CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

About 7000 Caterers Under School Feeding Paid

Close to 7,000 caterers who cocked under the Ghana School Feeding Programme for the third term of the 2018/19 academic year have been paid, Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Mrs. Cynthia Morrison has confirmed. “So everyone is expected to receive payment today, [Thursday November 28] as has been confirmed …

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Kuamsi: Suspected thief stoned to death at Dichemso

A suspected thief has been stoned to death by residents of Dichemso Plaza Hotel in Kumasi, after they accused him and two other’s of snatching a lady’s mobile phone. The suspect believed to be in his thirties was reportedly apprehended by some angry vigilante group who witness the scene around …

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Grant Us Our Freedom- UEW SRC of Kumasi and Mampong Campuses to Government

The Students’ Representative Council of University of Education Winneba, Kumasi and Mampong Campuses whose core mandate is to promote the general welfare and interest of students, coordinating the social, cultural, intellectual and recreational activities of the students in the University have appealed to the government of the day to give …

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Woman narrates how she got raped at police station

A lady who only gave her name as Gladys has narrated how a policeman raped her as a precondition to helping her bail out her husband. Gladys who hails from the Northern part of Ghana said she travelled to Nkwanta in the Oti Region upon hearing that her husband was …

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Step mum arrested for torturing 2-year-old boy with electric heater

A lady, who tortured her two-year-old stepson with electric water-heater, has been arrested and charged for causing harm. Abena Tawiah who claims to be 17 years, a resident of Afari in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region, allegedly plugged an electric water-heater until it reached a boiling point …

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Ghanaian nurses are very ungrateful – Fmr Health Ministry PRO

Robert Cudjoe, the immediate past Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Health, has thrown a jab at Ghanaian unemployed nurses and midwives, labelling them as ungrateful beings. Responding to calls made by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, urging government to recruit 40,000 nurses and midwives within the …

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Audio: Man stabbed in the scrotum over land dispute

A 40-year-old man is fighting for his life after being stabbed in the scrotum over an alleged land dispute. The victim, Sampson Bortey, was said to have been attacked by some land guards on a disputed land at Gomoa Mafam near Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central …

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Over 400 trained teachers cry for jobs

About 400 unemployed graduate teachers have appealed to the government and the Education Ministry to have them immediately posted. According to them, despite graduating from the various Colleges of Education, they are yet to be posted to the various senior high schools in the country. President of the coalition of …

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23-year-old arrested for throwing faeces at passersby

A 23-year-old man has been arrested after being accused of throwing faeces at five people on three different occasions. He allegedly threw liquefied faeces which he held in a bucket at passersby in three different locations between Friday afternoon and Monday night in Toronto. The accused, Samuel Opoku was arrested in the …

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Five members of Rev. Obofuor’s church arrested

Five members of the Anointed Place Chapel, a church founded by Francis Antwi, popularly known as Rev. Obofuor, have been arrested after they attacked officials of the Tema West Municipal Assembly on Monday. The Head of the Local Government Service, Nana Ato Arthur in a Citi News interview said the …

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NDC communicator, others arrested over NPP office burning

An NDC communications officer has been arrested alongside 19 others over the burning of an NPP officer at Salaga. The arrest was done in dawn swoop by a joint Police and military team on Tuesday. The suspects are currently at the Tamale regional police command. Reports suggest the NDC communicator …

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[VIDEO]: Man shoots wife and commits suicide

A man, identified as Kwadwo Oppong Owuo, has reportedly committed suicide after allegedly shooting his wife, Yaa Sophia who is in a critical condition at Berekum- Biadan, a district in the Bono region. Though the reason for Mr Owuo’s action is still unknown, the wife’s father suspects their marital issues …

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GES procures 400k ‘pasco’ for first batch of free SHS students

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has procured four hundred thousand (400,000) sets of questions and answer booklets from the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) for distribution to the first batch of beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School policy preparing to write their final examination April next year. The exams …

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Gun men shoot 6, kill 3 at Oti Region

Three of six persons shot at Pai Kantanka, a farming community in the Oti Region have been confirmed dead. The clashes are resultant of a decade of chieftancy dispute. A local reporter, Nana Agyeman who confirmed the news to ghanaweb narrated that gunmen stormed the house of Nana Diawuo Bediako …

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25 year-old woman murdered at Sepase

A 25-year-old woman has allegedly been murdered at Sepase, near Abuakwa in the Ashanti Region. Fair in complexion and identified as Obaa Yaa, the woman was found dead in an uncompleted building last Sunday morning. It was unclear what might have caused the death but a brother of the deceased, …

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Driver shot dead in Ekumfi highway robbery [Audio]

A driver, only identified as Arhinful, has been shot dead in a highway robbery that occurred at Ekumfi in the Central Region around 4:00 am Friday morning. Arhinful was reported to be transporting foodstuffs in his vehicle with registration number GT 5863- 19 to Accra when the the unfortunate fate …

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