What's the wildest thing you've ever done for love?

So, what’s in the bag today?

• Crime: When love takes a bite (literally): The tale of Kofi Atta’s lip-locking with Lucy.

• Crime: Meet Ofankor Bonnie & Clyde

• Regional: Walewale Wahala: Militiary goes full mortal Kombat on residents.

• National: Raymond Archer be like, “Me? A thug commander? Abeg, don’t stress me.”

• Politics: When fuel dries up, we might all be walking like it’s 1925—stay tuned.

• Fact of the Day: Strawberry seeds have a name.

• National: Ghana’s minerals just got themselves a CEO with more degrees than a thermometer.

• National: Fixing Bawku: Trust is the secret sauce, says Dominic Nitiwul.

QUICK BYTE

• Fam, what’s the wildest thing you’ve ever done for love? Slide into someone’s DMs? Show up uninvited? Well, Kofi Atta said, “Hold my beer,” and took it next level. Dude popped into his ex’s room unannounced, got kicked out, and instead of leaving, bit her upper lip like it was bofrot. Eii, Kofi Dracula, are you okay? Or is this a new “reconciliation” tactic we missed? Anyway, Kofi’s cooling off in police custody. Read more

• You think your relationship’s complicated? Wait till you hear about Yaya and Kassim, a dynamic duo who turned “couple goals” into a crime scene. These two allegedly convinced an urban planner to drop a cool GH¢320K on a piece of land that wasn’t even theirs. Spoiler alert: they didn’t stop at one victim—they played the remix and sold the same land to two other buyers. Want the deets in full? Check out the Deep Dive section.

• You’re fixing a motorbike, running your shop, or just catching some air with your squad, and boom—armored vehicles roll up, soldiers jump out, and suddenly, your day takes a sharp turn into chaos. That’s the tea from Walewale, where witnesses say the military went full Mortal Kombat on residents. The tools of destruction? Wire cans, mesh wires, and gun butts. No one was spared—not shop workers, not passersby, not even a chill group of NDC supporters under a pavilion. So, what triggered this rampage? Rumor has it that it’s tied to the burning of a vegetable truck transporting goods from Missiga to Kumasi. The truck’s incineration allegedly links back to the ongoing Bawku conflict, but how that escalated to innocent people being assaulted? Your guess is as good as ours. Read more

• So, someone decided to cast Raymond Archer in “Gangs of Accra: The Trade Fair Edition,” but turns out, our guy doesn’t even know any thugs. Archer, a.k.a. the investigative journalist turned poster boy for “I just want peace,” has denied sending goons to take over the Ghana Trade Fair Company. The man’s not about that chaos life—he’s about moving on from losing over $10 million when his printing biz was razed in 2020. Read more

• The OMCs (Oil Marketing Companies) just hit us with a “brace yourselves” warning: a fuel shortage might be around the corner. Why? Apparently, the gold-for-oil program said, “I’m out,” and Sentuo Oil’s refinery has also pressed pause.

  Dr. Riverson Oppong, the OMCs CEO, was like, “We called it, but did anyone listen? No.” Now, they’re asking the government to fix up before we all start doing cardio to work. Read more

• Talk about secure the bag! Justina Nelson, Zenith Bank’s Group Head, is now the Acting CEO of the Minerals Income and Investment Fund (MIIF). Her CV? A total flex. Two master’s degrees (yup, two), a law degree, and a psych degree? Sis has been collecting degrees like they’re Pokémon cards. But it’s not just her academic bag—she’s been running the show in banking for over two decades. Read more

• Dominic Nitiwul, the former Defense Minister, believes trust is the missing piece in this decades-old puzzle. Bawku’s long-running feud isn’t a new episode—it’s a pre-independence drama. As he sees it, the Kusasis and Mamprusis, the main factions involved, need the government to be both firm and fair in its dealings.

  “Show weakness, and you lose control. Show bias, and you deepen the mistrust,” Nitiwul explained, recalling how even his administration struggled to achieve lasting peace. Read more

DEEP DIVE

Ofankor Bonnie & Clyde

Baba Yakubu Mahama, an urban planner just minding his business, gets approached by Yaya, who pitches him a sweet deal on a parcel of land in Ofankor. Yaya and Kassim even pull up to the land, point it out, and Kassim confidently claims, “Yeah, that’s my land.” Seems legit, right? Wrong.

Fast forward a few days, and Yaya starts applying pressure like your annoying group project member. “Other buyers are interested,” he says. “Better pay up quick,” he adds. Baba, trusting the land-owning vibes Kassim gave off, hands over GH¢320,000. Big mistake. These two Houdinis vanish faster than your data bundle when streaming HD.

Baba’s Spidey senses kick in when the promised land documents don’t show up. A little digging reveals he’s been swindled. Turns out, this “power couple” not only took his cash but sold the same land to two other buyers and handed the original documents to a mystery third party.

When the cops finally tracked them down, Kassim admits she was just playing the landowner role on Yaya’s orders. Now, Yaya’s in custody, and Kassim’s out on a GH¢300,000 bail. Moral of the story? Before you buy land, double-check, triple-check, and then check again. Because in this economy, who’s got GH¢320K to throw into thin air? Read more

CHECK OUT WHAT’S TRENDING

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NEWS SOURCES

Today’s stories are curated from:

1. www.myjoyonline.com

2. www.ghanaweb.com

3. www.citinewsroom.com

4. www.norvanreports.com

5. Channel1news