Tag Archives: Savannah Region

One person died after a rainstorm destroyed 100 homes in Yepala, a farming community in the Sawla district of Ghana’s Savannah region. “The deceased believed to be in his 80s, was killed when his house collapsed on him during the storm,” according to reports. Additionally, several government institutions including schools …

A woman drowned in the Kujose River of Lake White Volta while washing with three other women in Daboya in the Savannah region of Ghana. “The group was playfully testing each other’s bravery in the water when the victim accidentally ventured into the deeper part and couldn’t recover,” according to …

An abandoned baby boy has been rescued in the bush near the Bole customs barrier on the Bole-Bamboi highway in the Savannah region, Ghana. “The baby was found by a young man who was relaxing in the bush when he heard the cry of a baby,” according to Adom News. …

A pregnant woman and a motor rider have died in a fatal motorbike accident at Virgin Junction, near Canteen Dam at Damongo in the Savannah Region,Ghana. “The pregnant woman had traveled to undergo a routine laboratory test, but later parked her motorbike at the Virgin Junction to buy food when …

A-47-year-old has been arrested for defiling two children aged five and seven years at Bole in Savannah Region, Ghana, according to reports. “The two kids were passing behind the suspect’s house when he lured them into his room and proceeded to sexually assault one after the other,” reports said. The …

A 34-year-old nurse at the Kpasera CHPS compound has been found hanging dead in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region, Ghana, reports said. “The deceased allegedly committed suicide over his lover,” according to Adom News. “The lover’s family asked the deceased to convert to Islam before he will …

Police at Buipe in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have gunned down an armed robber at Lingbenkura, a farming community near Buipe on the Fufulso-Buipe highway in Ghana. “The Command said they received a distress call that the robbers, believed to be of Fulani extraction, had taken …

Thieves have broken into a District Police Commander’s home and stolen his flat screen TV set in the Sawla District of the Savannah Region in Ghana. He discovered this after returning from a patrol duties in the district. “My home was not ransacked, just my television set was carted away …

A Court in Tamale has sentenced a 34-year old mathematics teacher at Sawla Senior High School in the Savannah Region, Ernest Ocloo, to 15 years of imprisonment after finding him guilty of raping one of his students. The sexual assault occurred in 2019, and the case had since been on …