The Assin Darmang District Police is investigating a case of man who has butchered his 27-year-old wife to death at Assin Koforidua in the Central Region. The suspect, only known as Kwabena and aged 35 is said to have inflicted deep cutlass wounds on his wife Abena, resulting her death. …
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Suspected thief chained to electric pole; beaten to pulp at Elmina
A young man believed to be in his 20’s was chained to an electric pole, stripped naked and beaten to pulp by some residents of Elmina when he was caught with stolen items in the area. The young man, whose name was given as “Dabi Na Mɛka M’asɛm”, is believed …
Read More »Tafo: Remand prisoner chews off inmate’s testicles during fight
A man in custody shocked officers at the Tafo Pankrono Divisional Police Command in the Ashanti Region, when he chewed off the testicles of another inmate during a fight in a holding cell. It still remains unclear what sparked the Thursday morning brawl at the station’s charge office. A police …
Read More »More than 1,000 inhabitants of Ellembelle district benefit from free cataract surgery
More than 1,000 people have undergone free cataract surgery and other related eye problems at the St Martin de Pores Catholic Hospital at Ekwe in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region. The medical team, led by Dr Seth Lartey, a consultant at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi …
Read More »Nine-year-old boy escapes from kidnappers with the help of a blade
• 9-year-old Philip Ametepe was kidnapped at Kasoa but was found at Broadcasting • He escaped his kidnappers with the help of a blade • Philip overheard the kidnappers planning his relocation before escaping A nine-year-old boy identified as Philip Ametepe has narrated how he escaped possible death at the …
Read More »GH¢5 theft leads mother of three to jail
• A 24-year-old mother has been jailed for stealing GH¢5 to feed her 3 children • Akua Akya stole the money from her neighbour who later reported to the police • She was slapped with a GH¢2,200 total fine but sentenced to two months for failing to pay A 24-year-old …
Read More »Ghana’s UCC ranked globally among best universities for research influence
• UCC has been named among the best in the world for research influence • This is the first time the university has been featured • The 2022 Times Higher Education rankings was set up two decades ago The 2022 Times Higher Education annual rankings has ranked the University of …
Read More »Woman arrested for defrauding church, members under false pretence
The Police in Adeiso have arrested one Gifty Attah for defrauding a church and its members under false pretence. Her modus operandi, according to the Police, was to appear in the church, give her life to Christ, and then introduce herself as a businesswoman from the United States. Police Commander, …
Read More »45-year-old painter allegedly defiles KG2 pupil
• A KG2 has been defiled • The suspect, a 45-year-old painter, has denied the act • Police have arraigned him even as investigations go on The Accra Regional Police Command is investigating a defilement case involving a painter and a KG2 pupil. John Arthur, 45, who resides at Race …
Read More »Six teenagers arrested for attempting to sell ‘stolen’ taxi
Six youngsters alleged to be residents of Effiakuma in the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipality in the Western Region have been arrested by the Adum Banso Unit Committee in the Mpohor District for attempting to sell a “stolen” taxi to an unsuspecting man in the area. Narrating events leading to the arrest …
Read More »Police arrest two suspected armed robbers at mosque
Two suspected armed robbers who had gone to the Mosque to pray after successfully robbing the Wapco Fuel station at Wiasi, a suburb of Kwame Danso in the Bono East region have been arrested by the Police. The Suspects – Mustapha Selemana (27yrs) and Muali Seidu (42yrs) made away with …
Read More »Akufo-Addo finally releases cash for conjoined twins’ surgery at Ridge Hospital
President Akufo-Addo has paid the full cost of the surgery of the conjoined twins at the Ridge Hospital in Accra. The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Opare on Tuesday presented a cheque of Gc 14,394, 397.58 to the management of the Gt. Accra Regional Hospital(Ridge Hospital). This follows concerns about …
Read More »VIDEO: Motorbike rider snatches phone of traffic police
A motorbike rider, popularly referred to as boda boda, in Kenya has snatched the phone of a traffic police months after a similar incident was rubbished by the country’s police chief. Local media portals carried the story about how the rider in an area known as Kangundo Road monitored the …
Read More »Police arrest 3 suspects over beaheding of 13-yr-old boy
The Aveyime Divisional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has picked up three suspects to assist in investigations as regards the decapitation of a 13-year-old boy at Aflorkope Dove in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region. Identified only as Kofi, the teenager is reported to have been …
Read More »3 Fulanis caged for allegedly gang-raping young girl
Three out of the four Fulani herdsmen who allegedly gang-raped a thirteen-year-old have been detained by the central east regional police command. This was after the father of the girl identified the suspects during a police identification parade. The police had earlier announced an identification parade in the community “to …
Read More »Mother and child arrested for killing husband
A mother and her 15-year-old son have been arrested by the Koforidua Divisional Police command in connection with the death of her husband. The victim, Eric Kwaku Amoako, 40, was allegedly assaulted to death by the wife Mavis Adjoa Amponsah, 36, and three other accomplices including her brother Kofi Dennis …
Read More »Mask-wearing robbers attack fuel station
Ad Armed robbers broke into Okorase fuel station, beat attendants, and made away with an unspecified amount of cash Monday dawn around 1:00 am on August 30, 2021. The manager of the fuel station, Delali Dzamposu, informed the police about the incident. He recounted that four armed robbers including a …
Read More »Police arrest chief, 21 others with weapons and ammunition
The anti-armed robbery squad deployed to the Eastern Region by the acting Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has arrested 22 suspects including a Fulani Chief in Donkorkrom in the Afram Plains in possession of weapons cache and ammunition. The weapons retrieved are; one foreign pistol, three locally …
Read More »Man beheads 12-year-old for rituals
A Twenty-five (25) year-old resident of Mafi Dove in the Central Tongu District of the Volta region is in the grips of the Battor Aveyime Police Command for allegedly beheading a 12-year-old boy for ritual purposes. According to residents, the incident happened late Sunday night, after a drumming competition among …
Read More »STEPSS students sit on floor to learn, stand to eat and sleep in uncompleted building
St. Stephens Secondary Technical school (STEPSS) in Akyem Asiakwa in Abuakwa South Municipality in the Eastern region is reeling under serious infrastructural and furniture crises amidst the exponential increase in the population of students as a result of Free Senior High School policy . The infrastructural and furniture crises in …
Read More »Robbers suspected to have killed int’l journalist arrested
Four persons are currently in police custody for their alleged involvement in some robbery and murder cases on the Kintampo-Buipe-Tamale highway. The four – Saaju Bukari, Bertor Saabi, Ali Amadi and Isaad Seidu – were arrested following an intelligence-led operation conducted by the Special Anti-Robbery Task Force. The operation also …
Read More »26 stolen goats found in a Taxi in Savelugu
The Savelugu Police have arrested two persons for allegedly stealing goats. The police found the stolen livestock in an Opel Astra with registration number BA 1538-12. The suspected goat thieves were arrested at a snap checkpoint at the Savelugu Airport junction. According to Accra-based myjoyonline, suspects, Haruna Zakaria, 23, who …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Pastor in court for allegedly impregnating wife of church member under guise of deliverance
Head Pastor of El-Shadi Outreach Ministry at Anaji is in court after allegedly engaging in sexual relations with a 30-year-old woman who happens to be his church member, dailyguidenetwork.com has reported. The woman, Regina Ankrah who resides at Diabene New Site near Sekondi says the pastor, Bishop June Nana Kwame …
Read More »Daylight robbery on Bolga-Walewale highway; robbers bolt with phones, huge cash
Some commuters on Bolgatanga-Walewale road have reportedly been robbed at gunpoint at a section of the road between Wulugu and Karimenga. MyNewsGh.com source who was a victim of the robbery said the armed robbers stopped all cars that were on the road in broad daylight. Passengers were then asked to …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Armed robbers kill London-based journalist on Tamale-Kintampo Highway
An international journalist in Ghana for a documentary has been shot to death by suspected armed robbers on the Tamale–Buipe road in the Savannah region. According to the Northern Regional Police command, the incident occurred around the Mpaha Junction on Monday, August 23, 202, at 7pm. A statement signed by …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Two persons arrested for operating ‘fufu joint’ at Pokuase interchange
The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two persons in connection with the operation of a mini eatery at the newly commissioned Pokuase interchange. The Public Relations Officer of the Regional Police Command, DSP Juliana Obeng in a Citi News interview said the two, are, 32-year-old Comfort Dartey …
Read More »Abesim murder: Police discover spot where suspect hid intestines of victims
• The police have an update on the Abesim murder case • A statement said the spot where suspect Richard Appiah buried the intestines of one of the victims has been identified • Families of the victims are currently receiving psychological support The Ghana Police Service has discovered a spot where the …
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