CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Two fake Police officers arrested during NPP primaries – Police

The Ghana Police Service has arrested two men from the Okaikoi South Constituency during the governing New Patriotic Party’s Constituency executive elections. DCOP Kwesi Ofori, Director-General of Public Relations, in a statement issued on Thursday, April 28, 2022; explained that the suspects, John Essel Baah and Enoch Kwame Bosompem, were …

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Takoradi: Man clubs son’s head thinking he’s a wizard

A man in his late 30s has brutally assaulted his 8-year-old son at Essaman, a suburb of Sekondi /Takoradi in the Western Region. The father, Emmanuel Edusei, used a stick to hit the back of the son’s head. A neighbour, Helena Quinoo, reported the incident to Nhyraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, …

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Hearing impaired woman paralysed after allegedly being raped

Ama was born with hearing impairment some 34-years-ago. She is the first born of four siblings raised by their single mother at Koforidua Asokore in the Eastern region. Their father divorced their mother 20 years ago and abandoned the children. The last born died 4 years ago at age 24 …

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For women: Menstrual hygiene tips you need to follow

Maintaining proper menstrual hygiene during your periods is an absolute necessity. Wearing sanitary pads for long and not cleaning the vaginal properly can lead to irritation, rashes and other diseases. You must maintain proper intimate hygiene, especially during your periods. Poor physical hygiene during that time of the month can …

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Free cocoa beverages for basic schools

Niche Confectionery Ghana Limited has sealed a deal with the Ministry of Education to supply enriched ready-to-drink cocoa beverages to basic school children across the country. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed last week, allowing Niche Confectionery Ghana to supply its ready-to-drink beverages to 1.8 million primary school children …

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12,964 candidates failed 2021 promotion test

Some 12,964 out of the 39,918 candidates who were shortlisted for the December 2021 promotion test to various teaching grades within the Ghana Education Service (GES) were not successful. In a statement released by the GES, some 26,954 candidates representing 67.5 per cent were successful. The promotion test was written …

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VIDEO: Edem holds private album listening with Akufo-Addo?

Sources confirm that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the first to have had an opportunity to listen to Edem’s yet-to-be-released album. Although efforts to confirm the said rumour have proven futile, the renowned Ghanaian rapper cum singer, has been throwing in hints here and there on social media. Subsequently, in the early …

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Police officer shoots himself to death while on duty in Accra

The Police have announced they investigating a case of a Police officer shooting himself to death while on duty in Accra Wednesday. The circumstances surrounding the death which occurred today are unknown. The Police in a statement said they are keeping the identity of the officer hidden until his family …

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Mason, wife convicted for beating man’s girlfriend

The Asante-Bekwai circuit court in the Ashanti Region has convicted a man and his wife for assaulting the man’s girlfriend. Oko Agyeman, a mason, and his wife Christiana Annan, a trader, were convicted on their own plea after they admitted to beating the complainant, Helena Opoku. Ghana News Agency reported. …

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Boy buried alive by fetish priestess exhumed at Abura Asebu

The body of a five-year-old boy, who was reported to have been buried alive by a fetish priestess at Abura Asebu, in the Kwamankese District of the Central Region, has been exhumed. The exhumation team comprised the District Environmental Office led by the District Head, Emmanuel Afutu Commey, and Dr. …

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Car dealer killed by gunmen at Tema

A car dealer identified by police as Felix Tetteh Batcha has been shot and killed by unidentified assailants at Bampo Hotel at Tema. According to police preliminary investigations, the incident occurred on Monday, April 25, 2022, at about 2 PM. The deceased, who operates his business at Tema Community 9, …

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Post us or we picket MoH: Jobless nurses threaten

The Concerned Registered Nurse Assistant Clinical (RNAC) and Registered Nurse Assistant Preventive (RNAP) 2019 group, has threatened to picket the premises of the Ministry of Health (MoH) if it fails to release the postings of its members. The group is giving the ministry a week’s ultimatum to release the data …

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Fuel station manager jailed 120 months for stealing GH¢398,000

Ernest Boakye, a 30-year-old fuel station manager of the Kwahu-Tafo branch of Infin Ghana Limited has been jailed for 120 months in hard labour by the Mpraeso Circuit Court for stealing GH¢398,545 belonging to his employer. He pleaded not guilty to stealing, was slapped with the sentence after the court, …

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Two busted for Zakoli fulani killings

Two persons, a man and a woman, have been picked up by the Northern Regional Police Command to assist in their investigations over fulani killings in Zakoli in the Northern Region. Northern Regional Crime Officer, Supt. Bernard Baba Ananga, who confirmed the arrest in an interview with the media said …

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Man, 22, stabbed to death with scissors

A 22-year-old man, Mr Kofi Tawia, has allegedly been stabbed to death at Bodomasi in the Sekyere Kumawu District of the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred Sunday, 24 April 2022. The Kumawu District Police Commander, DSP Opoku Agyeman Prempeh, told Class News’ Elisha Adarkwah that a misunderstanding ensued between the …

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Wenchi SHS to face court over non-competitive procurement

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday directed the prosecution of the Wenchi Senior High School in the Bono Region for breaching the Public Procurement Act. The school was indicted in the 2018 Auditor-General’s Report for non-competitive procurement of goods and services. Accordingly, Mr. Twumasi Ampofo, the Headmaster, and Mr. …

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We will soon have an HIV/AIDs epidemic – Dr. Adu-Gyamfi

The presidential advisor on HIV/Aids, Dr. Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi, has indicated that the country will soon have to deal with an HIV/AIDS epidemic if care is not taken. According to her, an HIV/AIDS epidemic might be eminent because even though the number of cases of the disease keeps rising and …

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