CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Assailants kill 35-year-old private school owner

Unknown assailants have killed a 35-year-old owner of a private school in the Eastern Region. Mr Frederick Kwaku Ohene Gyan was shot dead at Pokrom in the Akuapem South District on Friday, 27 August 2021 at about 10:45 pm. “A Smith & Wesson pistol, an empty magazine disengaged from its …

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US after $10million fraud case re-arrested and jailed

• Ahmed Rufai has been jailed four years in the United States of America • He and four others pleaded guilty to defrauding hundreds of US citizens • He broke bail conditions and fled to Ghana but was arrested in April Ahmed Tourey Rufai, a US-based Ghanaian fraudster who fled …

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Police, galamsey taskforce arrest illegal miners in Juaboso District

The Western North Regional Taskforce of the Small Scale Miners Association of Ghana, together with the Sefwi Wiawso District Police Command have arrested some illegal miners in the District. The Anti- Galamsey operations also led to the seizure of water pumping machines, motorbikes, mobile phones, and parts of excavators in …

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VIDEO: Ritualist Caught kidnapping 3-year-old at Santase

The current happening in Ghana now is like a movie thereby rendering many Citizens speechless. Yesterday, there was a murder incident at Abesim which the Ghana Police Service are doing everything humanly possible to deal with perpetrators. Today, there was massive drama as Man who tried to steal a 3 …

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Farmer shot dead over palm wine tapping pipe

A 45-year-old farmer has been allegedly shot dead by his colleague at Nweneso No.1 in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region in a fight for ‘palm wine tapping pipe. The deceased who was identified as Yaw Kwakye surrendered to the injuries he sustained in his left armpit after …

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Man gets stroke after judge pronounced his sentence

He is currently at the hospital receiving treatment   An unemployed driver, Emmanuel Appiah, has been struck by ‘stroke’ after he was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a court in the Central Region for stealing. According to Emmanuel’s sister-in-law, Ruth, he fell unconscious whiles he was being escorted from …

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Young man stabs friend to death over mini Bluetooth speaker

A young boy has ended the life of his friend over a little misunderstanding. 20-years-old Shafiw, a resident of Nkawkaw Zongo has repeatedly stabbed his own friend, Lawali Umar to death. According to the report by Adom TV, Shafiw stabbed his friend over a Bluetooth mini speaker around 6 pm …

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Man allegedly beats 7-year-old son to death over fish

An artisan, Saviour Aniefok, has allegedly tortured his seven-year-old son, Nathaniel, to death at his residence at Amen Compound, in the Shangisha area of Magodo Phase 2, Lagos State. Mr Aniefok, who is said to be on the run, reportedly tortured the victim on the allegation that he stole a …

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Two Qnet agents arrested

Two agents of Qnet have been arrested by the Adweso District Police Command in the Eastern Region for allegedly holding a 26-year-old hostage and used him to defraud his Mother and Pastor. The suspects are Pafio Agordo,20, and Wisdom Korda, 21. According to the victim, suspect Wisdom Korda, who was …

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Man kills mother of his nine children after quarrel

• The farmer had been married to the deceased for over a decad • She was allegedly shot with a single gun barrel • Yaw Muntom reported himself to the Prang Police A 45-year-old farmer allegedly shot his 30-year-old wife to death in Lele, a suburb of Prang in the …

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Western Togoland: Two more granted Ghc1m bail, others remanded

The High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Comfort K Tasiame has granted bail to two more persons out of the 26 standing trial for aligning themselves with a prohibited organization called Western Togoland Restoration Front. These two adds to the three who had earlier been granted bail on …

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Government abandons student nurses allawance

Student nurses at the Bolgatanga Nursing Training College (BNTC) in the Upper East Region, say their allowances are in four months’ arrears. The students acknowledged that allowances for January, February, and March were paid, however, they are yet to receive allowances for April, May, June and July. Mr Benjamin Asaana …

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Top fraud cases that hit Ghana in 2019

One of the most common form of crimes in Ghana is fraud, with unsuspecting individuals and organizations losing millions of cedis to scammers. The Ghana Police Service and other security agencies are working to control crime but reports have revealed that fraud and scams cost Ghanaians more billions of dollars …

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Why plenty sex is a good weapon to fight prostate cancer

Whether or not sex is good for prostate problems is a question many men wonder about, and it’s an important one that needs answering. The prostate plays an active role during sexual activity. Along with other structures, the prostate is responsible for making fluid in semen, which helps transport your …

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Silenced, not gone: How CSM continues to linger behind COVID-19

Every year, tens of people die from the deadly Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) disease in Northern Ghana especially the Upper West Region. The annual havoc wrecked by the disease in Northern Ghana, often dominated both local and national media space and attracting attention from the government, development partners, civil society, the …

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UTAG to suspend strike; demands withdrawal of court action

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is expected to suspend its strike following an agreement with government to return to the negotiating table. The lecturers, according to a memorandum of understanding between them and government, will suspend their industrial action if the National Labour Commission withdraws all legal action …

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Abandoning E-blocks disgraceful – Mahama to Akufo-Addo

Former President John Dramani Mahama has described the current state of the E-blocks his government was constructing nationwide under a community day school project before he lost power in 2016 as “a disgrace” to Ghana’s reputation. He told eminent traditional chiefs in a meeting held on Tuesday in the Upper …

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Highway robbers attack Anti-Armed robbery squad deployed by IGP

The Anti-Armed Robbery squad deployed to the Eastern region by the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare have been attacked by highway robbers on Akyem Ettukrom to Bunso road in the Eastern region. The robbers allegedly wielding AK47 were on the road Tuesday, August 17, 2021, …

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Fourteen ‘wanted’ robbery suspects arrested

Fourteen suspects linked to a number of alleged robberies and other crimes have been arrested across the country. In the Greater Accra region, one Ebenezer Ahuma Djietror has been arrested for allegedly robbing and harming two persons at gunpoint on the streets on 11th August 2021. He has been remanded …

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