Crime

1,429  By I.F Joe Awuah Jnr A SUSPECTED baby thief has escaped death by a whisker after she was beaten by an angry mob at Aboabo Extension in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region. The suspect, Auleta Mohammed, a resident of Abirem was, reportedly, caught in possession of a boy of about two years old, whom […]

1,229  A 50 year old man from  Owusukrom in Gyereso near Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region has been tragically killed in what looks like a battle between two best friends over dog meat. According to reports, James Aperi Nyamekye, now deceased, fought fiercely with his best buddy, Adongo Salifu, just minutes after the two had […]

2,965  The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the Ashanti Region has dragged 22 customers to court for failing to pay their water bills. The customers owe a total of GH¢198,762.07 and have not settled their bills despite disconnections and follow-ups by GWCL officials. The water company says it took legal action after exhausting all […]

1,259  The Akropong Magistrate Court in the Ashanti Region has remanded 12 commercial tricycle riders into police custody following a violent protest at the premises of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) on Monday. The riders were arraigned and charged on Tuesday August 8, 2023 for the disturbances that led to the destruction of property and […]

1,200  For daring to question another driver on what he perceived to be careless driving in traffic, an Accra driver with the ride-hailing app Bolt, had to be resuscitated in hospital after he was beaten by a man dressed like a soldier who was sitting in the vehicle said to have done the wrongful overtaking. […]

1,839  The Ghana Police have launched an investigation into the perplexing death of a woman, identified as Akua Serwaa Kyei, in Atwima Bebu, Ashanti Region. The incident occurred on the evening of August 3, 2023. The Police in a statement said according to the victim’s husband, he returned home around 5:30 pm on that fateful […]

1,320  Three staff members of Bolgatanga Regional Hospital in the Upper East Region have been arrested by the Ghana Police Service for allegedly stealing boxes of assorted medicines from the hospital. The suspects are Raymond Asoke, a 33-year-old driver, Bridget Noeyelle, a 33-year-old assistant dispensary officer, and Raheem Fasilat, a 48-year-old storekeeper at the hospital. […]

1,292  A 24-year-old student has been stabbed to death by his friend at Kronum-Kwapra in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region. This follows a brawl over a missing T-shirt. The deceased, Lambert Frimpong, a second-year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, was accused of stealing the shirt, which he denied. […]

1,310  Residents of Wassa Nkyirifi, a farming community in the Western Region woke up on Friday morning to the horror of a suspected murder of a seven-year-old girl by her uncle for money ritual purposes. After allegedly killing and burying the body in a nearby bush, the suspect, identified only as Augustine, a 37-year-old farmer […]

1,326  The daughter of the Bekwai Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Hon Kwaku Kyei Baffour has been shot dead by unknown assailants. The deceased believed to be 30 years of age, was reportedly shot dead by some unknown gunmen over what is not known This sad incident happened at Bebu near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region […]