CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Armed Robbers Arrested After Sleeping Off In Stolen Uber Car

Nigeria’s Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers after they attacked and snatched a car from an uber driver in  Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. According to reports after robbing the car, the armed robbers drove to an area far from the operation spot and thought they could sleep …

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Striking Nurses to resume work Thursday after receiving court injunction

Striking nurses and midwives are to resume work tomorrow Thursday, September 24 after their leadership was served with a court injunction against their industrial action. This was announced by the National President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo at a press briefing Wednesday. The injunction was …

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TUTAG threatens strike over poor conditions of service

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana, TUTAG, has warned that, government would face their wrath in the coming days if it refuses to address their concern on the subject of conditions of service. The last time TUTAG’s conditions of service was reviewed was in 2006, according to the union. …

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Court places another injunction on striking health workers

An Accra High Court has for the second time in four days, ordered the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA) through a substituted service to halt its ongoing strike action. This comes on the back of an initial interlocutory injunction secured by the National Labour Commission on Friday to …

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17-year-old boy grabbed for drugging, raping 14-year-old

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Pelumi Oloyede-Bello, 17, for allegedly drugging and defiling a 14-year-old girl in Ejigbo area of the state. According to reports, the suspect, who works for an electricity distribution company, had gone to install prepaid meters for some residents when he met the …

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GES recruits 16,500 trained teachers

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has begun the process to recruit 16,500 trained teachers who completed the colleges of education last year. Earlier this year, the GES recruited 1,500 teachers in a special mop-up exercise for trained teachers who completed their studies in the 2017/2018 academic year but could not …

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Yeji: Police Kill Robber In Gun Battle, Three Others Escape

A suspected robber has been killed following a firece shootout with police officers on the Yeji-Prang highway in the Bono East Region. According to the Yeji Divisional Police Command, the suspect was part of a group of four armed persons who emerged from the bush around the Kofi Baasare bridge …

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No nurses at major hospitals in Accra

There are no Nurses at major hospitals in the Greater Accra Metropolis, the Ghana News Agency’s (GNA) investigation at the facilities on Monday has revealed. At the time of the visit, the GNA observed that only doctors were attending to patients, at facilities including; Accra Ridge hospital, Korle-Bu Teaching hospital …

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Catechist remanded for defrauding queen

A 42-year-old Catechist who defrauded a queen under the pretext of finding a Mallam to dig some gold deposits for her, has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie circuit court. Samuel Marfo was said to have told the complainant, who is the queen of Amakye-Bare in the Atwima-Nwabiagya …

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About 50% of Ghanaian men are impotent- Dr. Samuel Amanamah

Executive Director of Sexual Health Foundation, Dr. Samuel Amanamah, has revealed that about 50 per cent of men between the ages of 40 and 70 in Ghana are suffering from erectile dysfunction (ED). The causes, according to the consultant Urologist, attributed to people having diseases like diabetes and hypertension unknowingly. …

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Striking nurses could suffer salary deductions – NLC warns

Striking members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives association may face salary deductions for the month of September, the National Labour Commission (NLC) has warned. The Commission says this may become necessary because the group has defied a court injunction against the ongoing industrial action. Patients and relatives who …

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[PHOTOS]: Shatta Wale Featured In GES Creative Art Test Book

Africa’s dancehall artiste Shatta Wale appears in Ghana Education Service creative art test book The book published by Alpha and Omega series for Primary 4 pupils features the “Melissa” hitmaker in it. Shatta Wale’s works which were captured under Lesson 4 of the book talk about a brief biography of …

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Father of 6-month-old twins shot dead in Kpodoi-Dorfor

There is a mounting insecurity at Kpodoi-Dorfor in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region as father of a six-month-old twins has been shot to death by assailants over chieftaincy dispute. The 34-year-old deceased farmer, Azievu Obeneh, who was shot dead at the premises of the Ananzie Chief’s palace …

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Coronavirus: WHO sets rules for testing African herbal remedies

The World Health Organization (WHO) has agreed rules for the testing of African herbal remedies to fight Covid-19. Sound science would be the sole basis for safe and effective traditional therapies to be adopted, it said. Any traditional remedies that are judged effective could be fast-tracked for large-scale manufacturing. Madagascar’s …

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43 pregnant girls write WASSCE, BECE in Kassena-Nankana West

The Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region has recorded 43 pregnancies in the just ended West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Also, while 15 student nursing mothers took part in the examination, out of the total of 1838 girls registered, …

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Two pastors arrested for allegedly raping corps member

The police in Rivers State have arrested two pastors identified as Austin Emmanuel and Peter Davies, for allegedly raping a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).   The suspects who are currently being detained at the State Criminal and Intelligence Department SCID, allegedly raped the 27-year-old corps member …

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Coronavirus pushes 12-year-old Walewale girl into Kayaye

A 12-year-old head Potter, Ms Sumaiya Ibrahim, has appealed to individuals and organisations for assistance when schools re-open in January 2021, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced her into Kayaye. The teenager, who is being raised by a single mother comes from Walewale in the North East region, but was obliged to migrate …

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A/R: 107 BECE candidates failed to sit for the exam

Director of Education for the Ghana Education Service in the Ahafo Region, Yaw Frimpong, has revealed that this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has seen the highest rate of examination absenteeism in the region. He noted that, out of 11,054 candidates who registered for the 2020 BECE, 107 pupils …

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100kg of cocaine with street value of $10m seized at Tema Port

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) of Ghana has intercepted 100kg of substances believed to be cocaine at the Tema Port. A 40-foot container of rice and sugar concealing a package of powder suspected to be cocaine was seized at Tema Port by NACOC operatives. The container was one of over …

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How teachers took monies from BECE candidates to help them cheat

Some teachers helping in the conduct of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have been sanctioned by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC ) for taking either a Cedi or two Cedis from candidates sitting the exam and helping them to engage in multiple exam malpractices in the examination …

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3 policemen interdicted for aiding and abetting in a GH¢163,850 scam

Three police officers are facing interdiction, whiles three other persons have been arraigned before a court on offenses of conspiring to commit crime and defrauding by false pretenses. The officers have been charged over their involvement with Owen Kwame Frimpong, a 46-year-old Shipping Consultant, and Evans Owuraku Amofa, 39, who …

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Asesewa: Jail break at Police Station

A remand prisoner at the Asesewa Police station in the Eastern region has broken jail According to the Asesewa Police, the suspect who was arrested and remanded for stealing escaped from lawful custody through the cell window. The Police on duty on the night of September 16, 2020 upon their …

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