Georgina Osei, a food vendor in Hohoe has been sentenced to a fine of GH¢720.00 by the Hohoe Magistrate Court for preparing food near a toilet facility for public consumption. Georgina pleaded guilty and was convicted on her own plea and would serve three months imprisonment if she defaults in …
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Man, 29, nearly lynched for stealing fowls at Awutu Beraku
A 29-Year-old thief, Eric Arhin has every reason to thank God for his life as he was nearly lynched by residents of Awutu Beraku in the Central Region after he stole 29 fowls. The victim according to information is a habitual thief who is fond of stealing fowls. “We were …
Read More »COA FS contaminated; return all products to manufacturers – FDA to public
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has directed the general public to return all COA FS products to the manufacturer. According to the FDA, samples of the food supplement picked from the market and the manufacturing facility of COA Herbal Centre in Workroom near Cape Coast showed excessive microbial, mould …
Read More »Okada rider bites forehead of taskforce officer over social distancing argument
An Okada rider has allegedly wounded the Deputy Operation Commander in-charge of Kasoa Central Business District during an argument over social distancing rule. Desmond Korankye, popularly known as ‘Two Cedi’, who operates in the Awutu Senya East District and his team went to the roadside to enforce the social distancing …
Read More »Suspected armed robber shot dead, two others injured in Northern East Region
A suspected armed robber has been shot dead by the Police in the Gambaga District of the North East Region. The deceased suspect Mahamadu and his colleagues Amadu Sumana, Hamidu Issaka, and Musah Alima attacked and robbed traders returning from Gbandabila market at Kolguna junction on Saturday, April 18, 2020. …
Read More »Sacrifice me to the gods if my local medicine fails to treat coronavirus patients – Herbal practitioner
The President and founder for Save The Nation For Future Leaders, Kwadwo Atta Apeakorang says he should be sacrificed to the gods if the local treatment he has discovered fails to cure Coronavirus. According to him, the treatment, made up of prekese, hwentia, pepre, ginger and garlic is the only way …
Read More »Ex-convict tied to pole for stealing 11 fowls
A 29-year-old ex-convict, Eric Arhin, who was tied to an electricity pole for allegedly stealing 11 fowls, has been handed over to the police. This was after the suspect had suffered reported brutalities by angry community youth in Awutu Bereku, in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. …
Read More »COVID-19 cases in Ghana jump to 1042
COVID-19 cases in Ghana have jumped to 1042, President Akufo-Addo has announced. Addressing the nation on Sunday, the President said the increase in numbers is as a result of 68, 591 tests conducted. According to the President, nine people have died from the disease while 99 people have recovered and …
Read More »FDA Has Not Approved COA FS As Cure For COVID-19
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has not approved the food supplement, ‘COA FS’ by the COA Herbal Centre, as a cure for the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and called on all to disregard the information. Mr James Lartey, the Director of Communications of the FDA, in an …
Read More »How boost your immune system to fight against coronavirus – Pharmacist reveals
According to a report MynewsGhana.net sighted on 3 News, a chief pharmacist at the Cocoa Clinic in Accra, Edward Amporful, is encouraging the consumption of raw cocoa powder to help boost the immune system and defend the body against the novel coronavirus. Health experts have said strong immune system is …
Read More »Man, 22, arrested for cutting off wife’s hand
Police in Yobe state have arrested a 22-year-old man for cutting off the hand of his wife from the wrist. The man identified as Baari Bacha reportedly attacked his wife Halima Bulama after she disobeyed his orders not to attend a friend’s ceremony in Damaturu, Nigeria. Confirming his arrest, the …
Read More »Mansoman SHS hosts Covid-19 Isolation Centre
Health authorities at the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region have set up a Covid-19 isolation centre at the Mansoman Senior High School. Authorities say it is a proactive decision to prevent any surprises in the district’s preparedness in the fight against the pandemic. Some health facilities have also …
Read More »Why Meningitis has killed 40 up north
About four hundred (400) people have been infected with a new strain of meningitis in the northern part of Ghana. 40 out of the 400 has been reported dead. meningitis is explained as an infection that affects the delicate membranes — called meninges — that cover the brain and spinal cord. You or …
Read More »The 198 new coronavirus cases aren’t new infections – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the 198 new Coronavirus cases announced Saturday are not new infections. It explained that the record 198 new cases, which have seen the country’s case count jump from 641 to 834, are from a backlog of samples currently at the various laboratory testing centres. “The general …
Read More »Photos: TV Africa Journalist Shot In Tamale
A journalist with Accra-based TV Africa has been reportedly shot during a joint security operation on Saturday [April 18, 2020] at Changli a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region Tamale. Armed security forces raided the community this dawn and arrested 134 residents and destroyed hundreds of properties of residents …
Read More »3 corpses stolen in a grave loot at Breman Jambra
Fear has gripped residents of Breman Jambra in the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa District of the Central Region after three (3) corpses were illegally exhumed from a cemetery. Reports say the grave looters had also tried to loot the remains of the six pupils of the Jambra Methodist Basic school who …
Read More »Man kills brother for having sex with their mother
The Kenyan police have arrested a 36-year-old man from Bokisero-Nyabwari Village in Nyamira North Sub-County, for killing his younger brother whom he allegedly caught having sex with their biological mother on Thursday night. Evans Mamboleo Nyachuba had visited their mother at about 8:30 pm when he reportedly caught his 31-year-old sibling, Fred …
Read More »Tension as irate youth beat Chinese man to death; two arrested
A Chinese national has died after he was attacked by some irate youth in the Bosome Freho District town of Nsuaem No. 2 in the Ashanti Region. The incident, which happened on Wednesday, April 16, left two of his compatriots sustaining minor injuries, the police said in a statement. Witnesses told Dailymailgh.com that the violent …
Read More »Lockdown: 17-year-old girl arrested at Lapaz on her way to see boyfriend
A 17-year-old girl was arrested after she was caught while on her way to pay a visit to her boyfriend, breaking mandatory home confinement rules put in place due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The girl together with two other young girls her age was stopped by police officers at Lapaz, late Thursday …
Read More »Driver’s mate remanded for stealing
A 19-year-old driver’s mate who stole quantities of mobile phones from his brother’s shop has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court. Kelvin Biney is said to have broken into the shop at Apatrapa, a suburb of Kumasi, and stole about 10 pieces of the phones valued …
Read More »Female driver arrested for knocking down cop
A female motorist has been arrested by the East Legon Police for refusing to stop at a COVID-19 snap checkpoint, knocking down a police officer yesterday in Accra. Trudy Boatemaa, the suspect was said to be driving a Hyundai Santa Fe with registration number GE 2309-18 from the direction of American House …
Read More »Sixty-year-old man fined for not wearing seat belt
A Tarkwa District Court has imposed a fine of 240.00 Ghana cedis on a sixty-year-old man for failing to wear a seat belt while driving. The convict Oster Amissah, pleaded guilty with explanation, but Mr Charles Owusu Nsiah, the presiding judge convicted him to the fine or in default serve …
Read More »Dr. Okoe-Boye approved as Deputy Health Minister
Parliament has approved the nomination of Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye for the position of a Deputy Minister of Health. The approval comes follows recommendations by Parliament’s Appointments Committee by consensus after he appeared before it on Wednesday, 15th April 2020. Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Joe Osei Owusu, read the committee’s …
Read More »VIDEO: Teenage girl raped by her father and his friends narrates the sordid details of what happened
MynewsGhana.net reports a story of a father who raped her 15-year-old daughter together with friends in Nigeria. (Read here) Well in a video we sighted the 15-year-old girl whose father was arrested for raping her for two years and passing her to his friends has spoken out about her ordeal. In an …
Read More »We will investigate attacks on Africans – Chinese Ambassador
Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang has said that the government of China will intiate investigations into the alleged attacks on Africans in China. Many videos flooded social media to confirm the reports. Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Chinese Ambassador on the situation and the Chinese ambassador …
Read More »Nigerian coronavirus patient who escaped from quarantine arrested
The 46-year-old Nigerian Coronavirus patient who disappeared from self-isolation in his Wapaani residence in the Upper West Regional capital, Wa, after he was diagnosed with the deadly virus has been arrested. It is not immediately known where Simon Okafor Chukudi was picked up as the media is yet to be briefed on the issue. …
Read More »Pastor, 2 church workers jailed 4 years each for flouting ban public gathering
A pastor and two church workers have been sent to the Ho Central Prison to serve a four-year jail term each for flouting the ban on social gathering. Apostle Sampson Agakpe who is the founder of the Church of Pure Christ in the Volta Region, was arrested on April 12 …
Read More »Listen to Mahama; reduce data charges now – Students to gov’t, telcos
The Coalition of University Students has called on the government to heed calls by the flag bearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, to negotiate with the telcos to reduce the cost of internet data and airtime for students and customers in general in the outbreak …
Read More »3 remanded for gang-raping 16-year-old girl
The Koforidua District Magistrate Court “B” has remanded three young men for allegedly gang-raping a 16-year-old student. The incident occurred at Akyem Bososu in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region. The three accused persons; Collins Narttey,20, Eric Ansah alias Ramos,22 and Mohammed Ganiu,23, are on remand at the …
Read More »Robbers shoot community police assistant to death
A 25-year-old community police assistant has been shot and killed by suspected robbers on Sunday at Oyoko, in the Bosomtwe District of Ashanti. The deceased identified, as Evans Boateng, was said to be stationed at the Kumasi Central Police Station. According to police source at Kuntanase, there was report of a …
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