The Ghana Police Service has detailed how two of its officers were gruesomely killed in broad daylight my armed robbers at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region. According to a situational police report sighted by MyNewsGh.com, at about 1pm on Wednesday August 28, 2019 the police administration received information that …
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Wanted: Police release photo of Eric Kojo Duah, Buduburam cops killing suspect
The Ghana Police Service has released the photograph of Eric Kojo Duah, the main suspect in the killing of two police officers at Gomoa Buduburam near Kasoa in the Central Region on Wednesday. The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has placed a GH¢10,000 bounty on the head …
Read More »WAEC yet to release 2019 BECE results
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it is yet to release the results for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School Candidates. A message from the council said it “would duly make an announcement when the results are released”. It, therefore, asked the public to ignore messages …
Read More »Five police officers killed in last 30 days
Family of slain police officer, Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal, wants his body released for speedy burial in accordance with Islamic customs. They believe his death is an act of God, hence the need to commit his soul to Allah. Brother of the deceased, Sawaba Musa, revealed this on Adom FM’s …
Read More »Family of slain policeman wants body for burial
Family of slain police officer, Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal, wants his body released for speedy burial in accordance with Islamic customs. They believe his death is an act of God, hence the need to commit his soul to Allah. Brother of the deceased, Sawaba Musa, revealed this on Adom FM’s …
Read More »IGP places GH¢10,000 bounty on cops’ killer
The acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has placed a GH¢10,000 bounty on the head of Eric Kojo Duah, who is alleged to be the main suspect involved in the killing of two policemen. The police yesterday afternoon arrested three other suspects — Ibrahim Zakaria, Isaac Amissah …
Read More »It’s Madness To Import New GES Uniform – Textile Workers
The Textiles Workers Union has raised concerns over the alleged importation of the new uniforms introduced by the Ghana Education Service (GES). They say the move makes no sense at all. The new uniform, which was introduced in April this year, was met with criticism as some said it was …
Read More »How a father slept with his four daughters in 10 years – 27-year-old recounts experience
A 27-year-old lady has recounted a sad story of how her father broke her virginity and that of her three younger sisters, one being a cripple. According to her, the act of incest began immediately after she completed Junior High School and has remained the case for the past 10 …
Read More »Two jailed for mining in Desiri Forest Reserve
The Nkawie Circuit Court has sentenced two illegal miners caught prospecting for gold in the Desiri Forest Reserve to three years imprisonment each. The court also confiscated four motorbikes used by 42-year-old Kwabena Yeboah and his 41-year-old accomplice, Akwasi Yeboah in the illegal activity. The duo were arrested by a …
Read More »Woman, 27, found dead in lover’s room
A 27-year-old woman, who was in search of accommodation, has reportedly been found dead in her boyfriend’s room in Accra. According to her brother, James Boafo, who confirmed the incident to Adom News, it is unclear what triggered the death of his sister after she left their house in Tema …
Read More »Two police officers shot dead by robbers at Kasoa
Two police officers have been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Aplaku Kasoa in the Central region Wednesday afternoon. The officers, with the Kasoa divisional command, were engaged in a gun battle with the suspected robbers after they gave them a chase upon a tip off. One of the …
Read More »Scam police recruiters remanded
The two men nabbed by police operatives for allegedly engaging in a recruitment scam into the police service have pleaded not guilty to three counts of defrauding by false pretence. Bernard Kwesi Amanor-Wayo, 47, and Emmanuel Sackey, 55, were arrested on August 23, 2019 at the Golden Tulip Hotel in …
Read More »Seven suspected Chinese illegal miners arrested
Seven Chinese nationals suspected of mining illegally in the Western region have been arrested. The Operation Vanguard team picked up the seven in a day-long patrol conducted Monday in the general area of Aniamote in the Wassa Akropong District. Li Jiaming, 45, Qin Weida, 45, Yang Rong, 37, Lixu Rong, …
Read More »Father, 33, allegedly kills baby hours after birth
A 33-year-old man has been arrested by the Police in Akatsi at a village called Bekpo located in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region for allegedly killing a baby girl hours after she was given birth to, by his wife. Amidu Ibrahim was arrested after the wife and …
Read More »Boy found hanged at Suame Market
A young man believed to be in his 20s has been allegedly killed at Suame Market in the Suame Municipality. The boy was found hanged with school cardigan trouser behind a corn mill wooden structure at the market. He was allegedly beaten and butchered before being hanged by his attackers. …
Read More »Uniformed policeman arrested for leading a 3-man robbery gang
A uniformed policeman was on Thursday, August 26, 2019 arrested by police at Esaase-Manhyia near Ahwerewa near Nkawie in the Ashanti Region for leading a 3-man robbery gang. Lance Corporal Evans Ahenkan of Court Unit with service number 46788 with two of his accomplices were said to have been arrested …
Read More »GHS outlines immunisation schedule against polio
Children between zero and 59 months old living in six districts of the country will from September 4 to 7, this year, be vaccinated against polio. The areas to be covered are Chereponi, Bumkurugu, Gushegu, Saboba, Tamale and Sagnarigu. The exercise, Round Zero of Three Rounds of Polio Immunisation, is …
Read More »Rotation nurses and Midwives to withdraw services over non-payment of salaries
The Coalition of Rotation Nurses and Midwives has given government and other stakeholders in the health sector a one-month ultimatum to address salary issues confronting members or risk a complete withdrawal of service by members of the association. The coalition claim its members have not been paid since April 2019. …
Read More »E/R: Operation Vanguard arrests 20 suspected illegal miners
Operation Vanguard personnel in the Eastern Region on Sunday morning at about 02:00 hours arrested 20 suspected illegal miners during a search operation in the general area of the Kibi Zongo Township. The illegal miners made up of 15 Nigerians, a Bissau Guinean and four locals had been handed over …
Read More »Teachers ill-prepared for rushed new curriculum – Educationist
A quality education specialist with the SOS Villages Ghana has indicated that the new curriculum for basic and high schools is being rushed. Beginning the 2019 – 2020 academic years, Ghana will be moving towards a standardized practical based curriculum with national assessment examinations to be written in classes two, …
Read More »Court jails 6 men who flogged boy in viral video, fined GHC1,200 each
A Magistrate court in Enchi in the Western North Region on Thursday, August 22, 2019 has sentenced six men who mercilessly flogged a young man recently for allegedly flouting the chief’s orders to 40 days imprisonment with hard labour. The convicts, Bullu Adjei, Alfred Ban in Obboye, Kwasi Kah, Stephen …
Read More »Photos+Audio: Woman, 22, found dead in lover’s room
A 22-year-old woman, identified as Vera Adu, has been found dead in her boyfriend’s room at Adu Gyemfi near Sowutwom in the Greater Accra region. Unconfirmed reports have it that the boyfriend allegedly poisoned her when she paid a visit to him. It is, however, unclear what would trigger the …
Read More »There Is A Rule In The Game
I certainly can not be happy with comments from some of the aspirants who did not emerge victorious at yesterday’s primaries. It can’t be justify in anyway, but I believe we must give them the second chance. We can not throw the baby away with the bath water. There are …
Read More »Missing Takoradi girls: Nigerian authorities arrest wanted suspect
Operatives of Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition in Trafficking of Persons (NAPTIP) have arrested a man accused of being involved in kidnapping Ghanaian girls to Nigeria. According to The Nation, the suspect Chika Nnodim is believed to be part of a cross border criminal gang including kidnapping and have …
Read More »Midwife converts ‘aboboyaa’ into ambulance; saves life of mother, new baby
Belinda Zumebome, a young Ghanaian midwife in the Asikiri CHPS compound, Bawku Municipal Assembly, has received national praise for her humane service to a birthing mother. The 29-year-old midwife was captured in a photo transporting a mother who had just given birth in a tricycle to a referral health facility …
Read More »UPSA introduces ‘dual qualification’ for students
The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), as part of its new academic policy has introduced what the University termed, as the “dual qualification scheme” for all its students. Under the dual qualification scheme which will begin this (2019/2020) academic year, students who enroll in a degree programme will compulsorily …
Read More »‘It was 419, I did not mean to rob her’ – Suspect
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 44-year-old trader into police custody for allegedly robbing a businesswoman. Ebenezer Larbi pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and robbery. He told the Court that he and his accomplice did not mean to rob their victim but just played a “419” trick on her. …
Read More »PHOTOS: Young Lady Flogged Mercilessly By Her Uncle With A Cutlass
In a sad report, a young lady has been flogged by her uncle and her uncle used a sharp cutlass to commit such atrocity. According to sources, she was flogged by the uncle because she expressed herself in an argument which involved her and her uncle. Per what we have …
Read More »GES releases GHC 7.6m for curriculum training participants
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disbursed a further transportation allowance of GHC50 per person to participants of the just ended curriculum training programme. The money has been released to the districts through GES’ regional offices. A total of 152,000 KG to class 6 teachers across the country participated in …
Read More »Dismissed police officer among arrested robbers
It has been established that one of the three suspected armed robbers paraded Friday at the Koforidua Central Police Station is a dismissed Police Officer. Eric Agyei alias Kuma, 48, the dismissed officer and his accomplices – Samuel Appiah, a 35-year-old Wood Carver and Mutakilu Sadiq, 41, a driver – …
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