CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Police arrests mother, 24, for dumping baby in a bush

A two-day-old baby boy has been dumped in a bush at a village called patron near Awutu Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. Philip Agbavitor who found the baby when he’d gone to attend to nature’s call disclosed in an interview with Kasapa FM News …

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Pupils abandon school as cult clashes claim 13 lives

Thirteen suspected cultists have been killed in the ongoing clash between members of the Eiye and Aiye confraternities in the Ijede Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. Residents lamented that they were unsafe as the cultists freely use sophisticated weapons in the Luwasa, Igbe and Ijede areas of Ikorodu. …

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Prophet gets 20 years for defilement

A 28-year-old prophet, Richard Essien, who allegedly defiled a fifteen-year-old pupil and her friend has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour by a Tarkwa Circuit Court. The convict who worship with the Bogoso branch of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) pleaded guilty to the charge of defilement. …

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Photo editor jailed for publishing nude videos of a student

A District Magistrate Court in Accra has sentenced a 33-year old Photo editor to 30 days imprisonment for publishing nude videos of a student after extorting monies from her. Richmond Clement Kobina Abegya was also ordered by a Kaneshie District Court to pay a fine of GHC4,800 in default serve …

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Police arrest 3 suspects over Mankessim cop killing

At least three persons have been arrested in connection with the Mankessim police shooting incident, Kasapafmonline.com has learnt. The details and names of the suspects are unknown yet, but reports say the three are all residents of Mankessim. They have since been transported to Cape Coast by the Regional Police …

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State files appeal against ACP Benjamin Agordzor’s bail

Information reaching MyNewsGh.com from government sources indicates that the office of the Attorney General is planning to file an appeal against the bail granted Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo. ACP Agordzor is one of the suspects standing trial for allegedly plotting to destabilize the country and is still …

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Youth consuming sanitary pad concoction, human faeces for vitality

A desperate search for vitality has over the years pushed some Ghanaian youth into consuming poisonous substances, including various kinds of glue, turpentine and petrol, but the latest discovery will shock the nation. In the Upper West Region where the new substance abuse is believed to have originated, the youth …

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KNUST Opens applications For Academic Year 2020/2021.

KNUST Opens applications For Academic Year 2020/2021. Graded 14th on the continent, West Africa’s best university,KNUST, has announced opening of admissions for the academic year 2020/2021.   Read below Specifications. Admission of Candidates to Undergraduate Degree Programmes for the 2020/2021 Academic Year WASSCE/SSSCE/ADVANCED LEVEL/MATURE/ABCE/GBCE AND IB CANDIDATES For the knowledge …

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2 Jailed 10yrs For Kidnapping

The Techiman Circuit court presided over by Alexander Graham, has sentenced two persons to 10 years imprisonment for kidnapping a 10-year old boy. The convicts received the sentence with hard labor. They are to spend the years behind bars at the Sunyani Prisons. It will be recalled that the Yendi …

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Rampage as residents avenge death of their colleague

Residents of Dzolo Gbogame ‘lost it’ after a resident was killed by one of its cars which allegedly run over him. They thronged the assembly to vent and ‘avenge’ the death of their colleague. Wisdom Dake was run over by a task force vehicle following his inability to produce an …

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Ho West Assembly driver allegedly kills man over GHC25

A driver of the Ho West District Assembly in the Volta Region has killed a young man over 25 cedis, triggering a violent attack on the offices of the assembly Wednesday morning. The driver, identified only as John, is said to have demanded that the deceased, Darkeh Wisdom, who operates …

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Contract killing at Ahenema Kokoben

The body of a 21-year-old girl has been found at Ahenema Kokoben near Kumasi, in what residents suspect to be a contract killing. The deceased, Augustina Tinador, reportedly, had some marks on her body, which perhaps suggested that she may had been gruesomely murdered. Augustina, who works as a salesgirl …

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Police officer shot dead at Mankessim

A police officer has been shot dead at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central region. The Lance Corporal was in mufti and on his way to the office when he was shot. The attack on him follows a shoot out between the police and some armed robbers who …

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Twenty-two-year-old apprentice killed by taxi cab

A twenty-two-year-old apprentice met his untimely death, when a Toyota Corolla taxi cab with registration number WR 2343-18 crashed him at Akoon in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region. Briefing the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Tarkwa Divisional Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD), Chief Inspector George Kwabena Osei, …

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Man murders 55-year-old mother at Aboabo

Police have arrested a 20-year-old man in Aboabo, a surburb of the Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region for allegedly murdering his 55-year-old mother in her home. Osman Abdul Moomen reportedly killed his mother in her room Tuesday morning at about 10:30am and fled to take refuge in a nearby …

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(VIDEO): 37 Military Hospital Blazing With Unquenchable Fire

Confirmed information available to thedistin.com  has it that the Officers’ Mess at 37 Military Hospital is currently blazing. However, the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained and the video shows thick fumes of smoke billowing out of the building as people stood to watch. In the video, …

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JHS girl, 15, murdered in Cape Coast

Georgina Antwi, a fifteen-year-old girl of Ankaful basic school near Cape Coast has allegedly been murdered in cold blood by some suspected “Sakawa” boys living in that community. According to Mr. Emmanuel Mintah, the father of the deceased, the gruesome murder of the young girl occurred last Friday, January 17, …

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Man arrested for allegedly beheading woman at Breman Kontenase

A 45-year-old man, Kweku Du has been arrested by Breman Asikuma Police for allegedly beheaded a woman in her farm at Breman Kontenase in the Asikuma Odabeng Brakwa District of the Central Region. The suspect reportedly pounced on the deceased, Esi Dompoh unprovoked when she was farming and callously cut …

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Police gun down two robbery suspects

The Accra Regional Police Command in the early hours of Monday, gunned-down two suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a notorious gang operating within the Accra, Tema metropolis. They were identified as Ali Abba alias Ali Hero and Charles Donkor, alias Killer boss who had been on police …

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Masked armed man shot in a foiled robbery in Bole

A police officer in the Savannah Region has shot a masked man who allegedly attempted to rob a van full of assorted drinks at Tinga near Banda Nkwanta in the Bole District. Seidu Salifu, 25, was shot in the ankle by a policeman who was escorting the goods on January …

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Two finance officers arrested at PAC sitting

Two finance officers of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) are in police custody following an attempt to mislead the committee during a hearing today. The offenders, Isaac Akowuah and James Essilfie who are current and former finance officers from the Sefwi Akontombra District Assembly respectively were whisked away to the …

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