Emmanuel Antwi, 19, is said to have made his way through the ceiling of the drinking spot located at Maabang, near Adankwame in the Atwima-Nwabiagya North District, with iron bars at about 2300 hours, and took drinks valued at GHc 4,000.00 and cash of GHc 400.00. He pleaded guilty and …

A commercial vehicle driver, Gbenga Ogungbemi, and his friend, Tosin Olbamoyo, have been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command for allegedly killing a businesswoman, Evelyn Ebere, and stealing her N400,000. A statement by the state police command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said Gbenga who usually takes the deceased to Ire-Ekiti …

The Effiduase Magistrate Court in the Ashanti Region has sentenced a 27-year-old fetish priest at Effiduase two years imprisonment for attempting to exhume the body of one Francis Kwabena Agyapong, who was buried recently. The court, presided over by Michael Derrick Ocloo, sentenced Yaw Michael after pleading guilty to the …

The Akropong Circuit Court has fined four Kingmakers arrested for flouting imposition of restriction on gathering a total of GHC48,576. The convicted persons are Odehye Kofi Asiedu Adu-Mfum,57, Nana Semenhyia Ohene Asa Krofa, 43, Benet Osei opoku alias Ohenenana BS Opoku,55, and Nana Odiasempa Krobea Asante,70, were Charged for failing …

The two fetish priests, who have been arrested for murder, had in their possession an idol-looking sculpture fitted with human skulls, which they allegedly used for their rituals. The fetish priest A special police team raided the shrine last Thursday and retrieved an assortment of tell-tale exhibits. Apart from the …

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has given updates on the Power 1 Shrine saga. According to the CID, the accipient who went missing and later found buried at the Power 1 Shrine at Maame Dede in the Eastern Region has been identified as Mr Edward Quartey Papafio. The deceased was …

The Manhyia Divisional Police Command in the Ashanti Region has arrested a wedded wife and her boyfriend for conniving to kill her husband at Pamen near Kwabeng in the Eastern region. The two were arrested after they mistook the would-be contract killer’s cell phone number for Manhyia Divisional Police Commander’s. …

The Ghana Health Service has expressed concern the COVID-19 pandemic is having a weighty toll on other aspects of healthcare in the country. According to the GHS, health facilities have recorded low Out Patient Attendance as well as a decline in visits for routine pregnancy and child health checkups. The …

A first-year Senior High School (SHS) student has been stabbed dead following “a slight misunderstanding”, eyewitnesses narrated. The suspect, identified as only Gideon, who lives in the same house with the deceased (name withheld), had since been apprehended. Reports emerging from the corridors of the police said the suspect would …

Gallons filled with suspected human blood were discovered at the shrine in the Eastern Region where a special police team raided last Thursday and exhumed some remains. The two fetish priests who have been arrested in connection with the heinous crimes have reportedly confessed killing two people and burying them …

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, on Monday, sentenced a driver, Olalekan Hameed to death for killing his employer’s 76-year-old mother, Jolasun Okunsanya. Justice Dada delivered the judgment in a virtual court session approved by the state Chief Judge, Justice Kazeem Alogba, in line with the …

The suspected murderers of the late Edward Quartey Papafio, 64, Biochemist Consultant at Maame Dede near Adeiso in the Eastern Region, have been remanded into Police custody. The murder is believed to have been committed on January 16, 2020. The two fetish priests namely Christian Gameli Larwae, alias “Power” and …

Ghana has on Monday, May, 04,2020 confirmed 550 new COVID-19 cases. Data recorded on GHS portal, shows that the current case count now stands at 2,719. At least 65 new recoveries have been recorded while the number of fatalities remains 18. Regional breakdown The Greater Accra Region is still leading …

A team of immigration officers led by the Asankragwa Municipal Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Francis Kofi Apaw, together with officers from the Ghana Police Service and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) on patrols on Friday, May 1 intercepted two Nissan Caravan mini buses with registration numbers …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the results of the teacher promotion interviews which were taken for some teaching staff in February this year. “We are pleased to inform staff of the Ghana Education Service that the results for the promotion test held on February 20 and 21. 2020, …

A suspect in the murder of Marcus Mawutor Adzahli, the Assemblyman of the Sagakope South electoral area in the Volta region, has told police they were not contracted to carry out the killing. Amos Abakla said the deceased was stabbed and later shot dead because he fought back when he …

THE Ashaiman District Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Bishop Dr. Eric Borngreat Aboagye, the Founder of Heavens Life Global Church, at Lebanon, Ashaiman, for dodging court. The head pastor is being accused of flouting the President’s ban on social gathering by organizing a church service …

A woman by name, Yaa Eduah, has allegedly poured soda on a 27-year-old lady, Afriyie Nyanboawah for suspecting her of having an affair with her husband at Breman Ayipe in the Asikuma Odoben Brakwa district of the Central region. In an interview with Adom FM’s reporter Kofi Otabil, the victim, …

Details are emerging about how a special police team raided a shrine in the Eastern Region and exhumed human remains from the place. At least three bodies were found buried in shallow graves when the special team raided the shrine where body parts were also found scattered all over the …

The police have begun investigations into the murder of a first-year student of Adanwomase Senior High School. The student was stabbed to death in Kumasi over the weekend. The victim, 17-year-old Richard Mensah, who suffered stab wounds was rushed to the Tafo Government Hospital, but was pronounced dead by medics at the facility. Police …

This year’s edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will no longer take place between June and July. This decision comes due to the coronavirus pandemic. The production company responsible for the beloved NSMQ competition, Prime Time, will release a new date for the championship as soon as …

The Zebilla Police in Bawku West District of the Upper East Region has arrested four persons suspected to be dealing in substance suspected to be Indian. Three shops belonging to the drug peddlers have been destroyed. The suspects are Rafui Mahamadu aged 30, Simon Adabre, 18, Bilal Anambe 25, and …

The Goaso Police have arrested a lady purported to be the girlfriend of a certain King Promise after she tried smuggling Tramadol concealed inside Kenkey to the boyfriend who has been arrested in connection with a crime, MyNewsGh.com reports Suspect Hannah Tawiah visited her boyfriend Kwaku Ebenezer alias King Promise …

An assembly member of the Ada West District Assembly has been severely beaten up in public by a man believed to be affiliated to his political rival. Mr Fredrick Nartey Dodzi, assembly member for Wokumagbeh electoral area, is now nursing his injuries. He told GNA that he received a call …

Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has indicated that deliberations are still ongoing to determine the best mode of assessing academic work and varied options have come up for discussion at the stakeholder meetings. According to him, “We won’t wait and be confronted with something we haven’t thought through. We …

Chiefs and elders of Awutu Bontrase in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region have ordered Apostle John Mark, who had sex with a married woman at Awutu Bontrase to pay Ghc 5,000, one sheep, one carton of schnapps as compensation. They’ve also asked the man of God …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is reminding Ghanaians that the fight against the coronavirus Disease remains unabated. This follows a sharp decline in hand washing with soap and the use of hand sanitisers. So far, the country has recorded 2,169 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 with 17 deaths and 212 recoveries. The …

The Somanya District Police Command has arrested fourteen (14) people for performing puberty rite known traditionally as “Dipo” in contravention of the ban on public gathering. The suspects were arrested on Saturday, May 2, 2020, at Sawer a suburb of Somanya in the Eastern Region. The suspects are Leaders, parents, …

An attempt to chase away a flock of sheep turned into a tragedy after a 32-year-old mother accidentally stoned her nine-year-old son to death. Elvis Minkah was pronounced dead on Thursday, April 30, 2020 by medics moments after he was rushed to the St. Peter’s Catholic Hospital. The suspect, Haggar …

Ironically, the couple are known to have been staying together peacefully at Konda with their 10-year-old son until the unfortunate incident. The woman has since been admitted at the emergency unit of the Upper West Regional Hospital and would likely be referred to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi for …