CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

School Feeding Caterers call for increment in feeding grants

The National School Feeding Caterers Association is demanding an increment in the school feeding grants following the skyrocketing prices of food items. According to the caterers, food prices have increased multiple times, but the government still pays 97 pesewas per plate, making it extremely difficult for them to continue cooking …

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Six land guards arrested at Nyanyano

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested six land guards at Nyanyano Kakraba in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The group was said to be supervising the reconstruction of a building demolished a month ago. The Police Command and the Gomoa East Assembly on 29 March …

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Snake bites testicles of level 300 student

A snake has reportedly given a level 300 student at the Assin Fosu College of Education (FOSCO) in the Central region a painful fright when it sunk its teeth into his “genital area”. The young man said he quickly stood on his feet after feeling a pinch in his testicles …

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Chief, 76, hangs himself at Assin Brofoyedru

A 76-year-old Chief and Pastor of the Apostolic Resurrection Society Church at Assin Brofoyedru in the Central Region has hanged himself in a bush. The deceased is said to have left for farm on Tuesday but did not return home. Upon a search, he was found hanging on a tree …

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Having sex everyday is abnormal – Therapist

A Global Health Scientist and a Sexual Health Specialist, Dr. Richard Eghan has stated that having sex every day is a myth. According to him, having sex every day is not medically acceptable. “This way too much. So a study was done I think in America which actually came with …

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40-year-old mechanic butchered, stabbed to death at Aboaso

A clash between two feuding youth from Aboaso and Hemang in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region has led to the death of a 40-year-old mechanic, Akwasi Owusu.  The two feuding factions were said to have crashed during a ceremony at a guest house in Sarfo, a suburb …

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Three allegedly shot dead in renewed clashes at Bawku

Three persons have been reportedly shot dead in what appears to be renewed clashes between some Kusasis and Mamprusis in the Old Kariama Market area of Nyatinga in the Bawku municipality last night. This comes barely days after the West Africa Centre for Counter-Terrorism and Extremism 2022 report pointed to …

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Govt will soon not have the resources to finance Free SHS – NAGRAT

President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) Angel Carbonou has said the government is reaching a point where it might be unable to finance its flagship Free SHS initiative. According to him, the teachers association warned the implementation of the programme will have financing challenges but the government …

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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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