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Source: Ghana|myjoyonline.com|edwin.appiah@myjoyonline.com Date: 25-04-2018 Time: 03:04:37:pm Isaac Yaw Danquah is an acid attack survivor. But what has been left of his life makes him wonder whether death is better than life. He can't see. His eyeballs are gone. He breathes from his mouth. His nostrils are almost blocked. He can't even cry. There are no tearducts to conduct the tears and he looks like an unfinished work of art. The 'artists' were two men who hopped into his cab seven years ago on a normal day of his life as a driver in Sarkwa in the Central Region. 'I heard one of them say, so what should we do to him?', he recalled that last day of his normal life in an interview with Joy News' Patricia Gasu. Suddenly, he felt the tissue-eating liquid pour on him, wrecking corrosive havoc on his face, body, organs, letting of piercing shrieks of a dying man. His eye balls soaked in the liquid after it removed the p...

Female News Anchor with Dess FM in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region Portia Agyeiwaa Kodie has been found dead in a cold blood in her room. The sad incident which happened around 8pm yesterday April 15, 2017 has thrown residents in a state of shock. A source at Dess FM who confirmed the incident to the media said they found her lifeless body in a pool of blood inside her room with multiple wound cuts on her neck. According to the source, they are suspecting foul play. The deceased body has been deposited at the Bekwai government hospital morgue for autopsy. Meanwhile, the Bekwai Police Commander DSP Edward Obeng Boateng says they have commenced investigations into the matter. The body has since been deposited at the morgue for autopsy.    

Some two persons have allegedly been rushed to the Hospital after consuming an expired powdered milk from the Kumasi City Mall. The two victims (name withheld) are sons of a medical doctor with the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr. Ernest Opoku. The Doctor complained the situation on a News platform, My Ghana Today where the press radio had a copy. Dr. Ernest in his complaint said he bought a box of peak powdered milk from the "Game" section of the shopping Mall but forgot to check on the production and expiry date when his two sons unfortunately got attacked by severe enteritis after consuming some of the milk. "I bought a box of peak powdered milk from the Mall on Wednesday 7th march 2018. My two boys who took some the next day were both admitted for severe entities", he narrated. original picture of the expired powdered milk He indicated that he later checked on the box and realized it was three months expired. "I checked the box ...

Residents at Asafo Dadiesoaba YF in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ashanti Region were thrown into fear and panic this afternoon (11th January, 2018) when an armed robber stormed the area to rob people at gun point. The armed robber according to reports managed to abscond with more than Ghc 2000 and mobile phones belonging to an MTN Mobile Money and bulk credit card merchant. Eye witnesses narrating the incident to Agyenkwa News said the armed robber after managing to succeed in the act, hoped on his motor bike and fled the scene. According to one of the workers at the Communication center, Maame Esi, the armed robber pointed a gun at one of their workers who was seated by her table outside the office and demanded all the money she had. "We were three inside the office, two of our workers were seated outside when the armed robber unexpectedly pounced on them, pointed a gun at them and threatened to shoot they fail to comply, so one of them quickly run to the office, leaving...

                  The Kwabre East District Police commander, Superintendent Suleymana Ibrahim has given some security tips to the general public on how to defend themselves against armed robbery attacks. The security officer commanded that anyone who would be attacked by an armed robber should shoot and kill the armed robber or apply any other means to defend themselves from the robbers. He said this when addressing Teachers, students and parents at Gyama Pensan Senior High School in the Kwabre East District of Ashanti Region during the inauguration of the school's Cadet last  Thursday, 21st December, 2017. He was there as the guest speaker for the event. Speaking at the event,  Spt. Suleymana Ibrahim   armed robbery activities become more intensified especially when we are getting to the end of the year, as these criminals take advantage of the occasion to rob people, emphasizing on the need for everyone to be ...

                                A man suspected to be in his late 20s narrowly escaped being lynched by an angry mob at Adum, the business community within the Kumasi Metropolis, for allegedly attempting to snatch someones mobile phone. The incident happened at around 8 pm last Wednesday, 20th December, 2017. The suspect was however sent to the central police Station. He was carried in a tricycle, (Aboboyaa) to the Central Police Station after being tied with a rope on his hand and leg. Some of them suggested that he must be lynched whiles others disagreed, ending up with him being sent to the Police station. Some two police men came into the scene to support the tricycle rider carry him to the Police. He is currently with the Police at the Central Police Station assisting with investigation.

Some 95 drivers who ply the Suame route in the Kumasi Metropolis have been arrested by the Suame MTTD unit of the Ghana police service for various road offenses. Some of them were arrested for failing to wear their seat belts whiles others were arrested for defying road traffic regulations and unlawful parking. The arrested road offenders consisting of commercial and private drivers and tricycle (aboboyaa) riders were detained at the forecourt of the Suame MTTD unit for several hours, where they were taken through some road safety sensitization by the MTTD officers. ASP K.K Kawodie, the Suame MTTD commander who spearheaded the exercise in an interview with press men said the exercise was to ensure accident free this festive season. "We took to the streets this morning to embark on an emergency road checks and these drivers were found culpable of violating road regulations. We did not arrest them to prosecute them but we are only educating them as a first caution, we will...