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Reports making the rounds is that a man has stabbed a colleague leading to his untimely demise for chasing his girlfriend. According to reports the suspect was reported to have heard that the colleague was chasing his girlfriend and so on the eve of boxing day, when many young men gathered at the Sarkcess Pub to chill, Kwame (victim) got attacked by the suspect. The incident reportedly occurred at a village called Duase near Konongo in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Apparently a fight erupted and the two got involved…

Four suspected robbers and a juvenile who allegedly carry out robbery activities on highways linking Nkoranza and Techiman in the Bono East Region of Ghana and the Ejura Sekyedumase Municipal area in the Ashanti Region have been apprehended by the police. In a statement issued by the police on 23rd November 2021, it stated that the suspects were arrested on 16th November 2021. They are in the persons of Ajara Segu, Rashid Ibrahim, Ibrahim Iddrisu, Musa Arijuma and a 14-year-old minor. …

Two armed robbers have been gunned down by the Ashanti Regional Police patrol and one other arrested. An AK47 assault riffle was retrieved. The police stated that the incident took place when the gang of armed robbers were robbing some traders on the Manso-Nkwanta Road. ''One Robber Arrested, Two killed, One AK 47 retrieved from Armed Gang Today, the Ashanti Regional Police Patrol team gunned down two armed robbers, arrested one and retrieved an AK 47 assault rifle'', the police wrote in a statement. …

Some 17 persons have lost their lives in an accident which occurred at dawn yesterday on the Offinso-Techiman road. These 17 persons include 10 children and 7 adults. The accident occurred when a bus they were traveling with collided with an articulator truck on the Offinso-Techiman road in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The bus with registration number GT 6075-15 reportedly had 22 children and 7 women on board and were traveling Daboya in the Savannah Region of Ghana while the truck with registration number GS…

Some suspected armed robbers have killed a private security man at Ahenema Kokoben near Kumasi in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. This incident was said to have happened in a robbery operation at 2 Aluminum Company Limited. Reports indicates that the deceased identified as Mr Annorh believed to be 45-year-old got killed by the robbers on Tuesday 19th October when the incident occurred. After the operation the robbers were said to have made away with GHS98,000. One staff of A2 Aluminum…

Two armed robbers in Ashanti region have been shot dead and one arrested. According to a statement by the police on Wednesday 29th September 2021 some of the robbers are on the run. The statement revealed that an intelligence-led operation led to the shooting of the two robbers who later died at the Hospital. “The gang attempted to rob a gold dealer at Manso Dewusaso in the Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region on September 24 2021.” https://twitter.com/GhPoliceService/status/1443189072655179790

Monday's heavy down pour in the Ashanti Region of Ghana have left six including children dead. According to reports the regional administrator for National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) Nana Atakora confirmed the incident. Sokoban, Ahenema Kokoben, Daban and Kromaose were areas that were affected by the rains. NADMO disclosed that it has deployed its officers in a search for some missing persons who went missing as a result of the rains. ''We have recorded six deaths, one happened involving a…

The Ghana Statistic Service has released the provisional result of the 2021 population census and the Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, has named the Greater Accra Region as the most populous region in Ghana, He noted that the region has 5,446,237 people which beats the Ashanti Region's 5432485 that has been the most populous region over the years. Accra is the most populous region with Ashanti Region following with a close margin. The Eastern region is the second most populous region in the…

Three suspected assailants at Brepo in the Ashanti Region of Ghana have been arrested by police in connection with the murder of a 45-year-old 'okada rider' . The deceased was allegedly murdered by the suspects Kwabena Stephen aged 19, Samuel Nibonde aged 20, and Kofi Quansah aged 19 and made away with his motorbike. The body of the 45-year-old okada rider was found in a bush at Bepro near Fawoman, a town in the Ahafo Ano District in the region. According to police the deceased left home on Friday 6th August but…