Four armed robbers have robbed a woman of an unspecified amount of money at Sampa Valley near the Weija barrier in Accra on Friday. Two of the gun-wielding men on motorbikes accosted the vehicle being driven by the victim, opened the back door, and bolted with a backpack containing the …
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A/R: Man gets 10 years for robbing woman of 40 pieces of ice cream
The Asante Bekwai circuit court has sentenced a tiller to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbing a trader of her 40 pieces of ice cream. Simon Blay, 28, pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced on his own plea. Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Ofori told the court …
Read More »VIDEO: Daylight robbery: Policeman shot in both legs; over GH¢31k snatched
MyNewsGh.com sources have disclosed that Seargent Maxwell Kwakye of who is stationed at Sowutuom a suburb of Accra was shot in both thighs by armed robbers in yet another daylight robbery operation. According to information available to this website, Sergeant Maxwell Kwakye had withdrawn an amount of GH¢31,850 from the …
Read More »Ghana to receive 1.3m Pfizer vaccines from US
The Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, has assured the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, that the United States will soon donate some 1.3 million Pfizer vaccines to Ghana. This is in addition to some 1.2 million Moderna vaccines received by …
Read More »Tyrone Marghuy tops class in Science & Elective Maths despite admission woes
Tyrone Marghuy, one of two Rastafarian boys in a legal battle with Achimota School has reportedly topped his class in Science and Elective Maths. The Rasta student excelled in the Exams despite his inability to study with the class against the backdrop of his predicament in relation to his admission. …
Read More »V*ginal gas (flatulence): Why women queef during s3x and what to do about it
You may not be familiar with the term, but most women have experienced a queef at least once in their lives. For most of us, queefing is a normal, albeit annoying, bodily function. It’s nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about and a very common thing that most women experience. …
Read More »Why you falling asleep after having sex is good
We get countless benefits from having a good, regular sex life and sleeping better is just one of them. Many women still seek the answers to these questions. Is it abnormal to fall asleep after intercourse? Not at all. The tiredness that appears after intercourse is a natural reaction of …
Read More »38-year-old arrested with billions worth of cocaine
A 38-year-old man, Okey Eze, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, with 350 wraps of cocaine worth over an N2.3billion in street value. The suspect, a Mali-based tiler, was arrested on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, during …
Read More »Thieves steal batteries from water discharging systems at Tono Dam
Persons suspected to be thieves have cut open the metal casing of a number of automated water discharging measuring systems fixed to the laterals of the Tono dam canal in the Kassena-Nankana area and made away with solar batteries. Information gathered by GhanaWeb indicates that the thieves have also made away with …
Read More »Three busted for faking ‘pregnant’ woman’s kidnapping
The police in Takoradi has arrested three persons suspected to have conspired with lost-but-found woman Josephine Panyin Mensah, over her disappearance and alleged pregnancy. The police, in a statement, noted that for a number of years, the regional command has recorded several false kidnapping cases in which people conspired to …
Read More »Student of Kweneboah Koduah SHS dies after trying to escape from Prep Master
A final year student of the Tweneboah Kodua Senior High School in the Ashanti Region has died after landing on his chest while attempting to avoid regular checks by school authorities. Reports say the deceased, Edward Duut, 19, together with other the students upon learning of the presence of the …
Read More »Another daylight robbery at Kwashieman; one shot
Information reaching our outfit indicates that there has been a daylight robbery this afternoon at Kwashieman, Accra. According to reports, one man was shot in the leg after the robbers attacked him and made away with the money he withdrew from the bank. In a video, the robbers were seen …
Read More »Police impounds over 100 motorbikes after robbery incident
The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested 17 drivers for flouting several road traffic regulations including dangerous driving, driving on the shoulders and verges of the road, unauthorized use of sirens and beacon lights, among others. This formed part of the police’s ongoing …
Read More »Wife kills husband over cheating
Esi Arthur, a 32-year-old trader, has been arrested by the Agona Swedru District Police Command for allegedly killing her husband Francis Anthony, 44, at Gomoa Akropong in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region over cheating. According to the father of the deceased, Ebenezer Anthony Nyansor, Esi has constantly …
Read More »WASSCE: Kumasi High School Headmaster prescribes solutions to stop examination leakages
The Headmaster of Kumasi High School in the Kumasi Metropolis Mr. Bernard Hall-Baidoo is advocating for alternative credible examinable bodies to rival the existing West African Examination Council as one of the measures to stem the perennial exams leakages and other malpractices associated with the WASCCE exams. According to …
Read More »PHOTOS: Alledged sakawa boy caught red-handed trying to behead his girlfriend for money rituals
A young man suspected to be a sakawa boy has found himself in hot waters after allegedly attempting to behead his girlfriend for a money ritual. The incident happened on Tuesday morning, September 21. It was gathered that the suspect was caught trying to behead the victim along the SETRACO Road, …
Read More »Man robs 20-year-old lover after luring her to Navrongo
A young lady in her late 20s has been left in despair and counting her losses after a man who became her acquaintance through a misplaced phone call lured her to Navrongo and bolted with her possessions. The young lady (name withheld) was visiting Sheaga in the Talensi District from …
Read More »7 detained final year students of Sawla SHS denied bail
Seven final-year students of Sawla Senior High School in the Sawla Tuna Kalba District of the Savannah Region who were arrested on Monday and detained for alleged occultism have been denied bail. This was after the intervention of some opinion leaders in the community. Those arrested according to JoyNews reporter …
Read More »Akim Oda MP organises free mock exams for JHS students
The Akim Oda Constituency Education Committee, established by the Member of Parliament (MP), has organised a special mock examination for 1,688 Junior High School candidates in the area. The cost of the mock examination was fully borne by the MP, Mr Alexander Akwasi Acquah. Teachers would also be motivated for …
Read More »MMDCE nominees: 12 arrested over Chereponi riots
Twelve persons believed to be supporters of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), in the Chereponi district of the North East region, have been arrested for their alleged role in the disturbances in the area on Sunday, September 19 following the nomination of Zuwweiratu Mada Nashuru as the District Chief Executive. They …
Read More »Adansi South District records first COVID-19 death
The Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region has recorded its first COVID-19 death. Mr William Asamoah, the District Disease Surveillance Officer who told the Ghana News Agency in an interview said the deceased would be buried according to medical advice. He gave the assurance that the District’s COVID-19 response team would …
Read More »2021 WASSCE: There are no leakages; just speculations – Education Ministry
Ad The Ministry of Education is insisting widespread reports about the leakage of some papers in the ongoing 2021 WASSCE forcing the rescheduling of some papers are false. Deputy Spokesperson at the Ministry Yaw Opoku Mensah said the papers in question were put on hold to investigate portions of the …
Read More »VIDEO: Man shot in daylight robbery at Achimota
• Some armed men have made away with an amount of GH¢20,000.00 after robbing a woman at Achimota Old Station • The armed men shot at a motor rider they mistook for a police officer •The thieves bolted from the scene after the woman handed over the cash she had …
Read More »Man arrested with 656 ATM cards at Kotoka International Airport
•NIB officials on September 12 arrested a man with 656 cards •Despite holding a Nigerien passport, the suspect claims to be a Nigerian •He also possessed $12,000 and a list of PINs for the ATM cards Bachir Musa Aminou, a 42-year-old, has been arrested at the Kotoka International Airport for …
Read More »Phone thief sentenced to four years imprisonment
The Ashaiman District Court has sentenced Prince Agbeko, a 22-year-old forklift apprentice to a total of four years imprisonment in hard labor for stealing phones in three different cases. The Court Presided over by Mrs. Eleanor Kakra Banes Botchway sentenced Agbeko after pleading guilty to stealing in all three cases. …
Read More »JHS girl badly bruised after being whipped for scoring 17/30 in class test
A female Junior High School(JHS) student of Kumasi Bantama Church of Christ School in the Ashanti Region is nursing injuries after she was allegedly flogged by her teacher to a pulp for scoring 17 out of 30 in class test. Mr Jones Owusu gave the victim several strokes of the …
Read More »Students of Mirigu Senior High School protest against poorly cooked meals
Students of the Mirigu Senior High School (MISCO) in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region have protested against the school’s caterer over the quality of their meals. According to reports, the caterer who has been tasked to feed students with one hot meal a day under the …
Read More »400 students of YIKROSEC crammed into wooden structure meant for 100
Authorities of the Yilo Krobo Senior High School (YIKROSEC) in the Eastern Region are appealing to the government to help expand its infrastructural facilities to ease congestion in the school’s dormitories. They said there has been overcrowding in the dormitories which has been posing as a threat to the health …
Read More »Woman remanded for GRA enlistment scam
An Accra Circuit Court yesterday remanded into police custody a 39-year-old woman for defrauding victims of GH¢139,000 in connection with enlistment. Janet Adjoa Nyarko was said to have taken the monies from her victims to secure enlistment in the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), but failed to fulfill her promise. She …
Read More »Suspected robber shot dead in failed bank robbery
A suspected armed robber has been shot dead in a failed robbery attack on the Adonteng Rural Bank branch in Abomosu in Atewa West District in Eastern Region. The deceased armed robber was part of a robbery gang that attempted to attack the bank at about 1:55 am Friday, September …
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