CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Police retrieves 9 stolen vehicles from unsuspecting buyers

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. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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