CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

44,000 teachers fail teacher licensure examinations

Over 36% of teachers who wrote the 2022 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination have failed, according to the registrar for the National Teaching Council, Christian Addai-Poku. The percentage represents 44,000 out of the 120,000 teachers who sat for the examination. Speaking about the poor performance of the candidates, the registrar remarked …

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Court remands 2 for threat to upload nude on social media

Two men have been remanded in prison by an Ogba magistrates’ court in Lagos, for reportedly threatening to post nude pictures of a woman on social media.   The men identified as Hillary Ogbodo (23) and Joseph Chukwudi (23), allegedly took the nude pictures of their female neighbour which they sent to …

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Two Food Items That ‘Destroy’ Immune System

  Although sugar and vegetable oils are two of the commonly used ingredients in the kitchen, their consumption can be detrimental to one’s health. In the caption of his Instagram post, he revealed that instead of these oils, which can severely weaken the immune system, people should switch to avocado, …

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Man, 27, arrested for shooting motor rider he hired

A 27-year-old young man, identified as Prince Yoma, has been arrested by the police at Sehwi for shooting a motorbike rider he boarded in a bush. Information gathered revealed that the suspect hired the motorbike rider, Charles Bosompim from Sehwi Essase, a farming community in the Akontombra district to transport …

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3 farmers arrested for consuming suspected human meat

Three local farmers have been arrested in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region for eating suspected human meat. The suspects according to a Citinewsroom.com report sighted by GhanaWeb are said to have cooked the meat which they suspected to be that of a chimpanzee burnt by bushfire on their …

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67-year-old woman allegedly commits suicide at Mankessim

A 67-year-old woman has allegedly committed suicide at Mankessim in the Central Region of Ghana. The old woman, according to a report by Despite Media’s Central Regional Correspondent, Ibrahim Dadzie, took her own life by hanging herself. According to the reporter, the incident occurred on Friday, December 7, 2022, at …

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Driver jailed for bribing police officer with Ghc 5

Many commercial drivers have normalized, if not justified bribing police officers to get away with committing road traffic offences. A taxi driver, David Ayensu who worked at Tudu in Accra was part of the unlucky few that got hooked by the law after bribing a police officer with the Motor …

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24-year-old sentenced to death for cultism after raping a virgin

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti division, has sentenced a 24-year-old cultist, Segun Iwaetan, to death by hanging for engaging in cultism.   The court also sentenced the man to life imprisonment for raping a 20-year-old neighbour and student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti.   Segun was tried …

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Fraudster arrested with 31 ATM cards

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 44-year-old suspect, Michael Joseph, for attempted fraud and recovered 31 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards of different banks in his possession.   Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, December 5, 2022, said …

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Tracker exposes motorbike thief, granted bail by court

A motorbike sprayer who was arrested through a tracker installed in a motorbike which he allegedly stole, is before court. Sulemana Haruna, 37, the accused person, was granted a GHS50,000.00 bail with two sureties, one to be justified and he was ordered by the Accra Circuit Court Eleven to report …

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Reason why a woman may urinate during intercourse

“Urinating during intercourse” is a “very widespread health problem” that “affects many people (primarily women) during intercourse,” according to Healthline. Male bodies have a natural defence mechanism that makes it difficult to urinate during a hard-on, making this a more common issue among women. In this post, I want to …

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How Most Wanted Ningo Ritual Killer Was Smoked Out And Arrested

Police arrested the Ningo ritual murder suspect and fetish priest. Addo fled to Fosu Abogyeseso, a Central Region village near Assin Fosu, to build another temple. His three wives and brother, David, who was under police surveillance, were also arrested. The Chronicle states that the deceased’s relatives reported a fetish …

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Prospective teacher trainees to write entrance exams from 2023

Applicants seeking admissions into Colleges of Education in Ghana will from 2023 be expected to write an entrance exam. The exam will be based on two core subjects; Mathematics and English. The Chief Director at the Ministry of Education, Divine Ayidzoe, disclosed this at a conference on teacher training with stakeholders. Mr …

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2022 WASSCE results prove Free SHS is working well – Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the results of the 2022 batch of students who wrote the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) as the best in the last eight years. According to President Akufo-Addo, “six (6) years on following the implementation of the …

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