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  • C/R:Two pupils confirmed dead after school bus overturned on Assin Kwafokrom road

    C/R:Two pupils confirmed dead after school bus overturned on Assin Kwafokrom road

    Two pupils of a preparatory school at Assin Edubiase in the Assin South District of the Central Region, Alice Elites Academy, have been confirmed dead after a school bus carrying them crashed on the Assin Kwafokrom–Homaho road. 

    According to the information gathered The deceased, a boy and a girl, ages ranging between 3 and 5, were among more than 40 pupils travelling in a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter bus with registration number AS 2218-20. Meanwhile, the school’s authorities are yet to issue any formal communication on the incident. Ghana continues to record a surge in road fatalities. a recent accident on the Peki–Asikuma Highway in the Volta Region claiming the lives of 15 people and leaving 25 others injured on Tuesday, June 2 at about 1:00 a.m.

    According to the Volta Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service, ADO1 Hope Bedzrah, the two commercial vehicles, which were carrying a total of 40 passengers, collided, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries.

    “When they got there, they realised that the two vehicles had been involved in a head-on collision. Preliminary investigations at the scene suggest that there were 40 occupants in the two vehicles,” he told Citi News.

    Earlier in May, an accident on the Buipe-Tamale road claimed the lives of four individuals. The fatal crash involved a Sprinter Benz bus traveling from Buipe to Kumasi and a trailer truck at Sawaba No. 2.

    The deceased included two females and two males, two of whom died on the spot. According to the GNFS, the trailer truck fled the scene, leaving behind the victims and wreckage as emergency responders rushed in to manage the situation.

    Meanwhile, 19 passengers are receiving medical attention at the Buipe Government Hospital. Weeks ago, a head-on collision on the Accra-Kumasi Highway claimed the life of an individual on Saturday, March 7. The deceased male, reportedly the owner of a Toyota Voxy, crashed into a parked MAN Diesel truck at Teacher Mantey.

    Detailing the incident on Facebook on Sunday, March 8, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) stated that the Toyota Voxy had badly crashed into the stationary truck prior to the arrival of the rescue team.Weeks ago, eleven (11) persons sustained injuries following a head-on collision at Eduadjei on the Cape Coast-Takoradi Highway.

    The victims, eight males and two females, are receiving medical attention at the Elmina Polyclinic. Per the Central Regional Fire Service’s account, the two vehicles, an Opel Astra (WR 4860-13) traveling from Cape Coast towards Komenda, collided head-on with a Nissan mini bus (CR 1414-23) heading from Takoradi to Cape Coast. Meanwhile, officials have yet to ascertain the cause of the accident.

    The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) recorded one thousand five hundred and four (1,504) deaths, compared to one thousand two hundred and thirty-seven (1,237) fatalities reported in the same period in 2024, representing a 21.58 percent increase in the first half of 2025.

    According to provisional data released by the National Road Safety Authority in collaboration with the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), a total of 7,289 road crashes were recorded between January and June this year. Per the data, a total of twelve thousand three hundred and fifty-four (12,354) vehicles were involved in these crashes.

    As a result of these incidents, eight thousand three hundred (8,300) individuals sustained injuries. Additionally, one thousand three hundred and one (1,301) pedestrians were knocked down across the country.

    According to recent data provided by the National Road Safety Authority, on average, eight (8) lives are lost every day due to road crashes. Each day, forty (40) road crashes are recorded, and forty-six (46) individuals sustain injuries. Daily, sixty-nine (69) vehicles and motorcycles are involved in road crashes.

    To help combat the rising number of road crashes, the National Road Safety Authority has called for stricter enforcement of traffic regulations and increased public education.

    The NRSA has emphasized the need for stronger enforcement to curb the alarming trend. The Road Traffic Act 2004, an Act to consolidate and revise the Road Traffic Ordinance, 1952 (No. 55), provides for more comprehensive regulation of road traffic and road use to ensure road safety and address related matters.

    A person who drives a motor vehicle dangerously on a road commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction:(a) where (i) a bodily injury does not occur, or (ii) a minor bodily injury occurs to a person other than the driver, to a fine of not less than one hundred penalty units and not exceeding two hundred penalty units, or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding nine months, or to both;

    (b) where bodily injury of an aggravated nature occurs to a person other than the driver, to a minimum fine of two hundred penalty units and not exceeding five hundred penalty units, or to a term of imprisonment of not less than twelve months and not exceeding two years, or to both;(c) where death occurs, to a term of imprisonment of not less than three years;

    (d) where there is damage to state property, to a fine of not less than one hundred penalty units and payment for the damage caused in an amount determined by the Court.

    The Court may, upon conviction of a person under subsection (1), (a) order the payment of appropriate compensation to an injured person or to the estate of that person, or (b) order the withdrawal of the driver’s license for a period of not less than three years and not more than five years.

    A person who drives a motor vehicle on a road without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years, or to both.

    A person commits an offence if, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, that person:

    (a) causes anything to be on or over a road;(b) interferes with a motor vehicle, trailer, or cycle; or(c) interferes, directly or indirectly, with traffic equipment, where it would be obvious to a reasonable person that doing so would be dangerous.

    A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months, or to both.

    Meanwhile, over one-third of emergency cases at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have been linked to road crashes, according to the facility’s statistics.

    Speaking to the media, Deputy Medical Director of KATH, Dr. Yaw Opare Larbi, noted that road crash victims brought to the emergency unit often do not survive because their injuries are very severe.

    “A little over 30 per cent of the cases that come to this facility, this Accident and Emergency Unit, are due to accidents, and most of the accidents, a few are domestic, but the majority of them are road traffic accidents.

    “Now in Ghana, we know that our statistics, a lot of our road accidents are from errors, driver errors, pedestrian errors. And then we know that we have some percentage that is attributable to maybe things like faulty vehicles or maybe road conditions, but a lot of the accidents are preventable,” he stated.

  • 287 pupils kidnapped by gunmen in most recent Nigerian school raid – Headteacher

    287 pupils kidnapped by gunmen in most recent Nigerian school raid – Headteacher

    Gunmen raided a school in the northwest region of Nigeria on Thursday and abducted 287 students.This is the second time in less than a week that a large number of students have been kidnapped in Nigeria.

    Many students are being taken from schools in northern Nigeria. This has been happening a lot and has been worrying people since 2014, when Islamic extremists kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok village in Borno state. Lately, many kidnappings have been happening in the northwestern and central areas. Armed groups are taking villagers and travelers and asking for a lot of money to let them go.

    People who live there told the news organization The Associated Press that on Thursday, some attackers surrounded the school that is owned by the government in the town of Kuriga in Kaduna State. This happened just as the children were getting ready to start their school day around 8 a. m

    Government officials previously stated that over 100 students were captured in the attack. Sani Abdullahi, the person in charge of the school, spoke to the governor of Kaduna. “When Uba Sani visited the town, he found out that 287 people were missing after a headcount. ”

    “We will make sure that all the children return. ” “We are working with the police and other security teams,” the governor told people in the village which is 55 miles away from the capital.

    No one said they did the attack on Thursday, but people think it was done by armed herders. They have been accused of attacking and kidnapping people for money after fighting with local communities for a long time.

    The police and the governor came hours later to look for more things, while people and parents waited for information.

    The attack happened a few days after over 200 people, mostly women and children, were taken by extremists in northeastern Nigeria.

    Women, kids, and students are often kidnapped in the conflict-affected northern area, and many of them are only released when their families pay a lot of money.

    Experts say that both attacks show that Nigeria’s security situation is getting worse. In 2023, several hundred people died because of the country’s security crisis.

    Bola Tinubu became the president of Nigeria last year. He said he would stop the fighting. But according to Oluwole Ojewale, a researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, there hasn’t been much improvement in security under Tinubu’s leadership.

  • Budgie smugglers target schools, traumatising youngsters and leaving them in tears

    Budgie smugglers target schools, traumatising youngsters and leaving them in tears

    Pupils were left “in tears” after heinous burglars stormed into their school in North Bristol and took 20 of their beloved budgies.

    Years ago, budgies living in an outside aviary would sing, trill, and warble as pupils and teachers at Brentry Primary School entered the building.

    CCTV captured the moment smugglers broke into the school’s grounds on Wednesday at about 11:30 p.m. and grabbed the birds from three breeding boxes.

    Yesterday morning, the school’s caretaker was shocked to see the now silent and empty cage.

    The news left the school students and staff alike ‘heartbroken’ (Picture: Avon and Somerset Constabulary / SWNS)

    The thieves likely couldn’t fit all the birds into the boxes, meaning some might have flown away into the frosty night, said school business manager, Hannah Jack.

    Now the school is appealing to residents to come forward if they know anything about the theft or if they’ve seen people suddenly selling budgies.

    Hannah said: ‘It is absolutely heartbreaking. We are all devastated, we’ve had teachers in tears, children in tears.

    ‘They really are part of the family, everyone loves them and it’s so terrible they’ve been taken like this. Why would someone do this?’

    The school first took in two budgies seven years ago, with by pure chance a third bird being rescued from a drain on the school site.

    A purpose-built aviary was made for the dainty parakeets in 2018 during a school refurbishment.

    The school built an aviary for the budgies.

    For a typical budgie, the aviary was a five-star resort, with heated areas and plenty of room to fly about.

    Soon enough, more of the brightly-feathered birds were donated to the school and some had babies.

    ‘The Year 6s are responsible for them, and it’s a big thing,’ said Hannah, who is also chair of the PTA.

    ‘They have to feed and water them, clean the aviary out and look after them. At the weekends, the site caretaker looks after them. They are well-loved and it’s been lovely that they’ve been able to breed.’

    ‘It’s just so awful that someone would do this,’ she added.

    ‘They’ve climbed into the reception play area and then got round to the aviary, smashed open the bolt and got in.

    ‘It’s just so sad.’

    A school official fears that any escaped birds will perish outside in the cold (Picture: Avon and Somerset Constabulary / SWNS)

    Hannah is doubtful about whether their kids will ever be reunited with their pets.

    ‘We’re not hopeful we’re going to get them back,’ Hannad added, ‘but someone must know something about where they are now.’

    Budgies, also called budgerigars, are native to the warm and dry plains of the Australian Outback.

    With their small bodies being built to survive toastier temperatures, budgies struggle in anything below 15°C as the risk of hypothermia grows.

    Amid a nationwide cold snap, the mercury in Bristol has been in the low single-digits for days – today will be a high of only 4°C.

    ‘The ones that might have flown away, they won’t survive. It’s too cold and they’ll get attacked too,’ Hannah added.

    Avon and Somerset police are collecting dashcams and CCTV from people who may have filmed the incident.

    ‘Police are appealing for witnesses and information after thieves stole around 15 budgerigars from an aviary at Brentry Primary School at about 11.30pm last night, Wednesday 8 March,’ a spokesperson said.