CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Mad’ police guard shoots resident at Boakye Agyarko’s house

A policeman on guard duties at the home of former Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko is reported to have shot and injured one person on Sunday. Lance Corporal Peter Hammond Arkosah of National Protection Unit was detailed at Hon. Boakye Agyarko’s residence at Ashongman Estate on Sunday, February 9, 2020 …

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National Science and Maths Quiz in danger

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) says it will be difficult for schools to organise their students for this year’s National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) at the regional and national levels as a result of inadequate funds. “We, therefore, wish to inform management that until adequate …

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Suspect escapes from Police Hospital

An accused person who jumped bail and was re-arrested has managed to escape once again from the Police Hospital in Accra. Daily Guide learnt that the suspect, Clement Adjei Nkrumah, was being investigated over a reported case of defrauding by false pretences in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis but jumped bail in …

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Govt to provide free Wi-Fi to high schools – Bawumia

Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the government intends to provide free Wi-Fi to senior high schools and public universities soon. He said plans are far advanced for the first piloting of this policy, this year. Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia who was speaking at the …

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Farmer gets 20 years for impregnating physically challenged minor

A 35-year-old Farmer who defiled and impregnated a 15-year-old physically disabled girl has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the Tepa Circuit Court in the Ahafo Ano South District. The victim who is the stepdaughter of the convict physical disability worsened and paralysed a month after she gave birth …

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NAGRAT bares teeth over special classes for promotional exams

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is not happy with regional and district directors of education and has asked them to desist from issuing official cover letters to organisations and institutions organising special classes for teachers due to write their promotional examinations. It also called on the management of …

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Notorious criminal on wanted list arrested

The Upper East Regional Police Command has arrested a man described as a notorious criminal who has been on the wanted list of the Police. A statement by the Upper East Regional Police Command has said. The statement says, the suspect, Pius Ayomah Anundiabil was arrested on Saturday, February 8 …

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Soldier jailed 20 years for incest

A serving soldier who defiled his nine-year-old daughter until she attained the age of 15 has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Sergeant Eric Asare-Mante is said to have taken advantage of the victim any time he shaved her pubic hair and …

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Farmer kills wife and shoots himself at Pieso

A 26-year-old faRmer, Mensah Kpogo Gamali, has shot and killed his wife at Pieso near Aboso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality. He also allegedly shot himself after he succeeded in killing his 21-year-old wife, Comfort Ativor. Superintendent of Police Thomas Osei Ababio, Tarkwa District Police Commander who confirmed the incident …

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WAEC accepts oral response in examination

Mr Alex Amankwah in charge of Specific Learning Disorders at the Ghana Education Service has revealed that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) accepts oral responses from students unable to write due to disability. He said provisions have been made to accommodate students with special educational needs in examinations to …

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WAEC accepts oral response in examination

Mr Alex Amankwah in charge of Specific Learning Disorders at the Ghana Education Service has revealed that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) accepts oral responses from students unable to write due to disability. He said provisions have been made to accommodate students with special educational needs in examinations to …

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Nigerian kills Nigerian over cyber fraud business

The police at ACP Estates in Accra have arrested a 19-year-old Nigerian for allegedly killing his compatriot. The suspect, who was identified as Godwin Iboro, was arrested for beating Shadrack Marcel, 26, to death. Police preliminary investigation shows that Iboro engaged in a fight with Marcel because Marcel reportedly refused …

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22-year-old former Nsawam SHS student commits suicide

A 22-year-old man Andrews Osafo has taken his own life at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The graduate of the Nsawam Senior High School hanged himself on a ceiling fan on Thursday. Mother of the deceased, Vida Osae narrated to Kasapa News Bonohene Baffuor Awuah that she left her son …

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Soldier jailed 20 years for incest

A serving soldier who had bouts of sex with his nine-year-old daughter until she attained the age of 15 has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Sergeant Eric Asare-Mante is said to have taken advantage of the victim any time he shaved …

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Techiman fake lawyer remanded in police custody

The Techiman Circuit Court has remanded the 34-year-old self-acclaimed lawyer, Iddriss Yahaya, into police custody to reappear on Thursday, February 13, 2020. State Prosecutor, Detective Inspector Phamous kwaku Agbasa, presenting fact of the case to court said there had been many complaints against the suspect since his arrest last Tuesday. …

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Thieves raid police MTTD Commander’s office in Tema

Suspected thieves have allegedly broken into the office of the Commander of the Tema Regional Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department, (MTTD), and made away with some items. The theft, which happened on Thursday, February 6, 2020, saw the intruders stealing two TV sets, one laptop, one GoTV decoder and …

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Coronavirus: Tests on two suspected cases negative – Noguchi

A virologist at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Dr. Kofi Bonney has confirmed that tests on two suspected cases of coronavirus have proved negative. He explained that blood samples of the two suspects – A Chinese national and an Argentine – were been taken to the Noguchi for …

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Buipe SHS closed for one week following fire outbreak

About 290 students of the Buipe Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been asked to go home and report back to school in a week’s time. This follows a fire outbreak that occurred in the school last Monday that destroyed their dormitory …

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Getfund Directed To Address Shortage Of Dormitories, Classrooms In SHSs

Government has directed the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to undertake educational infrastructure projects in all public senior high schools (SHSs) for successful implementation and sustenance of the Free SHS Policy. Madam Gifty Twum-Ampofo, the Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET), who announced this …

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GES Revises Promotion Process

Two teacher unions and some teachers have hailed the decision of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to revise its promotion process. The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-G) and some teachers have expressed their satisfaction with the decision to switch from interviewing teachers …

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Suspected fake lawyer nabbed by Techiman Police

A 34-year-old man has been arrested on the orders of the presiding judge of the Techiman Circuit court, Justice Alexander Graham, during Court proceedings Wednesday, February 5, 2020. The suspected fake lawyer named Iddrisu Yahaya was in court to represent some four accused persons standing trial in a robbery and kidnapping …

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