CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Student arrested in connection with Nyinahin school fire

A spokesperson for the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Nyinahin, Bismark Obuobi, has disclosed that the police has arrested a student suspected to be involved in the arson attack on a dormitory of the Nyinahin Catholic Senior High School. “The arrest was made yesterday and the police commander in the …

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5 arrested with guns, ammunition and other weapons in Nsawam

Five persons have been arrested in Nsawam-Adoagyiri for possessing several guns, ammunition, and other offensive weapons without a license. The suspects were arrested along the Nsawam road by a patrol team on the evening of Monday, October 11, 2021. According to Rainbow Radio’s Prince Collins Bening, the suspects who were …

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Police foil robbery at Oyibi

The Accra Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service on Sunday, October 10 foiled a robbery attempt at Oyibi, a suburb of Accra, leading to the arrest of two suspects. Prime suspect Richard Narh, 45, had made his way into the residence of his victim by chiseling through the fence …

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One arrested; 15 tankers impounded in fake fuel supply

The Ashanti regional police command has arrested one suspect in connection to the alleged adulteration of fuel loaded from the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to the Kumasi Bulk Oil storage depot. The suspects involved in the illegal fuel production include seven other fuel Tanker drivers who are currently at large. …

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Volta police arrests 3 for murder, trying to sell dead man

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 …

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Policeman defiles class 5 pupil at Police Station

A 42-year-old police officer in the Volta Region is under investigation for allegedly defiling a class 5 Pupil of Ave Xevi Roman Catholic (R/C) Primary School in the Akatsi North District of the Volta Region. The suspect, Sergeant Emmanuel Duah reportedly abducted the 13-year-old girl in a yet-to-be commissioned newly-built …

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Thief nearly lynched after snatching military officer’s vehicle

There was drama at Akyem Tafo in the Eastern region when a car thief snatched a vehicle from a military officer in a broad daylight on Sunday. Sargent Eric Okyere Agyapong, a physical training instructor of the Northern Military Command Headquarters, Tamale currently on attachment at the Army recruit training …

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Armed robbers attack mobile money vendor, one shot dead

One person has been shot dead by armed robbers at Ekye Amanfrom, a fishing community in Kwahu Afram Plains South District in the Eastern Region. The fully masked four(4) member robbery gang emerged on foot from the Ekye Market center direction and attacked Samuel Agbozo Enterprise (a mobile money and …

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45-year-old man butchers grandfather, one other

One person has died while another is in critical condition after they were butchered by a 45-year-old man, Dada Asumanin, at Wawase in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti region. The deceased, Kwabena Nkrumah, 80, is the grandfather to the suspect while the other victim, Kwame Kwakye, 70, …

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U.S. donates 1.3m more COVID-19 vaccines to Ghana

More than 1.3 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States have arrived via COVAX in Accra. Today’s delivery brings the total to more than 2.5 million doses donated by the United States to Ghana to date. U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Sullivan was joined by Ghana’s Deputy Minister …

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Man Arrested for Allegedly Killing Farmer for Chasing his Wife

The Bunkpurugu District Command have arrested suspect Kampii Ningpeen Yennu in connection with the alleged killing of one Matthew Namisom, 35, a farmer at Kpentaung in the Bunkpurugu/Nakpanduri district of the North East region. The Acting North East Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Robert Anabiik Anmain, who confirmed the …

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GES sends strong warning to school authorities

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned authorities at the various Senior High Schools against collecting any unauthorised and/or illegal charge from newly graduated final year students under the guise of the clearance system. In a letter to Regional Directors, the Director-General, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, stated that the Service had …

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Police chase armed robbers at Afiedanyigba with ‘toy’ guns

When armed robbers struck at Afiedenyigba in the Keta Constituency of the Volta Region earlier in the week, the Police’s response was to go after them with guns that could not fire, Whatsup New gathered. According to a group of Anlo citizens of the Volta Region called “Concerned Citizens of Anlo” who are lamenting …

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68-year-old trader crushed to death by faulty vehicle

A 68-year-old woman met her tragic end Wednesday morning when a vehicle loaded with foodstuffs ran over her at the entrance of the Agomanya market in the Eastern Region. The accident occurred when a Mitsubishi mini bus with registration number GW 3696-X loaded with foodstuffs and heading from Yonguasi, a …

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Cape Coast daylight robbery: All you need to know

• Cape Coast recorded the latest incident of daylight robbery • A businessman was attacked by armed robbers who shot him and bolted with his money • Police have placed a 5,000 cedi reward on information leading to arrest of the culprits Another month and another daylight robbery incident in …

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Police arrest five more suspects in Afiadenyigba robbery

Police in the Volta Region have arrested ten(10) armed robbers who robbed a company and occupants of a vehicle at Anlo-Afiadenyigba. On 1st October, 2021, a Police-community partnership-led operation resulted in the initial arrest of five(5) persons, Haruna Tobolka, aged 36, Akwasi Owusu aged 18, Famous Normesi aged 29, LumorEric …

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Case of Caregiver held for baby’s death adjourned to Nov. 15

The Adentan District Court has adjourned the case in which Clara Ayan Ampah, a caregiver has been held for the death of an eleven-month-old baby to November 15. This was because the court magistrate of the Adentan District Court has been on leave. At the last court sitting, prosecution informed …

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Alleged motor thief nearly lynched at Assin Adiembra

A suspected motorbike thief was nearly lynched by an angry mob at Assin Adiembra in the Assin South District of the Central Region. The timely intervention of the police at Assin Aworoso saved his life. The suspect is currently on admission at St. Francis Xavier Hospital in Assin Fosu receiving …

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Ecobank staff jailed for stealing customers deposit

Ad • Prince Sam Essuman has been jailed for twelve years • He stole from customers deposit • He was found guilty of nine counts Prince Sam Essuman, a staff of Ecobank has been sentenced to twelve years for stealing funds from the bank’s depositors. The Tema Circuit Court ‘B’ …

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Credit officer jailed two years for stealing, two others fined

Henry Adotey Allotey, an Account officer of Kalmoni Group/ Japan Motors, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for stealing GHS73,000 belonging to his employer. Allotey had earlier on refunded GHS22,000 out of the amount he stole. The court in its judgment further ordered Allotey to refund GHS51,000 out of …

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Father hacks son for tapping his palm trees

A 63-year-old palm wine tapper, Gordon Teye, popularly known as ‘Kampala’, has butchered his son at Assin Amanbete Larteh, near Assin Anyinabirem, in the Assin South District of the Central Region for wine from his palm trees. Narrating the incident to Angel FM’s Kwame Owusu Shadrack, Isaac Kwame Tetteh, 31, …

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Takoradi ‘pregnant’ woman finally meets bail

Josephine Panyin Mensah, who allegedly faked a pregnancy and kidnapping in Takoradi in the Western Region, has finally met her bail conditions. A week after being granted bail by a Takoradi Circuit Court, the 27-year-old had failed to meet the bail conditions. She was granted bail by His Honour Michael …

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