CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Spain: Ghanaian arrested for killing another Ghanaian

A Ghanaian resident in Spain has allegedly killed another Ghanaian in a meat factory they both work. The Ghana Embassy in Madrid in a release stated that the Ghanaian national only identified as Michael K. (36 years old), on 24th September 2019 is alleged to have killed his Ghanaian co-worker …

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Drop ‘satanic’ sex education programme – Chief Imam

The National Chief Imam Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu has described the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education curriculum. According to him, Islamic teachings do not tolerate the exposure of children below age 10 to sex education. “We would like to state unequivocally that the Islamic Community does not accept any form …

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6 soldiers caged over coup plot

Six more soldiers have appeared before a Kaneshie District Court in Accra for their alleged involvement in plans to attack the Presidency and destabilise the country. The six ? including a female soldier ? are alleged to be members of a non-governmental organisation, Take Action Ghana (TAG), formed by Dr. …

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MASLOC boss faces legal action over rickshaws

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Ghana, under the Office of the President, Mr Stephen Amoah, faces legal action following an advertisement he allegedly caused to be published in the Wednesday, September 25, 2019 edition (page 44) of the Daily Graphic. Headed “INVITATION …

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Sex education sparks outrage in Ghana – BBC’s report

Parents and Christian groups in Ghana have pushed back against a planned introduction of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) for primary school children aged four. Education officials in Ghana say the Unesco programme will empower children with information on their sexuality and reproductive health issues. Director of the Ghana Education Service …

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Six more soldiers charged over alleged destabilization plot

Six other military personnel have been put before the Kaneshie District Court in connection with the alleged plot to topple the government. The six are WO2 Esther, Lance Corporal Ali Solomon, Lance Corporal Albert Baba Ibrahim, Lance Corporal Godwin Nii Ankrah, Lance Corporal Sylvester Akapewu and Lance Corporal Seidu Abubakar. …

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Girl, 13, defiled by two men

A 13-year-old class five female pupil of Etsi-Abeka Islamic Basic School at Abeka in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District has been defiled mercilessly by two young men aged 19 and 20 years. The girl (name withheld) tells Kasapa FM news she was sent by her grandma to go and mill …

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Otumfuo’s chief ‘killer’ remanded

Sadat Mohammed, aka Alhaji, the prime suspect in the gruesome murder of the Otumfuo’s Asamponhene, Oheneba Kwadwo Aforduo, has been remanded in police custody. Police investigators hauled him to the Asokore Mampong District Court after he was captured and brought to Kumasi last week to seek proper custody for him …

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Police destroy five acre weed farm

About five acre marijuana farm at Anum in the Eastern region has been destroyed by Police personnel deployed from the  Regional police Headquarters. Starr News has gathered the weed farm located in a secluded bush was destroyed Thursday September 26,2019 after intelligence by the Drug Law Enforcement Unit at the …

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Waiting to die: 180 on death row, no executions since 1993

Some 180 condemned prisoners are languishing on death row at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison because successive Presidents had, since 1993, refused to sign their death warrants. The condemned prisoners include 174 men and six women, with many of them being sentenced to death by hanging for murder. The Nsawam …

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12 soldiers grabbed in foiled coup plot

About twelve (12) serving soldiers including a senior officer have been fingered in the foiled coup d’etat and are currently being interrogated over their alleged involvement, MyNewsGh.com reports. According to sources available to this portal, some of them were actually informants and will be treated as such while others were …

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Kasoa police killings: Six set free

Six out of the seven accused persons facing trial over the alleged killing of two police officers at Kasoa in the Central region have been discharged by the court today. Six out of the 7 accused persons arraigned over  the killing of the two police officers at Kasoa in the …

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Salaga VRA pick-up ‘stolen’

Information reaching DGN Online indicates that a Toyota pickup with registration number GN 606 -18 belonging to the Salaga area Volta River Authority (VRA) has allegedly been stolen by unknown persons. The said pickup disappeared from the residence of the VRA company at Kanyitipe , a suburb of Salaga in …

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Sacked teacher-trainees attempting suicide as one consumes poison

Some dismissed Level 100 Students of the forty-six Colleges of Education in the country are reportedly attempting suicide. One of the affected students in Assin South in the Central region has reportedly committed suicide by drinking poison. Another student at Koforidua Asokore SDA College of Education told Starr News she …

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Coup plot: Suspects charged, remanded

Three alleged coupists arrested in Ghana recently have been charged with five counts by the Kaneshie District Magistrate’s Court. The three, Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm; Ezor Kafui and Mr Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu (aka BB or ADC) were charged with conspiracy to commit crime, to wit, manufacturing of arms and …

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State fails to charge ‘coup plotters’ with treason

The three individuals who are being held for attempting to attack the Presidency have been hit with five charges. The charges do not include treason as was earlier thought per the government statement. A government statement Monday said they planned to distabilise the country and also attempted to attack the …

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3 coup plotters for court today

Three (3) suspected coup plotters arrested last Friday in an attempt to overthrow the current government will be arraigned before a court today, September 24, 2019, MyNewsGh.com has gathered. It is not immediately known what charges may be preferred against all three but sources at the Bureau of National Investigation …

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BNI, CID foil coup plot on Jubilee House; three arrested

Government has announced a planned attack on the jubilee House has been detected and foiled by a combined team of CID and BNI operatives. The planned attack was intended to distabilise the country, government said in a statement. The said operation, according to a statement from the Information ministry, took …

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460 Teacher Trainees sacked nationwide

A total of four hundred and sixty (460) First Year Teacher Trainees in the 46 colleges of Education in the country have been dismissed. The Students were rusticated over poor academic performances by the University of Cape Coast which is the affiliating University of the colleges. The affected students are …

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Danger! Adolescents use weedicides for abortion

The Central Region Public Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has expressed worry about reports of adolescents resorting to weedicides to abort pregnancies. The Regional Director, Public Health, Dr Kwabena Sarfo, said that was worrying and an indication that comprehensive sexual education had to be intensified to reach all, …

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Woman arrested for selling bread baked with pig feed

A 52-year-old woman Akosua Dwamena has been arrested for allegedly using Pig feed to bake wheat bread at Obomeng in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region. According to the District Environmental Health Officer of the area Welbeck Afevia Dzidza, the arrest was made on Saturday evening. Speaking to …

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Two arrested in Accra for allegedly manufacturing guns, explosives

The Managing Director of Citadel Hospital, Dr Mac Pam is in the grips of the Bureau for National Investigation for allegedly engaging in illegal guns and explosives business. According to Citi News sources within the police service, Dr. Mac Pam allegedly manufactured the explosives and guns at the Citadel Hospital located at …

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Missing girls: We apologise for our silence – Women MPs

The Women Caucus in Parliament has apologised to Ghanaians over their “silence” in the Takoradi missing girls saga. The caucus was never heard on the issue as Ghanaians searched frantically for answers over the kidnapping of the girls who have now been confirmed dead. Speaking to Francis Abban on the …

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Audio: Man shoots best friend to death at Asarekrom

A hunter, identified only as Kofi, has allegedly shot his 47-year-old friend, Yaw Atta to death at Asarekrom in the Adansi South Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti region over a misunderstanding between them. According to reports, the incident happened on Wednesday morning during a communal labour by residents at Asarekrom …

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