Tag Archives: Ashanti Region

A road accident occurred at Tanoso in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region on Monday, August 26, 2024, leaving several passengers injured, local media reported. Eyewitnesses reported that a heavily loaded trailer collided with a commercial van. The van, carrying a full load of passengers, was travelling from Abuakwa …

A 17-year-old student was fatally stabbed while trying to break up a fight between two lovers in the Atwima Kwanwoma district of Ghana’s Ashanti region. The victim was resting in his room on the night when he was awakened by a heated argument between a couple in the same house. …

A man has been arrested by the district Police Command for impregnating his 14-year-old daughter in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The arrest came after a series of events revealed that the man was responsible for the pregnancy, contrary to his initial denial. The incident was first revealed when the girl …

An officer died in a robbery incident in Ahodwo, a suburb of Kumasi in Ghana’s Ashanti region, according to reports. In a statement, the Service said the incident occurred around 1 am Thursday, June 27. The death of the officer has been announced by the Ghana Police Service. The identity …

A 55-year-old woman has stabbed her 76-year-old mother to death in Abuakwa Asonomaso, Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality, Ashanti Region, Ghana. This follows accusations by a pastor that the decesead was a witch. The Assembly member, Isaac Adu Boateng said, “the suspect attempted suicide by drinking weedicide after killing her mother.” …

A Nigerian commercial sex worker has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in hard labor for trafficking young girls into prostitution in Konongo in the Ashanti region, Ghana. According to police prosecution, “the accused person has been trafficking young girls from Nigeria to Konongo, exploited  them in prostitution, with some …

A pregnant woman has been shot dead at Adinkrakrom in the Asante Akyem North Municipality of the Ashanti region, Ghana. “The deceased was shot through the window of her room,” according to Adom News. “After the gunshot was heard, some people rushed to the scene while others saw a man …

An 18-year-old student at Adanwomase Senior High School was sentenced to 15 years in prison for robbing a teacher with hard labor by the Ashanti Circuit Court in Old Tafo, Ghana. The student pleaded guilty to the robbery charge, as per section 149 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act …

One person has died following a bee attack on members of the Roman Catholic Church in Owuoso, a suburb of Asante Agona in Ghana’s Ashanti region. “The Reverend Father and his congregants were holding the Good Friday Easter Mass when the swarm of bees invaded the auditorium to attack the …

A 40-year-old man lost his life while trying to retrieve a sum of money from an abandoned well in Adugyama, a farming community in the Ashanti region of Ghana. “The teacher drowned immediately he risked his life and entered the deep well,” reports said. “The money belonged to a neighbour …