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Armed robbers opened fire, killing one person at a gas station in Dormabin, in the municipality of Krachi East, in Ghana’s Oti region. “The victim had visited the filling station to purchase fuel, when the robbers, armed with guns, stormed the premises and shot him,” reports said. The robbers made …

A 28-year-old banker has been discovered dead in his bedroom under mysterious circumstances at Wassa Akropong in the Western Region, Ghana. His lifeless body was discovered after friends broke into his room when repeated calls to his phone went unanswered, something they said was very unlike him. Their growing concern led …

A 23-year-old man has been stabbed to death with scissors at Bepoh near Appiatse in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region, Ghana. The incident occurred during a school gala competition grand finale between Ehyireso Methodist JHS and Bepoh D/A JHS at the Ehyireso Junction Park. A misunderstanding …

The Asokwa District Court has remanded two juveniles following their involvement in the killing of a 16-year-old boy at Anloga, in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The victim, a recent Basic Education Certificate Exam­ination (BECE) graduate set to start Senior High School, after an argument led to the …

A 25-year-old man has been stabbed to death in an alleged brawl with unknown assailants at Tikrom Baroo, a community in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. “The deceased acted as an arbiter in a fight between a lady and a boy in the area,” reports said. However, …

A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death by two women in Anloga, in the Oforikrom district of Ghana’s Ashanti region. The incident leading to the stabbing remains unclear. The deceased mother said, “she was almost done with preparations for her son to begin his SHS journey when he received news …

A 32-year-old woman has been electrocuted at Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa East Metropolitan Assembly of the Central region, Ghana. The unfortunate incident occurred on Friday after staff from the Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG) reported disconnected power supply. “The ECG staff staffs disconnected the  light of the deceased but failed …

A 45-year-old taxi driver was found dead in a resident of Akyem Oda Old Town in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana. “He was found with his hands and legs bound together in an uncompleted building,” according to reports. “The deceased left home for work on …

Two people have been killed, and several others injured in renewed violence following a chieftaincy-related gun battle in Bawku, Ghana. The longstanding chieftaincy conflict, which had recently appeared to calm, escalated after the return of a rival chief to the area. Alhaji Seidu Abagre, who had been in exile since …

A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 14-year-old student in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality, Ghana. The convict pleaded guilty with explanation when he appeared before the Tarkwa Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu. Prosecuting, Police Sergeant Dominic Appiah …