CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Armed boys in viral video charged

  The three gun-wielding boys captured in a viral video have been charged by the police. Two of the three in the video together with a pastor brother of one were arrested by the police in Obuasi on Thursday, June 17. They were quickly transferred to the Ashanti Regional Police …

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11-year-old alleged robber butchers security man in Kokode

  A 30-year-old Security man, Kwadwo Ayem, has allegedly been attacked and butchered by an 11-year-old boy identified as ‘Aboade3’ at Kokode in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region. According to reports, the victim Kwadwo Ayem was attacked in broad daylight by Aboade3 and his gang. The victim Kwadwo …

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Police on the hunt for killer of Besease Basic School teacher

  The Police in Okorase in the Eastern Region are on the hunt for the killer[s] of Besease Basic School teacher who was shot dead over the weekend. According to reports, Mr. Solomon Arhin, a 36-year-old man was murdered on Saturday, June 19, 2021. The sad incident reportedly occurred around …

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Dagbong SHS probes ‘sexual gestures’ by students

The management of the Dagban State SHS in Yendi in the Northern Region has begun probing circumstances that led to first year students of the school being ordered to perform sexual gestures as part of their initiation to the school by their seniors. The immoral gestures were videoed and disseminated …

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Bullion van robbery: 215 suspected criminals arrested

The Accra Regional Police Command has embarked on an enhanced operational exercise in Accra and arrested 215 suspected criminals in its recent targeted operation. The operation follows very disturbing recorded cases of violent crimes in Accra, particularly a bullion van attack which led to the killing of a policeman and …

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Two suspected Fulani armed robbers arrested at Fumbisi

  Two Fulani men suspected to be highway armed robbers have been arrested at Fumbisi in the Builsa South District by the Upper East Regional Police Command. A statement signed and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Bolgatanga by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr David Fianko-Okyere, Public Relations …

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Man stabs friend to death at a funeral

  • A 32-year-old man has met his untimely death • This comes after he got involved in an argument with his friend • The suspect is currently on the run One Nana Kwame Frimpong has stabbed his 32-year-old friend to death after a brawl that ensued between the two. …

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Father kills his 2-day-old baby for contracting syphilis

A 54-year-Old man, Benjamin Acquaa, affectionately called Kwame Ntori, is currently in the grips of the Assin South District police command for allegedly killing his two-day-old daughter for contracting syphilis infection. According to the Assin South District Police Commander, DSP Okyere Andam, the suspect, who had worked in the hospital …

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TUTAG suspends strike

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG), has suspended its strike. A Press statement dated Saturday, June 19, 2021 and signed by the National President, Dr Michael Brigandi said the suspension of the industrial action is based on trust and confidence in the assurances by the Education Minister. TUTAG …

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UEW student grabbed over death of woman

 LISTEN   5 HOURS AGO   0 The Winneba District Magistrate’s Court has remanded in police custody, a level 400 student of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) in connection with the death of a 30-year-old woman at a Guest House at Winneba. Forty-five-year-old Amadu Abdul-Raham Fuseini’s plea was not taken and he will …

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Man hangs himself at Abirem Agona

A man believed to be in his late 20s has committed suicide by hanging himself in a forest at Abirem Agona in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem District of the Central Region. The body of the deceased was found hanging early Friday morning. According to the Chief of Abirem Agona, …

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65-year-old man arrested for allegedly raping step-mother

A 65-year-old man, identified as Durodola Kayode Ogundele, of Ayetoro-Ekiti, has reportedly been arrested by the police at Ekiti for forcing himself on his 85-year-old stepmother. The case was confirmed by the Spokesperson of the state police command, ASP Abutu Sunday who revealed that the abuse occurred in the room …

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DCE leads operation to arrest illegal miners in Adansi Akrofuom

The District Chief Executive of Adansi Akrofuom in the Ashanti Region, Maurice Jonas Woode, has led an operation to arrest two illegal miners who were operating in the Supuma Forest near Betenase in the Akrofuom District. The operation team also included personnel from the Ghana Police Service and the Forestry …

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3 suspects grabbed with human parts

The Abuakwa Divisional Police Command have arrested three people for trade in body parts. The suspects, 65-year-old Kwaku Agyapong, 48-year-old Anane Kofi Konye, and Isaac Adota, 25 years old, were arrested when they offered to sell the human skeletons for GH¢30,000. Konye and Adota were arrested at a hotel where …

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PHOTOS: An armed robber who operates as a taxi driver exposed

Thanks to social media, an armed robber who works as a taxi driver by the day at East Legon has been identified. According to some people who have fallen victim to this taxi driver/armed robber, he deliberately offers lift to people he feels can be his potential victim especially students …

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I don’t know you anywhere – Afoko tells State witness

Gregory Afoko, one of the two persons standing trial for the murder of the New Patriotic Party’s Upper East Regional Chairman Adams Mahama has through his lawyers denied knowing one Robert Atule, a Prosecution Witness in the ongoing trial. The witness, who is the State’s sixth witness, said he is …

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Police grab armed men in viral video

Police in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have arrested the three gun-wielding young men seen in a viral video that made rounds in the aftermath of the deadly attack on a bullion van at Adedenkpo last Monday. They have, however, denied being armed robbers. The police are yet to prefer …

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Armed robbers attack another bullion van on Accra-Winneba road

  •Armed robbers have attacked another bullion van on Accra-Winneba road •A quick response of the Winneba Police Command has prevented the robbers from have a successful operation •All passengers in the bullion van escaped unscathed and no property was stolen The police in the Central region saved the day …

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Wesley Girls, six others awarded best WASSCE performance

Best performing schools in the 2020 National West Africa Secondary Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) rankings for the Central Region have been awarded with citation of merit. The ceremony, which was to motivate hard working teachers, students and their schools, saw seven schools receiving the awards. Wesley Girls Senior High School …

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Two arrested over Bantama mobile money robbery

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the broad daylight robbery of a mobile money shop in Bantama in the Ashanti Region that happened on April 22, 2021. The duo were grabbed after police identified them in a CCTV footage. According to police, the suspects were part of a …

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Nana Agradaa loses court case, facing four-year jail term

•Agradaa was found guilty on charges of operating television station without license and publishing charlatanic charges •Agradaa pleaded not guilty initially but amended her pleas, based on which she was sentenced •She has been fined GH¢46,000 Patience Asiedua, a self-acclaimed evangelist has been handed a fine of GH¢46,000 for operating …

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