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 …
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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 …
Read More »Thief climbs street light pole and stays for 2 days to escape beating from angry mob
A thief believed to have engaged in something criminal in Kenya that incurred the wrath of residents has been forced to find refuge in the most unbelievable places on earth. According to footnotes attached to a photo circulating online, the suspected thief clung to a street light pole and climbed …
Read More »Faulty traffic lights endanger lives of school children at Sofoline
Pupils of the Prempeh Primary School risk their lives daily on their way and back from school while crossing the Sofoline-Abuakwa Highway in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. This is due to the faulty traffic lights which have not worked in over two years. Some of the traffic …
Read More »Teacher jailed 10 years for defiling student
An Information Communication and Technology (ICT) teacher has been jailed for 10 years by a Cape Coast Circuit Court for defiling his 13-year-old student. Eric George Gbevitor, 32-year-old, was found guilty of defilement by the court presided over by Mrs Dorinda Smith Arthur. Detective Chief Inspector John Asare Bediako, prosecuting, …
Read More »Man stabs fiancée to death
A 36-year-old jealous man has done the unthinkable, by stabbing his fiancée dead over fears that she may leave him for another man. Suspect Tetteh Kwaw, aka ‘Seedorf’ or ‘Aboboyaa’, a driver by profession, stabbed Diana Boafo, whom he has a baby with, multiple times on Friday. Diana, who was …
Read More »Reopening date for first year SHS students remains April 4 – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has emphasized that there has been no change in the reopening date for Form One Senior High School (SHS) students First years are therefore to report on Monday, April 4, 2022, as earlier communicated. Reports have circulated that the date has been shifted following some …
Read More »Mobile Money Operator robbed at gun point at Kenkase
Residents of Kenkase, a town along the Kenyase-Fawoade road in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region were in shock on Tuesday, March 22 when a popular mobile money operator in the town was allegedly robbed by armed robbers at gunpoint. The incident in broad daylight at about 12noon …
Read More »Students injured as inter-schools competition ends in brutal fight
Scores of students have been left injured following a clash during an inter-school gala competition at Sehwi Kwasikrom. This year’scompetition in the Amoaya circuit in the Bodi District of the Western North region did not end peacefully as some youth from the host community, Sehwi Kwasikrom, engaged in a fight …
Read More »WARNING: 3 Sexually Transmitted Diseases that are more dangerous than HIV/AIDS
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are diseases that many people are aware of but are not fully aware of the repercussions or how badly they will affect their lives. These infections are generally acquired through sexual contact. According to mayoclinic.com, the bacteria, viruses or parasites that …
Read More »Community Police Assistant jailed for fraud, impersonation
An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 28-year-old Community Police Assistant (CPA) to four years imprisonment over charges of impersonation and defrauding by false pretences. Mark Apiu is said to have collected ₵12,000 from a finance officer to enlist the officer’s sister into the Ghana Police Service but failed to …
Read More »NAGRAT hoping for 15% salary increment in State of the Nation address
Ahead of the State of the Nation address today, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), has said it is hoping for a salary increase announcement from the President. Speaking to Citi News, the President of NAGRAT, Angel Carbonu, explained that considering the economy, social and worsening …
Read More »Hairdresser allegedly stabbed to death by jealous boyfriend
A 36-year-old man identified only as Tetteh is alleged to have stabbed his girlfriend to death over a breakup at Gyaesaaye, a community in New Edubiasi in the Ashanti Region. The suspect, popularly known as ‘Aboboyaa’ is reported to have killed the deceased Diana Boafo, a hairdresser on Friday, March …
Read More »55 illegal miners arrested in Atewa Forest – Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission, through its surveillance task force, has arrested 55 illegal miners in the Atewa Forest Reserve over the last six months. Madam Joyce Ofori Kwafo, Head, Corporate Affairs and Media Relations, Forestry Commission, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said a total of 15 different operations …
Read More »Nyieso MP donates 1100 dual desks and 20 computers to GES
The Member of Parliament for Nyieso constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr Stephen Amoah has donated 1100 dual desks and 20 computers to the Education Directorate to be distributed among schools in the area. The donation, according to him, forms part of his efforts towards promoting quality education in the …
Read More »Pastor arrested naked attempting to sodomize man, 25, at Gomoa Amoanda
The head pastor of Muzama International Church, Gomoa Amoanda branch in the Central Region, Pastor Isaac Arthur has been arrested naked by the Youth of Gomoa Buduatta for attempting to sodomize a 25-year old man. Information gathered by EIB Network Central Regional Correspondent, Yaw Boagyan indicates that the pastor first …
Read More »Walewale: Man arrested for allegedly kidnapping five-year-old girl
A 26-year-old man has been nabbed by the North East Regional Police Command for allegedly kidnapping a five-year-old girl at Walewale. The victim, who had gone to school, is said to have gone missing two weeks ago when she did not return home from school. The North East Regional Police …
Read More »Elmina police chase ritualist over live burial of 2-yr-old boy
Officers at the Elmina District Police Command of the Ghana Police Service are on the heels of a spiritualist by name Kweku Bar for directing a family to bury their 2-year-old son alive. The boy is said to be suffering autism and was sent to the spiritualist for healing at …
Read More »Armed robbers sentenced to 60 years imprisonment
Three young men in Akatsi have been sentenced to a total of 60 years imprisonment by the Sogakope Court last Friday. The three, Godsway Sedofia, 19, Seraphim Torgbor, and Destiny Adzakpo, both 18, were sentenced for conspiring and robbing an ‘okada’ operator of his motorbike at gunpoint Each of them …
Read More »GIJ SRC considers re-joining NUGS after exiting last year
The Students Representative Council of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ SRC) is considering re-joining the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) after exiting the mother student body last year. GIJ exited NUGS last year because it felt the association was not playing its role with regard to issues at …
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