CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

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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Photo of the armed robber who killed the policeman surfaces

An arrest has been made by the police department in Accra after a policeman who was escorting a bullion van got shot in the head and died on the spot. The unfortunate incident that happened was around James Town yesterday adding to the wounds of the national police department. The …

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Three suspected grave looters arrested

Three suspects, including a pupil-teacher, have been arrested in the Upper East Region for looting several graves. Reporting the incident on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, Abubakar Nuhu said the activities of grave looters have increased in the area. He said the youth in the area have for …

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Farmer found dead at Wassa Atobiase

  • The lifeless body of the deceased was discovered on his cocoa farm • The deceased has been identified as Abusuapanyin Pharoah who is said to be in his 60s • A sister of the deceased with whom he was litigating a land with has been arrested to assist …

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Another gunmen kill woman in Kumasi; police begin probe

  Police in the Ashanti Region have commenced investigations into the killing of one Benedicta Pokua Sarpong in Kumasi. The Police say the husband of the deceased, Nana Osei Agyemang Prempeh, reported the incident at around 12:30 am on Monday, 14th June, 2021, after they were reportedly attacked by unknown …

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See this 1958 graduation photo from the KNUST

  In 1958, the setting for a university graduation was obviously not as flamboyant as we have them today but the essence of those events cannot be said to have been any less. In this photo of a graduation ceremony from the Kumasi College of Technology, now the Kwame Nkrumah …

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CCTV footage of 23-year-old woman murdered by friend pops up

• Priscilla Tsegah was stabbed by her friend in a hotel • Natashia has been identified as the prime suspect in this case  • The CCTV footage shows the suspect in the attire of the deceased walking out of the hotel gently CCTV footage showing how the 23-year-old Priscilla Tsegah …

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Wife of KK Sarpong’s aide shot dead

  The Ashanti Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service is investigating the alleged murder of wife of aide to Dr KK Sarpong, the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Nana Prempeh. Benedicta Abena Pokua was shot dead Saturday evening by unknown assailants while driving at …

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Four arrested over attacks on motorists at GIMPA

  The Ghana Police Service has arrested four suspects along the Fiesta Royal – Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) stretch over attacks on motorists. The suspects are Richard Bekor, 43, Yaw Damoah, 34, Asante Emmanuel, 22 and Vincent Boakye, also 22. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mrs Effia Tenge, …

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Kidnappers demand 130,000 ransom from Fulani families

  Two Fulani cattle owners whose names were given as Alhaji Nyandiya and Marchu have been allegedly kidnapped by unknown persons believed to be of the same Fulani extraction at Daboya in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region. The kidnappers are demanding a ransom to the tune of …

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Man arrested with 31 parcels of ‘wee’

The Akim Oda Divisional Police Command in the Eastern Region has intercepted a taxi cab transporting 31 compressed slabs of dried leaves suspected to be marijuana. The patrol team also arrested a 39-year-old man Kofi Owusu who claimed ownership of the illicit item in the taxi cab with registration number …

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Father of suspected armed robber hands him over to Police

A father of a suspected armed robber has presented his son to the Police for suspected robbery in the Ashanti Region. The suspect is part of a group of seven armed robbers arrested after embarking on a highway robbery in the Ashanti Region. Police say the suspected armed robbers attacked …

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Two suspected kidnappers arrested at Abeka Lapaz

• The Ghana Police Service has arrested two suspects at Abeka Lapaz for kidnapping • The suspects kept making demands from the victim’s sister • The two were arrested at their hideout after the victim’s sister called the police Two suspects, Abdula Saeed and Kudjo Akorlor have been arrested by …

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17-year-old TV ‘thief’ beaten to death at Barekese

  A 17-year old boy has been beaten to death by a mob after he was alleged to have stolen a Television set at Barekese in the Ashanti Region. The incident which happened in the early hours of Thursday, June 10 morning left several residents at the Barekese Zongo in …

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2,143 test positive for HIV

The USAID Strengthening the Care Continuum Project in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has, between October 2020 and March 2021 tested almost 30,000 people for Human Immune Virus (HIV) with 2,143 individuals testing positive. The USAID Strengthening the Care Continuum Project is designed to improve the capacity of …

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