A 50-year-old woman identified only as Ataah has been stabbed to death near the Seventh Day Adventist Church at Ampabame in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred on Thursday, 18 February 2021. The deceased, who was a fishmonger, was on her way to work around 6 am when …

A mother suffering from postpartum depression has killed her seven months old baby in the Akyem Ofoase District – where residents have expressed shock over the development. The shocked residents of the community upon the strange behaviour of the woman realized she has slit the throat of her seven months …

Notorious gang of highway robbers terrorising motorists in Akyem Kade and its environs in Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern region struck again Thursday night. The robbers mounted roadblocks on Asuom to Kade road and shot at two vehicles including driven by a Priest of Catholic Church. Information gathered indicate that …

Authorities of the Ankaful Maximum Security Prisons in the Central Region have arrested a 26 year- old man, Kwabena Freeman for allegedly smuggling “Wee” into the prison yard meant for an inmate, Kojo Appoh serving an 11-year jail term. Confirming the arrest to the media, the Public Relations Officer of Ankaful Maximum Security …

A night at a pub in Mpumalanga with friends almost two years ago turned to horror for 38-year-old Lucky Bongani Kutumela. Kutumela had been with Zakhele Sihlangu, 32, and Sibusiso Frans Mzangwa, 34, at the pub until late one night in May 2019. They all went home in Kutumela’s car …

Armed robbers who stole a sum of fifty-one thousand nine hundred Ghana Cedis have reportedly returned the money to the victims over the last weekend in the Upper West Regional capital, Wa after it was alleged that eight deities were invoked by owners of the robbed money. Sources say the …

A 10-year-old armed robber, identified as Monday Omoruye, has been arrested by security operatives for his involvement in crime activities. In a video that has now gone viral, Omoruye confessed that he was introduced to robbery by his brother and that he had carried out four robbery operations so far. …

About eight suspected armed robbers stormed a credit union, shot and injured one person at Jeninso Akataniase in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. The suspects are said to have made away with an undisclosed amount of money during the incidence which happened on Wednesday evening. The robbers, …

Samuel Crabbe,18, a Mechanic who raped a 13-year-old girl, with five others, in turns, at Korle Gonno in Accra, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Crabbe, who was charged with conspiracy to commit crime and defilement, pleaded guilty. The Court presided over by Mrs …

The students at the Seikwa Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Tain District of the Bono Region are living in extreme fear because of rampant armed-robbery attacks and other criminal activities at the College’s female hostel. The students told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview on Wednesday …

Shocking as SHS Student arrives in school with a “gun”, allegedly planned to shoot her teacher for asking to cut her coloured hair A female student whose name hasn’t been published yet of the Government Secondary School in Ikot Ewa was caught with a local gun in school. According to …

128 lives have been claimed so far by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the first two weeks of February 2021 in Ghana. The daily update released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) shows that Ghana recorded 22.8% deaths from Coronavirus between February 1, 2021 to February 13, 2021. Ghana’s coronavirus related …

Collins Dorman, a 30-year-old farmer has been stabbed to death with a knife at Atechem, a suburb of Dunkwa-on-offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region. The sordid act was allegedly committed by one Isaac Owusu Boateng, a Community Police Personnel (CPP) in the early hours of …

The state is to pull down the four-decade-old uncompleted maternity and children’s block of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) officials have announced. This, according to government officials is to allow for the reconstruction of an entirely new ultramodern edifice at the nation’s second referral centre. Speaking on the Happy …

A traditional leader and chief of Suisi-Hiono in the Manya Krobo Traditional Area of the Eastern Region was on Monday, February 15 arrested by the Akuse Police after he allegedly tried to hire someone to kill Nene Olepeme Sakinor Nanor I, chief of Okuenya Adadlikuorsi, police sources say. Asafoatse Kwabla …

The police in Osun State have arrested a 40-year-old suspected ritualist, Adeboye Moshood, with human parts. The suspect was arrested by a Joint Task Force (JTF) on Tuesday, February 16, in his house at Gbayarin, in Gbongan community, Ayedaade Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that one of …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has urged the Ghanaian public on the resurgence of the Ebola virus after confirmed cases were reported in Guinea and Nigeria. The GMA in a letter dated February 15, 2021, cautioned the public of their lifestyle as 7 cases of the virus confirmed by sister …

Some residents of Bolgatanga say armed robbers have worked out a new way of stealing from motorists on the roads of the Upper East regional capital. The gangsters, according to them, stand well-dressed by the roadside and, with pistols concealed under their clothes, draw closer in a friendly manner to …

A Community Protection Assistant (Community Police) is in the grips of Police in Dunkwa Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region for stabbing a co-tenant over a disagreement relating to the sharing of electricity bills and the failure of the deceased to his part of the …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has received confirmation of seven cases with three fatalities of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Guinea. The Service has, therefore, informed all Regional Directors, Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Teaching Hospitals and all stakeholders in the health sector to be on high alert. The Director-General …

A 3-unit Junior High School block together with a storeroom and teachers’ office has been razed down by fire at Tarsor/Kulfuo Basic School in the Sissala East Constituency. It was one of the newly commissioned facilities in the last adminstration. The incident, according to sources, happened in the early hours …

A 44-year-old abandoned maternity block at the Komfo Anokye Hospital is set to be demolished to pave way for construction of a new building. This follows a test report from Contracta, a construction firm responsible for the completion of the project saying the structure must be pulled down. According to …

Traders at the Ashaiman market claim that the police do not take fraudsters through the necessary procedure when phone theft cases are reported. On February, 15 a customer visited the Ashaiman station with a group of guys for revenge after he was duped by a phone seller days ago. According …

Armed Robbers have attacked students of Spiritan Senior High Technical School (SHS) at Adankwame in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region. The suspected armed robbers stormed the school on Sunday, February 14, 2020 with weapons to rob the students of the school. Police reveal that the robbers …

The Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua is reintroducing the abolished cash and carry system of healthcare services. The Hospital has directed that all patients going on admission must make upfront payment of their medical bills before being admitted except elective cases. Management of the hospital has directed that effective February …

The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court is expected to commence the trial in which Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agodzor, Dr Frederick Yaw Mac-Palm and eight others are standing trial for alleged treason. The rest of Colonel Samuel Kodzo Gameli, Donya Kafui, Bright Alan Debrah Ofosu, Johannes …

A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed at a petrol station in Macassar, Cape Town, during an argument involving an SBV employee. Police spokesperson Sgt Noloyiso Rwexana said police were on the scene at a petrol station in Macassar on Monday morning, where a 34-year-old man was arrested for the …

The Minister-designate for Education says the Akufo-Addo government will improve Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs to better prepare students for the job market. Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum said the initiative will be a priority in Ghana’s education in the second term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to help all students …

Police on Monday said Christine Mensah, 44, who passed on whilst visiting her boyfriend on the night of February 5, this year, allegedly died unnaturally. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr Alexander Yeboah, Acting Ho Municipal Police Commander, who confirmed this to the Ghana News Agency, said, the deceased boyfriend, …

A misunderstanding over GHS10 has left one dead and another behind bars at Pakyi No1 in the Amasie West Constituency. The suspect, identified as Yaw Isaac alias Mystical, is said to have murdered his friend, Pounds Sterling, after losing a bet worth GHS10. Per eyewitness’ account, the friends were gambling …