CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Dompoase accident: Driver detained in police custody

The driver who is believed to have caused Tuesday’s fatal accident at Dompoase has been remanded in police custody for two weeks pending investigation. Kasapa FM’s correspondent Yaw Boagyan reported from the Central region Friday. A government delegation led by Roads and Highways Minister Kwaku Amoako Attah today visited the …

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Fire guts Islamic Girls SHS dormitory

Over 150 students have been displaced as a fire gutted a dormitory at the Islamic Girls Senior High school in the Wa Municipality. The fire broke today at midday, and no fatalities were recorded. The fire which lasted about an hour destroyed items and belongings of the students including bed, …

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Jean Mensa will not be shot and killed, trust me

You don’t need to be a “Prophet” Reindolph Oduro Gyebi or an “Eagle Prophet” to be keenly aware of the fact that some disgruntled and murderous elements in Ghana’s political opposition and some of the latter’s treacherous collaborators inside government may very well be planning or conspiring to either endanger …

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UCC student in police grip for ‘kidnapping’ SHS girl

A 22-year-old Level 300 student of the University of Cape Coast is in the grips of the Sekondi police for kidnapping an 18-year-old Senior High School student. The suspect, Simeon Cephas Andoh Dadzie, was said to have lured the girl from Sekondi to his hostel in Cape Coast and camped …

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UCC student in police grip for ‘kidnapping’ SHS girl

A 22-year-old Level 300 student of the University of Cape Coast is in the grips of the Sekondi police for kidnapping an 18-year-old Senior High School student. The suspect, Simeon Cephas Andoh Dadzie, was said to have lured the girl from Sekondi to his hostel in Cape Coast and camped …

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Storekeeper wanted for stealing building materials

Bright Ashiagbor, 33, a native of Tegbi in the Volta Region is wanted by the Police for allegedly stealing building materials valued at GHc8,000. 00 belonging to Berock Ventures Limited, a building construction firm based at the Spintex Road in Accra. The suspect who was a storekeeper of Berock Ventures …

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2019 teacher licensure exam records almost 80% pass rate

The 2019 teacher licensure exam recorded a 78.2 percent pass rate representing 27,171 out of 34,724 teachers who sat for the examination. This means 21.8 percent of the teachers, representing 7,553 teachers failed the exam, according to the National Teaching Council (NTC). The licensure exam is a prerequisite for all …

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Mobile money robbers grabbed

Two men accused of robbing a female mobile money vendor of GHC 900 in a moving taxi are in the grips of the Fomena District Police Command in the Ashanti Region, pending further investigation. Kwadwo Sarfo, 20, a cabbie, and Kofi Agyemang, 37, a steel bender, both residents of Kumasi-Abrepo …

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TUTAG calls off nationwide strike

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has called off its nationwide strike after the National Labour Commission (NLC) secured an interim injunction on the industrial action. The association in a statement said its decision to call off the strike was a “demonstration of good faith which must be reciprocated by …

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GES Apologises For Treating SHS Teachers Poorly

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has apologised to senior high school teachers for treating them poorly on Monday at the start of a four-day training programme. More than 200 teachers from the Greater Accra, Oti and Volta Regions who were invited on short notice to attend the training were left …

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Chinese supervisor assaults worker at site

A Chinese Supervisor at Zhongmei Engineering Group Limited, the construction company constructing the Pokuase Interchange has allegedly assaulted one of the Ghanaian workers at the site. In an interview with the GNA, the Secretary General of the General Construction, Manufacturing and Quarry Workers Union (GCMQWU), Mrs Comfort Agambaa, said she …

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14 illegal miners arrested at Kenyasi

Fourteen alleged Ghanaian illegal miners in the general area of Kenyasi and its environs in the Adansie North Districts of the Ashanti Region have been nabbed by Ashanti Forward Operating Base (FOB Ashanti) patrol team. The illegal miners were arrested on Monday 13 January 2020 by a patrol team led …

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JHS 1 student commits suicide

A 12-year-old first-year Junior High School (JHS) student last Monday morning shocked the residents of Aiyinabo in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region after he was found dead hanging in his room. He had used the mother’s headscarf to commit the act. The student, identified as Samuel Opoku-Boateng of …

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TUTAG members expected to return to work after court order

Teaching and learning at the various Technical Universities across the country is expected to commence today following an Accra High court order directing striking Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) members to return to work. The decision was arrived at after the National Labour Commission (NLC) secured a court …

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3rd Ghana Teacher Licensure Exams results out

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has released the results of the third Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE). A total of 27,171 out of the 34,724 candidates who sat for the examination representing 78.2 per cent passed the examination, while, 7,553 representing 21.8 per cent failed. A statement from the NTC …

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Blind orphanage director sells twins

Samuel Kwapong Darko, a visually impaired person, who is the owner of the Eye Of the Lord Day Care Centre located at Dzatsui-Newton near Nsawam in the Eastern Region, has been arrested together with his wife and three staff members for allegedly conspiring and selling 18 months old twins for …

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Intensify breast cancer education among youth- BCI

President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has called on stakeholders to intensify breast cancer education among the youth for a cancer free future. She explained that educating the youth on breast cancer will enable them to identify the specific threats and warning signs of breast cancer, …

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5 in custody over diversion of Peki SHS food items

Five persons are being held by the Volta Regional Police Command in connection with the alleged diversion of food items of Peki Senior High School in the South Dayi district to appease an auditor. The five include the driver who was initially arrested with the food items and the School’s …

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Read lady’s touching suicide note she left for her family

A corps member in Nigeria identified as  Bolufemi Princess Motunrayo has been confirmed dead, after allegedly committing suicide by taking a poisonous substance. The Kogi State University graduate of Banking and Finance, reportedly left a suicide note for her parents and siblings before the sad act. The short message addressed to …

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Three Chinese nationals arrested for engaging in illegal mining

Three Chinese nationals have been arrested for allegedly engaging in illegal mining at Fahiakobo, a town in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region. The three were arrested on Monday, January 6, 2020, by the Operation Vanguard Ashanti Forward Operating Base (FOB), led by Officer Commanding (OC), Captain AD …

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Three in critical condition after robbery near Koluedor at Ada

Three persons, a man and two women are currently battling for their lives as a result of gunshot wounds they sustained following an armed robbery attack on them at Salom-Madagbe near Koluedor in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region. According to residents, four armed robbers who disguised …

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Free SHS: Akuapem North Assembly to end Double-Track System

The Akuapem North Municipal Chief Executive, Dennis Aboagye, has assured that the Municipality is poised to be the first to end Double track system. The assurance by the MCE follows handing over of a 16 unit storey classroom block by a Contractor for academic use in Okuapeman Senior High School. …

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Teachers to undergo aptitude test before promotion – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced teachers in the country will now undergo aptitude test before they get promoted. According to a statement by the GES, the move is to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the promotion process. Other categories of teachers will undergo interviews and the aptitude test …

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C/R: Thieves break into EC, GWCL offices [VIDEO]

The offices of the Electoral Commission and the Ghana Water Company in Winneba in the Effutu Municipality of the Central Region have been burgled by suspected robbers. Speaking to mynewsghana, the Municipal Director of the Electoral Commission Madam Emilia Ama Akotia said four well-built robbers reportedly managed to tie up the …

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