CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Thieves break into church, steal all musical instruments

A church at Manso-Datono in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region for the second time this year, have suffered the wrath of some criminals. Members of the community on Monday, May 9, 2022, woke up to news that the chapel of Christ Redeemer Church has been ransacked by …

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SHS students flogged for refusing to attend church service

Some students of Annor Adjaye Senior Secondary School (SHS) in the Jomoro Municipality of the Western Region were last Sunday, 8 May 2022, flogged by their teachers for refusing to attend church services.  The students, made up of Christians and Muslims, had a rude shock of their lives when a …

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64yr-old man arrested for allegedly threatening Supreme Court judge

A 64-year-old retired quantity surveyor with the State Housing Corporation, Livingston Bosso, was last Friday, May 6, 2022, arrested for allegedly threatening a Justice of the Supreme Court. About 4 plain-clothed men who were accompanied by a uniformed police officer on Friday picked Mr Bosso in a black Toyota Land …

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Food crisis hits Free SHS as gov’t owes food suppliers over GHC500m

President Nana Akufo-Addo’s flagship programme, the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, is faced with a major challenge of feeding the beneficiaries, especially those in boarding schools as food suppliers get ready to withdraw services over a GHC500milion debt owed them. The New Publisher gathered that though the situation …

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UDS Senior staff declare strike May 12 over administrative rules

The strike according to the association follows the refusal of management of the university to implement recommendations of the GTEC The Senior Staff Association of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has issued a notice ofan intended indefinite strike against the managers of the university from Thursday, 12 May 2022.  …

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Jealous man pours acid on lover

A 34-year-old tricycle rider, Bright Boso, has been sentenced by the High Court in Accra to 10 years in prison for pouring acid on his girlfriend on suspicion of infidelity at Ashongman Estate at Dome Kwabena Constituency in the Greater Accra Region. Narrating her ordeal on Angel FM’s Anopa Bofo …

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Soldier allegedly beats suspected thief to pulp at Kasoa

A military officer who has been identified as Solomon Ntow has allegedly led a mob action against a civilian Michael Obassi, a foreign national who was suspected to be a thief. Even though some opinion leaders of the Millennium City community (Kasoa) where the incident took place suggested that the …

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Suspected plantain thief stoned to death at Mankessim

A suspected plantain thief, Caleb has been stoned to death at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. He was found tied to a palm tree with a bunch of plantain beside him. Beside him were also stones, blocks, and sticks which were suspected to have been used …

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Trader remanded for defrauding immigration officer over GH¢400,000

A 28-year-old trader, Dorcas Twene Amankwa, has been remanded by the Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly defrauding an Immigration Officer to the sum of GH¢400,000. The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge of defrauding by false pretense contrary to section 131(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, (Act …

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Two women arrested, fined for burying baby without permit

The Abura Dunkwa District Magistrate court in the Central Region has fined two women a total sum of GHC612.00 for burying a two-year-old baby girl without permission. The two women; Esi Janet, a traditional priestess was fined GHC 600 and Mary Essuman, mother of the baby, was fined GHC 12. …

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Man, 40, lynched at Mankessim

A fourty year old truck pusher suspected to be a thief has been lynched at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The lifeless body was found in a gutter with signs of assault on Thursday May 5, 2022 evening. It is not immediately known who are behind …

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5 home remedies to firm up sagging breasts

Having a perky breast is one of the most attractive things you can find on a woman and for other women boost their confidence. This is the reason many women have resorted to getting surgeries to firm up their breast and also to give them that youthful feel. Plastic surgeries …

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Driver jailed 10 years for pouring acid on girlfriend

The High Court in Accra has sentenced one Bright Boso, a driver, who was charged for allegedly pouring an acid on his girlfriend to 10 years in prison. The court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo convicted him after the court found him guilty of the offence before sentencing …

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Man jailed for attempting to sell his son for GH¢500,000

A 38-year-old farmer found guilty of attempting to trade his son has been handed a 10-year jail sentence by the Takoradi Circuit Court B. Kwabena Ebo pleaded guilty to a charge of trading of a person contrary to sections 2(1) & (2) of the Human Trafficking Act 694 of 2001. …

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Driver’s mate remanded over defilement

  A 22-year-old driver’s mate has been remanded into Police custody by the Asante Juaben Circuit court for defiling a 15-year-old girl at Kenyase-Bosore in the Kwabre East Municipality. Abdul Ganiru Adamu was said to have defiled the girl in her parents’ bedroom and afterwards took away large sumS of …

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Man murders dad at Dadieso

The man, who is alleged to be mentally unstable cut the deceased into pieces The Dadieso Police Command in the Western Region, has arrested a 33-year-old man Tawiah Terkpey for allegedly murdering his 60-year-old father at Suaboi, a surburb of Dadieso Suaman.  The suspect is alleged to have butchered his …

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Two car snatchers jailed 40 years

The Asamankese Circuit Court presided over by His Honour Abass Abubakari Adams has convicted two car snatchers to a total of 40 years imprisonment. The convicts are Desmond Okyere,20, a cobbler, and Delay Adu Frank,26, a driver. The facts of the case presented by the Prosecutor Inspector Samuel Owusu, are …

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26,956 teachers promoted to various ranks

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the results of the promotion test to various grades in the service. In all 26, 954 candidates representing 67.5per cent of the 39,918 candidates were successful. The grades involved are deputy director, assistant director l, assistant director II. A statement …

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Boy, 14, commits suicide at Assin Fosu

A 14-year-old boy Kofi Senyo Mensah has allegedly committed suicide by hanging at Assin Fosu Abisewa in the Central Region. The incident happened on Thursday, April 28, 2022, around 11 PM when the Form 3 student of Roman Catholic School left his room to urinate only to be found hanging. …

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Policeman allegedly commits suicide

A police constable allegedly committed suicide at his duty post, a telecommunication office, near the Obetsebi Circle, in Accra, on Wednesday. The deceased, identified as Abukari Salifu of the Operational Unit at the police headquarters, Accra, who was suspected to have shot himself with a service rifle, was found in …

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