Students of the Bongo Senior High School in the Upper East Region have been sent home to forestall chaos after the female students boycotted breakfast and lunch over allegations that their senior housemaster and some tutors often peep at them while nude in their dormitories.The students refused to go for …
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Zimbabwe caning: Court bans ‘inhuman’ juvenile punishment
Zimbabwe’s constitutional court has banned the caning of juvenile convicts as a judicial punishment. Nine judges decided that judicial corporal punishment was illegal under the country’s constitution. They ruled it was cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. While attitudes are changing, many parents in Zimbabwe still believe corporal punishment …
Read More »41 sacks of wee seized from farmer
The Drug and Law Enforcement Unit (DLEU) of Ghana Police Service yesterday arrested a 48-year-old farmer, John Kwabena Mosi, for allegedly possessing 41 sacks of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp at Broodi in the Tain District of the Bono Region. DAILY GUIDE gathered that the suspect, who is …
Read More »Abortion doctor arrested
A 45-year-old man who carried himself as a medical doctor and allegedly engaged in illegal abortion has been arrested by the Police at Esreso in the Bosomtwi District of the Ashanti region. Samuel Boateng popularly known as ‘Abortion Doctor’, is said to have no formal medical training, certificate or licence …
Read More »Driver’s mate jailed 10 years for smoking weed
An 18-year-old driver’s mate has been handed a ten-year jail term by the Juaben Circuit court for smoking Indian hemp and attempting to rape a minor. Maxwell Agyapong, a resident of Atimatim in the Afigya-Kwabre District, pleaded guilty and was convicted on his plea. Prosecuting, Police Chief Superintendent David Amoako, …
Read More »Police man robbed at gunpoint;GH₵80,000 stolen(Audio)
A police officer had the shock of his life when he was ambushed by armed robbers in broad daylight. The incident occurred on the N1 highway, in Accra, Wednesday. The robbers took away GH¢80,000.00. Narrating his ordeal to Adom News, the police officer said the two masked men fired warning shots …
Read More »Exams paper not ballot paper; erase Akufo-Addo’s face on it – NDC boy to GES
A youth activist of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the University of Education Winneba – Mampong Campus, Mr. Oscar Klabla Bedzra has charged the Ghana Education Service (GES) to take swift action to erase the photograph of President Akufo-Addo from the mock examination papers some students in the …
Read More »Luck eludes 2 robbers after two robberies within 30 minutes, one shot dead
Luck eluded two robbers at Tema Community 9 cemetery area in Accra as one has been arrested with the other shot dead. The two robbers according to a police report at about 5:30 am robbed a lady identified as Asantewaa Boakye-Yiadom at knife-point of her handbag containing cash of 280 …
Read More »‘Honourable’ arrested over alleged murder
Police have arrested three persons in connection with the killing of a man whose body was found at Fiankonya near Dodowa in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region. The suspects included a self-acclaimed honourable, said to be vying for the position of Vice Chairman of a popular …
Read More »Takoradi kidnapped girls: ‘We know where the girls are’ – CID boss
The Ghana Police Service has revealed that it is getting closer to finding three kidnapped girls, a saga that has grabbed the nation’s attention for months. “We know where the girls are,” the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah told reporters Tuesday. She appealed to …
Read More »Mobile money merchant robbed at knife point at Assin Domeabra
A mobile Money Merchant (namewitheld) has been robbed by four young guys of her Ghc 6000 and four phones at Assin Domeabra in the Assin South District in the Central region. The Assin South Police Commander DSP Okyere Andam in an interview said, two of the guys came to withdraw …
Read More »Police confirm arrest of Ahmed Suale’s ‘killer’ at Madina
Sources at the Ghana Police Service have confirmed to MyNewsGh.com that one suspect has indeed been picked up and is in the custody of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for the murder of a member of Tiger Eye PI. Police have declined giving further details of the suspect except …
Read More »Nigerian jailed 15 years for stabbing a lady
A 29-year-old Nigerian Solomon Okpewho who stabbed a lady three times on the arm and robbed her of hand bag was on Friday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. The hand bag contained the sum of GH¢200.00, Infinix Hot five mobile phone, and a National Health …
Read More »‘Call for VC’s resignation and UEW Council dissolution is unfortunate’ – SRC
The Students Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) said the call by the Alumini for the resignation of the Vice-Chancellor and the dissolution of the Governing Council of the University was unfortunate. It said the Vice Chancellor, Reverend Professor Anthony Afful-Broni, and the Governing Council, within …
Read More »NAM1 will be released from jail as soon as the Nigerian man called ’Ade’ is grabbed – NAM1’s publicist
It looks like things are getting worse by the days for the embattled boss of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah who we are being made to believe is still in prison. This whole thing started when reports came that Nana Appiah Mensah was trapped to go meet managers of Dubai-based gold …
Read More »Police arrests two for robbing Mobile Money vendor at Taifa Burkina
The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has arrested two persons who reportedly robbed a mobile money vendor around Taifa-Burkina, a suburb of Accra. The robbers, who were chased and knocked down by a driver had earlier made away with some money and fired shots at the occupant of the car. …
Read More »Court places ‘trotro’ driver, mate who assaulted policeman in custody
The ‘trotro’ driver and his mate who were captured on video allegedly assaulting a policeman, Constable Julius Mawuli Ekpe in Accra, have been remanded in police custody to reappear on April 1, 2019. When they appeared before the Weija Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Bernard Bentil, last Monday, the …
Read More »‘Wee master’ grabbed at Pantang
The Abokobi Police have arrested a 34-year-old man suspected to be the ring leader of a gang that has been selling Indian Hemp at Pantang village and its environs. Toufik Adams, aka Wee Master, was arrested with a quarter slab of dried leaves, seeds and powdered leaves, all suspected to …
Read More »Man slaughters brother at Nipahiamoa
Police in the Kintampo North Municipality of the Bono East region have mounted a search of a young man in his mid 30s who slaughtered his brother soon after they had dinner over what is yet to be established. According to the police who confirmed the unfortunate incident to …
Read More »‘Double-track’ teachers not paid salaries for 5 months
About 8000 teachers recruited by the government to facilitate the implementation of the controversial double track system under the Free SHS policy, have not been paid their salaries five months after their employment. The Ghana Education Service, which is in charge of processing of the newly recruited teachers for their …
Read More »We’ll not reinstate dismissed UEW Senior lecturers – Governing Council to Education Minister
The governing council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has rejected a directive by the Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh to reinstate three dismissed senior lecturers of the institution. It would be recalled that the Minister last week directed the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education Winneba …
Read More »59 foreign nationals arrested for galamsey
Fifty-nine foreign nationals from neighbouring African countries have been arrested by a team of police and Immigration officers at Adum Banso in the Mpohor district in the Western Region. Briefing Empire News in Takoradi, Head of Operations at the Western Regional Office of Ghana Immigration Service, Assistant Commissioner Immigration (ACI) …
Read More »Man jailed five years for attacking 102-year-old woman
A 27-year-old graphic designer who attacked a 102-year-old woman in his bid to rob her has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Joel Mawuli Mensa, who was charged with causing harm pleaded guilty. Mensa told the court that he thought that the old woman had …
Read More »ATEBUBU: Fakwasi Presby Basic School pupils study on floor
Students of Atebubu Fakwasi Presby Basic School in Atebubu/Amantin Municipality of the Bono East region are compelled to write on the floor due to lack of tables and chairs, especially those at KG 1&2. The school, established 17 years ago has not electricity power and has not seen any renovation; …
Read More »Police Arrest Two Students Over UEW Disturbances
The police have arrested two students of the University of Education, Winneba, over their refusal to vacate campus after clashes with the police on Thursday. Central regional police spokesperson DSP Irene Oppong said the duo have been handed over to the Winneba Police Command. “We went round to close the …
Read More »3 arrested for defrauding market women of GHC220,000
Information reaching DGN indicates that three persons have been arrested for allegedly defrauding several market women in Tamale. The suspects are Fuseini Adams, aged 49; Alhassan Karim, 54, and Saharatu Adams Lizy, 39. They are reported to have bought maize and beans amounting to Ghc 220,000 from the market women …
Read More »18 year-old auto electrician jailed 15 years for stealing mobile phone
An 18-year-old auto electrician, who robbed a woman of her mobile phone at Nima in Accra, has been jailed for 15 years by the Accra Circuit Court. Fuad Mohammed pleaded not guilty but after a two-year trial, the court presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh, found him guilty of hitting …
Read More »Two Senior Lecturers at UEW sacked by Vice Chancellor
Two senior lecturers of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have been summarily dismissed by the Vice Chancellor, Reverend Father Prof Anthony Afful-Broni according to a letter sighted by MyNewsGh.com. The two include; Professor Ephraim Avea Nsoh, Principal of the College of Languages Education at Ajumako and Dr. Frimpong Kakyire …
Read More »Police arrest 2 ‘fake’ security men at ADISCO speech day with Akufo-Addo in attendance
The police in Cape Coast in the Central Region have arrested two men for posing as members of the presidential security detail at the Jubilee House. The two men were arrested in Cape Coast Saturday morning at Adisadel College where a Speech and Prize Giving ceremony is being held. President …
Read More »WAEC to verify 2019 WASSCE candidates biometrically
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will, for the first time, capture the fingerprints of candidates who would be writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in 2019 as part of measures to curb impersonation. “In order to nip in the bud the growing trend of impersonation, the …
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