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Captain Mahama could have killed them all – Family head

The head of Captain Maxwell A. Mahama’s family says the late soldier was good enough to have shot and killed his attackers, but decided...

Chiefs to purify Denkyira Obuasi after lynching incident

Denkyira Traditional Council has declared Sunday, June 4 to mourn Captain Maxwell Mahama who was murdered in a small community in the town by...

Jobless locals want ban on Chinese mining firm lifted

About 500 workers of Shaanxi Mining Company Limited operating in Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, who were sent home...

Girl,15, drowns at Esreso-Adagya

A young girl believed to be fifteen (15) 15 years, Ellen Adomako has reportedly drowned when she fell into a river at Esreso-Adagya in...

Danger looms in Agona Akwakwaa; residents drink from polluted river

Today can report that there is a looming danger in Agona Akwakwaa in the Agona East District of the Central Region, if the authorities...

I’m into prostitution because of my poor family – Young lady opens up

She wanted to be a lawyer by profession, winning landmark court cases and registering her name as one of the most respected legal brains...

VIDEO: Late Captain Maxwell Mahama’s mortal remains airlifted to Accra

The mortal remains of Captain Maxwell Mahama who was lynched at Denkyira Boase has been airlifted to Accra.The mortal remains was airlifted from Cape...

VIDEO: How Captain Mahama was killed – Eyewitness narrates

An Okada rider who claim to have been present when late Captain Maxwell Mahama was been lynched by some residents of Denkyira Boase have...

Photos: Meet late Captain Mahama’s widow

Meet the widow of late Captain Maxwell Mahama who was brutally murder at Denkyira Boase in the Central region.Barbara Mahama, the young widow and...

Photos: Bawumia commiserate with late Cpt Mahama’s family

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has pledged the state’s support for the funeral late Captain Maxwell Mahama and the welfare of his family.He made...

Hot audio: Cpt Mahama’s death haunts us – Family

Uncle of late Capt. Maxwell Mahama who was lynched in Boase, a mining community in the Central region says gory pictures of his late...

Photos: Three Chinese arrested for ‘galamsey’

Three Chinese nationals have been arrested near Kyebi in the Eastern Region for engaging in illegal mining.A surface mining equipment was found at the...

Two immigration officers severely beaten in Assin-Akropong

Two personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have been hospitalised after enduring a severe beating at the hands of some residents of Assin-Akropong...

Army Captain Lynching: Assembly man reports to Police

The Assembly man for Denkyira Boase who is believed to be one of the prime suspects in the lynching of Captain Maxwell Mahama in...

Army Captain Lynching: Angry Ghanaians call on Akufo-Addo to sack DCE

Calls have been intensified for the relieving of the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Upper West Denkyira from his post for making ‘undignified’ comments...

Ghanaians should not rest until Captain Mahama’s killers are arrested & prosecuted – OccupyGhana

Pressure group OccupyGhana is calling on Ghanaians not to rest until perpetrators involved in the lynching of Captain Maxwell Mahama are arrested and prosecuted...

Ghanaian woman dies of hypothermia trying to cross US-Canada border

A 57-year-old woman believed to be from Ghana was found dead near the U.S.-Manitoba border last week after officials say she likely attempted to...

Captain Mahama shot one of his attackers – Kwamena Duncan

One of the five suspects arrested in connection with the murder of Captain Maxwell Mahama, sustained a gunshot wound during the lynching that resulted...

Man escapes lynching for having s3x with friend’s wife

Incensed youth of Okurasi in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern region nearly lynched a man for allegedly having sex with his...

Audio+Photo: Denkyira Boase residents fleeing town despite GAF assurance

Some residents of Denkyira Boase in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region are still fleeing the town despite assurances by Military...

INVESTIGROUP Constructs Toilet facility for Orphanage schools in Ghana.

As part of its corporate philanthropy activities, Investigroup Company, an investment consulting firm with interest in the USA, China and Africa, has made a...

Samira Bawumia mourns Major Mahama’s death

The Second Lady, Samira Bawumia has expressed his regret over the death of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, the soldier who was lynched in Central...

VIDEO + PHOTOS: Meet four of the prime suspects arrested for lynching Captain Mahama

Four out of the five prime suspects arrested in connection with the lynching of a Captain of the Ghana Army have been sent to...

Lynching ‘innocent’ people now part of Ghanaian culture – Otabil

Pastor Mensa Otabil thinks that the instant justice meted out to Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama which resulted in his lynching is a cultural issue.According...

Denkyira Boase Chief flees town, switches off phones

The Chief of Denkyira Boase in the Central Region is currently on the run and attempts to trace his whereabouts have failed, Member of...

Captain Mahama’s body flown to Accra

The mortal remains of the late Capt. Maxwell Mahama who was lynched in Boase, a mining community in the Upper Denkyira West District of...

Two men who impersonated COCOBOD CEO jailed 7 years

The two men who impersonated former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen K. Opuni have been handed a total...

Christian Council condemns ‘emerging culture of violence’

The Christian Council of Ghana has condemned the recent incidents of mob action against state institutions and security agencies.The Council said the gruesome murder...

‘Horrific’ Mahama lynching ‘unacceptable’ – GBA

The Ghana Bar Association has described as “shocking” the “tragic” and “horrific” lynching of an army Captain at Diaso in Denkyira Obuasi in the...

PHOTOS: How the army sieged Diaso

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has taken over the entire town of Diaso in Denkyira Obuasi following the gruesome lynching of army Captain Maxwell...

Audio:  7 sustain severe injuries in Agogo gas explosion

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...

Soldier’s lynching not surprising: Man returning from all-night was nearly killed

A former District Chief Executive of the Upper Denkyira West Assembly says the dastard lynching of an army captain at Diaso comes as no...

Rawlings consoles Capt. Mahama’s family; calls for cool heads

Former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has called for calm and restraint as the security agencies investigate the unfortunate lynching of a serving...

Mahama lynching: ‘Don’t desert your homes’ – GAF to residents

The Ghana Armed Forces has urged residents of Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region not to flee their homes in the wake of the...

Lynching of Captain: Residents flee town

The Denkyira-Boasi town in the Central region has become a ghost town following the ghastly lynching of an army officer there by residents.Nhyira FM’s...

Military will be professional about investigation into Captain Mahama’s murder- GAF

Spokesperson of the Ghana Armed Forces Col. Aggrey Quarshie says his outfit will be professional about their investigations over the killing of an officer,...

Mahama’s lynching: No one will go free – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has commiserated with the family of the military officer grisly murdered in Denkyira Boase in the Central Region, pledging to hound the...

Mahama mourns Captian Mahama’s death

Former president John Mahama has expressed condolence to the family of the military officer ghastly killed by residents of the Denkyira Obuasi in the...

Defense Ministry consoles family on lynched Army Captain

The Defense Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has described as a ‘sad day for the defense ministry’ the lynching of a Captain of the army by...

Fake Presidential staffer nabbed

A man reported to have duped many people under the pretext of getting them government contracts, appointment and visas has been arrested and detained...