CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

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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54yr old businessman jailed for acid-bathing girlfriend, mother

The Koforidua Circuit Court “B” Presided by Her Honour Mercy Addei Kotei has sentenced a 54-year-old businessman to a jail term of 9 years and five months for throwing acid on his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend and her mother at Awukugua-Akuapem in the Okere District in Eastern region. The convict, Nana Yaw …

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Robbers attack filling station at Asenema

A gang of armed robbers on Saturday attacked a fuel filling station at Asenema, a suburb of Adukrom in the Eastern Region. According to sources, the robbers made away with an amount of ¢1,200 and mobile phones. The armed men, numbering about three, attacked a female attendant and a private …

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16-year-old girl allegedly raped and killed at Bodomase

A 16-year-old girl has allegedly been raped and killed at Bodomase in the Sekyere Kumawu District of the Ashanti region.   The incident occurred today, Saturday, 14 August 2021. A man who happened to have seen the body of the victim, Mr Kwadwo Obeng, told Kumasi FM’s Elisha Adarkwah that …

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GHS issues alert on deadly Marburg virus

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued an alert on the deadly Marburg virus disease to its regional directors following the death of a patient of the virus in Guinea. The GHS is asking health facilities in the country to initiate preparedness and response plans for the virus. Marburg virus …

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COVID-19: Six die at Suntreso hospital in one month

Six persons have died of the coronavirus within a month at the Suntreso Government Hospital in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. The Medical Superintendent at the hospital, Dr Agyarko Poku, who spoke to class news’ Elisha Adarkwah said several critical cases are being recorded. He expressed happiness that …

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Suspected gold thief beaten to death, another hospitalized

Police in the Ashanti Region have commenced investigations into the death of a suspected thief at Manso Atwere in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region after he was beaten by a mob. The victim’s alleged accomplice was also beaten by the mob and has been hospitalized. The two …

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Potuguese businessman killed by negligence in Angola

A businessman of Portuguese nationality was fatally shot for negligence, on Thursday, August 12, in Talatona district, in Angola, by an agent of a private security company. The 55-year-old Portuguese, who was self-employed, in an activity not disclosed by the National Police, was hit with an AKM shot in the …

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V/R: NACOC, Police intercept 9,752 slabs of cannabis

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), in collaboration with the Volta Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service, has seized 9,752 slabs of cannabis, estimated to cost GH¢4.87 million. The banned products were intercepted in the regional capital, Ho, after a joint operation in the early hours of last Tuesday. The …

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Man on the run after stabbing friend to death at Teacher Mante

Residents and Police in Teacher Mante in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region are on a manhunt for a young man identified as Emmanuel Oko Bekoe for stabbing his friend multiple times to death. The suspect has gone into hiding after committing the heinous crime. Kasapa News has gathered …

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Ghanaian students smashing academic numbers in the UK

• The buzz has not stopped with the twins who made headlines for their sterling performances in the UK A Level examinations • The Brampton Manor school has shared the news of some of these students of Ghanaian descent • They are heading to Cambridge University and the University of …

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Househelp steals boss’ gold chain and phone, gifts them to boyfriend

A Nairobi househelp, who stole her employer’s gold chains, cash, and mobile phone has, alongside his boyfriend, pleaded guilty to the theft charges. Rebecca Isiche Elumbe was charged alongside her boyfriend Kennedy Kimanthi before senior principal magistrate Phillip Mutua at the Kibera Law Courts. She admitted to stealing three sets …

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