Ghana-Burkina Faso border. According to her, Michael’s death is a huge loss to her and her family. She calls …

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SAD VIDEO: Mother of the slain Bullion Van policeman breaks down in tears

  The mother of the Ghanaian police officer who was killed while protecting money in a bullion van, Constable General Emmanuel Osei, has painfully grieved his death. The mother wept bitterly as she mourned the heinous killing of her son when reporters went to the family house. “I have suffered …

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Slain Mfantseman MP’s wife retains husband’s seat

NPP’s Parliamentary candidate for Mfantseman Constituency in the Central Region, Mrs. Ophelia Mensah Hayford has won in the 2020 polls to retain the seat. Historically, Mrs. Mensah Hayford succeeded her late husband Mr. Ekow Kwansah as the Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency after some armed robbers shot and killed him …

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Family of slain Banda man gives police two weeks to act

Family of the 28-year-old man killed in registration chaos in Tabei in the Bono Region has given the Bone regional police command a two-week ultimatum to arrest and prosecute the killers of their relative. The victim was caught in a crossfire of attacks between NDC and NPP supporters. He was …

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