CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Nigerian Man Jailed 11years For Raping 72-Year-Old Woman

A 52-year-old Nigerian healthcare assistant, Emmanuel Adeniji, has been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for raping a 72-year-old woman in the United Kingdom. He raped the woman with Alzheimer in a nursing home, according to court details. He initially denied the charge but later confessed to raping the elderly woman …

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Man gruesomely murdered at Mankessim

A man believed to be in his mid-20s has been savagely murdered and tied to an electricity pole by unknown assailants at Subse, a suburb of Mankessim in the Central Region The sad incident occurred on Sunday. It is believed the suspect was killed elsewhere and brought to the community …

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Young Man Butchered To Death At Begoro

Amey Kwame, a 27-year-old man has been butchered to death at Akyem Dadatsunya, a farming Community near Begoro in the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased Amey Kwame Albert has been deposited at the Begoro Government Hospital. According to the local Police, one Tetteh Laweh a resident reported to …

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Fetish Priestess who pronounced Akua Denteh a witch arrested

The high priestess who led a mob that gruesomely murdered 90-year-old, Akua Denteh, in Kafaba in the Savannah Region has been arrested. According to a JoyNews report, the priestess, Sirina Fatima, was arrested at her hideout in Yeji in the Brong Ahafo region. In a video sighted by Myjoyonline.com, the …

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Educational Workers Connect Cautions WAEC

“It is said that Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful”. Educational Workers Connect, once again congratulates all the stakeholders who are putting their shoulders to the wheel to ensure that this year’s WASSCE is malpractice free. We, however, wish to caution …

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Man jailed 26 years for raping mentally challenged girl

A Lupane villager who took advantage of and raped a mentally challenged teenage girl with whom he was herding cattle, has been jailed for 16 years. Hwange regional magistrate Collet Ncube said Jonathan Sibanda, aged 37, of Mateteni village under Chief Mabhikwa took advantage of the girl’s condition when he …

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Lady who whipped 90-year-old woman remanded

One of the suspects who allegedly played a role in the lynching of a 90-year-old woman at Kafaba has been remanded by the Bole Magistrate Court. In her first appearance presided over by Prince Cudjo, the suspected was asked to reappear on August 20, 2020. Latifa Bumaye, 25, was arrested …

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Police Chases Persons Who Stripped, Assaulted Teacher

The Upper West Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for a gang of men who allegedly beat up a teacher and stripped him naked in public after accusing him of sleeping with a married woman in Wa. In a statement issued and signed by the Regional Police Public Relations …

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President, Asantehene congratulate KNUST’s first female Vice-Chancellor

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, have congratulated Professor Mrs.Rita Akosua Dickson on her investiture as the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The newly-invested Vice-Chancellor is the first female to occupy that prestigious position in the history of Ghana’s foremost …

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Depression Cause Two Men To Commit Suicide — Police

It is reported that two men who allegedly committed suicide by hanging committed the act out of depression. The police said one of the deceased persons had a history of mental illness while the other way suspected to be depressed. The bodies of Roy Kwasi Wilson, 41, and Samuel Ofori …

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Student Getting Ready as WASSCE starts today

This year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will commence on Monday, August 3, with a total of 375,737 candidates in over 796 examination centres across the country. According to registrations data, 187,574 of the candidates are males and 188,163, females. The Ashanti region had the highest number of …

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Two butchered at Gomoa Buduburam

Two people, believed to be Nigerians, have been stabbed to death in a cutlass fight between two factions at Gomoa Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central region. The incident, according to reports, happened at a place called Golden Gate. The cause is still unknown but information gathered …

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Double Track system in SHSs will end before 2024 – Akufo-Addo

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted that the Double Track system currently been used at the Senior High School(SHS) level will end when his second term in office ends. Senior High School students under the Free SHS policy are practising the semester-based system where students are …

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Man in trouble for attempting to disarm policewoman

A 30-old-man who allegedly attempted disarming a policewoman of her gun has been arrested by the police in Accra. Seyram Tony Adonu is in the custody of the police assisting in investigations, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Accra Regional Public Relations Officer (PRO), disclosed this to the Ghanaian …

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Government considering free tertiary education – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says his government is considering implementing free tertiary education in the country. According to the president, the greatest investment to make in a country is to invest in it’s people, therefore, he intends to do so by investing in the education of the people. “What I’ve realised is …

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Barbados: Nine nurses from Ghana test positive for COVID-19

Twelve people, including nine of the nurses who recently arrived in Barbados from Ghana, have tested positive for COVID-19 after tests conducted on Friday by the Best Dos-Santos Public health Laboratory. Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George made the announcement during a live media conference on CBC TV yesterday afternoon. …

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GES, WAEC deny leakage of 2020 WASSCE Science Paper 1 and 2

The Ghana Education Service and the West African Examination Council in different releases have denied reports that the 2020 WASSCE Integrated Science Paper 1 and 2 scheduled to be taken on Monday, August 3, 2020 has been leaked. In its release, WAEC while allying the fears of students and other …

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WASSCE 2020 Integrated Science questions Leaked?

Less than 72 hours to the start of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE), there are suspicions that the questions have been leaked. A sample of the Integrated Science paper which is scheduled to be written on Monday, August 3, 2020, has surfaced on social media. A post sighted on …

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49-year-old remanded for shooting 3 persons at a funeral

A 49-year-old man, Eric Richard Ashie has been remanded into police custody by the Sowutuom Magistrate Court for shooting and injuring three persons during a funeral ceremony at Joma, in the Ga West District. The victims of the shooting incident are Kamal Nurideen, 13, who sustained a bullet wound to …

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Kafaba lynching: Key suspect arrested

The woman who was seen in images and viral video allegedly whipping the 90-year-old woman to her death at Kafaba in the Savanna region has been arrested. The suspect, whose name is yet to be disclosed, was arrested at Abrumase by the Police surveillance team. Her arrest brings to six …

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COVID-19 death toll in Ghana hits 182

Ghana has recorded seven more COVID-19 deaths as the death toll now stands at 182 from 175, according to the Ghana Health Service. The active cases of the virus stand at 3,223 with 32,090 persons recovered or discharged. The total number of cases stand at 35,501 after 359 new cases …

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