CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

UCC, UEW lead in fake certificates by public sector employees – Audit Service

The University of Cape Coast(UCC) and the University of Education Winneba (UEW) confirmed the highest number of fake and unverified certificates by public sector employees, MyNewsGh.com reports According to the Ghana Audit Service Payroll Report, the University of Cape Coast confirmed 45 certificates as fake submitted by public sector workers for employment, …

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Five more Burkinabes deported

Five Burkinabes who entered Ghana illegally through unapproved route have been arrested and deported. The five were arrested by a group of Immigration Officials on duty at Beat 2 unapproved route bordering neighbouring Burkina Faso near Hamile on Friday. The men between the ages of 15 and 27 were seized …

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20-year-old highway robber arrested at Sawla [Photos]

A 20-year-old robber, Yakubu Musah, has been shot by the Sawla police patrol team at Gbangbandori on the Sawla-Wa highway in the Savannah region. Checks by Adom News indicated that he was part of a three-man gang that opened fire on a cargo truck with goods traveling to Wa on Saturday morning. …

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Coronavirus: Students share their thoughts about reopening of schools

Some Senior High School students across the country have expressed their feelings, thoughts and concerns about reopening of schools during the coronavirus pandemic. Teacher unions, parents, and other stakeholders in education have sparked conversations in recent times, about the reopening of schools during the pandemic. According to these bodies, it …

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Man arrested for inflicting cutlass wounds on mother

A 45-year-old farmer at Twifu Mampong in the Twifo Atimokwa District of the Central Region on Tuesday inflicted deep cutlass wounds on his biological mother. Kennedy Kwaku Adu blamed his mother for his inability to get his wife pregnant after years of marriage and had earlier threatened to behead her. …

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4 nabbed with 138 slabs of weed

Police at Baatsona have arrested four persons, including a lady they suspected were trading in dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, popularly known as ‘wee.’ According to the Head of Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Efia Tenge, the suspects were arrested upon a tip-off. She said 138 …

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Security man who plotted assault on Akufo-Addo remanded

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by His Honour Emmanuel Essandoh has adjourned the case in which a private security man Bless Amedegbe, alias Don Dada Bless, 24, has been charged with assault on the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to May 28, 2020. The accused person was earlier …

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Obinim family wails over bail

Some relatives of embattled pastor Daniel Obinim, founder of the International God’s Way Church (IGWC), are complaining bitterly that the Police Administration is making it difficult for them to get bail for the pastor. Obinim was granted bail by a Magistrate Court in Accra on Tuesday in the sum of GH¢100,000 …

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Jealous husband in police grips for killing wife

A 60-year old man is in the grips of the Sawla police for allegedly killing his wife, Bora Bonbiatey, 57, at Gando a suburb of Tuna in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the newly created Savannah Region. PAD FM sources say Yikatey Somatey, the suspect who had accused his wife of …

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Two friends in bloody fight over land

A fight between two friends over a disputed land at Elobonkata in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region turned bloody last Sunday. Solomon Arku and Kwaku Prosper, both in their late 30s, are currently in critical condition and on admission at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi and …

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Four Fake Soldiers Arrested

Four civilians posing as soldiers have been arrested at various locations in the country. Two of them were arrested at Katamanso, in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. According to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), its personnel was on patrol in the areas where the arrests took place. It says the …

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Ashaiman baby-thief jailed 8 years

The Ashaiman Circuit Court presided over by Mrs. Agnes Opoku Barnieh has sentenced Elizabeth Rockson to eight years imprisonment for stealing two children at Tsinagbe in Ashaiman. The 29-year-old woman was on May 15, 2020, arrested following a manhunt by the Ashaiman Police that led to the rescue of the …

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We never said we were reopening schools – Oppong Nkrumah

Government says that reports circulating that it will soon reopen schools across the country are untrue. Government says it is instead engaged in consultation on when and how to reopen schools. Speaking at the Information Ministry’s press briefing Thursday, Minister for Information, Kojo Opong Nkrumah said “with the greatest of respects it is not …

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Sections Of Pre-Tertiary Educational Bill Deleted

The Education Ministry has deleted sections of the Pre-Tertiary Education Bill. The deleted sections have to do with the decentralization of the education service. A statement from the Ghana Education Service said the decision was taken after a meeting with the various unions within the education sector. The letter signed …

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Another man butchers pregnant wife

An 8-month-old pregnant woman, Lasim Nigna, 30, has allegedly been butchered by her husband at Kankyekura, a farming village in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti region. Confirming the incident to Starr News, Daniel Kunyowu, a former Assemblyman for the area indicated that the lady, who sustained major cuts …

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Police frustrating Obinim’s bail execution – Family claims

Two persons who have offered to stand as sureties for the bail execution of the self-styled televangelist and founder of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, are accusing the Ghana Police Service of deliberately frustrating the process in order to keep the popular pastor in custody. Madam Elsie …

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Oti: Man butchers pregnant wife

An 8-month-old pregnant woman, Lasim Nigna, 30, has allegedly been butchered by her husband at Kankyekura, a farming village in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti region. Confirming the incident to Starr News, Daniel Kunyowu, a former Assemblyman for the area indicated that the lady, who sustained major cuts …

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Farmer jailed 11 years for defiling minor

A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced a 40- year old farmer to 11 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 12-year-old girl. The accused, Kojo Egyir, pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement but the Court presided over by Mrs Dorinda Arthur Smith found him guilty after …

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‘Don’t Rush In Re-opening Schools’- Headmaster to Gov’t

Assistant Headmaster in charge of Academic, Apostle Safo School of Arts and Sciences at Awoshie Last Stop, Accra, Hughes Lartey, has cautioned the government against the re-opening of schools in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.   In his firm estimation, school children, especially those in the lower primary, …

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Robbery gang kills 3 in Ashanti Region

Eight armed robbers have shot and killed three people in the Ashanti Region in what authorities have described as a dramatic spectacle. The notorious robbers also critically injured another person before escaping with a gold loot at Manso Dadease in the Mansie West District of the Ashanti Region Monday night. …

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Man kills wife over infidelity

The Sawla Tuna Kalba Police Command have arrested a 60-year-old man who allegedly killed his wife, Bora Bonbiatey, 57, at Gando near Nyanyema, a suburb of Tuna in the Savannah Region. The suspect, Yikatey Somatey, had accused his wife of cheating with another man in the community. DGN Online gathered …

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29-year-old ex-convict beaten to death in Cape Coast

An ex-convict Papa Sam popularly called Assemblyman was on Wednesday dawn allegedly found beaten to death by some unknown persons at Aquarium, a suburb of Cape Coast. Sam was a resident of Ntsin also a suburb of Cape Coast and was said to have been released from prison not long …

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Construction Supervisor Killed At Prampram

Tension is brewing at Prampram near Tema following an alleged murder of a Construction Supervisor of a real estate company in the area. The deceased, Samuel Kateynor alias Shaba, a 33-year-old resident of Ashaiman left behind a pregnant wife and three children. He was reportedly shot when he and his …

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