In the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region, at Nkawkaw Abepotia, a 71-year-old blind man is being accused of killing his wife. After 28 years of marriage, the deceased, 65, allegedly threatened to divorce his blind husband, according to Oheneba Siaw, an Eastern Regional Correspondent for Angel FM. On March 14, 2023, the wife is said to have been asleep when the suspect, George Mudor, allegedly committed the crime. According to reports, the suspect claimed that his late wife didn’t appreciate him because they had more enjoyable times together before he was blind, but she left him due of…
Author: Class Peters
Residents of the Greater Accra Region town of Adabraka were horrified to learn that a newborn infant had been found dead in a gutter. The young baby’s lifeless body was discovered on March 14, 2023, about 6:30 a.m. A witness, Madam Ama Asare, claimed that the deceased infant was pointed out to her by some students when she noticed a weird object in the gutter. “I think some of the local women may have been responsible for this. We’ll keep an eye on them, she added. The police have yet to retrieve the baby’s body as of the time of…
A 29 year old man Atiogbe Ayi has been killed by land guards at Awutu Papase in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, and he was also robbed of 5,000 Ghana cedis. The victim claimed that there were around four land guards who attacked him. The victim revealed in an interview with Kasapa News’ Yaw Boagyan that he was going to visit the property where he was intending to develop when regrettably, notorious land guards assaulted and brutally slaughtered him. He further stated that after butchering him, the infamous land guards robbed him of GHC 5,000. The…
After a 15-year-old schoolgirl was killed by unidentified assailants in the Assin South District of the Central Region, residents of Nsane near Ayaase have been left in shock and fear. The deceased, Priscila Ataa Botwey aka Atta Kakra, was discovered lying supine in a bush outside of the town, naked and with her head severed. She was found about three meters away from the body. Her clothing covered the neck where it had been severed on the body, which was in a deteriorated state. The deceased, a Junior High School 1 student at Assin Jakai Basic School, reportedly lived with…
Over 20 people were detained by the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Area’s Environmental Health Agency for open defecation on the beaches. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Mr. Abdul Karim Hudu, Metropolitan Environmental Health Director, claimed that the violators had been told to pay spot fines of GHS 600.00 and urgently build domestic facilities. For many people who live near the coasts of new Takoradi, Nkotompo, Assaman, and Nketsiahkrom, to name a few, open defecation remains a serious environmental health concern. It also appears to undermine progress made by local and international NGOs in their efforts to eventually end the…
A scrap trader has been found guilty of possessing and selling cannabis, sometimes known as “wee,” by an Accra Circuit Court and has been given 500 penalty units equivalent to GHC 6,000.00. Augustine Mensah, the defendant, would by default serve 15 months of hard labor in prison. Mensah entered a not guilty plea to the crime, but a jury convicted him guilty. Police Chief Inspector Christine Bansah stated that the Police were the complainant and that Mensah, a scrap dealer, resided at Striker, a neighborhood near Kasapreko Junction on the Spintex Road. The court was presided over by Mrs. Susanna…
A 24-year-old man, Yussif Alhassan, has been stabbed to death following a disagreement over a sachet of water. Fox Radio in Kumsi said that the event took place in Manso Moseasso in the Ashanti region. Usman Alhassan, brother to the deceased narrated the incident on Ewiase Ehu on Fox FM, March 10, 2023. He explained that “On Sunday, I left the town to Kumasi and I leant around 1 or 2 pm, the guy said that he had bought a bag of sachet water and my brother had gone to take one to drink. So, it turned into an argument…
According to the Police Administration, key suspects in the murder of Sheriff Imoro, an Ashaiman soldier, have been arrested. The Police said in a release on Friday that the individuals were apprehended as a result of an ongoing intelligence-led investigation. “The Police after a week of sustained intelligence-led operation have arrested the key suspects involved in the murder of Imoro Sherrif, the soldier who was found dead at Taifa Ashiaman on 4th March, 2023”. Recall that a young soldier was assassinated at Ashaiman Taifa on Saturday March 4, 2023. His passing, however, infuriated the military, which is why on Tuesday,…
The family of Patience Quaye, a 32-year-old cashier at the Twumasiwaa General and Specialty Medical Hospital, invaded the building on Thursday and demanded to know what had happened to their relative. The family of the single mother of one who worked at the business in Otinshie, Adenta Municipality, went to the police on Wednesday to inquire about her whereabouts, and they discovered her body in a store room. After arriving at the facility on Monday, March 6, 2023, for her night shift, Patience vanished. The body was discovered on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, when the police helped break into the…
The Accra High Court’s Financial and Economic Crime Division 2 has sentenced Dr. Mustapha Ahmed, a former minister of youth and sports, to seven days in jail for contempt of court. A perpetual injunction prohibiting the former minister, who was the defendant, from trespassing on land was given by the court in a judgment on June 12, 2019, but he disobeyed the ruling. Also, the court ordered him to pay a fine of GHC 12,000 or serve 30 days in jail. The court, presided over by Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe, ordered that Kofi Ammoah Kwafo, the person who filed the…