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Disabled braids hair to raise funds for Surgery
A 21-year-old disabled , Ms. Grace Adwoa Barnes has started a self-help project of braiding hair and selling locally made soft drinks to enable her raise an amount of about Ghc20,000 needed for her surgery at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to enable her walk again.
She became disabled when a four-wheel drive vehicle accidentally reversed and hit her legs three years ago.
Narrating her ordeal to The Spectator, Ms. Barnes said she had gone to the Destiny Park at Christian Village in the Ashaiman Municipality one evening to enjoy some fresh air but might have dosed off in the process.
“I felt some weight on my legs and later found out that a vehicle had reversed and hit my legs” she explained.
The 21-year-old said the driver of the vehicle had previously helped her but was currently unable to help with her hospital bills because he claimed he had run out of cash to do so after supporting her to undergo plastic surgery and other body treatment.
“I am trying to help myself while I await help from God and anyone who wants to help me so that I can walk again. Please I want to walk again.” she said.
Ms Barnes said though she lived with her parents, they were not in good financial position to raise the funds for her surgery because her mother sold fruits and her father a carpenter.
Pictures of Grace Adwoa Barnes braiding a clients hair.
From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Ashaiman.
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for his role in a 2022 robbery at a mining site at Manso Akwasiso in the Ashanti South Region.
The convict, Dominic Ofori, also known as Fanta, was arrested on 16th February 2026 after years on the run. He pleaded guilty before the Bekwai Circuit Court to robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29, and was accordingly sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.
On March 20, 2022, the Manso Adubia District Police received intelligence that a group of armed men from Manso Abodom were planning to attack a mining site at Manso Akwasiso to rob the owner of gold concentrate. Acting on the information, police mounted a coordinated operation and laid an ambush at the site.
At about 5:30 pm the same day, four-armed men arrived at the site, fired indiscriminately, and robbed the miners of their gold concentrate. The police team on surveillance intervened, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
Three of the suspects, Abu Abubakar, Musah Latif, and Gideon Takyi, sustained gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on arrival at St Martins Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum. Dominic Ofori escaped at the time but was later arrested and put before the court.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has assured the public of its continued commitment to combating violent crimes and bringing offenders to justice.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 45-year-old Isaac Boafo, also known as “Duabo King,” for allegedly publishing false news intended to cause fear and panic.
Police said the arrest follows a viral TikTok video in which Boafo claimed that four officers at the Central Police Station in Kumasi engaged in inappropriate conduct with commercial sex workers during night patrols in Asafo.
Officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate (Ashanti Region) apprehended Boafo after receiving intelligence about the video.
During questioning, he admitted to creating the video to attract views and engagement online, and acknowledged that he could not prove the allegations.
Boafo also admitted making comments about the President of the Republic for content purposes and could not defend those statements.
He has been formally charged and is in detention as investigations continue.
The Ashanti Regional Police have warned the public against publishing or sharing false information on social media, noting that such acts can cause fear, panic, and damage reputations.
They said anyone found engaging in similar conduct will face legal action.
By: Jacob Aggrey
