CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

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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Police gun down three armed robbers, arrest two others

Police on Monday shot to death three armed robbers in a shoot out at Opeibea, near the Kotoka International Airport. The three were identified as Akika Christian Roberts, Alhassan and Alhaji. Abdul Latif, aged 47, and Prosper Koku, 27 years old, who were suspected to be accomplices of the gang, …

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Police arrest armed robbers in Ejura

Police in Ejura in the Ashanti Region have arrested three armed robbers of Fulani extraction who attempted to rob a taxi driver at Teacherkrom on Aframso-Sekyedumase road on 4th August 2021. According to the Police, the driver Kofi Seidu Emmanuel was signalled to stop by the three armed Fulani men, …

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3 pastors arrested after attempting to secretly bury woman

• 3 pastors have been arrested in connection with the death of a woman • Reports indicates that the woman died at the church premise • The pastors had allegedly planned to secretly bury the woman Three pastors of the Agbemavor Church and Prayer Camp have been arrested following the …

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VIDEO: Four suspected robbers shot dead by Police at Shiashie

Four suspected robbers have been shot dead by Police at Shiashie in Accra Monday morning. The robbers, according to Starr News sources, were accosted by the Police after a robbery operation in the area. The bodies of the suspects have been sent to the Police Hospital for autopsy. Details of …

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Delta variant strikes at GIJ Campus after Miss Communication finals

Information reaching AnfrebeatNews indicates that several students of Ghana Institute of Journalism(GIJ) are set to be quarantined after some students tested positive for the virus during the school SRC week celebrations.  From which the news team has gathered, the said students contacted the virus during the face-to-face lectures . Sources …

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Ghana takes delivery of Johnson & Johnson vaccines

Ghana has received its first batch of the Johnson & Johnson vaccines under the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), a move initiated by the African Union (AU). The 177,600 single-shot doses were received at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) by a delegation led by Deputy Minister of Health Tina Mensah on Saturday, …

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GNAT rejects 2021/2022 salary increment for public workers

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has rejected the recent upward adjustment of salaries for public sector workers pegged at four and seven percent for 2021 and 2022 respectively. “That is not what we expected. The ongoing discussions on various social media platforms indicate clearly that workers are understandably …

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80 percent of HIV infected at close of 2020 were women – NACP

About 80 per cent of Ghana’s estimated 346,120 HIV infections at the close of 2020 were females, the National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NACP) has disclosed. The national prevalence was 1.7 per cent. Dr Stephen Ayisi Addo, Programme Manager of NACP, who disclosed this at the fifth stakeholder engagement organized by …

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Suspected highway robber shot dead at Wenchi

A suspected armed robber was shot and killed during a fierce gun battle with a police patrol team at Wenchi in the Bono Region. The armed gang in the early hours of Friday were spotted by a night patrol team, flushing torch lights around the Wenchi cemetery on the Wenchi-Wa …

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68-year rubber farmer allegedly killed by girlfriend

A 68-year-old rubber farmer, identified as Mr. James Armoo, has allegedly been murdered by his girlfriend at Basake near Nzema Aiyinasi in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region. This sad incident is reported to have occurred on Thursday, August 5, 2021, around 10 pm. According to eyewitness accounts, an …

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Police arrest 40 suspected armed robbers within Kumasi Metropolis

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 40 suspected armed robbers believed to be behind several robberies in the Kumasi Metropolis in recent times. The gangs were arrested at separate community assisted swoops by the police in some communities in the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area. Among the communities were Adum, …

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Police gun down suspected armed robber at Wenchi

Police at Wenchi in the Bono Region have shot to death a suspected armed robber around the Wenchi cemetery on the Wenchi-Wa highway. According to Wenchi Municipal Police Commander, DSP Eric Awudzivi, the police patrol team on the Wenchi stretch of the Wenchi-Wa highway in the early hours of Friday …

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KNUST suspends end-of-semester exams due to UTAG’s strike

Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST have suspended indefinitely the end-of-semester examination scheduled to begin on Monday, August 9, 2021. The announcement follows an indication by members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) that they will not return to the lecture halls until the …

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Teshie: Nine arrested for burning Wulomo shrine

Nine suspects have been arrested by the Accra Regional Police Command in connection with the chaos that erupted at Teshie, which resulted in the burning of the chief priest’s palace (Wulomo shrine). The incident occurred on the night of Thursday, 5 August 2021. All properties in the shrine have been …

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Bolga-Nkwanta M/A Basic pupils study under trees

The unavailability of classrooms has compelled pupils of Bolga-Nkwanta M/A Primary School in the Atebubu-Amantin Municipality to learn under trees. The school with a population of about 350 pupils lacks a single classroom block for the pupils to use for academic activities. Faced with this challenge, the school has taken …

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