CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

2 Fetish Priests Caged Over Biochemist’s Murder

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 …

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Ghana’s covid-19 cases hit 2,719

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 …

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GIS intercepts two buses carrying 17 Burkinabes, 1 Ivorian

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 …

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Arrest Warrant Issued For ‘Stubborn’ Pastor

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 …

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Woman allegedly pours soda on her suspected rival [Photos]

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, …

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Fetish Priests Killed Ex-Soldier

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 …

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Adanwomase SHS student stabbed to death in Kumasi

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 …

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NSMQ 2020 postponed till further notice

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 …

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Zebilla Police Arrest Wee Peddlers; Destroys Three Shops

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 …

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Coronavirus: Ada West Assembly Member beaten up

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 …

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14 arrested for performing dipo rite in Somanya

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, …

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Mother stones 9-year-old son to death

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 …

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Private security officer slashes wife’s forehead with machete

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 …

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Three armed robbers jailed 75 years for robbing a Ghanaian returnee

Ofaakor Circuit court presided over by His Honour, Ebeneezer Osei Darko has sentenced 3 armed robbers to 75 years for robbing one Isaac Henry Oppong, a Ghanaian domiciled in Italy. The first and second accused Samuel Kweku Nhyira Amoankwando and Kofi Boateng Amoako respectively were charged with conspiracy to rob …

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Parliament grants GH¢ 288.6m tax exemptions for health workers

A request for waiver on income taxes amounting to GH¢ 288,644,003.34 submitted to the legislature by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to help cushion health workers in both public and private health facilities, who are on the frontline fighting the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been granted. …

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Pentecost Elder shot dead at Whindo

An Elder of the Church of Pentecost at Whindo, a farming community in the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western Region has been shot by an unknown assailant, Assembly Member for the Asakai-Whindo electoral area Alex Nana Acheampong has disclosed. One Egya Esia has been picked up by the Kwesimintsim …

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Four kingmakers arrested for defying ban on gathering

Four persons have been picked up by Akropong Police for violating ban on social gathering and distancing by holding estoolment ceremony. The were picked Friday afternoon by the Akropong Police led by the District Police Commander,Stephen Tetteh. All four persons picked by Police are traditional rulers who led the enstoolment …

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Tamale Testing Center Starts Testing

The Tamale Teaching Hospital has commenced testing of Covid-19 samples for Northern, Savannah, Upper West, Upper East and North East regions in Tamale in the Northern region. Head of the Tamale Testing Center at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr. Abass Abdul Karim told DGN Online that the facility can test …

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