A Circuit Court in Kumasi has sentenced a 26-year old man who inflicted deep wounds on his three-year-old son to 24 months imprisonment. The court also asked the convict to sign a bond of good behaviour for four years. The court, presided over by Her Honour Patricia Amponsah while reading …
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Pastor who threatened Akufo-Addo, EC Boss remanded
A Circuit Court in Accra presided over by His Honour Mr Emmanuel Essandoh has remanded 56-year-old Apostle Kwabena Owusu Adjei into police custody. Apostle Adjei who was arraigned in court today pleaded not guilty to three charges to wit; threat of death, offensive conduct conducive to the breach of peace …
Read More »Man, 35 Arrested For Allegedly Raping Physically-challenged Girl
Police have arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly raping a physically-challenged girl in Ogun State. The man identified as Kehinde is a resident of Abule Isale, Ilogbo Road, Ota and per what we gathered he is currently in court defending himself. While in court, the Prosecutor, Insp.E.O. Adaraloye notified the …
Read More »HOT VIDEO: Man Arrested For Selling ‘Yam’ As iPhone X To Customers On Tonaton
Luck eluded a fine gentleman who has been duping unsuspecting customers on the famous Ghanaian buying and selling website, Tonaton. The man who told BNI operatives that he stays at Lapaz upon his arrest showed all the tricks he and his syndicates use to defraud customers as they normally give …
Read More »NDC prophet arrested after threatening to kill EC boss
A self-styled preacher, Prophet Kwabena Owusu Agyei who was seen in a viral video threatening and castigating President Akufo-Addo and the electoral commission chairperson Jean Mensa has been arrested. The preacher was reportedly arrested by plain cloth security men during a live interview with Accra-based Hot FM Tuesday morning. The pastor at …
Read More »Driver in court over GH¢39,000,000.00 theft
An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH¢40,000.00 bail with two sureties to a driver for allegedly forging the signature of his employer to steal GH¢39,000.00 from his bank account. The Court ordered that one of the sureties should be a public servant. Joshua Essiabra has denied the 18 counts …
Read More »Businessman remanded over threat of death
A thirty eight year-old Nigerian businessman who threatened to kill a motor mechanic has been remanded into police custody by the Enchi District Magistrate court. The court presided over by Mr Eric Baah Boateng did not take the plea of Kingsley Eze and he is expected to make his next …
Read More »COVID-19: “We Are Not Soldiers Who Swear To Die For Ghana”
Answering a question on radio on 28th May 2020, the General-Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association stated thus. “We are not soldiers who take an oath to die for Ghana. We nurses do not swear to die for Ghana. We must therefore be given PPEs to protect …
Read More »Police impound vehicle full of cannabis in Bono
The Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service has impounded a vehicle carrying over 8,400 slabs of dried leaves, suspected to be cannabis bound for neighbouring Burkina Faso. The substances, carefully packed, were covered with sawdust and other legal goods in a Rhino Cargo truck to outwit security …
Read More »Ninteen-year old SHS three student arrested for kidnapping
An 18-year-old final year student of Eguafo Senior High school (SHS) in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region is in the grips of the Police for kidnapping. The Police is also on a manhunt for two other accomplices who are currently on the run. The student, whose name …
Read More »No church services should be held in classrooms – GES warns
No church services will be held in classrooms, Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa has cautioned Christian religious leaders in the country. Following President Akufo-Addo’s ease of restrictions on public gatherings, schools across the country have reopened for final year students and churches are permitted to …
Read More »Ghana Tops the Chart among Countries Benefiting from CoL Online Scholarships
Three Ghanaians, namely Enoch Adjei, Hamadu Hassan and Anane Vida who have completed 102, 94 and 61 courses respectively emerged as top learners on the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) scholarship programme. Ghana, through the Ghana Library Authority forms part of the four countries which includes …
Read More »The Workplace Wellness Program is set to bring back confidence at the Workplace – City Xtra Limited
The confidence to return to work has been a major subject in this COVID- 19 era. The assurance of whether one is safe being at home or at the workplace remains fully unanswered. The way forward in resolving the major part of this challenge is to have your workplace/home/environment disinfected. …
Read More »Boy,15 shot for flouting public gathering restriction
Amadu Yussif, a 15 year old boy has been shot in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region for flouting President Akufo-Addo’s directive on public gatherings on June 6. The victim DGN Online gathered was shot on the thigh at Next Level Club, when he attempted escaping police …
Read More »Burkinabe arrested for entering Ghana illegally
Vigilant Immigration Officers at the Tumu Command in the Upper West Region have apprehended a Burkinabe in the Tumu township. The illegal migrant was earlier on refused entry into Ghana at Katina, an unapproved route bordering neighbouring Burkina Faso in the Tumu SECTOR. But, the Ecowas national sneaked into Ghana …
Read More »Police shoot boy, 15, at night club in Walewale
The shooting of 15-year-old Amadu Yussif on Saturday in Walewale in the the North East Region has generated tension in the municipality. Information available to 3news.com indicates that the victim in the company of friends were holding a disco jam at Next Level Club, a popular entertainment center in Walewale, …
Read More »SHS student hospitalised after she was beaten by her boyfriend
An 18-year-old student of Serwaa Nyarko Senior High School in Kumasi has sustained severe head cuts after she was battered by her boyfriend. Theresa Oppong who is currently receiving treatment at the hospital is said to be dating a ‘trotro mate’ popularly known as Lumber at Krofrom in the Ashanti …
Read More »Cocoa farmer butchers wife to death at Mile 5
A 28-year-old cocoa farmer of Mile 5 in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality has allegedly butchered his wife to death. The deceased, Regina Efe Incoom, 25, whose arms and hands were chopped off passed on at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital. The body has since been deposited at the same hospital’s morgue …
Read More »Man jailed for 28 years after woman dreamed he raped her
A man jailed up for almost three decades after a Colorado woman claimed had a dream he raped her is expected to be freed after someone else confessed to the crime. The man named Clarence Moses-EL was sentenced to 48 years in prison for raping and assaulting a woman after she came …
Read More »Man in court for threatening to kill neighbour over woman
A 30-year old man, Kobina Aggrey, who threatened to cut his neighbour into pieces for allegedly snatching his girlfriend, has been granted GH¢10,000 bail with two sureties by a circuit court in Cape Coast. Aggrey pleaded not guilty to threat of death and the court, presided over by Mrs Abena …
Read More »JHS students to spend only four hours in school daily – GES
Junior High School students will not spend more than four hours in school per day, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said. The comment comes after President Akufo-Addo announced the reopening of schools for final year students in the country. As part of measures to return lives to normalcy while …
Read More »Closed borders: KNUST working to bring back international science students for exams
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is working with the Government to allow entry for international students returning to the campus to complete their academic work for the Second Semester. They include those in the fifth and sixth years in the School of Medicine and Dentistry, School …
Read More »Pastor, 35, commits suicide over marital problems
The Founder of Jesus Healing Prayer Camp at Kasoa Ofaakor Atopi Hills, popularly known as Pastor Peter has committed suicide after his wife threatened to divorce him. The Pastor was found hanging in his room after one of his Church Members went to his house for fellowship. Neighbours of the …
Read More »Four armed robbers arrested for stealing cattle
Four armed robbers who stole sixty cattle belonging to a businessman in Gomoa Kweikrom in the Central Region have been sent to the Police headquarters for interrogation. The four-armed robbers were part of a gang of men who raided the cattle ranch in Gomoa Kweikrom wounded and eye witness and …
Read More »Ghanaian in U.S. gets one year jail term for passport fraud
A Ghanaian national in the U.S. has been slapped with a one year and one day imprisonment for passport fraud. Robert Owusu, per court documents obtained by Dailymailgh.com, will also undergo three years of supervised release after appearing before United States District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe, for attempting to fraudulently …
Read More »Four on trial for killing elephant
Four Ghanaian poachers have been charged for allegedly killing an elephant in northern part of Ghana, the Forestry Commission said. The poachers are facing criminal charges, according to the executive-director for the wildlife division of the forestry commission, Bernard Asamoah-Boateng. Speaking to Chinese outlet Xinhua, Asamoah-Boateng said the arrest was …
Read More »30 Health workers test positive for COVID-19
Nearly 30 health workers in the Eastern Region have tested positive for Covid-19. The affected health workers are a mixture of those conducting contact tracing and those working in hospitals and other health facilities. About eight (8) out of the total number have, however, recovered. The inadequate Personal Protective Equipment …
Read More »Vehicle carrying 100 stolen goats involved in accident
A Toyota Camry carrying some goats which were allegedly stolen have been involved in an accident at Ofankor Barrier in the Greater Accra Region. The vehicle with registration number GE 4533 -15 crushed into crush barriers on the main highway when the alleged thieves tried to get to their destination …
Read More »Grandma traffics 6-week old granddaughter, uses money to rent single room
The search for a better life for a daughter has led a woman to traffic her 6-week-old granddaughter so she can gather enough money to better the life of her daughter who lives in abject poverty. Comfort Okine hatched the plan to traffic the daughter of Rita Amaglo, 29, after …
Read More »Coronavirus restrictions: Journalist, 9 others convicted
The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Her Honour Mrs Susana Eduful has convicted 10 persons including a journalist to a fine of GHC12,000 for violating the COVID-19 restriction orders. The convicts Yahaya Alhassan, a journalist, Bassarou Moaro, car washing assistant, Alhassan Arafat, driver’s mate, Abdul Gafa, head porter, Emmanuel Anim, …
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