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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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Driver, 39, jailed 20 years for defiling co-tenant’s six-year-old daughter

A 39-year-old driver has been convicted and jailed for 20 years after pleading guilty to defiling his co-tenant’s six-year-old daughter. Daniel Hodzi was convicted on his own guilty plea before the court presided over by Her Honour Mrs Christiana Cann on his first appearance. Hodzi was charged with defilement after …

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Anloga: 60-year-old man found dead in lagoon at Tegbi

A man believed to be in his 60s has been found dead in a lagoon at Tegbi Agbedrafor near the new site of Caring Sisters Vocation School in the Anlo District of the Volta region. He was suspected to have drowned in the lagoon. The incident occurred on Tuesday, February …

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Witchcraft Accusation: 55-year-old man escapes lynching in Damongo

A 55-year-old man from Damongo Zongo in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region, Issahaku Mahamadu, is battling for his life at the Damongo hospital after he escaped lynching over witchcraft accusations. The 55-year-old is said to have been rushed to the Damongo hospital after he was allegedly tortured …

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‘Kwahu Easter will happen this year after 2-year break’ – Tourism Authority

The Ghana Tourism Authority, GTA, has begun a series of stakeholder engagements towards the celebration of the annual Kwahu Easter Paragliding Festival in April this year. The annual Kwahu Easter celebration which has gained international recognition since its inception is one of the biggest tourism events on the calendar of …

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10-year-old pupil of DPS International School wins 2022 Spelling Bee Competition

N’Adom Darko-Asare, a pupil of the DPS International School, Tema, has emerged winner of the 2022 Spelling Bee National competition. This was after she correctly spelled the word, “B-A-T-H-Y-P-E-L-A-G-I-C” in the championship round to become the champion. BATHYPELAGIC, a Greek word, relating to a deep – (also known as midnight …

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77-Year-Old man killed by unknown assailants

A 77-year-old man was on Tuesday, February 2, 2022 allegedly murdered by unknown assailants at Miosto in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region. The deceased, Mr Daniel Akwetey Awulley, was found in his bedroom with gunshot wounds in his chest and thigh. The body has since been deposited …

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Two 70-year-olds arrested for manufacturing weapons for criminals

The Police in the Eastern Region have arrested two septuagenarians believed to be involved in the manufacture and sale of locally made pistols to criminals. The two, Richard Kwame Asare, 76, and Kojo Tetteh, 74, are both professional blacksmiths and residents of Pakro near Adawso in the Akuapem North Municipality …

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Prampram: 77-year-old man shot dead in his room by unknown assailants

A 77-year-old man, Daniel Akwetey Awulley, has been shot dead by unknown assailants in his room at Miotso in Ningo-Prampram District in the early hours of Wednesday. Chief Inspector Stella Dede Dzakpasu, the Public Relations Officer, Tema Police Regional Command, confirming the incident to the Ghana News Agency, said the …

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