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Sad News: 9-year-old commits suicide
A 9-year-old boy has committed suicide at Koforidua Asokore in the New-Juaben Municipal District of the Eastern Region of Ghana.
According to an eyewitness, the deceased, Frimpong Agyei Kofi, committed the act after he refused a directive from her mother to buy bread at a nearby shop.
Young Kofi angrily entered the room and unknowingly committed suicide with the sponge he used to bath with.
After Kofi had kept long in the room, his mother asked the little brother of the deceased to check up on him.
He (little brother) returned to report that Kofi had defecated on himself which made the mother suspicious and rushed into the room to verify the report, only to meet the lifeless Body of Kofi.
Kofi’s father, Eric Frimpong, was quickly contacted and informed of what has happened.
It is a mystery to his parents and many as to what prompted him (Kofi) to take his own life.
The Eastern Regional Police Command has confirmed the sad incident indicating that the body has been sent to the St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Source : My Fm 94.5 Koforidua
President John Mahama has arrived in Moscow, Russia, from Ethiopia to participate in the 3rd Russia-Africa Summit.
The summit is being hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
During the visit, President Mahama will join fellow African leaders at the Economic and Humanitarian Forum and summit plenary sessions.
He is also scheduled to hold high-level bilateral talks with President Putin and attend a Kente exhibition organised by the Russia-Ghana Parliamentary Forum.
As part of the visit, the President will receive honorary doctorate degrees from the Russian University of Transport and the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia.
He will also engage Russian businesses and state institutions to advance bilateral cooperation between Ghana and Russia.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
President John Dramani Mahama has commissioned four career diplomats as ambassador-designates to represent Ghana in four countries.
The commissioning ceremony took place on Friday, October 16, 2026.
The new envoys are Her Excellency Nana Antwiwaa Dodoo, Ambassador-Designate to Angola; His Excellency Louis Kwame Obeng, Ambassador-Designate to Qatar; Her Excellency Evelyn Korantemaa Ofosu-Amable, Ambassador-Designate to Israel; and His Excellency Jedidiah Reuben Adogla, Permanent Representative-Designate to Switzerland.
President Mahama charged them to advance Ghana’s national interests through strategic partnerships, economic diplomacy, investment mobilization, and expanded access to international markets.
He said Ghana’s diplomatic engagements must deliver tangible economic benefits, create jobs, and strengthen the country’s standing on the international stage.
The four envoys are career diplomats with over 27 years of experience.
On behalf of her colleagues, Her Excellency Nana Antwiwaa Dodoo thanked the President for the confidence reposed in them and pledged their commitment to emulate his leadership and deliver on the mandate given to them.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
