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 …
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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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, …
Read More »Latest Anas investigations targeting powerful people – Lawyer Kissi Agyabeng
Lawyer and for undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Kissi Agyabeng has revealed that the only thing that has changed in a mode of operation of his client is the fact he is now going after the powerful persons in the country, MyNewsGh.com reports. He observed that unlike in time past …
Read More »NKAWKAW BRANCH: Operations managers of Fidelity Bank ‘steal’ GHC 112,550
Branch and operations managers of Fidelity Bank at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region are being investigated by the Police in the area for allegedly stealing 112,550 cedis from the bank. Gabriel Yamoah Appiah, the branch manager and Evans Amoakohene, the operations manager, were detained yesterday, and are also being investigated …
Read More »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, …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Barber jailed 10 years for sexually molesting mentally retarded minor
A barber who defiled a 15-year-old mentally retarded girl at Adenta Housing Down has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. This was after Osman Alhassan aged 28, was found guilty on the charge of defilement at the end of the trial presided over by Mrs …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Major Mahama’s killers will surely suffer penalty – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo is confident the court will bring finality to the case involving the murder of army officer Maj. Maxwell Mahama who was lynched at Denkyira Obuase while performing a national duty in 2018. Fourteen people are standing trial for the killing but it’s unclear when the court will pass …
Read More »Meet UK-Based Ghanaian Who Is Scamming Young Ghanaian Women With Marriage Proposal
The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine! Time has apparently catch-up with young UK-based Ghanaian, who has mastered the draft of duping unsuspecting Ghanaian women on social media in an extraordinary faction. The Ghanaian prema-donna, who has been described in some circles as an embodiment of insolence …
Read More »Gospel musician Joan Abena Pokuaa to launch first album on March 2014
Versatile gospel musician Joan Abena pokuaa is set to release her first album on 9th March, 2014 at the Full Gospel Assembly of Ghana behind Dymes. The album titled “Onyame Adwene” has 8 tracks featuring popular and notable musicians including Ernest Opoku. The album which has eight tracks opens with …
Read More »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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