CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

‘Policeman’, 2 accomplices in GHc147,000 recruitment scam

A self-styled policeman and two others have been hauled before a court over their alleged involvement in a GHc147,000 recruitment scam. 26-year-old Albert Bruce who parades himself as a senior police officer with the connivance of two others succeeded in duping about 51 persons under the guise of getting them …

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Student remanded over assault on teacher over homework

The Accra Juvenile Court “C” has remanded a Junior High School (JHS) final year pupil of the Nungua Kroma Two JHS, for allegedly assaulting a teacher who punished him for failure to do his homework. He has denied conspiring with 15 other men to assault the teacher and has been …

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Two persons jailed for robbery

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) court has sentenced two persons to 10 years imprisonment each for robbing a mechanic at the Atafoa Forest Reserve, near Kumasi. Atta Thomas, 23 and Kwaku Mensah, 19, pleaded not guilty to the charge but were convicted by the court after trial, presided over by …

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Dead abandoned baby found at Teshie

A one-week-old baby boy was on Thursday, March 4, 2021, found dead and abandoned at Teshie in Accra. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command, said on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 0900 hours, the Teshie District Police received …

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Kokomlemle: Woman found dead in hotel room

A woman in her mid-thirties has been found dead at Nana Gyimah Hotel located at Kokomlemle, a suburb of Accra. According to the hotel’s management, a man booked a room on Monday, March 1, 2021, and had a female visitor. The client left the next day and did not return. …

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Noguchi dismisses allegation on falsification of Covid-19 test results

A five-member committee, set up by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in consultation with the University of Ghana, has dismissed claims that the Institute engaged in the falsification of Covid-19 test results. The Noguchi Institute, in a press release dated Wednesday, March 3, has disclosed that investigations …

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Gunman shot dead man at Afrancho Dam Junction in Offinso

An unknown gunman has shot and killed a 30-year-old man at Afrancho Dam Junction in Offinso in the Ashanti Region and absconded. The unfortunate killing of the man, whose identity is not known, has compelled the police in Offinso to mount a wild search to arrest the killer. The body …

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Cutlass-wielding man dies from his own cutlass at Juaboso

One person has been butchered, another hospitalized as family members clash at Juaboso Bonsu-Nkwanta. The deceased, 51-year-old Joseph Aye Tossah, was murdered by his biological brother and son over a misunderstanding over construction of a toilet facility. Reports say the deceased’s elder brother, Richard Aye, 54, and his son, Enoch …

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Hit and Run Driver Kills Cop

POLICE HAVE initiated investigations to arrest a suspected hit and run driver who reportedly killed a policeman on Ashotiano and Asuhyiae stretch in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region, according to information gathered by DGN online. The officer, General Constable Amos Maatey Nigaoko, number 56637 of the Wamfie …

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Man chops off sister’s hand, stabs mother at Ajumako Badukrom

A man believed to be in his 40s has been arrested after he stabbed his 78-year-old mother and chopped off his sister’s hand at Ajumako Bedukrom in the Central Region. Information gathered by EIB Network’s Central Regional Correspondent Yaw Boagyan indicates that the suspect named Nanif who’s unemployed, armed with …

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Teachers boycott class as unknown persons “shit bomb” School

Teachers of King of Glory Presbyterian Basic School in Bonya a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region have boycotted academic work following the “shit bombing “of the school by unknown persons Monday morning. The perpetrators used human feces to smear the doors and windows of the …

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Kuntanase construction worker shot dead by unknown gunmen

A construction worker has been shot dead by an unknown gunmen at a site in Kuntanase in the Bosomtwe district of the Ashanti Region. The deceased believed in his late 20s according to Sylvester Antwi-Boasiako who is a neighbor was shot at close range by his assailants at about 6:30 …

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Woman, 29, found dead in husband’s room

A 29-year-old woman, identified as Margaret Sam, was on Friday, February 26, found dead in her husband’s room at Olebu, a suburb of Accra, with her neck and head tied with a cloth. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, the Head of Public Affairs Unit, Accra Regional Police Command, …

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SHS placement out

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has published the placement of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates into senior high, technical and vocational schools. The roll-out went up live last night, Sunday, February 28, 2021. In a statement issued by the GES, out of the total number of 533,693 registered candidates, …

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Woman murdered at Olebu

A 29-year-old woman, identified as Margaret Sam, was on Friday, February 26, found dead in her husband’s room at Olebu, Ablekuma, a suburb of Accra. Her neck and head was tied with a cloth. Head of Public Affairs Unit, Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, …

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Teacher robbed at gunpoint in Navrongo

A Teacher in the Navrongo Municipality is yet to recover from trauma after he was attacked at gunpoint by two robbers on Friday, February 26, 2021. The robbers, whose move has since left residents stricken with fear, attacked the young Teacher around 8 pm behind the fence wall of the …

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