Police within the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region are on a hunt for suspected assailants of a 36-year-old man who was gruesomely murdered close to a guest house. Ayine Abilba was shot at close range by unknown assailants at Skin Guest House located at Daporetindongo within the Bolgatanga …
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Gov’t Must Hasten SlowlyIn Re-opening Schools – Assistant Head
In anticipation of the easing down of the Covid-19 restrictions, the Assistant Headmaster in charge of Administration, St. Mary’s Senior High School, Mrs Sarah Garshong, has added her voice to the call on government to hasten slowly on its decision to re-open schools on a mass scale. According to …
Read More »High coronavirus cases force Korle-Bu to stop surgeries
There are several pain and deaths on the horizon, as the Anaesthesia Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has since Tuesday 26, 2020, suspended urgent surgical cases as a result of a “surge in severely ill COVID-19 patients in Accra” with anaesthetics needed “urgently”. The Department of Anaesthesia, is responsible for numbing …
Read More »Two fake staff of GRA arrested
The Kasoa Divisional Police Command has arrested two fake staff members of the Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA). The suspects, identified as Daniel Kwame Osei and Nana Kwame, were reported to have been allegedly extorting money from commercial drivers on the Kasoa-Obom road. According to James Larbie, the police officer with the …
Read More »26 staff of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital test positive for coronavirus
Twenty-six staff of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, have tested positive for COVID-19, ClassFMonline.com has learnt from sources familiar with the situation. It is, however, unclear if they got infected at the hospital or outside the health post. The management of the hospital is investigating the …
Read More »13 more Volta separatists arrested at Kpando
The 66 Artillery Regiment (Volta Barracks) Saturday arrested 13 persons suspected to be linked to separatists-Homeland Study Group Foundation. The 13 persons, eleven males and two females were picked at a meeting at Kpando-Aziavi in the Volta Region. Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Baba Pantoah, Commanding Officer of the 66 Artillery Regiment …
Read More »HOT VIDEO: Monkeys ‘escape with COVID-19 samples’ after attacking lab assistant
One of the primates was reportedly later spotted up in a tree, chewing one of the sample collection kits. A gang of monkeys attacked a laboratory assistant and escaped with a batch of coronavirus blood test samples, it has been reported. The bizarre incident saw the troop of primates launch their …
Read More »Ghana’s Coronavirus cases now 7768 with one more death
One more death has been recorded whilst 119 Coronavirus patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2540. The country’s Coronavirus case count has also increased to 7768, according to the Ghana Health Service. The current figures are an update on Friday, May 29 records where the …
Read More »She threatened to put Christianity aside and kill me if I cheat on her
“Dave, it’s been seven months and I am still sex starving. I have gotten to the point where I have psyched myself not to think of sex to even think of engaging in the act. This strategy of mine is now working as I don’t get the urge for sex …
Read More »Police Inspector arrested for leading a gold robbery gang in Obuasi
A Police Inspector identified as Godwin Mensah stationed at Agona Swedru in the Central but currently with Operation Vanguard at Obuasi has been arrested for leading his colleagues to rob a gold dealer. The Inspector was reported to have embarked on the operation alongside one unidentified Lance Corporal and a …
Read More »Police arrest all-female counterfeit money gang in Kumasi
A special operation by the Ghana Police Service has led to the arrest of 15 women, who are part of a gang printing and spreading fake currency notes across the Kumasi Metropolis. The gang was rounded up at separate locations in the metropolis on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, police sources …
Read More »Fact-check: Chewing raw onions can cure coronavirus – False
A voice note that is being shared on WhatsApp claims chewing raw onions can help cure coronavirus. In the 4 minutes, 21 seconds long voice note, a man speaking Hausa- a widely spoken language in Northern Ghana and Zongos across the country is heard assuring listeners and vulnerable COVID-19 victims to try …
Read More »Gang of 15 women fake currency printers arrested in Kumasi
A special operation by the Ghana Police Service has led to the arrest of 15 women, who are part of a gang printing and spreading fake currency notes across the Kumasi Metropolis. The gang was rounded up at separate locations in the metropolis on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, police sources confirmed to Dailymailgh.com A member …
Read More »3 armed robbers in Techiman jailed 60 years each
The Techiman Circuit Court has sentenced three persons to a total of 180 years imprisonment with hard labour for engaging in an armed robbery. The three, 42-year-old Kwabena Donyare, 26-year-old Ameyaw Listowell and 32-year-old Atta Kwaku were found guilty on four charges. They were found guilty for conspiracy to commit …
Read More »Kennedy Agyapong drags Obinim to EOCO over GH¢1.6m tax
The woes of embattled pastor Daniel Obinim, founder and leader of International God’s Way Church (IGWC), do not appear to be over as the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) chases him to pay about GH¢1.6 million in taxes to the state. As if that is not enough, the Member of Parliament (MP) …
Read More »Ghana’s Covid-19 cases stand at 7,616 with 2,421 recoveries and 34 deaths
Total confirmed Covid-19 cases in Ghana now stand at 7,616 with 2,421 recoveries and 34 deaths. According to the Ghana Health Service, the active cases are 5,161. Regional breakdown: Greater Accra Region – 5,331 Ashanti Region – 1,160 Western Region – 395 Central Region – 376 Eastern Region – 117 Western North Region – 63 Volta Region – 59 Northern Region – 36 …
Read More »Man arrested inflicting machete wounds on farmer
A 25- year-old man, Abdul Rahman Yahaya, has been arrested by the police for inflicting machete wounds on a farmer at Sumpini near Busunu in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. Narrating the incident to the media, the Assemblyman for the Busunu Electoral Area, Dari Osman Thomas explained …
Read More »Man allegedly commits suicide in Bolgatanga
The lifeless body of one Raymond Atiah, a middle-aged man at Zaare, a suburb in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region, was found hanging on a tree in the area on Thursday morning. The incident occurred near the entrance to the Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School (BOGISS) where …
Read More »NUGS gives gov’t five-day ultimatum to release student loans; threatens demonstration
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has given the government a five-day-ultimatum to ensure that loans due students are paid before the examination begins. According to them, despite their efforts to engage government on the challenges students are facing, including loans, e-learning amongst others, the government has refused to …
Read More »38-year-old man arrested for allegedly impregnating teenager
A 38-year-old Malian national, Zebila Haruna, is in the grips of the West Mamprusi Divisional Police Command for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl in Walewale in the North East Region. Information gathered by DGN Online indicates that the victim (name withheld) is three months pregnant and a primary …
Read More »Arrest Kumasi hotel ‘killer’s’ wife – Court orders police
The Asokwa District Court has issued another warrant to arrest Belinda Awuku, wife of the man accused of murdering a 46-year-old woman in a Kumasi hotel. This was after the suspect, Belinda Awuku, failed to appear before the court today, [Thursday, May 28, 2020]. She was remanded on two occasions …
Read More »43-year-old galamseyer stabbed to death in Ahafo
A galamseyer, 43 at Ntotroso in Ahafo Region has been stabbed to death at a galamsey site as a result of confrontation. An eyewitness to the incident, Kwadwo Bright, explained, on Tuesday, 27th May 2020, that he had a call from a friend to assist him convey loads or samples …
Read More »Baby buying deal goes bad, police arrest three persons
Police in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital, have picked up three persons for their roles in a failed attempt to buy a baby from a prostitute at a slum community. The slum community where the incident occurred, Asafo BB, is notorious for prostitution and other crimes. A news report published …
Read More »Man, 53, arrested for recruitment fraud
The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has apprehended a 53-year-old man for an alleged recruitment fraud. The suspect, Kojo Sakyi, was arrested on May 25 for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting and desperate Ghanaians of various sums of money under the pretext of getting them recruited into the …
Read More »Woman, 2 others nabbed for attempting to buy baby
Sale of babies, as rare as it may sound, has found its way into a slum in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region. A notorious spot for this emerging illegality is the Asafo BB, where prostitution and other forms of crime are gaining grounds. For prostitutes, business-gone-wrong means getting …
Read More »Woman in police grips for stabbing pregnant woman to death
Police in Suntreso, Kumasi have arrested a 25-year-old kenkey seller for stabbing a pregnant woman to death at Aburaso in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District. Adwoa Bawumia, alias Adwoa Dokono, is said to have stabbed Akosua Ataa, the 22-year-old, who is seven months pregnant during a scuffle on Sunday evening. An eyewitness …
Read More »Ghana records 186 new COVID-19 cases
Ghana has 186 new COVID-19 cases to put the current confirmed case count to 7,303, the Ghana Health Service has announced. On the official website of Ghana Health Service, 2,412 persons who tested positive for COVID-19earlier have also recovered. This implies that as of the last update, 95 more persons …
Read More »Two Nigerians impersonate over 20 Ghanaian ministers
A Nigerian National Vivian Sadija Imran is in police custody for allegedly impersonating about 20 ministers of state to defraud more than 500 Ghanaians of over GHC100,000, so far. Together with her 24-year-old husband Prince Joel (her accomplice), who is currently at large, the duo used names and photographs of …
Read More »Kenkey Seller Arrested For Murdering Pregnant Woman
Police in Suntreso, Kumasi have arrested a 25-year-old kenkey seller for stabbing a pregnant woman to death at Aburaso in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District. Adwoa Bawumia, alias Adwoa Dokono, is said to have stabbed Akosua Ataa, the 22-year-old, who is seven months pregnant during a scuffle on Sunday evening. An eyewitness …
Read More »Man jailed 10 years for impregnating co-tenant’s daughter
An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday sentenced a 22-year-old unemployed to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for impregnating a 15-year-old daughter of a co-tenant at Bubuashie in Accra. Frederick Laryea, charged with defilement pleaded guilty. The court presided over by Mrs. Christina Cann therefore convicted Laryea on his own …
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