The Ashanti Regional Police Command has retrieved nine vehicles from some unsuspecting buyers at various locations. The cars were sold to them by one Alex Owusu, a notorious member of car syndicate. This was disclosed at a press conference held by the police command on Thursday, September 3, 2020, in …
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Covid-19: Deaths rise but active cases drop
Ghana’s coronavirus deaths have seen three additional cases recorded. From the latest update released by the Disease Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service on Saturday, September 5, the number of deaths has risen from 280 to 283. With 43,693 recovered/discharged patients, the country’s active cases now stand at 801. …
Read More »Free SHS: Had Akufo-Addo used common sense, double-track wouldn’t be necessary – Mahama
Former President John Mahama has said President Nana Akufo-Addo should have applied common sense and planning in implementing the Free Senior High School programme, which would have avoided the needed for a double-track system. Mr Mahama, who has promised to scrap the double-track system should he win the 7 December …
Read More »Woman who buried her newborn baby arrested
A woman who buried her newborn baby in a bush at Ekowkurase in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District in the Central Region is in the grip of the Ajumako Police. The suspect, Rita Mensah who’s a mother of six, according to her family is mentally sound. Her mother-in-law in an …
Read More »Women in my family only give birth, they don’t get married
My mum gave birth to me when she was 17. The man who got her pregnant was someone else’s husband. My mum told me about her encounter with my dad, she didn’t know my dad was married. It was when she got pregnant and asked him to marry her that …
Read More »Killer of Bantama SDA caretaker arrested
The Asante Regional Police Command has arrested one Kwame Minta who is widely known as Soso for the murder of a care taker at the Bantama Seventh Day Adventist Church on Tuesday June 30, 2020 The suspect according to the Asante Regional Police Commander COP Kwasi Mensah Duku was arrested …
Read More »‘My wife buried our baby alive due to poverty’ – Husband
Husband of the woman who buried her newborn baby alive in a bush at Ajumako Ebowkurase, a suburb of Ekwamase in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam in the Central Region has attributed his wife’s act to poverty. A newly born baby girl was found buried in a bush at Ajumako Ebowkurase …
Read More »Girl stabbed to death at Subrisu
An 18-year-old girl believed to be mentally challenged has been stabbed to death by unknown assailants at Subrisu, in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased was stabbed in the right side of her ribs and stomach repeatedly, according to the police. The body had been deposited …
Read More »Young Woman Stabbed Battles For Her Life At Ejisu Krapa
A woman in her early thirties is battling for her life at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after she was stabbed by an assailant whose identity is unknown. The incident happened on Wednesday dawn at Ejisu Krapa where the victim DIANA AFFRIEYIE lives. Narrating the bizarre incident, a close friend …
Read More »2.9m pupils in 8,683 public schools benefit from school feeding
The Minister of Gender, Child and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has disclosed that over 2,980,000 pupils in 8,683 public basic schools are currently benefiting from the Ghana School Feeding Programme, with one hot and nutritious meal for each school-going day. Addressing the media in Accra on Wednesday, 2 September …
Read More »Armed robbers invade stone quarry, kill worker, bolt with GH¢40,000
Three men armed with locally manufactured guns attacked the Adaklu-Abuadi stone quarry, near Ho, on Saturday. The robbers shot and killed one worker at the site, before bolting with a safe containing GH?40,000. They also took away an unspecified amount of assorted foreign currencies. The police gave the name of …
Read More »Armed robbers attack mobile money vendor at Yendi
Two armed robbers attacked a mobile money vendor at Yendi and made away with GH¢5,300.00. The incident happened at Balogu North, a suburb of Yendi, around 18:30GMT on Monday, August 31. According to Baba Sulemana, the 30-year-old agent of TA-HA Enterprise Money Transfer, one of the robbers, wearing a face …
Read More »Rejected Student by KNUST and UG now Graduates as a Medical Doctor from UDS Medical School
Senior Dr. Douglas Antwi was born in a community called Chine in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District and come from Edwinase- Kokofu. He grew up in Sefwi Surano, a village in the mining area of the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District, where he had his primary school education at Sefwi Surano …
Read More »Pastor arrested for allegedly raping teenage girls during a deliverance session
Pastor Chukwudi Chukwumezie of the Mountain Zion deliverance Ministry, Ugamuma village, Obosi, has been arrested by men of the Anambra state police command for allegedly luring and having unlawful carnal knowledge with two fifteen years old girls under the false pretence of conducting deliverance prayers for them A statement released by Haruna …
Read More »COVID-19: Noguchi clashes with government over prices of antigen test
Government and officials of the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research have clashed over the processes and charges for the testing of passengers who will be arriving at the Kotoka International Airport as it reopens today. Antigen tests are immunoassays that detect the presence of a specific viral antigen, which …
Read More »80-Year-Old Man Defiles An Orphan
An 80-year old man, Mohammed Bara’u of Lawan Fannami ward in Gashu’a community of Yobe State in Nigeria has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. It was gathered that the suspect who is a wood seller had been trying to lure the girl with chocolate and finally succeeded last …
Read More »Man, 20, shot dead at Kade
A 20-year-old man has been shot dead by unknown assailants at Adompe a suburb of Akyem Kade in the Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern Region. The deceased identified as Kofi Amoah was gunned down in a wooden structure at the outskirt of the community on Monday August 31, 2020 about …
Read More »Police kill 2 robbers in a gun battle at Asankragua
Two suspected armed robbers have been killed in a gun battle at Adowahu, a suburb in the Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region. The Asankragua Division of the Ghana Police disclosed to this portal that the armed Robbers were four in number trailing a Chinese man whom they suspect was carrying …
Read More »Man, 20, shot dead at Kade
A 20-year-old man has been shot dead by unknown assailants at Adompe a suburb of Akyem Kade in the Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern Region. The deceased identified as Kofi Amoah was gunned down in a wooden structure at the outskirt of the community on Monday August 31, 2020 about …
Read More »Suspects in near-lynching of alleged witches remanded
The Bole Magistrate Court presided over by Andrew Prince Cudjoe has remanded all five persons who were arrested in connection with the attack on Madam Meri Ibrahim. The accused persons are Atta Alhassan, 57, Haruna Jebuni, 56, Iddrisu Sayibu, 35, Salifu Issahaku, 45, and Zakaria Abdul Karim, 30. They have …
Read More »Man cuts off another man’s ear over girlfriend
The Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a 44-year-old man Joseph Mensah Amartey to a six-month jailed term after chopping off the ear of one Japhet Tetteh Josiah over a girlfriend. The accused person who was arraigned and charged with the offence of causing harm pleaded guilty for the offence …
Read More »Two armed robbers gunned down, one officer severely injured
The Asankragwa Division of the Ghana Police in the Western Region gunned down two armed robbers on Monday. This follows a gunfight between the police and four suspected attempted robbers at Adowahu a suburb in the Amenfi West Municipality. According to reports, the armed robbers were in pursuit of a …
Read More »Over 14,000 teachers have not been paid – NAGRAT
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is saying that the payment of teachers’ salaries and arrears remains a challenge as over 14,000 teachers have not received their salaries. This was revealed by the President of the Association, Mr. Eric Angel Carbonu, in an interview with Samuel Eshun on the …
Read More »Apimanim ADB robbed
Reports reaching My News Ghana confirms that the Apimanim Branch of the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB) in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region has been robbed. Speaking to the media, eyewitnesses say that a gang of about seven (7) armed robbers stormed the bank at about 12midnight and overpowered the …
Read More »Worker trapped in Bitumen barrel while stealing from employer
Twenty-five-year-old Emmanuel Gyimah is on admission at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional hospital after he attempted stealing bitumen belonging to his employer. He reportedly got trapped in the barrel in the process. The Manageress of E. N. H Emotion Company located at Kansaworodo in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, Regina Ayiworoh, and the Production …
Read More »Ofankor tenant killer not in prison – Victim’s father claims
Joseph Kwabena Manu Ohyere, father of the late Benjamin Agyare who was shot by his landlord at Ofankor has told the Abeka District Court that the family is livid after their investigations revealed that the suspect Stephen Nana Kamkam, was not in custody per the court’s order. The court had …
Read More »GES postpones 2020/2021 academic year for Basic Schs&SHS to Jan 2021
The Ghana Education Service (GES) according to the President of Ghana has postponed the 2020/2021 academic year to January 2021. This was made known by the President of Ghana in his 16th address to the country. This according to the President is to ensure that the Service works on proper …
Read More »Second-Year SHS, JHS Students Resume On October 5
Second-year Junior High School and Senior High School students will be returning to school on October 5. This follows relevant consultations by the Ghana Education Service, according to President Akufo-Addo. “With Junior High Schools operating with class sizes of thirty (30), and Senior High Schools with class sizes of twenty-five …
Read More »Sumpini saga: Five include chief arrested
Police in the Savannah region have arrested five people including the Dagomba chief of Sumpini and his linguist for their alleged role in the assault of a 50-year-old woman accused of being a witch. The Savannah Regional police Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Owusu Agyekum told Adom News said they are being …
Read More »Mentally challenged girl stabbed to death in Eastern Region
An 18-year-old female mentally challenged has been stabbed multiple times to death by unknown assailant or assailants in Subrisu, a Community in Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased has been retrieved by Police and deposited at the Holy Family Hospital morgue. The grandfather of …
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