An Ambulance driver, who was shot dead by robbers while conveying a pregnant woman, has been buried. Senior Emergency Medical Technician, Abraham Tetteh, died on Saturday morning while on admission after a gunshot wound to his eye. Almost two months after his demise, Mr Tetteh has been laid to rest after …
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Robber attacks siblings, rapes one at knife-point
Two female siblings were traumatised after they were attacked and one of them raped at knife-point at Sefwi Boinzan in the Juaboso District. The victims narrated to Adom News’ Augustine Boah how they retired to bed earlier over heavy rain, only to meet a known intruder identified as Acquah in their room. …
Read More »PHOTOS: KNUST mourns students who lost their lives in accident
Three students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have died after two separate accidents on Saturday, March 27, 2021. Confirming the incident, the University’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Daniel Norris Bekoe, said the first incident occurred when a car with five students run into a tree …
Read More »Bekwai Circuit court sentenced Nigerian 25 years for defilement
A 38-year-old Nigerien, Ibrahim Karaou has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit court in Ashanti Region for defiling a 12-year-old girl multiple times. The complainant in the case is a farmer and father of the victim while the victim is a primary school …
Read More »Police officer jailed 10 years for extortion
A Policeman has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Cape Coast High Court after he was caught on camera demanding an amount GH¢2,000 from some civilians. General Sergeant Augustine Owusu-Ansah, with service No. 45533, who was stationed at Assin Fosu in the Assin Central Municipality …
Read More »WAEC to use QR codes to curb examination malpractice
In its quest to curb examination malpractice, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) is set to embed a QR Code in each question paper of candidates during examinations. Speaking to Citi News on the sidelines of the 69th Annual Council meeting, the council said this technology and other interventions would make it practically …
Read More »Two car burglars busted!
Police in Accra have arrested two suspects who are specialised in vehicle break-ins. The suspects, Wisdom Cudjoe, also known as Jordan and Joseph Ahenkora, were arrested on Saturday, 20th March, 2021 at Kasoa Opeikuma and Chorkor respectively, after they were captured on a CCTV camera, forcibly breaking into one of …
Read More »HOT VIDEO: Two students trade blows over lady
Two young men, believed to be students, have been spotted in a viral video trading blows over a lady. Though the identity of the parties is not immediately known, the lady in question is also said to be a student of the university the two students also attend. The two …
Read More »Man grabbed over the murder of his pregnant girlfriend
Isaac Mensah, alias Ike, is being held by the Nima Divisional Police Command over the death of his pregnant girlfriend. Ike was said to have booked a room at the Nana Gyimah Hotel, Kokomlemle, where the deceased joined him later, only to be found dead the next day when …
Read More »Man nearly lynched for stealing meat, stew and other items at Wassa Akropong
A 26-year-old young man was nearly lynched for stealing meat, stew and other items in a cluster of houses at Agapet, a suburb of Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Amwenfi Municipality. The thief who gave his name as Kobby carried his ‘stealing operation’ on Thursday; a market day at …
Read More »Pollution shrinking human penises, warns scientist
Penises are shrinking and genitals becoming malformed because of pollution, an environmental scientist has warned in a new book detailing the challenges facing human reproduction. Dr Shanna Swan writes that humanity is facing an “existential crisis” in fertility rates as a result of phthalates, a chemical used when manufacturing plastics …
Read More »Burglars break into MP’s house, steal perfumes
Suspected burglars broke into the residence of the Member of Parliament of Gomoa East, Desmond De-Graft Kwasi Paitoo on March 25, 2021. The MP said he woke up this morning, March 26, only to discover that the burglars had entered his residence. According to him, the burglars cut his burglar-proof window, …
Read More »Robbers kill Kumasi-based Engineer of Joeshobs Construction
A Kumasi-based road engineer who works with Joeshobs Construction limited, Emmanuel Owusu Antwi, has been shot in the head by suspected armed robbers. The robbery incident happened Thursday evening at about 10 pm in Buokrom at the entrance of the victim’s house while returning home from work. According to a …
Read More »Galamsey: Four Chinese, National security operative arrested`
Six (6) suspected illegal miners including four (4) Chinese nationals have been arrested by the Ashanti regional Operation Vanguard taskforce. The Chinese nationals arrested are Li Xuh Jun, 51, Mo Chi Cai, 52, Wei Fun Ham, 45, and Wei Ziyun, 38. Yusif Fuseini – leader of the four suspects who …
Read More »Man killed for not giving friend palm wine
A 53-year-old farmer in the Volta Region died from gunshot wounds after his colleague got furious over his refusal to give him a calabash of fresh palm wine. According to reports, the 53-year-old palm wine tapper, Nobert Ataafi, was killed at Alavanyo Wudidi in the Volta Region during a disagreement …
Read More »Armed robbers attack ambulance in North East Region
An ambulance returning from Chereponi in the North East region to Tamale in the Northern region was reportedly been attacked by armed robbers. According to the Daily Guide newspaper, the incident occurred on Thursday, March 25, 2021, when the vehicle occupied by three personnel of the Ambulance Service and …
Read More »Siblings of embattled Achimota student risk expulsion from St John’s Grammar
Nikita and Amrita Marhguy, the two siblings of Tyron Marhguy, the Rastafarian who was denied admission by Achimota school risk being sacked from St John’s Grammar School if they do not cut their dreadlocks. This is after some old students petitioned the school to have the students trim their hair …
Read More »See the certificates of brilliant Tyrone Iras Marhguy, the rejected Achimota School dreadlocks student
Dreadlock would-be students, Tyrone Iras Marhguy and Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea are trending because the authorities of Achimota Senior High School and the Ghana Education Service have denied them enrolment. The students successfully secured admission into the prestigious Achimota school by the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) of …
Read More »19-year-old SHS 2 student defiles 18-month-old twin girls
A 19-year-old SHS 2 student, Patrick Nyarkoh, has been arrested by the Assin Fosu Police Command for defiling 18 month-old twin-girls at Assin Nsuta in the Assin South District of the Central region. EIB’s News Yaw Boagyan narrated that the mother of the victims, after several hours of searching for …
Read More »Four-year-old boy ‘kidnapped’ at Nkawkaw found at Anyinam
The Anyinam Police in the Eastern Region have found the four-year-old boy 31 hours after he went missing in Nkawkaw, sparking fears that he may have been abducted. Mansur Mohammed was taken out by an unidentified woman who claimed she had been asked by the mother of the child …
Read More »Muslim girl allegedly denied admission into Nkawie SHS for wearing hijab
The family of eighteen-year-old Nafisatu Billy Yussif is accusing authorities of the Nkawie Senior High Technical School in the Ashanti Region of denying her admission due to her refusal to remove her hijab. In an interview with Citi News‘ Ashanti Regional Correspondent, Hafiz Tijani, Nafisatu Billy Yussif who was posted to …
Read More »Armed robbers attack passengers on Juaboso-Asawinso road
Some passengers travelling on the Juaboso-Asawinso deplorable road in the Western North Region have been attacked and robbed by armed robbers Tuesday. A victim who spoke to Kasapa News explained that, he was en route on his motorbike to Asawinso when he realized from afar that, the road was …
Read More »Achimota PTA justifies selective application of school rules on Caucasians
Chairman of the Achimota Parent Teacher Association (PTA), Dr. Andre Kwasi-Kumah, has justified the selective application of rules to some students at the school in the midst of the controversy over the rejection of three students because of their dreadlocks. In backing the decision of the school, Dr. Andre Kwasi-Kumah …
Read More »Woman arrested for allegedly stealing 2-year-old boy at Mankessim
A woman believed to be in her early 30s has been arrested at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central region for allegedly stealing a 2-year-old boy. A pure water seller spotted the said woman feeding the young boy with plantain chips at the Accra-Kumasi station in Mankessim. She …
Read More »Nkawkaw Police on manhunt for woman who ‘kidnapped’ 4-year-old boy
Police in Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region are investigating a purported case of the kidnapping of a 4-year-old KG 2 pupil of the Ifradullah Islamic Basic School at Nkawkaw Zongo. Alhaji Mohammed Abdul, father of Mansur Mohammed told GhanaWeb in an interview that he received a call from his wife …
Read More »Fake soldier arrested for assaulting 59-year-old man
The Mpraeso Magistrate Court is prosecuting a 52-year-old security man for allegedly assaulting and causing the unlawful arrest of a 59-year-old man over a chieftaincy dispute. Kwaku Agyemang, a security man was also said to have been parading as a soldier. In a Daily Graphic report seen by GhanaWeb, a …
Read More »Another man murders girlfriend, slits throat in suicide attempt
Residents of Ho in the Volta Region have been left to lick their wounds after one of their own was murdered by her footballer boyfriend on Tuesday morning. According to a report by Kasapafmonline, Jay Dordorye, the suspect, reportedly murdered his 25-year-old lover, Harriet Kafui Ahiati after which he unsuccessfully …
Read More »UEW announces vacancy for Vice-Chancellor position
The Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has announced that it is accepting applications for the Vice-Chancellor position, which shall be vacant on October 1, 2021, from qualified persons. Qualification Prospective applicants must be of a professorial status or its equivalent, hold a doctorate degree and must …
Read More »Wesley Girls SHS ban Muslim students from praying, reading the Quran and wearing hijab
As some Ghanaians are not fighting Achimota School for not admitting two Rastafarian students, a piece of new information from Cape Coast has also emerged. According to information cited on Mynewsgh, the authorities of Wesley Girls Senior High school has barred all Muslims from worshipping on their campus. Not just …
Read More »Zebilla: Student killed in robbery attack, two others sustain gunshot wounds
A student of the Hariya Junior High School has died after he was shot by suspected robbers at Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East region Monday. The robbers also shot two others including a Brazilian contractor working on the Bolgatanga Pulmakom road and a “Mahama can …
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