CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

20 Ghanaians die from coronavirus in the US

he Ghana Embassy in the United States of America (USA) has revealed that 20 Ghanaians have died from the coronavirus in that part of the world. Kofi Tonto, an official at the Public Affairs Department at the Embassy, told Alfred Ocansey in an interview on the Sunrise morning show on …

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31 deaths as Ghana’s coronavirus cases rise to 5,918

New updates released by the Ghana Health Service show another surge in Ghana’s coronavirus cases as 183 more persons have tested positive for the virus. This new update raises the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 5,918. Two more persons who tested positive for the virus have …

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Two Caged For Possessing Narcotic Drugs

The suspects, Edward Asante alias Agya Amadu, 47 and Razack Ibrahim, 32, whose pleas were not taken will re-appear in court on May 27. Prosecuting, Inspector Gilbert Ayongo, told the Court presided over by Mr Abdul Majeed Illiasu that the suspects were arrested by the Assin Fosu Divisional Police Patrol …

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Tema Oil Refinery Staff Kills Security Guard At Shai Hills

The police at Dodowa are investigating a case in which a worker with Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) allegedly gunned down a security guard at Shai Hills in the Shai-Osudoku District of Accra. According to the Dodowa Divisional Police, the victim was a worker of a company called Green House Company …

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Supreme Court annuls UEW Pro-V-C election

Ghana’s Supreme Court has annulled the election of Professor Andy Ofori-Binkorang as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW). Until his election, Professor Ofori-Binkorang was the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Communications. When Prof Ofori-Binkorang was appointed for elections, a lecturer of the UEW, Dr …

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TOR staff kills security guard at Shai Hills

The police at Dodowa are investigating a case in which a worker with Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) allegedly gunned down a security guard at Shai Hills in the Shai-Osudoku District of Accra. According to the Dodowa Divisional Police, the victim was a worker of a company called Green House Company …

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Man arrested over coronavirus misinformation

National Security operatives have arrested a man for inciting the public and propagating misinformation after he was seen in a viral video asking the public to “get angry at and rise against President Akufo-Addo,” for allowing telecommunication companies to lay cables for 5G technology. Video of Bless Amedeve, aka Don …

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Two suspected armed robbers gunned down, another arrested

Two suspected armed robbers have been gunned down in a shootout with the police, at Dansoman Exhibition, in Accra. One other accomplice, identified as Kwame Yeboah, who sustained gunshot wounds, has been arrested by the police to assist in investigations. The Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) …

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Husband kills wife over rice porridge served as dinner

Residents of Ohia-Tokrom in the Eastern region have been thrown into a state of shock after a 38-year-old woman was murdered by her husband for allegedly preparing a different meal from what he expected for dinner. The deceased, Gladys Oforiwaa Kumi cooked rice porridge for dinner for her husband though …

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Man, 55 allegedly stabs wife to death over ‘rice water’

The Asante North Police Command have   arrested a 55 year old Man identified as Joseph Yaw Peprah for allegedly stabbing his wife to death with a knife at  Ananekrom for cooking rice porridge instead of the his favorite ‘fufu’ delicacy. District Police Commander DSP James Ameka The District Police Commander …

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30-year old electrician accused of defiling 7-year old granted bail

The 30-year old electrician who defiled a seven-year-old girl at Agona Nyakrom has been granted bail. The bail conditions include two sureties. The accused person, Abdallah Idriss, alias Baba Star Boy, pleaded not guilty to defilement and other charges against him when he appeared before the Swedru Circuit Court. The …

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Woman steals two weeks old baby at KATH

The Police in the Ashanti region are on a manhunt for a woman who stole two weeks old baby from a 19 year old mother at the Komfo Anotky Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. The mother of the lost baby admits to have left the baby in the care of …

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Mechanic jailed a year for stealing rail metals

The Assin Fosu District Court has sentenced a 29-year-old auto-mechanic to one-year imprisonment for stealing four lines of rail tracks. The tracks belong to the Ghana Railway Company at Assin-Fosu in the Assin Central Municipality of the Central Region. Daniel Dadzie, alias Yaw Donkoh, was said to have stolen the …

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Man burns fingers of 10-year-old son for stealing ¢250

A 55-year old Osmanu Mumuni is in the firm grips of the law for severing the ears of his 10-year-old son and burning his fingers for stealing his money. The incident which occurred at Obom-Domeabra in the Greater Accra region is said to have been triggered when the father accused …

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55-year-old father cuts son’s ear with blade over GH¢250

55-year-old Osmanu Mumuni has been arrested by the Weija Divisional DOVVSU for cutting off part of his son’s ear with a blade. According to the police, the mother of the child reported that a day earlier, her ex-husband Osman Mumuni whom the boy stays with chipped off part of his …

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Coronavirus: Nurse with GMC Hospital dies

A Community Health Nurse (CHN) with the Ghana Manganese Company (GMC) Hospital in Nsuta in the Western Region, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died, a statement from the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA) has confirmed. The statement dated 16 May named the deceased as Sophia Addo who was …

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17-year-old boy banished from Tutukpene community returns

A 17-year-old boy who was banished by the Tutukpene community in the Nkwanta South District of the Oti Region has returned to the town. Andrews Amoah, a primary six pupil of the Tutukpene M.A. Basic School was on April 24, 2020, expelled from the community by the chief and elders …

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Immigration patrol team seizes marijuana from smugglers at Aflao border

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has intercepted 31 pieces of suspected marijuana from smugglers crossing with the consignment into the Republic of Togo The Aflao Command border patrol team stopped the attempt by a syndicated motor-riding smuggler trying to move the commodity across Ghana’s border through an unapproved route -‘beat’ …

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Check out the 9 approved herbal immune boosters for coronavirus

Strong immune systems of individuals are very essential in the fight against the novel coronavirus. This was reiterated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 9th national address to Ghanaians on COVID-19. This, the President said, “has to be one of the permanent legacies of the pandemic. We have …

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60-year-old becomes first coronavirus patient to die in Volta Region

The Volta Region on Friday recorded its first COVID-19 death at the local Treatment Centre in Ho. The deceased, a 60-year-old woman, who returned from Accra two weeks ago, visited the Ho Teaching Hospital with difficulty in breathing, fever for three days and reduced level of consciousness. She was noticed to have …

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5-year-old child test positve for coronavirus in Tamale

The Northern Regional Health Director, Dr John B. Eleeza, has told DGN Online that a five-year-old child is among the 12 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in the region. According to him, the infected child is a contact of a Covid-19 patient in the region. The Northern Region …

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Ghana’s COVID-19 Case Count Now 5,735, 29 deaths

The Ghana Health Service has released new figures indicating that 97 more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. This brings the total confirmed cases in the country to 5,735. One more person who tested positive for the virus has also died, bringing to 29 the total number of …

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CONVID-19: Pastor calls for strict measures to curb spread

An Associate Pastor at the Calvary Temple Assemblies of God Church at Bantama in the Kumasi Metropolis Reverend Peter Owusu Mensah has called for the imposition of strict measures to limit the spread of coronavirus, as the number of infections continues to rise sharply. Rev Peter Mensah speaking on virtual …

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Details of dead coronavirus patients released

Details of the 28 persons who have so far lost their lives in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic have finally been released. The list which is included in the latest update on the Ghana Health Service site, provides the underlying health condition responsible for the death of the 28. …

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