CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Six students of Accra Girls SHS test positive for coronavirus

The Accra Girls Senior High School has recorded six coronavirus cases. The patients, all students of the school, were isolated at the school’s sickbay on Monday, June 29, 2020, together with some other students who also showed symptoms of COVID-19. According to a Citi news report, six out of eleven students …

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10 arrested over Kassena-Nankana deadly clashes

Police in Navrongo have arrested 10 people over renewed clashes in Kassena-Nankana in the Upper East Region. Six people have been killed and 12 houses torched after some residents from the Doba and Kantiga communities clashed over a parcel of land intended for a police station. Speaking to Starr News …

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3 tied overnight for stealing a goat at Damongo

    Three young men, Jelil, Abdalah and Alhaji Adam were on Wednesday night tied standing to a tree at Yagbon Residential Area, a suburb of Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality till morning for stealing a goat. The youth of the area said stealing at the community has reached …

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Gunman kills one; injures another over sex

    Police in the Northern region has launched a manhunt for an unknown gunman who shot two people in Tamale of which one of the victims died and the other in a stable condition at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. The incident happened Wednesday dawn at about 4am at Nyanshegu …

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Masked man stabs mobile money vendor at Fufulso

      A 29-year-old mobile money vendor at Fulfulso in the Savanna region have been stabbed multiple times by an unknown man. The incident occurred at about 9 pm Wednesday night at Fufulso lorry station. Jakpa Brakinso Fuseini was stabbed multiple times while struggling to retrieve his money bag …

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Togolese arrested for attempting to acquire Ghanaian voters card

      Officers of the Ghana Immigration Service at the Pulimakom Border Post in the Upper East Region yesterday arrested a Togolese for attempting to acquire Ghanaian voters’ identification card. The Togolese who was identified as Mr. Bouguiligue Kouassi Kampe was picked up in a joint Immigration-Police operation at …

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Santasi robbery: Stabbed three-year-old baby dies

    Belonia Adusei, the three-year-old girl who was knifed during a robbery incident at Hemang/Ampatia in Kumasi has also died. Her death comes barely two weeks after her pregnant mother, Juliana Adusei, 31, was killed in the attack. The little girl was declared dead on Wednesday, at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) …

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Govt didn’t absorb 2020 WASSCE fees for all – WAEC clarifies

    The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo disclosed in one of his addresses to the nation on measures taken against the spread of COVID-19 that the government will absorb fees for students sitting the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). Addressing the nation as final year SHS …

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Robbers storm church, kill man

    Acaretaker of the Seventh Day Adventist Church at Bantama in Kumasi has been shot dead by armed robbers over GH¢4,200. Identified as Mark Ampofo, 50, the caretaker was attacked while entering the church premises after returning from the bank, where he had reportedly withdrawn GH¢4,200. Unknown to Ampofo, …

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Ghana’s coronavirus case count now 18,134 with 117 deaths

Ghana has recorded 393 new cases of the novel Coronavirus. The total case count according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) official website is now at 18,134 with 117 deaths. 13,550 persons who tested positive for the virus have either recovered or discharged, the GHS reported. As of July 1, 2020, the country’s …

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Businessman swindles three nurses

Prince Essel Ferguson, a 32-year-old businessman accused of conspiring with two others now at large to defraud three nurses the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital of GHC6,400 has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Ferguson and his accomplices allegedly took the money under the pretext of enlisting the nurses into the Ghana …

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Armed robbers strike in Sege

Armed robbers critically wounded one person and tortured five others in savage attack on three houses in Sege in the Greater Accra Region on Sunday June 28, 2020.   About GH¢20,000 in cash, laptops, mobile phones and many other valuables were stolen by the robbers. At about 12 midnight, a …

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Police To Prosecute 19-yr-old Who Stabbed NIA Applicant with Jackknife

The 19-year-old National Identification applicant who stabbed colleague in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region is being processed for court. The Odumase Krobo Police explained that, on Monday, June 29,2020, an NIA field officer -Robert Tetteh Dapaah, stationed at  Asitey a suburb of Odumase-Krobo came to the station …

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Police To Prosecute 19-yr-old Who Stabbed NIA Applicant with Jackknife

The 19-year-old National Identification applicant who stabbed colleague in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region is being processed for court. The Odumase Krobo Police explained that, on Monday, June 29,2020, an NIA field officer -Robert Tetteh Dapaah, stationed at  Asitey a suburb of Odumase-Krobo came to the station …

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Man, 26, commits suicide for this shocking reason

    A 26-year-old man has committed suicide at Enyan Abaasa in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central region in a bush near a stream. Information gathered by Kasapa FM news revealed that the deceased, named Kwaku had attempted several times to take his life and succeeded in …

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Police arrest fake doctors after Anas’ COVID-19 investigation

        The coronavirus pandemic has affected millions of people around the world and still continues to affect many more. Economies are down, which caused many businesses to shut down, and people are losing their jobs. However, for some people, the pandemic is an opportunity to earn more money by …

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10-year-old boy allegedly commits suicide

    A 10-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide at Lineso in the Bibiani Ahiawso Bekwai Municipal Assembly of the Western North region. The minor [name withheld] reportedly hanged himself on a tree with a rope. Reporting the incident on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, our reporter Sir …

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Ghana records 17,351 coronavirus cases with 12,994 recoveries

Ghana’s total confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus has risen to 17,351. This was announced by the president during his 13th televised address to the nation. This means that the country has recorded 609 new cases since the last update by the Ghana Health Service. The total number of persons who have …

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Govt extends incentive packages for frontline health workers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended by three months the incentive packages for frontline health workers. Addressing the nation on Sunday, June 28, 2020, the president said, “this means that all health workers will pay no income taxes for the next three months, i.e. July, August and September. “Again, all frontline …

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COVID-19: Ghana records 9 new deaths, 16,742 cases

Death toll of the fast-spreading Coronavirus in Ghana has risen to 112, with additional positive cases of 311, new update has revealed. This brings to total a case count of 16,742. Additionally, the number of recoveries has also shot up to 12,720. Regional breakdown Greater Accra Region – 9,326 Ashanti Region – …

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