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Mobile money vendor shot in stomach during robbery attack at Agona Swedru

A 32-year-old mobile money vendor is receiving specialist treatment after he was shot in the stomach by armed robbers during a Sunday night attack at Militia Junction in Agona Swedru in the Central Region. The victim, identified as Eric Barns, was reportedly attacked at about...

Ghana’s tallest man, Awuche, dies at 33 after battle with gigantism

Sulemana Abdul-Samed, popularly known as Awuche and widely recognised as Ghana's tallest man, has died at the age of 33. He reportedly passed away in the early hours of Monday, July 27, 2026, at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), where he had been receiving treatment...

Doctors save farmer’s life after removing motorbike key stuck in his head

Doctors at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra have successfully saved the life of a 29-year-old farmer after surgically removing a motorbike key that became lodged in his head during a violent attack in the Oti Region. The victim, Moro Razak, sustained the life-threatening injury...

Awulae Kaku Aka III demands justice for Ahanta and Nzema over historical neglect

The Paramount Chief of the Nzema Kotoko Traditional Area, Tumivole Awulae Kaku Aka III, has called for comprehensive reparative justice for the Ahanta and Nzema people, arguing that decades of historical injustice, political marginalisation and developmental neglect must be addressed alongside Africa's broader quest...

Paramount Chief criticises Akufo-Addo administration over Agenda 111 omission in Nzema

The Paramount Chief of the Nzema Kotoko Traditional Area, Tumivole Awulae Kaku Aka III, has criticised the Akufo-Addo administration over what he describes as the exclusion of the Ahanta and Nzema enclave from the government's flagship Agenda 111 hospital project, despite the area being...

‘Chairman Wontumi is a political prisoner’ – NPP rejects conviction, announces appeal

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described its Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, as a "political prisoner" following his conviction and 20-year jail sentence over illegal mining-related offences. Addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday, July 20, 2026,...