CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

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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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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3 persons confess to stealing from GRA

At the Kpetoe District Court on Wednesday, 8 January 2020, three persons arrested by the Kpetoe District Police for stealing from the Ghana Revenue Authority premises in Kpetoe confessed to the crime. The three, Badawusu Kwadzo James aged 18, Bedu Godsway aged 21 and Agbowali John aged 21, pleaded guilty …

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YENDI: Police arrest kidnapper of 10-year-old boy

Police have arrested Mahamadu “Fulani” a herdsman who kidnapped a 10-year-old boy from Kintampo and demanded a ransom of twenty thousand Ghana Cedis (GHS20,000.00) before his release, in Yendi. On 6th January, 2020 at Kintampo in the Bono East Region, suspect Mahamadu Fulani took the boy along with cattle belonging …

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Ghana Card: 5 arrested for registration malpractices

Four officials of the National Identification Authority (NIA) and one other person have been arrested by the police for engaging in various registration offences and malpractices during the ongoing mass Ghana card registration exercise being conducted in the Ashanti Region by the NIA. The arrests, which occurred between 3rd and …

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GES to publish performances of second cycle schools – Dr. Adutwum

Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed that his outfit would soon be publishing the performances of second cycle schools to the public. Speaking at an education forum on the theme, ‘Ghana’s transformation agenda on education, basic and Secondary’, Dr. Osei Adutwum said the objective is for …

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Man busted for shooting girlfriend in hotel room

A 42-year-old man identified as Edwin Awuku has shot and killed her girlfriend at the Ceder Cresent Hotel at Danyame, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region where they checked-in together police investigations have revealed. According to the Police, there was no armed robbery attack at the Hotel as was reported by …

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Man, 42, shoots dead girlfriend at Cedar Cresent Hotel

A 42-year-old man known as Edwin Awuku has been arrested by the Kumasi Police after he shot dead his girlfriend at the Cedar Cresent Hotel at Danyame. Police Investigation into the alleged murder revealed that the deceased was shot and killed by the suspect after he reported the incident as …

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Govt to introduce new emergency call number for ambulance service

The Special Development Initiatives Ministry headed by Mavis Hawa Koomson, under which the procurement of ambulances for each constituency as promised by President Nana Akufo-Addo falls, says a new emergency number for the ambulance service will be introduced soon. The government procured 307 ambulances in total in line with a …

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Woman held for slashing Hostel Manager’s throat

Jessica Bright, a 25-year-old lady has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court allegedly slashing the throat of a Hostel Manager with a knife after the manager threw away her belongings over rent expiration. Jessica unemployed charged with use of an offensive weapon, pleaded not guilty, and the court presided over …

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TUTAG declares strike

Members of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) have declared a strike effective immediately, following the non-payment of their allowances. The strike by TUTAG follows what they describe as the government’s failure to migrate them onto the public universities’ salary structure. They are also demanding an increase in …

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Today in 2015: Nayele Ametefe jailed 8 years

On November 16, 2014, Nayele Ametefe, a Ghanaian woman with Austrian citizenship was arrested at London’s Heathrow airport with 12 kg of cocaine worth 1.9 million Pounds. She was convicted and handed a jail term of eight years and eight months on January 6, 2015. A Ghanaian court presided over …

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Double-Track will end soon – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has likened the Double Track System to first and Second Church Service which allows Church members as many as possible to have equal access to listen to the Word of God. According to him, the Double Track System under the Free Senior High School …

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Children with disabilities being denied early Childhood Education

Many parents of children with disabilities in the Eastern Region of Ghana continue to deny their children access to education. Out of the handful of parents who admit their children in special schools at the right age, majority waste early childhood education of the children after years of failed desperate …

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Delay distribution of ambulances – Health Minister begs Akufo-Addo

The National Ambulance Service and the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu have urged the President, Nana Akufo-Addo to delay the intended distribution of some 275 ambulances to each of the constituencies in Ghana. The President had indicated in a press encounter in 2019 that the ambulances would be distributed …

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New JHS uniforms not compulsory – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports that it has contracted a foreign firm to design the new school uniforms to be used in junior high schools from the 2019/2020 academic year. It said, “it has not imported, neither, has it contracted any individual, locally or internationally to bring …

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