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 A 22-year-old woman is battling for her life after her ex-boyfriend inflicted deep cutlass wounds on her at Assin-Essan in the Assin North District, Ghana. “The victim’s ex-lover went to her father’s house to settle some issues, which had soiled their relationship,” reports said. On reaching the house, he met …

A final year Junior High School pupil has drowned at Hununya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern region, Ghana, according to reports. “A teacher took 17-year-old final year JHS students from same school to his backyard garden farm at Hununya to work for him,” reports said. After close …

Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo has accepted the resignation of Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, following public outcry over huge sums of money discovered at her home in the capital city, Accra, local media reported. Two domestic staff there have been accused of stealing and stashing more than …

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a man to nine months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing a-32-inch LG television set and money box valued GHC135.00 and cash in Ghana. The convict is the complainant’s neighbour. He pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and stealing and was ordered to serve his …

A 10-day-old baby has died at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Hospital in a suspected case of medical negligence in Kumasi, Ghana, reports said. “The baby was sent to the facility for a male circumcision procedure and suffered cardiac arrest during the procedure,” reports said. He died …

A mother has invoked curses on the Ghana Police Service over the killing of five suspected landguards at Bortianor in the Ga South Municipality, Ghana. “The woman walked into a nearby waterway with her bare chest and foot with black shorts on, drowned in tears, she held a bottle of …

A six-year-old died after the tricycle she was travelling in was swept away by an overflowing river, after heavy rains at Kintampo, a town in the Bono-East Region, Ghana. Flood waters have claimed the life of a six-year-old and left a four-year-old girl missing. “The deceased held on to the …

A 23-year-old Senior High School has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a 13-year-old Class Six pupil, Ghana. “The victim was asleep in her room alone when suddenly she felt someone covering her mouth, holding her neck, and having sexual intercourse with her,” reports said. …

An abandoned newborn was discovered with a note in front of the New Covenant Apostolic Church in Somanya, Ghana, according to reports. The baby was found when congregants were engaged in a clean-up exercise ahead of service. “The runaway mother left behind a note, pleading with the pastor and his …

A 72-year-old man has been found dead in his room in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana, according to reports. “A foul smell started emanating from his two-bedroom apartment, which he had occupied alone for the past three years,” according to reports. Residents broke into his room only to …