The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court in the Eastern Region presided by His Honour Frank Yao Gbeddy has jailed a 42-year-old man Isaac Azu to 12 months imprisonment for stealing parts of a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana . The prosecutor Detective Chief Inspector Dan Apedo told the court …
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Lady jailed 10 years for killing lover over grasscutter soup
A High Court in Sunyani, presided over by Her Ladyship Justice Mavis Akua Ando, has sentenced a 27 years old lady and resident of Abesim in the Sunyani Municipality of the Bono Region to 10 years imprisonment for the murder of her 30 years old lover. MyNewsGh.com reporters who were …
Read More »Vandals of UG take away bust of John Mensah Sarbah from the Vikings hall after riot
An inter-hall fight ensued between the residents of the Commonwealth and John Mensah Sarbah halls of the University of Ghana last night. Narrating the incident to myjoyonline.com, an eyewitness who pleaded anonymity said residents of Sarbah Hall celebrated ‘Sarbahfest’ on Friday. As part of the festivities, the residents of the …
Read More »VIDEO: Car set ablaze on University of Ghana campus
Following the battle between the Vandals and Vikings last night, a vehicle at the Mensah Sarbah Hall parking lot caught fire. Sarbah Hall residents are referred to as Vikings, whereas Commonwealth Hall residents are known as Vandals. However, according to a tweet from Univers TV, the cause of the altercation …
Read More »BOTECH students, tutors arrested by police over examination malpractices granted bail
Some students and teachers of Bolgatanga Technical Institute (BOTECH) arrested by the Police in the Upper East Region over recent disturbances following examination malpractices have been granted bail. On Monday, August 1, officials of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) picked up four students and two teachers, a national service person …
Read More »Nigerian in Court for allegedly stabbing co-tenant over woman
Emmy Duro, 29, Nigerian businessman has appeared before an Adentan Circuit Court for allegedly stabbing his co- tenant with a broken bottle at Nanakrom, near Ashalley Botwe in Accra. Duro is alleged to have demanded answers from his co-tenant as to why he wanted to sleep with his wife, one …
Read More »Two robbers sentenced to 20 and 10 years in hard labour respectively
Two robbers who were arrested by the Police at Abesewa, a suburb of Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Central Region have been handed 20 and 10 years jail terms in hard labour respectively. The convicts, Sumaila Nketia alias Last Two and Kwabena Nyameke alias Kalilu were arrested following police intelligence-driven investigation and …
Read More »VIDEO: Violent scenes at UG as angry feuding factions clash
GhanaWeb has received multiple reports on a violent clash that occurred between two feuding clashes at the campus of the University of Ghana. While it is unclear what exactly started the violent clashes, videos in the position of GhanaWeb show the two factions, on either sides of a street in the evening, pelting …
Read More »Two police officers interdicted over death of suspect
The Ghana Police Service has interdicted two officers over the death of a suspect who was under detention at the Abrafo-Kokoben Police Station in the Ashanti Region. They are No.44908 G/Sgt. Isaac Amponsah Broni and No.55453 G/Const. Solomon Yeboah. According to reports, the deceased suspect, who was arrested on August …
Read More »Fire Service sacks 11 officers for recruitment fraud, indiscipline
Eleven officers of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) have been dismissed after they were fingered in a recruitment fraud. The officers, according to a statement from the service and addressed to Daily Graphic, were fired on the grounds of indiscipline. The statement indicated that those dismissed were composed of …
Read More »WASSCE candidates asked to pay transport fees for exams papers
The headmistress of Benso Senior High Technical School, Helen Ama Bogobley has been accused of ordering 207 WASSCE candidates to pay GHC200 cedis each as transportation fees to convey exam papers. Reports gathered indicate that parents and the Education Directorate are not aware of the decision for students to pay …
Read More »DAF truck driver who killed 12 on Elmina-Komenda road arrested
The Police have arrested the driver of a DAF Truck with registration number GM 2570-12, Paul Kwah which collided with a Toyota Hiace bus at Eduagyei on the Elmina-Komenda junction road in the Central Region. The accident led to the death of 12 persons. Preliminary investigations by the Police revealed …
Read More »100,000 Girls targeted for this year’s Girls-in-ICT (SHS)Training in Cyber Security and Data Privacy
The Deputy Minister, Hon Ama Pomaa Boateng has opened the training of this year’s Girls in ICT for SHS on Cyber Security and Data Privacy targeted at a 100,000 girls across seven regions. The beneficiary regions are Northern, Bono East, Bono Ahafo, Volta and Oti. The Deputy Minister for …
Read More »Six terrible habits that are ruining your sex life
Everyone wants to have a good sex life and it is their right to feel that way. Having a terrible sex life sucks and talking about it sometimes can make the experience even more unbearable. More often than not, this problem is the consequence of mostly preventable sexual health problems—and …
Read More »37-year-old Evangelist arrested for sodmising 15-year-old boy
A 37-year-old evangelist, Frederick Darko, is in the grips of the Gomoa Nyanyano police for sodomising a 15-year-old boy. The victim alleged that the evangelist has been sodomising him for about two years now. Frederick Darko, a self-styled evangelist had sought permission from the parents of the victim to live …
Read More »‘Looking at the facts, we don’t see rape’ – Lawyer of KNUST ‘gang-rape’ students
The Asokore Mampong Magistrate Court on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, remanded six students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, for allegedly gang-raping a first-year student. All six were in court for the first hearing of their case with the judge agreeing to a request by the …
Read More »Watch how Headmaster, administrator busted for promoting exams malpractices
An investigation by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)’s Corruption Watch has uncovered the nefarious academic activities rife in two senior high schools in the Bono Region of Ghana. According to the report made available to GhanaWeb, it was discovered at the two schools: All For Christ Senior High/Technical School …
Read More »10 students assault teacher after he spotted them trading illicit drug
The Ghana Police Service have arrested 10 students of the Anyinasin Methodist Junior High School for allegedly assaulting a teacher in Akyem-Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region. The students reportedly assaulted the teacher who punished them for trading an illicit drug called D10 in school. According to a Daily Guide report, the …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Corruption Watch Ghana exposes corruption in WAEC examinations
Corruption Watch Ghana conducted a series of investigations into corruption allegations during West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations in various senior and junior high schools in Ghana. This investigation exposed the scheming ways of headteachers, teachers and invigilators during West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) as well as Basic …
Read More »Pastor, wife granted bail for allegedly defrauding 875 victims of GH¢23.7m
A pastor and his wife accused of defrauding 875 people of GH¢23.7 million have been granted bail with sureties by an Accra High Court after making their maiden appearance before it. Pastor Kelvin Elson Godson, also known as Kelvin Kwasi Kobiri, and his wife, Sabina Elson Godson, have both pleaded …
Read More »60-year-old man who impregnated his three daughters fined Ghc12k
A 60-year-old man has been fined Gh¢12,000 and some items including three sheep, crates of assorted drinks, and bottles of exotic schnapps by the traditional authorities of Assin Andoe in the Assin South District for having sexual intercourse with his three biological daughters and impregnating them. Kwame Atta, popularly known …
Read More »Cancerous substance found in some Brukina drinks – Noguchi research reveals
Some harmful levels of aflatoxins [a family of toxins produced by fungi called Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus] that can cause cancer have been found in samples of ‘Brukina’ and the millet and dairy milk used to prepare it. This was revealed through a research conducted by Noguchi Memorial Institute …
Read More »Boy, 2, killed and dumped into public toilet at Twifu Aboabo
A 2-year-old boy has been found dead in a public toilet at Twifo Aboabo in the Twifo Atti Morkwa District of the Central Region. According to reports gathered by Kasapa News, Yaw Boagyan, the deceased, who stays with his mother in the community, went missing for two weeks and all …
Read More »62year-old private security guard killed in Wa
The Upper West Regional Police Command says it has opened investigations into the killing of a 62-year-old private security guard in Kpaguri, a suburb of Wa. According to the police, a search party was commissioned when the family of the deceased reported him missing on Saturday, and his body was …
Read More »Bolgatanga Technical Institute closed down after final-year students riot
The Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu has asked students of the Bolgatanga Technical Institute to leave the school premises before 4pm today, 2 August 2022, following the rioting of some final-year students. The students destroyed school and staff properties after some of them were arrested on Monday, 1 August …
Read More »Mother dips daughter’s hands in boiling water over 50 pesewas theft
An eight-year-old girl is battling for her life after her mother, Janet Awo, assaulted her with a stick and dipped her hands into boiling water for allegedly stealing 50 pesewas worth of coconut toffee at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. Information gathered by …
Read More »Man arrested at Michel Camp for breaching ammunition depot
The Ghana Armed Forces personnel at the Base Ammunition Depot in Michel Camp, have arrested a middle-aged man who was in the process of breaching the perimeter fence in order to gain entry into the Ammunition Depot. The suspect, Yaw Boateng, claimed he was from Ashaiman Tulaku and was trying …
Read More »Woman shot dead over burial rituals
The Koforidua District Court presided over by Her Worship Nana Ama Dabbah Fynn Esquire has remanded Felix Teye, a farmer into prison custody for allegedly shooting a 27-year-old woman, Kwesi Gladys, to death during misunderstanding over burial rite. The Prosecuting officer Sargent George Defia narrated to the court that,the complainant …
Read More »Another person found dead in Wa with stomach cut open
The Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region is gradually becoming an unsafe place to live in particularly at night due to the recent killings being recorded in the hitherto peaceful town. Even before the Wa Police Command could unravel the mystery behind some two murders recorded in this year …
Read More »Zipline announces the appointment of Mawuli Atiemo as new General Manager
The world’s leader in instant delivery services, Zipline, has announced the appointment of Mr. Mawuli Atiemo as the new General Manager of its Ghana operations. His appointment takes effect from July 2022. Mawuli is joining Zipline from AstraZeneca where he was the Ghana Country Lead and having had over 15 …
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