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A former District Chief Executive of the Upper Denkyira West Assembly says the dastard lynching of an army captain at Diaso comes as no surprise to him because the people there appear pre-disposed to savagery. Piecing together his experiences during his three-year tenure as DCE, Ambrose Ashia said he observed the people of Denkyira-Oboasi in the Central region have a ...

The transition from senior high school (SHS) represents an especially challenging period in the lives of young people, particularly girls. It is a perilous time, especially for girls from poor rural communities. They complete SHS to enter adulthood in the context of a dearth of employment opportunities and immense pressure to marry early or start contributing to family income, making ...

Five prime suspects in the gruesome murder of the late Captain Maxwell Mahama are being interrogated by the Police after 80 people were rounded up by the Military Tuesday. The army commander was lynched and set on fire whilst jogging in the area yesterday dawn. Reports say residents mistook him for an armed robber. Investigations so far have revealed that ...

The fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey has now moved from physical to spiritual. This, according to New Patriotic Party (NPP) member, Henry Nana Boakye is because those involved have consulted shrines and other spiritual deities for power and protection against any external forces bent on destroying their work. “The fight against galamsey not flesh and blood; it ...

Former President JJ Rawlings has described the ghastly murder of a service man by civilians in Denkyira-Obuasi as “an act of cruelty.” Captain Maxwell Mahama was lynched Monday morning for being allegedly mistaken as an armed robber. “Your loss is a loss to the whole country. Your husband, son and brother lost his life serving his country,” the former military ...

I have yet to pore over the full details of what President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had to say about the tragic early-morning lynching of Capt. Maxwell Mahama, of the 5th Battalion of Infantry, in the northwestern enclave’s township of Denkyira-Obuasi (or Boase, in some news reports) in the Central Region (See “Lynched Army Captain Was Protecting Illegal Chinese Miners – ...

Seven persons have sustained serious burns after a gas explosion at Asante Akyem Agogo in the Ashanti Region Tuesday morning. An Eyewitness Seth Amoako narrating the incident to Adom News said the explosion occurred at a gas filling station. It is unclear what might have led to the explosion but residents say a leaking gas tank caught fire when a ...

The Attorney General, Gloria Akufo has confirmed that her office indeed ordered the entering of a nolle prosequi in the ongoing trial of the suspected killers of former Abuakwa North Member of Parliament (MP), Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu. The two men linked to the murder of the late MP were Tuesday morning discharged by an Accra High Court. The two were ...

News of the murder of a Ghanaian soldier, Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama has shocked the entire country on Tuesday morning. Adam Mahama was the victim of mob justice by a group of residents in a town in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region. He was lynched to death and his body burned by residents who claim he ...

Former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has called for calm and restraint as the security agencies investigate the unfortunate lynching of a serving military officer at Denkyira-Obuasi. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the former President expressed his sincere condolences to the wife, family and the unit of the late Captain Maxwell Mahama for their unfortunate loss. “Your loss ...