CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Chinese supervisor assaults worker at site

A Chinese Supervisor at Zhongmei Engineering Group Limited, the construction company constructing the Pokuase Interchange has allegedly assaulted one of the Ghanaian workers at the site. In an interview with the GNA, the Secretary General of the General Construction, Manufacturing and Quarry Workers Union (GCMQWU), Mrs Comfort Agambaa, said she …

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14 illegal miners arrested at Kenyasi

Fourteen alleged Ghanaian illegal miners in the general area of Kenyasi and its environs in the Adansie North Districts of the Ashanti Region have been nabbed by Ashanti Forward Operating Base (FOB Ashanti) patrol team. The illegal miners were arrested on Monday 13 January 2020 by a patrol team led …

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JHS 1 student commits suicide

A 12-year-old first-year Junior High School (JHS) student last Monday morning shocked the residents of Aiyinabo in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region after he was found dead hanging in his room. He had used the mother’s headscarf to commit the act. The student, identified as Samuel Opoku-Boateng of …

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Blind orphanage director sells twins

Samuel Kwapong Darko, a visually impaired person, who is the owner of the Eye Of the Lord Day Care Centre located at Dzatsui-Newton near Nsawam in the Eastern Region, has been arrested together with his wife and three staff members for allegedly conspiring and selling 18 months old twins for …

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Defunct UT Bank’s Kofi Amoabeng charged with stealing, money laundering

The founder of UT Group, Prince Kofi Amoabeng has been put before an Accra circuit court for his role in the collapse of his bank in 2017. Mr. Amoabeng is facing charges of stealing and money laundering. Citi News‘ court correspondent, Fred Tettey Djabanor said Kofi Amoabeng was put before …

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5 in custody over diversion of Peki SHS food items

Five persons are being held by the Volta Regional Police Command in connection with the alleged diversion of food items of Peki Senior High School in the South Dayi district to appease an auditor. The five include the driver who was initially arrested with the food items and the School’s …

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Read lady’s touching suicide note she left for her family

A corps member in Nigeria identified as  Bolufemi Princess Motunrayo has been confirmed dead, after allegedly committing suicide by taking a poisonous substance. The Kogi State University graduate of Banking and Finance, reportedly left a suicide note for her parents and siblings before the sad act. The short message addressed to …

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Three Chinese nationals arrested for engaging in illegal mining

Three Chinese nationals have been arrested for allegedly engaging in illegal mining at Fahiakobo, a town in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region. The three were arrested on Monday, January 6, 2020, by the Operation Vanguard Ashanti Forward Operating Base (FOB), led by Officer Commanding (OC), Captain AD …

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Three in critical condition after robbery near Koluedor at Ada

Three persons, a man and two women are currently battling for their lives as a result of gunshot wounds they sustained following an armed robbery attack on them at Salom-Madagbe near Koluedor in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region. According to residents, four armed robbers who disguised …

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C/R: Thieves break into EC, GWCL offices [VIDEO]

The offices of the Electoral Commission and the Ghana Water Company in Winneba in the Effutu Municipality of the Central Region have been burgled by suspected robbers. Speaking to mynewsghana, the Municipal Director of the Electoral Commission Madam Emilia Ama Akotia said four well-built robbers reportedly managed to tie up the …

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