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A 30-year-old Mobile Money vendor has committed suicide over a GH₵15,000 debt at Awutu Bawjiase in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, Ghana. “The deceased was defrauded of the amount which his employer was demanding refund,” according to Adom News. “The employer engaged the deceassed on the …

A man has been taken into custody for allegedly killing his girlfriend in Assin Nsuta, in the Assin South district of Ghana’s Central Region. “The deceased, a 22-year-old hairdressing apprentice died under mysterious circumstances in her boyfriend’s room at Assin Nsuta,” according to reports. “The deceased bled profusely and died …

A 9-year-old boy has been electrocuted at Jei-Krodua in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, Ghana, according to reports. “The boy was playing with his friends when he came into contact with a faulty electricity pole,” according to reports. The boy was rushed to the Korle-bu Teaching …

A man was shot dead by an unknown assailant in Odomi, in the Nkwanta South municipality, in Ghana’s Oti region. “The deceased has gone to attend to nature’s call, a few meters from his home at Odomi, when the attackers ambushed and opened fire on him,” reports said. This adds …

A 27-year-old illegal miner has been arrested for attempting to kill his friend for GH₵80,000, in Ayanfuri in Ghana’s Central Region. “The suspect asked the victim to accompany him to visit his sister only to be sent to a secret place where he was nearly killed,” according to the victim. …

An unidentified man was found dead with gunshot in Gbangbandori, a farming community on the Sawla-Wa highway in Ghana. “Gunshots were heard about three times, and the deceased was heard calling for help in the Brifo language,” according to eyewitnesses. “Due to the fear of the gunshots, nobody came out …

Two persons were electrocuted by an Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) high tension at Jei-Krodua in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, Ghana. “The first person was electrocuted on Monday and is receiving treatment at Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Intensive Care Unit(ICU),” according to reports. “The second person …

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 62-year-old illegal miner to 20 years’ hard labor for pouring acid over his former girlfriend in Prestea, in Ghana’s Western Region. “The two went to the usual mining site to prospect for gold, and while going about their respective duties a misunderstanding ensued …

The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced a 28-year-old private school teacher to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour in the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The accused sent the victim on errand in one of their offices after school classes, only to indulge her in a sexual intercourse,” reports said. “He threatened to flog the …

A 40-year-old man has been found dead in the Densu River at Torgahkope in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. According to the Unit Committee Member for Domeabra, Joseph Akrashie, he received a distress phone call informing him of a suspected murder. “An individual had been …