The Girl Child Coordinator for the Ajumako Kokoben D/A Basic School in the Central Region, Alberta Enyonam has denounced the worrying development where female students of the school are being impregnated by their male colleagues. According to her, teenage pregnancy has become the norm in the school and it was …
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Police on manhunt for K’si robbers
The Ashanti Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service is pursuing some robbery suspects who attacked two revenue collecting shops at Ahenema Kokoben in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday dawn. The robbers allegedly killed a night security guard of A2 Aluminum Profile Company and made away with close to GH¢90,000. …
Read More »A/R: Armed robbers attack A2 Aluminium Company
A private security man has been murdered by suspected robbers at Ahenema Kokoben in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti in an alledged robbery operation at A2 Aluminium Company Limited. The deceased, believed to be 45-year-old who was identified as Mr Annorh was reportedly killed on Tuesday October 20, …
Read More »Two juveniles remanded for gang-rape
A Cape Coast District Court on Wednesday, October 20, ordered two 17-year-olds to be held in police custody. The two were among a gang of four, accused of raping a 17-year-old girl. Their pleas were not taken, but their offenses were read to them by the Court presided over by …
Read More »Rotting E-blocks: Minority demands accountability for $1.5bn GETFund facility
The Minority in Parliament has served notice that it will trigger a series of actions to demand accountability from thegovernment in respect of some abandoned E-block projects started by the John Mahama administration. Wrapping up a two-day tour of the Greater Accra, Volta and Eastern regions to ascertain the progress …
Read More »SAD PHOTOS: Security gunned down by robbers at Santase-Kokoben
Suspected robbers have gunned down a security man who was guarding the office of A2 Enterprise, an aluminium products dealership venture at Santase-Kokoben in Kumasi. Bosompem Andoh, 49, was found dead, with stab wounds and his body dragged inside the shop. Owner of the shops say the robbers made away …
Read More »Man who murdered his pregnant wife in Kumasi arrested from his hideout
• Maxwell Boadi reportedly stabbed his wife to death on Saturday • Suspect eloped after stabbing incident • Deceased was three months pregnant at the time of her murder A 40-year-old man, Maxwell Boadi, suspected of murdering his wife at Nyankyerenease, Kwadaso, a suburb of Kumasi on Saturday has been …
Read More »Tarkwa: Two bullion van attackers arrested
The Tarkwa Police Divisional Command has arrested two persons in connection with the robbery incident that occurred at Ransbet Supermarket, yesterday Monday October 18, October 18, 2021, in the Tarkwa Municipality. The suspects, Charles Enning and Dorcas Akosua Amankwah, both workers of Mon-Trans Limited are assisting in the investigation following …
Read More »Shatta Wale hoax: Two suspects arrested for spreading fake news
• Police have arrested two suspects for spreading false news • The arrest is connected with viral news of a gun attack on Shatta Wale • This is the second police statement around the Shatta Wale shooting hoax Two persons connected to popular dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, have been arrested by the Ghana Police Service. …
Read More »Pupils of Abansere Basic School learn under roofless shed
Pupils of Abansere Basic School in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region currently have classes under harsh and unfavourable conditions due to the absence of befitting classrooms. Pupils from classes two, three, and four learn under a shed that was constructed by the school with the support of …
Read More »Ayirebi SHS bursar0, others arrested for allegedly stealing food supplies
• Theft allegation hits Ayirebi SHS bursar, driver • PTA chairman of Ayirebi SHS confirms arrest of bursar • GES, stakeholders tasked to investigate Ayirebi SHS theft claims The Ayirebi Senior High School bursar, Emmanuel Kweku Frimpong, storekeeper, Ernest Osae Botah, and driver, Dominic Asare, have been accused of stealing …
Read More »Soldiers demanded GH¢50,000 each to join coup against Akufo-Addo – Witness tells court
• Ten persons charged with high treason standing trial for alleged coup • Accused persons include seven officers of the Ghana Armed Forces • Coup masterminded by Dr Fredrick Yao Mac Palm A prosecution witness in the ongoing treason trial of some ten persons including seven officers of the Ghana …
Read More »Two armed robbers attack bullion van, make away with GH¢107,000
• A bullion van has been attacked in Tarkwa in the Western Region • The van was attacked in front of Ransbet Super Shopping Market • The van was without a police escort A bullion van with more than GH¢107,000 in it has been robbed by two armed robbers in …
Read More »Mankarigu health workers return to post
Health workers at Mankarigu Health Centre in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region have returned to post after partially closing down the facility on Friday, October 15. Their decision to return to work follows a meeting between the North Gonja District Health Directorate and opinion leaders from the …
Read More »How policeman who foiled Circle phone scam was assaulted before rescue
• A police constable was assaulted at Nkrumah Circle on Monday • He had sought to mediate in a fake phone sale • It took a police patrol team to rescue him from his aggressors The Greater Accra Regional Police Command gave an inside story to how an officer was …
Read More »Coup plot: We wanted to keep Akufo-Addo in my uncompleted building – Witness
Staff Sergeant Awarf Kojo Sule, of the Defence Intelligence Department of the Ghana Armed Forces, has told the High Court in Accra how he suggested that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should be kept in “his uncompleted building” at Adenta Housing when captured in an alleged coup. Staff Sargent Awarf …
Read More »Togolese, 20, jailed 12 years for defiling 11-yr-old girl
A 20-year-old man, Michael Banu, has been convicted and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for defiling an 11-year-old girl. The Kibi Circuit Court presided over by His Honour Peter Oppong-Boahen passed the judgement. The accused pleaded guilty when the charge and facts were read and explained to him. A resident …
Read More »Man jailed for stealing GH¢33,000 from his employer, goes back for another GH¢87,000
• Fuseini Inusah stole GH¢33,000 from his former employer • Accused pleaded guilty but said he stole GH¢7,700 rather • He went back to steal another GH¢87,000 after a court had sentenced him for the first theft A man fined and jailed by the Kpessa District Court for stealing GH¢33,000 …
Read More »Shock as ‘female prisoner’ is discovered to be actually male
There was chaos and drama at Shurugwi Female Prison last week after a supposedly female prisoner was discovered to be a male. According to the Masvingo Mirror, at the time of his arrest 22-year-old Praise Mpofu was dressed as a woman. Mpofu is alleged to have been in the business …
Read More »Mankarigu Health Center temporarily closed down after attack by NPP youth
The Mankarigu Health Center in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region has been closed down temporarily on Saturday, October 16, 2021. This follows the vacation of post by nurses and other staff of the facility to protest an attack by a gang believed to be a pro-New Patriotic …
Read More »Pregnant woman stabbed to death by husband at Nyankyerenease
A 31-year-old pregnant woman has been stabbed to death by her husband in front of her six-year-old daughter following a scuffle between the two at Nyankyerenease in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The deceased, Betty, according to eyewitnesses was stabbed with a knife by her 40-year-old husband, Maxwell. …
Read More »Dozens of Qnet agents and recruits arrested in Koforidua
Dozens of Qnet Agents and hundreds of recruits have been arrested by Police in Koforidua. The special operation carried out by Police and Ambulance service Personnel from the Counter-Terrorism and Concentration Camp located in Huhunya on Friday targeted places where Qnet agents operate and target their victims. The suspects include …
Read More »Suame: Police after man who slit throat of colleague
Police at Suame in the Ashanti Region are on a manhunt for a suspect who allegedly stabbed his friend to death on Wednesday, October 13. The 23-year-old victim, Ebenezer Asare, died shortly after he was rushed to the hospital following the incident. Police say they have begun investigations into the …
Read More »Police recruitment fraudster jailed 18 months
The Ho District Magistrate Court presided over by H.H. Mr Akosah Amoampong Agyiri Yaw has sentenced 21-year-old Frank Fenuku Junior to 18 months imprisonment for defrauding by false pretence. Prosecuting the case, Chief Inspector Clever Ayayee informed the court that on September 3, 2021, Police picked a fraudulent FACEBOOK publication, …
Read More »Jealous gay man stabs lover for cheating
Two Gay lovers have been arrested by the Kasoa New Market Police after one inflicted cutlass wounds on his partner for allegedly cheating on him. The suspects are prince Nyator 22, and Evans Amoah 23 years. The incident happened Thursday evening around 6:30 PM. A Police source indicates that both …
Read More »Kasoa Police arrest suspected gays after bloody disagreement
Police at Kasoa New Market in the Central Region have today (October 14, 2021) arrested two young men suspected to be homosexuals, according to multiple news outlets including Adom TV and Metro News. The two, whose names were given as Prince Nyator, 22 years and Evans Amoah, 23 years were …
Read More »Man arrested after beating prophetess to ‘coma’
A 43-year-old, Kwabena Afriyie, has been arrested by the Anwiankwata District Police Command for beating his divorced wife, Prophetess Hagar Afriyie to coma. The unfortunate incident which happened on Saturday night at Poano sent Hagar into a coma. According to reports, the victim, Prophetess Hagar sustained various degrees of injuries …
Read More »Ghana loses US$5 billion to mental health issues
The medical director of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Pinaman Appau, has revealed that Ghana loses at least US$5 billion per year to mental health issues. Speaking to Asaase News, Dr Appau said the challenge is as a result of a lack of attention to the problem in the country. Her …
Read More »Fake Ghanaians jailed over Ghana Card
The Head of Corporate Affairs at the National Identification Authority (NIA) has disclosed that several foreigners have been prosecuted for posing as Ghanaians in their attempt to acquire the Ghana Card. Abudu Abdul Ganiu says though these persons presented “genuine documents, some later interviews showed that they were not Ghanaians.” …
Read More »Police arrests 3 for murder, trying to sell dead man for GHS7,000
The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested three men for alleged murder. Kalefe Korku, 42; Afedo Kpotor, 21; and Ametoke Sitsofe, 27, were arrested in their attempt to sell the body of the murder victim, 30-year-old Albert Anyinado, to a fetish priest at Agbozume. The police got intelligence of the …
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