Four suspected cultists with guns were apprehended on Sunday, May 10, by Ngwuru Neighbourhood Watch in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The chairman of the neighbourhood watch, Mr Ferdinand Onah said that the boys who are in their early 20s were apprehended at Ogbaegu, in Ngwuru following intelligence …
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Three arrested over Indian hemp
The Police has arrested three persons who were packaging substances suspected to be Indian hemp. The three persons namely; George Agidi aka Doctor Aggrey, age 30, Adam Razak, age 31 and 17-year-old Nunekpeku Isaac were arrested at Ve-Koloenu in the Afadjato South District of the Volta Region. The Volta Regional …
Read More »Library Authority secures license for 1000 Ghanaians to study on Coursera
The Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) has secured scholarship slots for 1000 Ghanaians to study on Coursera. Coursera is one of the leading, globally recognized Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platforms because of its association with top universities like, Stanford University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania and many others in offering …
Read More »Land guards shoot two residents at Gomoa Tuansah
Two people have sustained gunshot wounds after suspected Land Guards attacked them at Gomoa Tuansah near Fetteh Kakraba in the Central Region. According to an eyewitness Kwame Mensah a brother of the victim, they heard the land guards breaking their brother’s door with concrete blocks. He said in the process, …
Read More »8-Year-Old Boy Kills 7-Year-Old Brother With Father’s Gun
In Manso Datano in the Ashanti Region, where an eight-year-old boy has allegedly shot dead his seven-year-old brother to death. The siblings were said to be playing with their father’s locally manufactured gun and accidentally the eight-year-old boy pulled the trigger to shoot his brother at close range. The sad …
Read More »Absa Bank robbery: Police retrieve GH¢234,000 of GH¢600,000 stolen
The Bono East Regional Police have retrieved GH¢234,000 of the over GH¢600,000 which was stolen after a bullion van, which was transporting the money to an undisclosed destination, was attacked. The police have also arrested one person after he claimed ownership of the vehicle which was used by the robbers. …
Read More »COVID-19 – Two KATH Nurses test positive – CEO
The Chief Executive of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Dr, Oheneba Owusu Danso has confirmed that, two nurses at the health facility have tested positive to the novel Coronvirus pandemic. According to the chief administrator of KATH, the management has been carrying out periodic test amongst the staff to ensure that …
Read More »Techiman: Police Manhunt For Bullion Van Robbers
The Police in Techiman has apprehended one suspect who was allegedly part of a gang of eight who attacked a bullion van in the Bono East Region last Friday. The incident occurred when 8 unmasked men attacked the van on the Techiman–Sunyani highway making away with GHS600,000. The driver of …
Read More »Man assaults wife with axe for denying him sex
A man in Northern Ghana is facing court after he allegedly assaulted his wife with an axe when she denied him sex. Victus Kuudiyiri, 35, a security man had lived with the victim in Wa, the capital of the Upper West region, about 695km from the capital, Accra. The suspect …
Read More »Panic at Ghana Manganese as community officer dies of coronavirus
There is growing fear among workers of Tarkwa-Nsuta-based company, Ghana Manganese after a principal community officer died of COVID-19. The Deputy Health Director in charge of clinical services in the Western Region, Dr Atsu Dordor who confirmed the news said sample of the deceased was taken last week but she died …
Read More »W/R: 14 new COVID-19 cases confirmed; regional tally now 52
The Western region has recorded 14 new cases of COVID-19 raising the regional figure from 38 to 52 as of Sunday. The regional tally stood at 38 as of the last update on Saturday evening. The Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis leads with 16 positive cases while Tarkwa comes second with 15 …
Read More »Afrancho: Armed robbers flee and abandon booty of GHS195K, weapons
About four suspected armed robbers who were sharing their booty in an uncompleted factory fled and left cash scattered and other weapons used in their operation, MyNewsGh.com reports MyNewsGh.com gathered that the robbers converged at an uncompleted gari factory at Afrancho- Mankranso near Akomadan in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti region …
Read More »Two shot by land guards at Gomoa Tuansah
Two people have sustained gunshot wounds after a group suspected to be land guards attacked them in their home Sunday. The two men according to reports were shot in the eye and head respectively over a protracted land dispute. This incident occurred at Gomoa Tuansah near Fetteh Kakraba in the …
Read More »Armed robbers rob bullion van of GH¢600,000 in Techiman
Armed robbers numbering about four on Friday evening attacked a bullion van belonging to the Absa Bank at gunpoint at Mmaampehia near Techiman in the Bono East Region and stole over GH¢600,000 contained in the van. Reports say the robbers who were wielding guns attacked the van and its occupants …
Read More »COVID-19: No facemask, no entry at KATH – Management
Management of the Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(KATH) reminds the general public that the facility is a mandatory facemask wearing zone. According to KATH management, any member of the public who wishes to access the hospital must, therefore, wear a facemask. This is in line with the directives outlined by the …
Read More »912 newly recruited teachers cleared for biometric registration to receive salaries
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released identity cards for some 912 newly recruited teachers to enable them go through the new entrant biometric registration to be able to receive their salaries. Each of the 912 teachers who were part of those trained in 2018 and employed last year are …
Read More »Coronavirus: Stick to precautionary measures – Dr. Wiafe Addai tells mothers
The Chairperson of Ghana Cancer Board, Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has charged mothers in Ghana to stick to the precautionary measures being undertaken to combat the coronavirus pandemic. She said it is mothers’ responsibility to ensure healthy welfare and up-bringing of children in the society, and this can only be achieved if the …
Read More »Man, 63, In Police Grip For Swindling Forex Bureau
A 63-year-old man who allegedly swindled a forex bureau operator and attempted to defraud the company for the second time in three months has been arrested by the Airport Police. The suspect, identified as Nkot Nkot, a Camerounian, is said to have visited the forex bureau with an accomplice who …
Read More »Ghanaians react to increasing coronavirus cases, deaths
Mixed reactions greeted Ghana Health Service’s latest announcement of an increase in Ghana’s coronavirus infections and deaths on social media. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on May 9, 2020, announced that Ghana’s confirmed cases of the coronavirus have increased from 4,012 to 4,263, an increase of 251 new cases with …
Read More »Police On Manhunt For Suspect Over Shooting At NDC Office
The Northern Regional Police Command has launched a manhunt for one Jalil who is believed to be the leader of “Aluta Boys” a vigilante group affiliated to the National Democratic Congress(NDC) in the Northern region in connection with the shooting at the party’s office. The Northern Regional Crime Officer, Supt. Otuo Acheampong …
Read More »Policeman 2 others shot, loaded AK47 seized in GHS638k Absa bullion van robbery [PHOTO]
Lance Corporal Yussif Abubakar, a Policeman stationed at Tanoso District Headquarters in the Bono East Region has been shot by armed robbers while on escorting an Absa Bank bullion van. Driver of the vehicle Frank Agyemang age 44 years and Sampson Kofi Sarfo age 45 years on special duty were …
Read More »Coronavirus: 553 out of 1,300 workers test positive after outbreak in industrial facility
A recent report by the Ghana Health Service on Ghana’s COVID-19case count says 553 out of 1,300 workers of an undisclosed industrial facility have tested positive for the Coronavirus. According to the report, the cases account for 50% of the 921 new cases recorded between May 4 and May 8, 2020, bringing …
Read More »Vehicle tracker aids arrest of man declared wanted for murder, three others in Kumasi
A man on police wanted list was on Thursday arrested after a vehicle he allegedly stole from a woman in Kumasi, was tracked and intercepted at Offinso in the Ashanti Region. Nana Kofi Owusu, 29, was arrested after a woman (name withheld), who works at the Center for Scientific and …
Read More »Smoking marijuana actually kills coronavirus – Kwesi Pratt stunned by new study
Kwesi Pratt, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, is utterly shocked by a new study that indicates nicotine could prevent infection and serious illness from coronavirus. A recent French study has indicated that nicotine is helpful in guarding against coronavirus, functioning as an anti-inflammatory agent that kills the virus. Nicotine …
Read More »Techiman: Absa Bank bullion van robbed GHS638, 000
A bullion van belonging to Absa Bank was on Friday afternoon robbed at gunpoint by 8 unmasked men at Maapehia on the Techiman – Sunyani in the Bono East Region, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. The incident happened when one Lance Corporal Yussif Abubakar , a Police officer stationed at Tanoso District Headquarters on …
Read More »My Boyfriend Juju Me – Woman Who Planned With Boyfriend To Kill Husband
Mavis Brepor, the woman accused of conniving with her boyfriend, Patrick Asare, to kill her husband says she had been manipulated by Mr. Asare with a charm. According to her, she had no control of herself and was hypnotized to take instructions from Mr. Asare. Mavis and Patrick are …
Read More »Ghana’s Covid-19 cases are now 4,012
Ghana has recorded its biggest single-day spike of 921 new infections of the COVID-19 pandemic. This has effectively seen the country record a quantum leap of infections from 3,091 to 4,012 after recording its first two cases on March 12, 2020. According to an update on the Ghana Health Service’s …
Read More »Court remands cheating wife, lover who conspired to kill husband
The Asokwa District Court 2 has remanded a married woman and her boyfriend who conspired to kill her husband at Pamen near Kwabeng in the Eastern region. The two were remanded after the prosecutor, Chief Superintendent Kofi Blagodzi, prayed the court, presided over by His worship Korkor Achaw Owusu, to …
Read More »Man caged for avoiding court for 2 years
The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Her Honour Mrs Afia Owusua Appiah, has remanded into police custody one Mohammed Buzu, who has been absent from court for two years for possessing firearms and ammunition without lawful authority. Buzu, a trader, was arrested in November 2017 and granted bail …
Read More »70,000 People To Be Sponsored For 2020/2021 Academic Year — Scholarship Secretariat
The Ghana Scholarship Secretariat on Thursday in Sekondi encouraged interested applicants to quickly log on to the www.scholarshipgh.com portal and follow the three-step application process before May, 15 deadline. Mr. Kingsley Agyeman, the Director of the Secretariat, told Journalists that about 70,000 people are expected to be sponsored with tax …
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