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Twenty-two people have been hospitalized due to an alleged food poisoning at a funeral in the Nkwanta South of the Oti Region, Ghana. “The victims have suffered acute diarrhea and other symptoms after eating at a funeral,” reports said. “The victims were served food including porridge, rice, banku, meat and …

Former Ghanaian President John Mahama has been elected as the flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the country’s largest opposition party, for next year’s elections. The former president was declared the winner on Sunday after securing 98.9% of the total valid votes in the party’s primaries held on …

Eight school children have drowned after a boat carrying them capsized at Faana in the Weija Gbawe municipality in Accra, Ghana, reports said. “The children were returning from school when the canoe was hit by a wave,” assemblyman of the Bortianor Electoral area said. “The 13-year-old canoe operator who survived …

The Assin Fosu District Court has remanded a 34-year-old man in custody for subjecting his son to mutilation and torture after catching him at a gaming center in Ghana. “The father started to discipline the child right at the game center before extending the assault home,” the Chief Inspector Benjamin …

The Bibiani Circuit Court has remanded a 24-year-old man for defiling three pupils in the Sehwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region of Ghana. “The accused organized an extra classes for his pupils in his house with a claim that he needed to complete the academic year syllabus without …

A six-month-old baby has been found dead in a Polytank filled with water as the baby got missing in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The baby was left in the custody of other children by the mother to fetch water. But upon return, the children told …

A landlord’s son was arrested for inflicting machete wounds on his father’s tenant and children at Adankwame in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. “The suspect prevented the tenant from entering his room on the grounds that the rent had expired, which led to the …

A pastor has been arrested for causing the death of a woman as she suffered from burns caused by spiritual oil administered by him in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region, Ghana. “My sister went to the pastor for spiritual consultation and returned home burnt,” according to the …

A 25-year-old lady was found in her boyfriend’s room under mysterious circumstances at Atwima Agogo in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. “I heard my daughter has passed on somewhere. When I was called I was told she died somewhere, so I asked them to verify …

A pregnant woman was assaulted on Monday, May 1, 2023 as she went to the hospital to be operated on with her child at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana. “The woman decided to step out to pay her bills and the security man refused to grant her entry which led …