A 22-year-old man is battling for his life at the Twifo Praso District Hospital in the Twifo Atimorkwa District of the Central Region as he was electrocuted by a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The incident occurred at about 6:00 am on Monday at the Twifo …
Read More »Father broke two-month-old baby’s arm, the reason might shock you
A 31-year-old father, who allegedly assaulted his eight-week-old baby for disturbing his sleep has been arrested in Nigeria’s Imo state. The mother of the baby disclosed that she left him with his father, to use the convenience, when the incident happened. She overheard her baby crying uncontrollably and had to …
Read More »Ghana: lawmakers demand the dismissal of the Minister of Finance
A majority of Ghana’s ruling party parliamentarians on Tuesday asked the president to sack finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta and his deputy, in order to “restore hope in the financial sector”. Speaking on behalf of 80 of the 137 NPP members, Andy Appiah-Kubi said the members of parliament would not take …
Read More »Nigeria orders final seizure of assets of ex-oil minister
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says a federal high court has ordered the final seizure of properties owned by former petroleum resources minister Diezani Alison-Madueke. This is the latest court ruling related to corruption allegations against her – charges she denies. Ms Alison-Madueke served as Nigeria’s petroleum minister between …
Read More »Family forced to live in bush because of unpaid rent
A family with 5 children has no choice but to sleep in a bush poultry structure in bad weather due to unpaid rent in Breman Asikuma, Ghana, Adom News reported. The landlord, who could no longer grant the couple the continued deferral of rent payment, evicted the family from their …
Read More »Nigeria: panic as pastor slumped and died in church
Congregants of the Living Faith Church in Nigeria are in a state of bewilderment after their resident pastor, 68, collapsed and died after a morning prayer program held at the church premises. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Church’s Associate Pastor, Edwin Okolo, confirmed the death in …
Read More »Ghana: man arrested for killing girlfriend with pestle
A 27-year-old man beat his girlfriend to death with a pestle at Dodo Amanfrom in Kadjebi Akan district of Ghana’s Oti region, AdomNews reported. The 24-year-old victim was found in her own pool of blood on her boyfriend’s bedroom bed as her mouth was swollen with blood everywhere. The suspect …
Read More »Several death after clash between herders and farmers
Eighteen people, including two policemen, were killed in a violence clash between nomadic herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria’s Benue state. The violence broke out as herders stormed the farming village of Gbeji in Ukum district, firing indiscriminately, said Paul Hemba, security adviser to the Benue state governor. Mr Hemba said …
Read More »Lady disclosed her reason for quitting prostitution
A former sex worker has revealed in an interview on Ghetto Life Story her reasons for getting out of prostitution. The 34-year-old woman said a client picked her up to sleep over at his house, but later found herself at the cemetery on the client’s grave at Awudome cemetery in …
Read More »Nigeria: man arrested for abusing his daughters
The Ministry of Women and Social Welfare in Nigeria’s Anambra State announced the arrest of a middle-aged man separated from his wife, for abusing sexually two of his daughters. The children are aged three and five. They were rescued and first taken to Ntasi Centre, Enugwu-Ukwu, for medical examination and …
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