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 …
Read More »Man arrested for attempted murder
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. …
Read More »Man found dead with gunshot wounds
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 …
Read More »Two electrocuted at Jei-Krodua
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 …
Read More »Man jailed for spraying girlfriend with acid
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 …
Read More »Teacher jailed years for defiling a 12-year-old girl
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 …
Read More »Ghana: a man found dead in Densu River
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 …
Read More »Man attacked with machete after stealing cocoa
A young man was attacked with a machete while trying to steal dried cocoa beans in Osedzi, in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam district, in the Central Region of Ghana. “The victim and two accomplices have found the cocoa folded in a drying mat on the compound of a farmer as they turned …
Read More »Ghana’s renal unit reopens after five-month closure
A major renal unit at Ghana’s publicly funded Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in the capital, Accra, has reopened after a five-month closure. The country’s largest treatment centre for patients suffering kidney disease shut because of budgetary issues and it was unable to pay for the everyday needs of those needing …
Read More »Patients die after closure of Ghana’s renal unit – association
Nineteen kidney patients have died since Ghana’s largest renal centre closed in May due to funding difficulties, the BBC reported, citing the president of the country’s Renal Patients Association. Kofi Baffour Ahenkorah made the disclosure as Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu was due to meet management at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital …
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