A policeman has shot a driver’s mate in the leg over an alleged refusal to pay bribe at a police barrier at Inchaban in the Western Region. The 25-year-old John Essandoh has since Friday when the incident happened, been transported to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra for the bullet …
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Over 15,000 personnel fired up ahead of the yuletide – IGP
The Ghana Police Service has deployed over 15, 000 personnel across the country ahead of the Christmas and new year festivities, says the Inspector General Police, Mr James Oppong-Boanuh This, he believes would clamp down on the activities of criminals and also maintain law and order during the Christmas festivities. …
Read More »Former MP’s alleged killers trial adjourned
A High Court in Accra has adjourned the case of Daniel Asiedu and Vincent Bossu, the two suspects who are being held for the murder of former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North,Joseph B. Danquah Adu to January 9, next year. When the matter was called, the trial judge indicated …
Read More »‘If you don’t moan loudly during sex you’ll produce inactive kids’ – Female pastor
The General Overseer of the City of Praise WorldWide Prophetic Ministries has advised women to stop moaning in silence when their husbands are making love to them, saying women who don’t moan loudly during sex end up producing inactive children. According to the Nigerian Prophetess Patience Akpabio, “Nigeria is at …
Read More »Christmas: Expired food products flood Koforidua markets
Some traders in the Eastern Regional Capital, Koforidua, have flooded the market with expired products to outwit unsuspecting consumers rushing to buy products for the yuletide. The perpetrators allegedly sneaked onto the market with products that have expiration dates as far back as 2017. However luck has eluded some of …
Read More »VIDEO: Over 100 passengers robbed by armed men at Potsin Junction
Over 100 commuters including market women have been robbed by armed men on the Accra-Cape-Coast highway. The unfortunate incident occurred around 6:30 pm on Wednesday at a place called Tonisco, immediately after Potsin Junction. In an interview with Adom News, some of the victims said, they were coming from Agona-Swedru …
Read More »NLC explains reason for court order against striking teachers
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has explained its decision to secure a court order against three teacher unions whose members are currently striking. The Commission’s Executive Secretary, Ofosu Asamoah, has explained that the decision was made because of the teachers’ failure to follow due process. The NLC, on Wednesday, filed …
Read More »We’ll go back to the classrooms but you can’t force us to teach – Teacher unions to NLC
The striking teacher unions have said that the National Labor Commission (NLC) can compel them to return to the classrooms but cannot force them to teach. The NLC secured a court order to stop the teachers from continuing its strike action. This was after the teachers defied a ruling by …
Read More »Nursing mother, 5 others arrested for robbery
Six suspected armed robbers including a nursing mother have been arrested by the Accra regional police command for robbery. The suspects have been identified by the police as Moses Tetteh Kaizer, 20, machine operator; Louis Mawunyor Dzedzom, 37, driver; Kwame Takyi Haruna Owu, 25, driver; Kwabena Otibu, 29, phone repairer; …
Read More »3-year-old girl defiled by man, 35; police tells mother to produce suspect
A 35-year-old man is on the run after he repeatedly defiled a 3-year-old girl at Ashorman in Accra. The victim lived with her mum in a wooden structure of an eatery where she worked as an assistant to the chop bar owner. The confessed suspect also works with the eatery, …
Read More »Medical breakthrough in Ghana as Korle Bu performs 4 kidney transplants
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), in collaboration with Transplant Links UK, has performed successful kidney transplant for four patients with kidney conditions in a major breakthrough in local medical practice. The transplant team at the KBTH was led by surgeons Dr Bernard Morton and Dr James Edward Mensah, and …
Read More »Gay man gets 10-year jail term for sodomizing 13-year-old
A 21-year old tricycle rider and resident of Adagya in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti region has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for having unnatural carnage of a Class 6 pupil. The Bekwai Circuit Court heard 13-year old boy was lured and served with an energy drink …
Read More »TRENDING: Video of SHS Students Spotted Kissen In The Classroom Goes Viral
The video of some suspected secondary school students who were passionately making out in a classroom has hit the internet. According to the video, the two male students was seen with female fellow students around the four corners of the classroom as they engaged in a passionate job As at …
Read More »Cash and carry looms as Private Health Facilities demand arrears from NHIA
Private Health Facilities in Ghana (PHFAoG) has threatened to withdraw their services if the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) does not pay their ten (10) months claims in arrears by 16th of December, 2019 to alleviate the intensity of their woes and distress The association said the delay in payments …
Read More »Court orders striking teachers to resume work
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an injunction to compel the striking teacher unions to immediately resume work. The court order also barred the teachers from continuing with the strike which has been in effect since Monday. Meanwhile, the teachers say forcing them to the classroom in spite of …
Read More »Six remanded over Mankessim shooting
The Cape Coast District Court 2 presided by her honour Gloria Mensah Bonsu has remanded into police custody six suspects in connection with the Mankessim shooting. The six were arrested on Saturday at Mankessim after a shooting incident during the enstoolment of Queen Mother, Nana Araba Otua. Speaking to Adom …
Read More »Man arrested for stabbing his uncle to death
Police in Nsawam have arrested Kwame Alibo, a 32-year-old unemployed of Oparekrom, a suburb of Nsawam for allegedly stabbing his uncle, Sampson Kumi, to death. The suspect is assisting the Police in their investigations. Briefing the Ghana News Agency, Superintendent Marian Osei-Adu Owusu, Nsawam District Police Commander said the incident …
Read More »80% of HIV patients in Ghana are Christians – AIDS Commission
The Ghana AIDS Commission has revealed that Christians constitute about 80 per cent of Persons Living HIV (PLHIV) in Ghana. Officials attribute the trend to less active social mobilisation and community participation in the campaign on risk behaviours. Speaking at an event in to mark World Aids Day at Kwadaso …
Read More »How BNI officer was shot at Mankessim
Disturbing details have emerged about how the Mfantsiman Municipal Director of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) was murdered at Mankessim last Friday without any provocation. On that fateful day, Samuel Ampofo appeared to have been targeted by the man who shot and killed him reportedly from a pump-action gun. …
Read More »Tilapia seller butchered at Yeji
James Naah, a tilapia seller at Yeji in Pru East District of the Bono East region, has been reportedly butchered by some armed robbers. Information gathered indicated that the incident occurred around 5:30pm, Sunday. Confirming the incident on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem Monday, Yaw Mensah, brother of the …
Read More »Coup plot: Court adjourns treason trial to December 19
The Kaneshie District Court on Wednesday adjourned the treason trial involving ten persons to December 19. This was to enable the prosecution to continue with its investigation. The court presided over by Mrs Eleanor Kakra Barnes-Botchway asked prosecution whether it had filed the Bill of Indictment (BI) of the prosecution …
Read More »Teacher Unions sabotaging us with their strike – Govt
Government has described the ongoing strike by Teacher Unions as sabotage after their meeting with the unions ended inconclusively. Government’s meeting with the teacher unions to resolve the issue of legacy arrears did not end well, the PRO for the Education Ministry, Vincent Ekow Assafuah speaking to Joy FM accused …
Read More »SHS closed over bedbugs
A piece of information gathered has it that the Students at Mayani Secondary School in Dedza have been sent home following the temporary closure of the institution due to an outbreak of bedbugs. The school, like many other schools in the country, was supposed to close this term on 21 …
Read More »25-year-old man arrested for allegedly killing sex worker in Dansoman
The Dansoman Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Prosper Nii Aku, who is suspected to have killed a 40-year-old woman. According to the police report, the lady is believed to be a prostitute who was picked up by Nii Aku at about 11 pm last Wednesday evening to his …
Read More »Chantan Zone Of COP Supports Experimental Schools
Chantan, Nii Okaiman and Israel Districts of the Church of Pentecost in the Kaneshie Area on Thursday, 5th December, 2019, visited and donated 100 bags of cement worth GHC 3, 100.00 to the Abeka Motorway Basic School and Chantan M. A. Experimental Basic School which share a common compound as …
Read More »Tamasco finds teacher guilty of rape
A sports teacher of the Tamale Senior High School (TAMASCO), Razak Alhassan aka Starboy, has been found guilty of sexual misconduct. This was contained in a report issued by a Disciplinary Committee investigating an alleged rape case against Mr. Alhassan. The report signed by Rev. Edward Azeka, Headmaster of the …
Read More »How Bole chief was shot dead by assailants while watching TV
Brother of murdered chief of Tinga in the Bole District in the Savannah region, Issah Bala, has revealed how his brother was shot dead by some unknown assailants. Speaking exclusively on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem on Monday, he said his brother, Francis Tipoe, was shot while watching television …
Read More »‘We don’t trust anything government says again, we are disappointed’ – GNAT
Three teacher unions in the country are currently on strike over delay in payment of legacy arrears due them. The unions: the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) said they will not resume work until they …
Read More »Teachers begin strike today over unpaid salaries
Teachers across the country’s public schools are this morning beginning a strike to demand payment of their salary arrears. Three unions, the Ghana National Association of Teachers(GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers(NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers(CCT) had earlier given Education officials a December 5, 2019 deadline to …
Read More »Girls in rural areas forced to exchange sex for sanitary pads
Accessing Menstrual Management Products in rural parts of Ghana is still a challenge forcing many teenage girls to sometimes exchange sex for Sanitary pads. The high prevalence of poverty in rural parts of Ghana continues to worsen the plight of young girls who in desperate attempts to have menstrual hygiene …
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