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 …
Read More »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, …
Read More »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, …
Read More »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, …
Read More »Lifeless body of baby boy found inside refuse bag collected at Suame Maakro
Residents of Suame Maakro Police House have been thrown into a state of shock after discovering the lifeless body of a newly born baby wrapped in a rice sack. A scavenger who is also a refuse collector chanced on the baby when he went to dump refuse collected on the …
Read More »Nurse shot dead, 3 others injured in robbery attack at Wenchi
A 25-year-old nurse, Erica Adufa died instantly in a robbery attack on the Subinso – Nchiraa road in the Wenchi Municipality Saturday evening. The armed robbers shot at a taxi Opel Astra car in which she was travelling en route to Nchiraa from Subinso II, leaving the driver in critical …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Lady bites another lady in the eye
A young lady at Assin Dominase in the Assin South District of the Central has bitten another lady in the eye. The suspect Maame Akua bit the eye of Yaa Boadi accusing her of beating her ( Maame Akua’s) mother. Narrating the incident on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio …
Read More »Dormaa SHS student allegedly commits suicide
A 20-year-old student of Dormaa Senior High School (SHS) in the Bono Region has allegedly hanged himself. The deceased, identified as Albert, was found hanging on a tree after he was reported missing by his parents. The incident is reported to have occurred in a town called Amasu at Dormaa …
Read More »JHS student who led 15 men to attack his maths teacher arrested
The Nungua Police Command has arrested the 17-year-old student of the Nungua Krowor 2 Junior High School (JHS) who led a gang to attack his mathematics teacher in school. This was made known by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Krowor Constituency, Joshua Nii Bortey in an interview with Citi …
Read More »Carpenter arrested for stealing coffin in Accra
A carpenter at Ayigbe Town in Abossey Okai, Accra, George Amoah is in the grips of the Korle Bu police for allegedly stealing a coffin worth GHS2000. The suspect was arrested after a complaint and a tip-off on the incident. According to the Accra Region Police PRO, DSP Effia Tenge, …
Read More »Susu collector beats wife with metal over too many night calls
A 63-year-old Susu (Rotating Savings) collector, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly battering his wife with a piece of metal for receiving too many night calls. Richard Odonkor alleged that his wife, Faustina Laryea, had been receiving calls from her boyfriends. Madam Laryea is said to have …
Read More »Two Fulani herdsmen attack farmer in Damongo
A vegetable farmer in Damongo whose name has been given as Mohammed was brutally attacked by two Fulani herdsmen (as identified by the victim) around the St Anne’s Girls Senior High School in Damongo in his garden on 25th February, 2021. Mr Mohammed who is also a Teacher by profession …
Read More »GES announces release of SHS placement
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the 2020 Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) will be released on Sunday, February 28. A statement issued by the Service on Friday said a total of 494,530 candidates out of 533,693 candidates qualified to be placed into Senior High Schools …
Read More »Two battle for their lives after police shoot into rioting crowd
Two persons are in critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after a confrontation between police and some residents of Adwumakaase-Kese in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region. There was disagreement between the police and the residents on Thursday, February 25 when the youth demanded the …
Read More »PHOTOS: Man, 51, arrested over GRA recruitment scam
A 51-year-old self-acclaimed contractor is in the grips of the police for allegedly defrauding two people of large sums of money with the promise of getting them recruited into the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The culprit, George Ofori Attah, is alleged to be part of a …
Read More »Illegal abortion clinic, 8 others shut down in Kumasi
The Health Facility Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has shut down a clinic in Kumasi suspected to be carrying out illegal abortions. The Lake Road Clinic is part of nine facilities that were closed down by the agency. The exercise is aimed at ensuring that facilities comply with the standards of delivering …
Read More »Nungua: JHS student and his gang attack teacher over homework
A final year student of Kroma 2 JHS at Nungua, a suburb of Accra, has together with his gang attacked a teacher for punishing him over his failure to do his homework. Information gathered by Starr News indicates that the student, run home after he was punished, gathered his gang …
Read More »Jilted ‘pragya’ rider sets girlfriend and family ablaze, one dead
A 22-year-old tricycle rider identified only as Wisdom is in the grips of the police for setting his estranged girlfriend and her family ablaze. The incident according to an Adom Online report occurred on Sunday, February 21, 2021, at a town called S.S in the Dormaa Ahenkro, Bono Region. According …
Read More »I know what to do – 18-year-old rapist tells court after being jailed
An 18-year-old driver’s mate who has been jailed for attempted rape shocked the court when after being handed his term, promised to change from his old ways. Emmanuel Darko who pleaded guilty before an Accra Circuit Court presided over by Mrs Christiana Cann convicted Darko to charges of unlawful entry …
Read More »Farmer on the run after allegedly murdering motor rider
A farmer is currently on the run over an allegation of murdering a motor rider. The farmer allegedly murdered and buried the rider in a shallow grave at Nyamabekyere Asaaman. The okada rider, identified simply as Oboy Joe, was allegedly contacted by the farmer, identified as Michael Akrofi to transport …
Read More »Osei Bonsu SHS Organizes Mathematics Debate
Osei Bonsu Senior High School located in Bono East region specifically in Nkoranza North District has organized Mathematics Debate after celebration of the Global Mathematics Day to inculcate in the students the need to make Mathematics a favorite subject instead of seeing maths as difficult subject . The headmaster of …
Read More »Good News for all senior High School Graduates With D7, E8 and F9
Most senior High School graduates has been suffering because of their results that they get after school. Some of them cannot go to tertiary institutions because of their results. The last grade that tertiary institutions in Ghana accept is C6. So most of the SHS graduates cannot go to tertiary …
Read More »LEKMA cluster of schools shut down temporarily as police chase students who assaulted a teacher
Public schools within the Ledzorkuku Krowor Municipal Assembly have all been shut down temporarily to make way for police investigations after some students reportedly assaulted a teacher. According to some students of the affected schools they were asked to return home when they reported yesterday and today by officials. This …
Read More »Form 3 student of Toase SHS commits suicide at Barekese
A Twenty-Two-year-old Toase Senior Senior High (SHS) form 3 student Kwame Boadu known as Odoa has hanged himself to death inside his room at Barekese, the district capital of Atwima Nwabiagya North in the Ashanti Region. The unfortunate incident which occurred on Wednesday January 24, 2021 has thrown family and …
Read More »2 farmers inflict cutlass wounds on cocoa Clerk
Police and Residents of Asmah Camp near Dunkwa -On Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region are currently on a manhaunt for two Farmers, Solo and Kwabena VI who butchered one Kwabena Tawiah, a Cocoa Clerk and have gone into hiding. Information gathered indicate that the …
Read More »Farmer allegedly murders okada rider and buries him in a farm
A 45-year-old farmer, Michael Akrofi, alias Kofi, is on the run after allegedly murdering his friend, Oboye Joe, 32, an Okada rider and burying him on his farm at Ebehn near Asenema in the Okere District of Eastern Region. The Police have since mounted a search for the farmer who …
Read More »Boy, 19, allegedly sodomises four-year-old girl at Kasoa
A four-year-old girl is in ill health after a 19-year-old young man, Kwabena Dodzi, allegedly sodomised her in an uncompleted building. The mother of the victim, Margaret Apraku, told Adom News’ Seth Adjei her daughter’s inability to sit or ease herself made her suspicious of foul play. Interrogation, she said, …
Read More »Ghana receives COVID-19 vaccines today
The first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines will be received by Ghana’s health authorities today, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 at 7 am at the Kotoka International Airport. A press statement from the Ministry of Information announcing the delivery, said: “The Government of Ghana will, on Wednesday, 24 February 2021, receive the …
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