CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Coup plot: ACP Agordzo denied bail

ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo, who is facing a charge of treason, has been denied bail by an Accra High Court. ACP Agordzo was remanded into police custody by the Kaneshie Magistrate court and has been kept at the ministries police station since. The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court …

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Parked Ambulances: Special Dev’t Ministry responds to OccupyGhana

The Ministry of Special Development Initiatives has responded to the questions asked by pressure group, OccupyGhana over the government’s delay in distributing ambulances parked in front of the State House. OccupyGhana which is disappointed by the delay was demanding from the government an outline detailing its action plan on the …

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Mpraeso District Police arrest two armed robbers

The Mpraeso District Police have arrested two armed robbers believed to be part of a gang that rob passengers on the Adawso and Kotoso roads in the Eastern Region. Mr Francis Gomado, the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, said the suspects, identified as Osumanu Abubakari, …

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UDS appeals for completion of projects

The Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye, has appealed for the early completion of ongoing infrastructural projects in the university to ensure the smooth take-off of the Wa and Navrongo campuses as autonomous universities. He noted that the completion of ongoing projects would …

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The sad tale of Aninkroma D/A Basic School

If multiple nondevelopment challenges were a disease, the Aninkromah D/A basic school in the Atwima Nwabeagya District of the Ashanti Region, will be the exact embodiment of the condition. The community’s only school serving three hundred and seventy students is facing dire infrastructure challenges. Old clay built classrooms used by …

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Runaway Prince vanishes again after gay scandal

A 45-year-old native of Bodwensango Zongo in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, Prince Kwame Edward who run away to avoid being crowned the chief and Imam in 2014 as successor to his late father, has disappeared again without trace after he was caught red-handed with a gay partner in Accra …

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NDC chairman shot

The Amenfi Central Constituency Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Western Region has reportedly been shot. The unfortunate incident happened on Monday at Ankwaso, a village in the Amenfi Central District, during a traditional coronation of a new chief of the area. The Chairman, Daniel Appiah, …

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Halt 2020 BECE registrations – GNACOPS

The National Executive Council of the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has called on all private schools in the country to hold on with the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) registration process until the promise made by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that the government will absorb half …

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‘Sex for grades’: Gyampo, Butakor report ready – UG V-C

The committee set up by the University of Ghana (UG) to investigate allegations of sexual harassment made by the BBC against two lecturers of the University of Ghana has submitted its report to the management of the school, Vice-Chancellor Prof Ebenezer Oduro Owusu has revealed. Professor Ransford Gyampo and Dr …

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Woman, 40, kills husband, 65

A forty-year-old woman is helping the Police in Mim over her alleged murder of her husband after hitting his head with a club. The remains of the deceased, 65-year-old Yaw Awuah, has been deposited at Goaso Government hospital for preservation and autopsy. The incident happened at Kassre cottage, Gambia No1 …

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Man arrested for allegedly murdering brother

Mr Christopher Kucham, a resident of Dambai-Lakeside in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his younger brother Tanimnui Kucham to death. He was arrested by a group of people said to be his family members and handed over to the Krachi East …

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New curriculum was not rolled out in a rush – Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education has dismissed the assertion that the new curriculum for basic schools was rolled out in a rush. The absence of textbooks for pupils months after schools reopened has prompted criticisms from mostly educationists who questioned why the curriculum was rolled out without the availability of textbooks. …

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Pepsodent facilitates surgery for 2-year-old boy living with a tumor

Two-year-old Christian Baah, now has smiles restored to face after undergoing surgery to remove a benign tumor from his mouth, which had swollen and deformed his face. The surgery was facilitated by the Pepsodent toothpaste brand. Hailing from Mankessim in the Central region, Christian had lived with the benign tumor …

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Two children dead after being shot in farm at Kintampo

The Kintampo Divisional Police Command has started investigations into the death of two children at Krabonso-Adiambra in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region. The two died from wounds after they were shot whilst in a farm by an unknown person on Monday. The two, Gabriel Yinye, 10, …

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Driver bags five-year imprisonment for stealing fuel

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, on Wednesday, sentenced a 31-year-old driver, Nasiru Ibrahim, to five years imprisonment for stealing 1,200 litres of fuel. The Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Ibrahim after he pleaded guilty to stealing 1,200 litres of fuel from a tanker laden with petrol which he …

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Can you burn calories by having sex? We tell you the truth

1. How many calories do you burn while having sex A lot of people, including Khloé Kardashian, believe that a hot and sweaty session in between the sheets can double as a good workout. So, if you have ever wondered whether romping is the best calories-burner, you are not alone. …

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Two children dead after being shot on farm at Kintampo

The Kintampo Divisional Police Command has started investigations into the death of two children at Krabonso-Adiambra in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region. The two died from wounds after they were shot whilst on a farm by an unknown person on Monday. The two, Gabriel Yinye, 10, …

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Ebola vaccine approved as second jab trialled

A second Ebola vaccine is to be offered to around 50,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of a major clinical trial. The Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine will be used alongside a vaccine made by Merck, which has already been given to around 250,000 people. Merck’s …

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Police shoot and kill man who stabbed officer at Doboya

A 32-year-old man and a native of Daboya in the North Gonja District of Savannah Region, Abudulai Mustapha, is said to have been shot and killed by police personnel for allegedly stabbing another police officer with a knife. According to eyewitness accounts, a complaint was lodged at the Daboya Police …

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55,000 nurses recruited – Ofori-Atta

The government has recruited 55,000 nurses to enhance healthcare delivery, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed when he delivered the 2020 budget to Parliament on Wednesday, 13 November 2019. Apart from recruitments into the health sector, Mr Ofori-Atta said the government has also recruited tens of thousands of people into various …

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‘Fake’ soldier busted at Asomdwee Park

One Isaac Akomah has been arrested by soldiers at the Asomdwee Park in Accra for impersonation. The said suspect was spotted by an informant who alerted WO1 Roland Adongo and WO2 Awudu Ekomato, who were on duty at the Osu Castle on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 around 3pm. In a …

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Sex for Grades: 10 lecturers sacked, 7 suspended

The Kenule Beeson Polytechnic, Bori formerly known as Bori Polytechnic, has sacked 10 lecturers in connection with sex for grades Rector of the Institution, Onengiye Goergewill disclosed this when the Rivers State House of Assembly Committee on Education visited the school on oversight function. Georgewill said apart from the sacked …

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Robbers hack NNPC worker to death

A gang of armed robbers has reportedly killed a security guard attached a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) Station, in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The guard, simply identified as Moses was killed around 1:30 am on Sunday when the station had shut down its operation for the day. Sources …

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4 arrested over fake alcoholic beverages

The Police At Kpeshie Division have apprehended four persons including a 16 year old boy for allegedly producing several quantities of fake alcoholic beverages with the labels of Gihoc distilleries Ghana limited. Three of the suspects have been identified as Armah Mensah, 53, Alabi Borteye 47 and Isaac Laryea 20 …

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