The Ekiti State High Court has sentenced two men to death by hanging, for conspiracy and armed robbery. The death row convicts are Oke Olanrewaju(39) and Olanbiwonnu Kazeem (27). Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, in his ruling, found both men guilty of armed robbery and sentenced them to death by hanging. According …
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Two armed robbers gunned down in shootout with Police
The Police in Sefwi Abrabra in the Western North region has gunned down two armed robbers in a shoot out. According to the Police, they picked up information that the robbers were hiding in the forest at Sefwi Abrabra and were ready for an operation. Together with the town folks, …
Read More »Ghana launches Edmodo Enterprise Learning Management System to facilitate distance learning
The Minister of Education, Hon Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has launched Edmodo Enterprise Learning Management System to facilitate remote and distance education for all grade levels in Ghana. The Edmodo platform is used by over 144,000,000 learners globally and is noted for its user-friendliness and acceptability among the global …
Read More »Police in Western North gun down two armed robbers
Police in the Western North region, on Monday, shot and killed two suspected armed robbers at Sefwi Sui forest in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality. Local reports suggest that the suspects, numbering about four, attempted to bolt with large cash they had robbed from passengers in six commercial cars. The robbers …
Read More »Man jailed 20 years for defiling five-year-old
A Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a 38-year-old welder to 20 years imprisonment for defiling a five-year-old girl in a car at Spintex, a suburb of Accra. John Appew is said to have taken the victim to the car under the pretext of teaching her how to drive but …
Read More »Farmer gets four years for stealing
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a farmer to four years imprisonment for stealing a vehicle. Nana Karikari, 43, also a businessman, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit the crime and stealing but he was found culpable during the trial. His accomplice is on the run. Police Inspector Benson …
Read More »‘Blow Job’ robber remanded
Emmanuel Ankron, the 23-year-old ‘blow job’ robber whose penis was bitten off by his victim has been remanded by the Obuasi Circuit Court. He was remanded by the court for three weeks into police custody to re-appear on November 20, 2020. DSP Martin Asenso, the Obuasi District Police Commander, who …
Read More »Pastor tragically slashes wife to death
A 75-year-old pastor, Kofi Prempeh, who oversees the Twifu-Ayebiahwe branch of the Twelve Apostles Church (Awoyo/Nakaba) in the Twifu-Hemang Lower Denkyira District in the Central Region, has been arrested for allegedly butchering his wife, Sofo Maame Ama Tawiah, to death. It is not clear what caused the preacher, popularly known …
Read More »Coronavirus: Another lockdown possible if cases rise – GMA warns
The General Secretary of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Titus Bayuo, has described as not surprising the rise in COVID-19 cases in the country. Dr Bayuo states that government was warned by the association months ago that the lifting of restrictions and the non-compliance of Ghanaians in adhering to safety measures could …
Read More »Upper West Police hunt for gunmen who attacked NPP executive, 3 others
Police in the Upper West Region has revealed they are on a hunt for two gunmen who opened fire on the Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bukari Ali on Sunday, November 8, 2020. While returning to Wa in the company of three others, Bukari Ali was …
Read More »Two jailed for escaping from lawful custody
The Agona Swedru Magistrate’s Court has sentenced two prisoners who escaped from lawful custody to 24 months imprisonment each. Kwesi Delad 27 and Isaac Marful 21, both unemployed, pleaded guilty to the charge of escaping from lawful custody and the court presided over by Mr Isaac Apeatu sentenced them on …
Read More »Coronavirus: Govt extends incentives for health workers till the end of the year
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said, he has extended the incentives for health workers in the fight of the novel Coronavirus. This was announced during his 19th coronavirus update to the nation. More soon.
Read More »Man, 29, allegedly commits suicide over lover
A 29-year-old man, only identified as John, who is a resident of Nweneso No. 2 in the Ashanti region, has allegedly committed suicide. According to sources, he committed the act after his long time girlfriend refused to marry him. A witness, Kwame Di Wo D3, in an interview with Adom News identified the …
Read More »Japan to procure incinerator for Noguchi to enhance solid waste management
The Embassy of Japan has signed a grant contract with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) University of Ghana, for the procurement and installation of an incinerator at the Institute for proper laboratory waste management. The grant, funded by the Government of Japan under its Assistance for Grassroots …
Read More »Employ us, School of Social Work graduates beg government
Graduates of the School of Social Work have appealed to government to immediately recruit them to fill vacancies at the various district social welfare departments across the country to stabilize society. The over 400 trainees, some of whom completed their studies in 2010 and 2012 made the plea at a …
Read More »N/R: 16 suspects remanded over attack on police officers
Some 16 suspects, who allegedly attacked the two police officers at Nanton Kpawumo in Tamale yesterday, have been reminded by the Tamale Circuit Court. Police officers, Atsu Adanu and L/CPL Mordzi Samuel were allegedly attacked by the community members after they followed a complainant, Rasheed, to Nanton Kpawumo to arrest a suspect, …
Read More »Robber nearly lynched after robbing MoMo merchant at Kasoa Ofaakor
A 31-year-old notorious robber Amadu Yakubu was nearly beaten to death by angry residents at Kasoa Ofaakor after he and his colleague robbed a mobile money vendor. Amadu and his friend are said to have stormed the victim shop, pulled out a broken bottle, and asked the victim to bring …
Read More »2 ‘Killer’ Fetish Priests Accomplices Grabbed
The police have arrested two more suspects connected to the fetish priests who allegedly killed a biochemistry consultant at a shrine located on the outskirts of Adu Kwadwo near Adeiso in the Eastern Region. The fetish priests namely Christian Awoe Gamelie, aka Power-One, 40, and Famous Adukonu, aka Scorpion, 37, …
Read More »KATH Board in hot waters for advertising position of Director on mandatory leave
The Kumasi High Court, Human Rights Division, has place an injunction on the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) from replacing its Director of Finance. The Director of Finance of KATH filed a motion in court to injunct a decision by the hospital’s board to replace him while still in office. …
Read More »Tamale residents butcher police officers, set suspect free
Two officers with the Tamale Police Station are fighting for their lives at the hospital, after they were violently attacked by residents of Kpawumu-Fuo, a community in the Northern Region capital, Tamale on Thursday, November 5, 2020. The victims are Lance Corporal Atsu Adanu and Lance Corporal Samuel Mordzi. A …
Read More »Robbers kill mobile money vendor
News reaching MyNewsGH.com indicates that unknown gunmen believed to be armed robbers have attacked a mobile money vendor in Adugyama Capital of the Ahafo Ano South District of the Ashanti Region. According to an eyewitness who spoke to Don Summar on Angel FM Kumasi monitored by MyNewsGh.com a while ago, …
Read More »Tamale: 26 suspects arrested over bloody attack on policemen to face court
wenty-Six(26) residents of Kpawumu –Fuo in Tamale in the Northern Region have been arrested for launching a bloody attack on policemen who were on official duties in the area. According to information available to MyNewsGh.com, the suspects armed with machetes and sticks attacked and inflicted multiple cutlass wounds on the …
Read More »Tamale: Angry residents attack policemen, injure 2 and seize AK 47 rifle
Two(2) policemen have been badly injured after being attacked by angry residents of Kpawumu –Fuo in Tamale in the Northern Region. Lance Corporal Atsu Adanu sustained a deep cut on his head and forehead while his colleague Mordzi Samuel also received a deep cut at the back of his head …
Read More »Akufo-Addo commissions KNUST Obuasi campus
President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, 4th November 2020, officially inaugurated the Obuasi Campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University (KNUST), at a brief ceremony in Obuasi. It will be recalled that the idea of starting the Obuasi Campus of KNUST came up on 22nd January 2019, when President Akufo-Addo launched the Obuasi …
Read More »Don’t sack any student because of PTA dues – Education Minister warns headmasters
Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said any headmaster who will prevent a student from enjoying the government’s free Senior High School policy because of Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) dues will be sacked. The PTA dues, he said, cannot prevent a student from enjoying the free SHS policy because the government has …
Read More »KNUST still most prestigious tertiary institution in Ghana
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has, for the second time in row, been adjudged the best and most prestigious tertiary institution in the country. This is according to rankings for 2021 released by the US News and World Report – an American media company that publishes news, …
Read More »E/R: Gang Attacks Okwenya M/A JHS teacher with cutlasses and sticks
Teachers at Okwenya M/A JHS in the Lower Manya Krobo municipality of the Eastern region are leaving in fear after Gang Attacked Teacher on campus. Gangs invaded the school and attacked one Mr Eric Kpabitey for seizing a JHS 1 student known as Derrick Akwetey mobile phone. The incident …
Read More »Teacher defiles and impregnates 15-year-old student
A 15-year-old Junior High School graduate has been defiled and impregnated by her teacher at Ajumako Afransi in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. The victim (name withheld) told Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan that her Teacher at Ajumako Afransi Junior High School, Erasmus Canny Kattey, on the day they …
Read More »Fetish priest defiles girl, 6, in public toilet
A 52-year-old fetish priest, Kweku Ankomah, has been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional Police for alleged defilement. The suspect, who doubles as a public toilet attendant, is reported to have defiled the six-year-old when she tried to ease herself. Confirming to Adom News, Kasoa Divisional Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit Commander, …
Read More »COVID-19 kills Nurse at Eastern Regional Hospital
A nurse at the Diabetes Mellitus Ward of the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, has died from Covid-19. The Nurse was on admission at the Covid-19 treatment center in the hospital and was said to be recovering however died Monday afternoon after her condition worsened. The death of the nurse has …
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