Chiefs and elders of Awutu Bontrase in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region have ordered Apostle John Mark, who had sex with a married woman at Awutu Bontrase to pay Ghc 5,000, one sheep, one carton of schnapps as compensation. They’ve also asked the man of God …
Read More »14 arrested for performing dipo rite in Somanya
The Somanya District Police Command has arrested fourteen (14) people for performing puberty rite known traditionally as “Dipo” in contravention of the ban on public gathering. The suspects were arrested on Saturday, May 2, 2020, at Sawer a suburb of Somanya in the Eastern Region. The suspects are Leaders, parents, …
Read More »Mother stones 9-year-old son to death
An attempt to chase away a flock of sheep turned into a tragedy after a 32-year-old mother accidentally stoned her nine-year-old son to death. Elvis Minkah was pronounced dead on Thursday, April 30, 2020 by medics moments after he was rushed to the St. Peter’s Catholic Hospital. The suspect, Haggar …
Read More »Private security officer slashes wife’s forehead with machete
Ironically, the couple are known to have been staying together peacefully at Konda with their 10-year-old son until the unfortunate incident. The woman has since been admitted at the emergency unit of the Upper West Regional Hospital and would likely be referred to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi for …
Read More »One person shot, another butchered to death in Eastern Region
Two persons have been murdered in two separate incidents at Akyem Osiem and Nkawkaw in the Eastern region. The body of a young man shot dead was found Friday, May 1, 2020, along the Akyem Osiem to Ettukrom highway in Abuakwa North Municipality. The unidentified man was found in a …
Read More »Three armed robbers jailed 75 years for robbing a Ghanaian returnee
Ofaakor Circuit court presided over by His Honour, Ebeneezer Osei Darko has sentenced 3 armed robbers to 75 years for robbing one Isaac Henry Oppong, a Ghanaian domiciled in Italy. The first and second accused Samuel Kweku Nhyira Amoankwando and Kofi Boateng Amoako respectively were charged with conspiracy to rob …
Read More »Ghana Police Service calls out Adom FM for using uniforms without permission
The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has rebuked Accra-based radio station, Adom FM, for breaching the law during the celebration of this year’s May Day. To celebrate frontline workers in the fight against Coronavirus, some presenters of the radio station dressed up in uniforms of nurses, doctors and security personnel for …
Read More »45 members of Bishop Borngreat face 4 years jail or GHS16k fine each
Forty-Five(45) members Heavenslife Global Church at School Junction, a suburb of Ashaiman face up to four years imprisonment or a fine of up to GHS16,000 each for violating the Imposition of Restrictions Act 2020(Act 1012). The 45 persons who are members of Bishop Dr Eric Borngreat Aboagye’s church were arrested …
Read More »Pentecost Elder shot dead at Whindo
An Elder of the Church of Pentecost at Whindo, a farming community in the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western Region has been shot by an unknown assailant, Assembly Member for the Asakai-Whindo electoral area Alex Nana Acheampong has disclosed. One Egya Esia has been picked up by the Kwesimintsim …
Read More »Four kingmakers arrested for defying ban on gathering
Four persons have been picked up by Akropong Police for violating ban on social gathering and distancing by holding estoolment ceremony. The were picked Friday afternoon by the Akropong Police led by the District Police Commander,Stephen Tetteh. All four persons picked by Police are traditional rulers who led the enstoolment …
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