The Bolgatanga High Court has sentenced a 38-year old traditional spiritualist, Mbawona Tindana, for killing his wife and daughter and sacrificing them to his idols. Tindana, charged with two offences of murder under section 46 of the Criminal Offences Act of 1960, Act 29, pleaded not guilty. But the Court …
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Tolon SHS Classrooms converted into dormitories
Authorities of the Tolon Senior High School in the Northern region have been forced to convert some classrooms into dormitories to accommodate students due to the recent fire outbreak incident. The girls’ dormitory was gutted by fire on Thursday, May 19, 2022. The fire outbreak burnt the top floor of …
Read More »Police arrest 3 men captured in video flogging couple in viral sex tape at Wa
The Ghana Police Service have arrested three men in the viral video who were spotted flogging two people captured in a sex tape at the Wa Naa’s palace. According to the police, the suspects were arrested with the support of the Wa Naa and some community members and will face the full …
Read More »Nurses, midwives paying between GHS15K and GHS20K for postings – RNMAG president
The president of the Rotational Nurses and Midwives Association of Ghana, Mr Jerry Martins Aziamati, has called on the government to eradicate the corruption that has plagued the posting of nurses and midwives at the ministry of health. According to him, the ministry is engrossed in corruption as far as …
Read More »22-year-old ‘pragyia’ rider allegedly stabbed to death over a woman
Kwabena Baah also known as ‘Abode3’, a 22-year-old tricycle rider has been stabbed to death at Kru, a suburb of Cape Coast in the Central Region. The ‘pragyia’ rider was stabbed by his friend, after allegedly proposing to a woman, who was also his friend’s lover The woman is reported …
Read More »Woman in grips of Odumase police over alleged torture of 6-year-old girl
A seamstress based in Berlekope, a suburb of Kpong in the Eastern Region has been arrested over allegations of abusing and torturing her foster child, aged 6, officials have said. According to information gathered from the Odumase District Police Command, 29-Year-old Nora Fumador was arrested on Monday, May 30, 2022, …
Read More »Teenage lovers given 40 lashes over leakage of sex tape
Two teenage lovers have been paraded in Wa in the Upper East Region and lashed 20 canes each following the leakage of their sex video. The lovers include a tricycle driver [male] and a ticket seller at the Wa Central Market [female]. Reports indicate that the sex tape of …
Read More »Three remanded for lynching suspected plantain thief
The Mankessim District Magistrate Court has remanded three persons into prison custody for a month for allegedly lynching a neighbour suspected to be a plantain thief at Mankessim Krofu in the Central Region. The suspects have been identified as Isaac Osei, 25, John Amissah, 39, and Samuel Ampah, 54. The …
Read More »Man stabs 35-year-old friend to death during an argument
A 35-year-old man, Dominic Kwame Ofori, popularly called “Koliko”, met his untimely death when he was stabbed multiple times by his friend, Kofi Kwakye, also known as “Tompoo,” 32, with an implement, resulting in his instant death. The incident occurred Sunday night at Akyem Achiase in the Eastern Region during …
Read More »Married man stabs friend for having an affair with his ‘side chick’
A 32-year-old married Man, Kofi Kwakye, popularly called “Tompoo” has allegedly stabbed his 33-year-old friend, Dominic Kwame Ofori, also popularly called “Koliko” to death for allegedly having an affair with his ‘sidechick’. According to reports, the two ‘weed’ smokers got engaged in a heated argument on Sunday evening around 5:30 …
Read More »Tema District Court fines man GHS ₵5,000 for selling dogs without permit
The Tema District Community Centre Court has fined Essien Terry, a dog keeper Gh₵5,000 for rearing dogs for commercial purposes in a residential area without a permit from the Tema Metropolitan Assembly. The court presided over by Mr. Festus Fovi Nukunu, slapped the fine on Terry on his plea …
Read More »GH¢50m released to NHIS – Annoh-Dompreh
The government has released an amount of GH¢50 million to the National Health Insurance Scheme, according to the Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh. The amount is part of the budgetary allocation of the scheme for the year. Earlier in the month, the Minority Caucus in Parliament bemoaned the effects of …
Read More »Armed robbers shoot and kill lawyer on Bole-Bamboi highway
Suspected armed robbers have shot and killed a lawyer, Richard Badombie on the Bole-Bamboi highway in the Savannah Region. The Accra-based lawyer was reportedly killed by the robbers while travelling to Jirapa in the Upper West Region with some relatives on Saturday, 28 May 2022. The robbers, who emerged from …
Read More »Gunmen attack NPP delegates on return from elections
Some unidentified gunmen on Friday night attacked some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) while they were returning from the Upper East Regional Executive Elections held in Bolgatanga. They were attacked near the SSNIT offices, just a few meters away from a police station. The members were delegates of …
Read More »Fufuo Methodist primary school pupils study in church building
Pupils at Fufuo Methodist Primary School in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region , are now using a church building in the community as their classroom for academic activities. The students from both primary five and six and numbering about 100 have been struggling with their daily school works …
Read More »2 killed in robbery at gold shop at Asamang Tamfoe
The Eastern Regional Police Command is pursuing six armed robbers who attacked a shop that deals in gold at Asamang Tamfoe in the Atiwa East Municipality of the Eastern Region. The unmasked robbers are reported to have fired sporadically throughout the broad-day light operation that lasted about 11 minutes before …
Read More »VIDEO: Students celebrate killing of snake after colleague’s ‘balls’ were bitten at Assin Fosu College
Some students of Assin Fosu College of Education in the Assin Foso Municipality of the Central Region have taken up the task of reducing the invasion of snakes on their campus after a snake bit the testicles of their colleagues. On May 14, a level 300 student was reportedly bitten …
Read More »Monkeypox outbreak 2022 and what you need to know
Monkeypox, a disease caused by the monkeypox virus, occurs very infrequently and in very scattered locations in parts of Africa. There are two clades (or types) of the virus: a West Africa (WA) clade in which 1 to 3.6 out of 100 infected patients die (1% to 3.6% mortality) and …
Read More »Bole SHS Assistant Headmaster arrested for allegedly raping student
An assistant headmaster of the Bole Senior High School in the Savannah Region is in the grips of the police for allegedly raping a final year student of the school. The accused, Issahaku Jadua, is alleged to have invited the victim into his office at about 6:00 pm on May …
Read More »Bole SHS assistant headmaster allegedly rapes final year student
The Assistant Headmaster of the Bole Senior High School (SHS), Issahaku Jeduah, has allegedly raped a 21-year-old final year student. According to the final year student of the school, on Friday, 20 May 2022, the Assistant Headmaster, sent for her during prep time. She indicated that the Assistant Headmaster’s invitation …
Read More »No nurse has turned into a crocodile – Tafo gov’t hospital
The Tafo Government Hospital in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region has denied claims that a student nurse turned into crocodile at the facility. This follows reports that a student nurse had turned into a crocodile causing, a pregnant staff nurse to collapse. According to the reports, the student nurse had …
Read More »20-year-old woman arrested for drowning her twins in a well
A 20-year-old woman, Ellian Zumeseh, is in the grips of the Bono Regional Police Command for drowning her three-month old male twins in a well. The incident happened at Mama Lawson, a Suburb of the Sunyani Municipality in the Bono Region. Cecilia Dumpaka, a businesswoman whose worker’s daughter committed the …
Read More »Poliovirus found in drains in Tamale
The Noguchi Memorial Center for Medical Research has found the Poliovirus in samples of water scooped from some drains in the Sagnerigu Municipality and the Tamale Metropolis. The Deputy Northern Regional Director of Health in charge of Public Health, Dr. Hilarious Abiwu, disclosed this in an interview with GBC News …
Read More »20-year-old mother dumps twin babies in well
The Sunyani Police have arrested a 20-year-old mother, Ellian Zumeseh, for allegedly dumping her three-month-old male twins in a well deliberately. The police, in a graphic online reportage, said the well is in the house where the mother of the twins stayed at Abetifi Zongo, a suburb of Sunyani. The …
Read More »JHS 3 student stabs junior to death in fight over boyfriend
A 16-year-old form 2 pupil of the Nkwadum D/A Junior High School (JHS) in Ankontombra in the Western North Region has been stabbed to death by her senior. The victim, Afua Kumah, was stabbed in the chest by a form 3 pupil, Francisca Hayford, when the two students were quarrelling …
Read More »Court fines pastor for making noise
The Tema Magistrate Court has imposed a fine of ₵600 or in default three months imprisonment with hard labour on the Head Pastor of God’s Shield Gospel Ministry for noise pollution. The court presided over by Mr. Festus Fovi Nukunu slapped the fine on the accused after he pleaded guilty …
Read More »Tolon SHS fire: Students return to school, moved into temporary place
The Tolon District Assembly, District Education Directorate, and other stakeholders have partnered to provide temporary classrooms and accommodation to displaced students of Tolon Senior High School. The management of Tolon Senior High School last week directed over 600 students of the institution to return home following a fire that gutted …
Read More »V/R: Kpetoe ICT teacher attacked
A 36-year-old ICT teacher at the E.P Primary School in Kpetoe in the Agortime Ziope district of the Volta Region, Mr Emmanuel Ansah, has been attacked by some in the community. The teacher was attacked on Sunday, 22 May 2022 when he went to the school’s premises to prepare for …
Read More »VIDEO&PHOTOS: Accra floods: Kaneshie Polyclinic shutdown
The Kaneshie Polyclinic in the Okaikoi South District of the Greater Accra region has been shutdown following heavy downpour which started at midnight of Tuesday, May 24,2022. According to reports, the wall separating the Polyclinic and the Ga Mantse Palace got broken, which made way for the water to enter …
Read More »Bole SHS assistant headmaster allegedly rapes final year student
Police are on a manhunt for an assistant headmaster at the Bole Senior High School (SHS), Issahaku Jeduah, for allegedly raping a final year student. Information gathered by Adom News’ Rebecca Nantomah indicates that, Mr Jeduah is said to have raped the 21-year-old student in his office. A complaint was filed at …
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