CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

COVID-19: Akosombo Int’l School begins shift system

Akosombo International School is set to begin a shift system to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection in the school. This comes on the back of about 80 positive cases recorded in the school after three weeks of reopening. The Volta River Authority (VRA) announced the development in a press statement …

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KNUST Student arrested Over Threat To Burn Down Supreme Court

The Police have reportedly arrested An Emergency Nursing student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Simon Awini Ayamga. Simon Awini’s arrest comes after he reportedly threatened to burn down the Supreme Court of Ghana. According to a report by GhanaXtra, Simon while commenting on WhatsApp group warned …

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Two robbers killed in a shootout with police at Kaneshie

Police have gunned down and killed two armed robbers at Kaneshie in Accra. According to the Accra Regional Police Command, the robbers, numbering about four, engaged the police in a shootout in an attempt to escape arrest. The police revealed in a press release that they got a tip-off that …

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Two suspects grabbed for attack, killing of Ambulance driver

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the robbery attack on the Somanya Ambulance which led to the death of the driver, Abraham Tetteh. This was disclosed to Citi News by the former Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. “The police are working seriously. They tell …

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Main suspect in Miotso herdsmen attack arrested

The Prampram Divisional Police Command has arrested one Anum Adams, who is alleged to have masterminded an attack on some herdsmen in Miotso, a suburb of Prampram District some weeks ago. It would be recalled that the Command some weeks ago arrested three persons for their involvement in the shooting …

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19-year-old mother kills baby and dumps body in the bush

A 19-year-old lady identified as Patience has been handed over to the Akyem Edubiase police in the Akyemansa District of the Eastern region, for allegedly killing her newborn baby According to the Daily Guide Newspaper, Patience, also known as “mommy” slashed the throat of her baby and later dumped the …

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Robbers shoot three in Church at Atwima Koforidua

A church watch night service turned bloody on February 6, 2021 as some trigger-happy robbers stormed the place and started shooting sporadically. Three congregants, including a two-year-old boy and two females, aged 12 and 22, sustained slight gunshot wounds in their legs. The victims were rushed to the Komfo Anokye …

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Universities’ Senior Staff suspend strike

The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UOG) has suspended its industrial action. Members of the association have been on strike for close to three weeks in protest of delay by the government to pay outstanding Tier-2 contributions of their retired members. The suspension follows an interlocutory injunction secured …

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SAD VIDEO: Man slashes lover over farmland

A heated argument between two lovers, Abena Ataa and Akwaboah, over farmland has ended in the former hospitalised at Amenfi Central. The woman said their initial exchange was over the position of her skirt, which she added ended in her boyfriend, Akwaboah, punching her. The lover, who wanted to appease …

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2020 FRANCOPHONIE French Quiz Competition Held In Accra

The final results of the 2020 edition of the Francophonie French Quiz Competition have been released. The quiz is organized annually to enrich and revive the spirit of the study of the French language among Ghanaians.   Announcing the results during the last program for the Primary School category, which …

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Man, 60, bribes girl, 14, with GHS5 for two rounds of s3x

Family members of the 14-year-old-girl who was allegedly defiled by a 60-year-old are demanding justice at the Awutu Ofaakor Circuit Court in the Central Region. Per reports from the family, the suspect, Job Kwansah Mbia, allegedly sodomised the minor repeatedly anytime she visited his home to watch television, and in …

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Three armed men murder security man at Ashongman

Three armed men on Monday broke into the GOIL Filling Station Ashongman Pure Water and took away GH¢2,006 and murdered a security man in the process. The night security man whose name was only given as Effo who is in his mid-forties was found dead in a minibus at the …

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COVID-19: Close schools now – GMA to gov’t

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says schools in the country must be shut down in order to control the rising spread of Coronavirus in the country. The call comes in the wake of increasing fatalities among COVID patients in the country. The death rate of the virus has reached 464 …

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60-yr-old man arrested for sodomizing teenager with GH¢5

  A 60-year-old man, Job Kwansah Mbia, is currently in the custody of the Kasoa DOVSU for allegedly having anal intercourse with a 14-year -old girl. Speaking with Atinka News’ Jackson Gaisie, the victim who lives with her parents in the same neighbourhood with the suspect, revealed that he has …

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Songor Salt Project rebels are not from Ada – Residents reveal

The Ada District Police Commander, DSP George Aboagye has revealed that the ongoing impasse in Ada over the Songor Salt Project might be from the misinformation some leaders are giving to their followers. According to DSP George Aboagye, their investigations have revealed that people are revolting against the laudable project …

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Two female students of Saint Luise JHS kidnapped in Kumasi

Two final-year female students of Saint Luise Junior High School (JHS) in Kumasi have reportedly been Kidnaped. The victims after closing from school on Friday reportedly picked a taxi to transport them to Breman UGC where they live with their parents. Upon reaching Suame in the evening, the taxi driver …

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18 months-old baby allegedly murdered

A child aged 18 months has allegedly been murdered by an unknown group of assailants at a community called Asonomaso in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region. Confirming the incident to this portal, Silver FM reporter Nana Mintah, said Kofi Sika got missing after playing with friends in …

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Recruitment of doctors, dentists to begin 9 Feb

Recruitment of medical doctors and dentists who have completed their house jobs into the Ministry of Health, will commence on Tuesday, 9 February 2021. This was announced by the Ministry in a statement issued by its Acting Chief Director, Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari on behalf of the Minister. The statement informed …

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Thief steals Mosque mats from Nima Police Station

A thief with bravery yesterday stole mats from the Nima Police Station Mosque in Accra. Mosque mats are usually joined together by sewing them, and on which the faithful, as they stand in rows, pray. Worshippers who turned up for the weekly Friday congregational prayers were stunned to learn about …

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Man who bit policeman’s finger remanded

A suspect, Eric Awutey, who reportedly bit a police officer’s finger in an attempt to resist arrest, has been remanded into police custody by the Ofaakor Circuit Court, Kasoa. He has been charged with five counts namely: stealing, resisting arrest, assault on a public officer, causing harm, and causing damage. …

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Two jailed 25 years each for robbery

A Koforidua Circuit court presided by Justice Mercy Adei-Kotei has sentenced Amadu Bukari, 34, herdsman and Haruna Asor, 27, labourer to 25 years imprisonment each in hard labour on three counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit a crime, to wit robbery. They pleaded not guilty to all four counts …

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Government gives Ave SHS a new bus

Ave Senior High School (AVESCO) in the Akatsi North District has received a donation of a new bus from the government. The 5×23-seater bus with registration number, GV 2196-20 was one of the 100 buses donated to second cycle institutions across the country. Until the donation, the School had just …

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19-year-old girl slashes throat of her day-old baby

A 19-year-old girl has cruelly slashed the throat of her day-old baby and dumped the body in a cocoa farm at Atenrom, a village near Akyem Etwereso in the Eastern Region. The suspect, whose name was given as Patience, better known as Mummie, self-delivered a baby boy last Friday dawn …

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