CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Police arrests one more suspect in alleged murder of Ruth Eshun

The Police Command in the Ashanti Region has arrested one more suspect in the alleged murder of Ruth Eshun, a community nurse with the Sewua Health Center. The police in a statement said on Thursday, February 13, 2020 acting on information they arrested suspect Kofi Garba alias Amanya Attiuwenti 37 …

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Free SHS: Ningo SHTS students study on bare floor

First-year Home Economics students of the Ningo Senior High Technical School at Ningo in the Greater Accra Region have to sit on the floor for classes due to lack of desks. The students, who number over 40, sit on the bare floor for lessons as the classroom has less than …

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14-year-old girl killed, dumped in a bush at Twifo Agona

Fear has gripped residents of Twifu Agona in the Twifu Atti-Morkwa District of the Central Region after a 14-year-old girl, Maame Esi a student at Agona D/A Basic School was murdered and dumped in a bush. Information suggests that four suspects namely Kwabena Asamoah, Abraham Anti, Kofi Owusu and Akwesi …

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Two companies under investigation for importing infested gizzard

Chief Executives of two food import companies are being investigated by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for importing four 40-footer containers of salmonella infested gizzard into the country. Veterinary officials said they were able to impound one of the containers but three others which can feed millions of people have …

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Photo: Man arrested for causing harm to his girlfriend’s husband

A middle aged man has been arrested by Awutu Breku police for inflicting cutlass wounds on the husband of his girlfriend at Gomoa Nkwantanan in the Central region. The suspect, according to reports, was apprehended by his girlfriend’s husband, William Appiah on their matrimonial bed. The livid husband engaged the …

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Man Sets Woman On Fire, Forces Children To Watch

A man in the United State of America, set his children’s mother on fire as he forced the kids to watch in freezing temperatures in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Valentine’s Day. Family members say they got a call that the victim, Savannah Bailey, was set on fire, along with her home. …

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Volta barracks sewage poisons river in Ho Dome

Untreated sewage from a non-functioning sewer treatment plant that serves the Volta barracks of the 66 Artillery Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces, is flowing into a river in the Ho Dome community. The treatment plant, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) was told, had stopped working since 2016, causing overflowing …

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Suspect clubs Police Chief Inspector with metal bar

A suspect trying to get away from capture clubbed the station official of Tapa Abotoase close to the Biakoye District of the Oti Region with a metal bar, My News Ghana  reports. The episode happened at about 5am on Friday February 14, 2020 when Chief Inpector K.  Kpodo joined by two others …

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Court acquits Pastor Obeng Bekoe of fraud

An Accra Circuit Court on Friday acquitted and discharged Pastor Emmanuel Obeng Bekoe of a GH¢115,000.00 fraud charge brought against him over the sale of fertiliser. Pastor Bekoe, with Baba Charles Yides, a caretaker, was charged with conspiracy to commit crime and defrauding by false pretence; but he was found …

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Female student stabs colleague over biology text book

A second-year female student of the Islamic Senior High School in Tamale in the Northern Region, on Thursday, 13 February 2020, allegedly stabbed a colleague in the head over a biology textbook. The victim has been taken to the hospital for treatment. The incident occurred around 11 p.m. Thursday. According …

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GES suspends Upper West regional director for misconduct

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted the Upper West Regional Director of the Service, over allegations of misconduct and corrupt practices. The Director, Duncan Nsor, has been asked to step aside for investigations into allegations of bribery in the appointment of heads of some second-cycle schools in the region. …

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Ghana observes National Mathematics Day today

As today marks Valentine’s Day, Ghanaians are also observing the day as National Mathematics Day. The Ghana Education Service (GES) in collaboration with the Ghana Mathematics Society (GMS) set February 14 as a day to observe this. This is to create awareness of the importance and use of Mathematics in …

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25 NABCO Trainees Get Permanent Jobs In Kpandai District

A total of 25 Nation Builders Corps(NABCO) personnel have gained permanent employment in the Kpandai district of the Northern region. The personnel have therefore exited from the scheme to create employment opportunities for some unemployed youth in the area. The Kpandai District Chief Executive(DCE), Atta Emmanuel Kofi Tatablata , made …

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GES interdicts Upper West Regional Director of Education

The Ghana Education Service has interdicted the Upper West Regional Director of Education, Duncun Nsor with immediate effect after complaints were made about his conduct. According to the GES, the interdiction is to enable the Service to conduct investigations into the allegations leveled again him. In a statement copied to …

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VIDEO+PHOTOS: Man stabbed to death by wife in Port Harcourt

A tragic incident occurred in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Capital as a Nigerian man identified simply as Daniel was reportedly stabbed to death by his wife at about 2:26 a.m on Thursday February 13.   Facebook user Iykechukwu Ikechukwu who shared videos from the scene of the incident, claimed the …

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Over 2million Ghanaian children not protected against polio

It has been revealed that over two million Ghanaian infants are at risk of been infected with poliomyelitis and needed to be vaccinated as early as possible. This was made known in the Upper East Region during a press encounter with the Ghana Health Service(GHS). The delay in the early …

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SAD: Man beats wife to death over N5,000 in Benue

The Benue State Police command has arrested a man identified as Ejiro Patrick for reportedly beating his wife to death during a heated argument at their residence in Tyomu community of Makurdi, the state capital.   An eyewitness alleged that the man refused to heed to his neighbour’s plea while beating his …

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Two mobile money fraudsters nearly lynched at Awutu Bereku

Two suspected mobile money fraudsters luckily escaped death as they were nearly lynched at Awutu Bereku market in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region after they succeeded in defrauding three persons of an amount of Ghc11,750. The two suspects are Samuel Kabu 27-years and Gilbert Hoya 29-years. …

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Man battered to death for stealing cashew

A young man in his early twenties identified as Gyamfi Kwaku Aaron alias ‘China’ met his untimely death after he was given one hell of a beating for allegedly stealing cashew. In a video obtained by Peacefmonline.com that is sure to make one cringe, the deceased was severely assaulted with …

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Boutique operator strangely stabbed to death

A 35-year-old boutique operator has been stabbed to death by a man believed to be mentally deranged in Wa in the Upper East Region under inexplicable circumstance. Kiemtore Suleman who operated a boutique belonging to his younger brother was said to have had a scuffle with the mentally deranged man …

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Deceased student was not denied exeat – Akenten SHS

The Senior House Master of Dwamena Akenten Senior High School in the Ashanti region Andrew Agyeman has denied reports that the student who reportedly died on campus was denied exeat to seek treatment. He also challenged claims the student died at the dormitory claiming: “We are not in the position …

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Herbalist jailed five years for possessing human parts

A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced Isaac Mensah, a 24 year old traditional medicine practitioner (Herbalist) to five years imprisonment in hard labour for possessing a human skull and possessing fake currency. Mensah, pleaded not guilty to the charge of possessing human parts but the court, presided over by …

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Police on manhunt for two who gang-raped 16-year-old

Police at Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region are on a manhunt for two of three suspects who allegedly gang-raped a 16-year-old Junior High School pupil on Saturday, February 8. The suspects, Nyankpari Hardi, 35, Malik ,31, and ex-convict Ibrahim Zackaria, 25, were identified by the …

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