A seven-bedroom residential apartment at Nkontwima in the Tafo Municipality of the Ashanti Region has been razed by fire due to a deep freezer connected to a faulty socket. Fortunately, the occupants made up of children and adults were able to evacuate the building unscathed when the neighbors came to …
Read More »Suspected thief lynched at Tafo Nhyiaeso
A suspected thief has allegedly been beaten to death by an irate mob around Moro Market at Tafo Nhyiaeso. The deceased, whose identity is still unknown, is said to have stormed the area on a robbery expedition. Unfortunately for him, some people in the populated community spotted him even before …
Read More »No nurse has turned into a crocodile – Tafo gov’t hospital
The Tafo Government Hospital in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region has denied claims that a student nurse turned into crocodile at the facility. This follows reports that a student nurse had turned into a crocodile causing, a pregnant staff nurse to collapse. According to the reports, the student nurse had …
Read More »11-year-old girl found dead by hanging at Old Tafo
Blessing Asamoah, 11, has been found dead hanging on a metal pole at Old Tafo in the Ashanti. Father of the deceased, Isaac Asamoah in a close interview with GhanaWeb’s correspondent in the Ashanti Region narrated that his 11-year old daughter returned from school on Wednesday day fit and sought permission …
Read More »Tafo: Remand prisoner chews off inmate’s testicles during fight
A man in custody shocked officers at the Tafo Pankrono Divisional Police Command in the Ashanti Region, when he chewed off the testicles of another inmate during a fight in a holding cell. It still remains unclear what sparked the Thursday morning brawl at the station’s charge office. A police …
Read More »Chief slams Old Tafo MP
MP for Old Tafo in the Ashanti Region incurred the wrath of Tafohene, Nana Agyen-Frimpong Ababio when he failed to honour an invitation to the commissioning of an AstroTurf. The traditional ruler said the absence of Vincent Ekow Assafuah doesn’t speak well of him and for the development of …
Read More »PHOTOS: Fire guts down house at Old Tafo
About 50 residents of a home at Old Tafo in Kumasi are counting their losses after a fire gutted their home and other property valued at thousands of cedis. Although no fatalities were recorded, the residents told JoyNews’ Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen the fire consumed all household items including foodstuffs. One resident, …
Read More »Immigration Service seizes ‘wee’ bound for Togo
The Akanu sector of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has intercepted a large quantity of dried leaves in loaded bags containing 127 parcels suspected to be marijuana in the Ketu North Municipality Volta Region. The arrest took place on August 1, 2019, at about 11:30pm. The Akanu Sector Commander, C/Supt. …
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