The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has served notice to embark on a nationwide strike from April 21 over non implementation of Neutrality Allowance. According to the group payment of the Neutrality Allowance has not been effected as agreed in spite of official reminders and follow …
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Girl, 11, burnt to death in domestic fire outbreak
An 11-year-old girl Tuntaya Abdul-Samed has been burnt to death in a domestic fire outbreak at Meduma in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred around 1:57 pm Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The regional Public Relations Officer for the Ghana National Fire Service, DOIII Peter Addai …
Read More »Unidentified man found dead at Pokuase Saw Mill
An unidentified man, believed to be in his late 20’s has been found dead at Pokuase in the Ga North Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. According to reports, the yet to be identified body was found lying motionless and unwounded in the early hours of Wednesday, April 6, 2022, …
Read More »52-year-old Imam jailed three times for smoking
52-year-old Imam, Tamimu Mohammed has been jailed on three separate occasions for engaging in drugs and in illegal mining. In an interview with Crime Check TV GH, he said he was an experienced weed smoker who started smoking when he was in class six. Mohammed said whiles working with a …
Read More »AUDIO: JHS graduate attempts suicide over failure to secure school placement
A Junior High School (JHS) graduate has contemplated suicide after unsuccessful attempts to secure a school through the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). In an interview with JoyNews at the GNAT Hall on Tuesday, Elvis Dzagba, the father of the student explained that his daughter attempted taking her …
Read More »Sunyani SHS old students reject appointment of new headmaster
The Sunyani Senior High School Old Students Association (SOSA) have rejected the appointment of a new Headmaster for the school, Gordon Osei Marfo. Reasons for the rejection of the new Headmaster, Gordon Ose Marfo who took office in February 2022 is not known. However, this portal has sighted a letter …
Read More »Grandson hacks sub-chief, wife to death
The sub-chief of Akyem Hemang and head of the Asona clan in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region, Odikro Appiah Korang, age 78, and his wife, age 73, have met their untimely death after being hacked by their grandson. According to reports, the 21-year-old suspect, whose name was …
Read More »Police arrest 28 robbery suspects, shoot two others dead
The Ghana Police Service says it has conducted sustained intelligence-led operations across the country which has led to the arrest of some 28 suspected criminals and the killing of two others. The arrests, according to the police service, covers the month of March alone. In a notice shared on its …
Read More »Ningo SHS Computer Lab destroyed by rainstorm
The Ningo Senior High School (SHS) in the Ningo-Prampram District’s computer laboratory and the staff common room have been destroyed by torrential rain that ripped off the roofing of the structures of some of the buildings in the school. The computer lab and staff common room were temporarily turned into …
Read More »5 ringleaders in Wulugu SHS riot deboardinised
North East Regional Minister, Yidana Zakaria, has disclosed that five students who led a riot in Wulugu Senior High School, which happened in March 2022, have been ejected from the boarding house of the school. Zakaria also said that all the other students, who were involved in the riot, have …
Read More »Wulugu SHS riot: Students to pay GH¢76 each, ringleaders ‘deboardinized’
All students of Wulugu Senior High School in the North East Region, who were involved in the riot that led to the destruction of school property, have been surcharged GH¢76 each. In March 2022, the students protested over the quality of food served to them among other concerns, and vandalised …
Read More »Chiraa SHS student found dead at Bodani Nkwanta
A 21-year-old student of Chiraa Senior High School (SHS) in the Sunyani West District of the Bono Region, was found dead, at the weekend. John Bonya, a form two student, was found dead at Bodani Nkwanta, near Chiraa with a rope tied around the neck and the entire body. Information …
Read More »346,120 Ghanaians infected with HIV – Ghana Aids Commission
A total of 346,120 Ghanaians have been infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS with 66 percent being females while the rest are males, the Ghana AIDS Commission has disclosed. Speaking at a media engagement programme organised by the Christian Health Association of Ghana on Friday, the Senior Programme …
Read More »No double track this year as 1st year SHS students report to school today – Ministry
The Ministry of Education says the double-track system will not be implemented this year as first-year Senior High School students report to school today, Monday, April 4, 2022. The double-track system was introduced in 2018 to reduce congestion in schools and create room to accommodate the projected increase in enrolment …
Read More »21-year old man arrested for allegedly killing grandparents with hammer and pestle
A 21-year-old, Appiah Moses, is in the grips of police in the Eastern Region for killing two persons at Akim Hemang in the Fanteakwa South District. The victims, 75-year-old Yaa Yeboah, and 80-year-old Appiah Korang, who are the grandparents of the suspect, were attacked with a hammer and fufu pounding …
Read More »Drama as breathing man brought to mortuary to be kept ‘by force’
There was drama at the Effiankwanta Regional Hospital mortuary in the Western Region where about four well-built men presented someone who was not dead to be put in the morgue. A mortuary attendant, Eric Yamoah, told Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson on Connect FM’s Omanbapa morning show they were at the …
Read More »45-year-old man stabbed to death at Afful-Nkwanta
A 45-year old man has died after he was allegedly stabbed during a confrontation with another man at Afful-Nkwanta in the Ashanti Region. The deceased, Mohammed Awal, died shortly after he was rushed to the hospital. The suspect, whose name was given as Isaac Nartey, has since been arrested and …
Read More »Asunafo bloody clash: Irate youth set suspect’s house on fire
Angry youth of Akyim Asunafo have razed down the building of suspected person who fired gunshots during a land clash. The suspect is said to be one of the culprits who attacked and injured over eight residents over dispute relating to the ownership of a galamsey site. One person has been confirmed …
Read More »Two arrested over Asunafo shooting incident that left one dead
Two persons have been arrested in connection with a shooting incident that led to the death of one person, while eight others sustained gunshot wounds on April 1, 2022, at Asunafo in the Kwabeng District of the Eastern Region. Preliminary investigation established that the shooting incident occurred during a community …
Read More »VIDEO: Thief caught with 3 live chickens hidden in his boxer shorts `
A young thief is currently trending on social media after videos of him being exposed for stealing fowls went viral. The thief, whose identity is not immediately known, managed to hide the three stolen chickens inside his boxer shorts. It is unclear how he was apprehended but his outlook did …
Read More »21-year-old man pounds grandparents to death with pestle at Akyem Hemang
A 21-year-old man has allegedly murdered his grandparents at Akyem Hemang in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern region. The suspect Moses Appiah alias Kuffuor allegedly committed the dastardly act Saturday April 2, 2022, at about 5:30pm. The incident happened after pounding fufu for his now-deceased grandparents Appiah Korang, …
Read More »Woman arrested for burning kid’s thumbs
The police at Yamfo in the Tano North District of the Ahafo Region have arrested a 32-year-old woman, Stella Owusu, for using a hot iron to burn her seven-year-old son’s thumbs to stop him from sucking them. After the wicked act, she went further to use a razor blade to inflict …
Read More »Girl, 10, ‘crippled’ after being defiled and sodomized by 4 men at Edumfa
A 10-year-old class three pupil (name withheld) is struggling to walk after she was gang defiled and sodomized by four men at Abura Edumfa in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of the Central Region. According to the victim, one of his attackers on Thursday evening sent her to buy him …
Read More »Police officer arrested for brandishing gun, attacking motorist
The Police has said a man believed to be an officer in mufti who was captured in a viral video brandishing a weapon and attacking at motorist at Winneba, has been arrested. The man was seen allegedly slapping a motorist while brandishing his gun. The Police said in a Facebook …
Read More »Police arrest undertaker for kidnapping his own daughter
The Mile Seven Police Command have arrested a man who allegedly kidnapped his daughter and pretender she was missing. The suspect Kojo Dyunie, an undertaker, age 33, whose accomplice is currently at large was said to have kidnapped the victim, Dzifa Dyunie, who was living with a guardian at Lapaz-Tabora …
Read More »43-year-old man remanded over robbery
A Sunyani High Court has declined bail to one Kwabena Kulbong, 43 for allegedly conspiring and robbing one Issah Ibrahim, a resident of Techiman in the Bono East region of GHC14,000.00. Kulbong conspired with three other accomplices under the pretext of exchanging foreign currency and robbed the victim of the …
Read More »Armed men shoot and kill one, injure four others at Nkroful
The youth of Teleku Bokazo a mining community in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region have been thrown into a state of sorrow after one of them was shot dead and four others injured by some supposedly armed men at Nkroful Magistrate court. The deceased, Andrew Donkor, was among …
Read More »Two jailed 60 years for stealing GH¢380
Two persons have been slapped with a combined jail term of 60 years by an Accra Circuit Court. Unemployed 21-year-old Abdul Rashid Issah and Abubakari Iddrisu who is a 27-year-old mason were found guilty of charges of robbery after they pleaded not guilty to the charges and their case taken …
Read More »Chiraa: 20-year-old ‘pragyia’ rider allegedly murdered by unknown assailant
A 20 year old pragyia rider, identified as John has reportedly been murdered by unknown assailants at Bodamnii Nkwanta, a suburb of Chiraa in the Sunyani West of the Bono Region. The incident is believed to have occurred on Thursday, evening March 31, 2022. However, his lifeless body was however …
Read More »Fake ECG officers arrested for extorting customers
Two persons are in the hands of the police after they were arrested for posing as workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana. According to a Graphic report, Richard Nii Moi and Edward Quartey are said to have extorted monies from some unsuspecting customers under the guise of inspection and …
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