CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

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; …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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Church Elder Declared Wanted For Impregnates Step Daughter

Police in the Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region have declared a 50-year-old church elder Kwabena Asiamah wanted for allegedly impregnating his 15-year-old stepdaughter (name withheld). He allegedly had sexual intercourse with his stepdaughter several times in the bush. The man reportedly fled on Wednesday dawn after a …

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Mortuary workers call off strike after three days

The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has called off its nationwide strike “for now” after three days of disrupted services. The decision was taken on Thursday after the leadership of the group met with the National Labour Commission. The association declared an indefinite strike for its members on Tuesday, …

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Armed Robbers Takes over the Sawla to Damongo

Armed robbers in the early hours of yesterday Sunday ambushed and succeeded  in robbing passengers onboard a Bole bus on its way to Tamale early in the morning with another  in the evening. Speaking to Bole based Nkilgi Fm reporter in Damongo Zion Abdul Rauf in Damongo after the incident, …

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Standards Authority, CID closes down illegal gas cylinder plant

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) in collaboration with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Police Service on Friday closed down a gas cylinder manufacturing plant in Oyarifa for operating illegally. George Anti, the Business Development Manager of the Authority in an interview said the Authority had a tip-off of a …

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Robbers attack fire officer

One out of three suspected armed robbers who attacked a senior fire officer and robbed him of his mobile phone has been arrested. Suspect Daniel Amevor and his friends, according to the police, attacked Leading Fire Man (LFM) Paul Fofie in front of the Ghana National Fire Service Training School …

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Man fined for unlawfully entering Cape Coast Castle

    A Cape Coast Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday handed down a fine of Gh¢300.00 to Emmanuel Quansah, a 22-year-old trader for unlawfully entering the Cape Coast Castle and harassing tourists. The convict sneaked through the “door of no return” and entered the main castle and proceeded to the “male …

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419 scam group arrested in Ghana

Mr. Elikplim Selassie De-Ben, the alleged mastermind of a 419 (scam) group that defrauded several Ghanaians through a so-called Mass Social Welfare Scheme (MSWS), has been arrested by the Odorkor Police in Accra. Selassi, currently in police custody, was arrested last Tuesday at Akropong in the Eastern Region after a …

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