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, …
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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 …
Read More »Suspected armed robber shot dead by miners at Denkyira Brenang
A suspected armed robber has been shot dead at Denkyira Brenang in the Dunkwa on Offin District of the Central Region. The incident occurred on Sunday, March 21, 2020, at about 7:00pm. The deceased who’s yet to be identified according to the Dunkwa on Offin District Police Command was part …
Read More »GES makes U-Turn on admission of Rastafarian students in schools
It is emerging that the Ghana Education Service (GES) has rescinded its earlier decision and thrown its support to Achimota School for refusing to admit the Rastafarian students. This u-turn decision by GES was disclosed by Lawyer for the Parents of the Rastafarian Students Ras George Tetteh Wayo in an …
Read More »Nigerian murdered; parts missing at Gomoa Feteh
The Kasoa Divisional Police Command is investigating circumstances that led to the death of a 30-year-old Nigerian at Gomoa Bantama near Kasoa in the Central Region. Sources reveal that the deceased, popularly God’s power, was staying with two other Nigerian friends. His lifeless body was found in a pool of …
Read More »‘I feel depressed and disappointed’ – Disenfranchised Rasta student speaks
Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea, a Rastafarian would-be first-year Achimota Student who has been denied admission because of his dreadlocks says he feels “depressed and disappointed”. Speaking to Blakk Rasta on Zylofon FM on Monday 22 March and monitored by GhanaWeb, Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea, 16, said: “I feel depressed and disappointed. …
Read More »Three students on motorbike crushed to death at Adeiso
Three (3) students of Adeiso Presbyterian Senior High School in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region have been crushed to death in a fatal accident that occurred Sunday, March 21, 2021. The suspect driver yet to be identified was driving Hyundai H100 mini bus with registration Number …
Read More »Suspected armed robber lynched at Kumasi-Patasi
According to information gathered by this portal, a 28-year-old suspected armed robber has been lynched at Patasi in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti region. An eyewitness report says the incident occurred today, Monday, March 22, 2021. The naked lifeless body was found with a rope tied to the legs. …
Read More »Achimota School rejects GES directive to admit Rastafarians
Achimota School has rejected a directive by the Ghana Education Service to admit two Rastafarian students. Headmistress of the school after a crunch meeting on Monday with the Regional Director of Education and the GES stated that the school will not compromise on its school rules and will only admit …
Read More »Achimota Old Students reject GES directive on dreadlock students
Old Students of Achimota School have raised issues with the directive issued to the school authority by the Ghana Education Service (GES). They said even though the GES has the right to issue such directives, the matter involving the students with dreadlocks should be left at the hands of the …
Read More »SAD PHOTOS: Man 30, beheaded, Blood Extracted for Rituals at Kasoa Nyanyano
The deceased, a Nigerian, whose name is unknown is suspected to have been murdered early today by his friends Nigerians who live in the same home. Kasoa Divisional Police Command is investigating the circumstances which led to the murder of a 30-year-old Nigerian at Kasoa Nyanyano Kakraba in the Gomoa …
Read More »Barbaric: Man tied and killed at Gomoa Biakoye
A man, believed to be in his late 50’s, has been spotted tied to an electricity pole and killed at Gomoa Biakoye just opposite the Forestry checkpoint in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. Residents, who were shocked at the dastardly act, suspected the deceased, who is not …
Read More »I’ll quit school rather than cut my dreadlocks – OKESS student
A 19-year-old dreadlocked student, who has been denied admission at Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS) in the Ashanti Region, says he is considering quitting school for good. It seems the level of stigmatization and frustration meted to students with dreadlocks at the various senior high schools is at an …
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