The Sandema District Police Command in the Upper East Region Police has arrested suspect Agriwen Owen at Azim-zim on Sandema-Chuchuluga road with a pump-action gun, seven (7) AAA live cartridges, and one empty AAA empty cartridge, a Jackknife, one (1) handcuff, and a Talisman. Police Night Patrol team in Sandema, …
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 »Chief stops Okada riders from operating in Akyem Akroso
There is confusion at Akyem Akroso in the Eastern Region after a Chief, Elders, Assembly members, and the Unit community placed a moratorium on commercial motorbike operation in the area, which took effect Tuesday, August 10. The temporal prohibition was agreed upon on Sunday, August 7 by the Akyem Akroso …
Read More »Chief’s linguist shot dead during robbery operation in Bono Region
The linguist of the Abease Traditional Council’s chief has been shot dead in a robbery on the Prang road in the Pru West District of the Bono East Region. The deceased has been identified as Kofi Yeboah, who is also a teacher at the Abease Presbyterian Junior High School. The …
Read More »Chief and people of Kandiga boycott census
The Chief and people of Kandiga, a community in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, said they are not participating in the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC). They said the unanimous decision to boycott the exercise was due to irregularities in the demarcation and description of …
Read More »Police Deputy Chief Inspector found dead in room at Flagstaff House Barracks
A police officer identified as Deputy Chief Inspector Emmanuel Kofi Nunekpeku has been found dead in his room at Jubilee House Barracks Block. He died on Friday, 18 June 2021 at Block E Room 35. Sources said his wife, Faustina Nunekpeku who is also a police officer visited and found …
Read More »Chief orders exhumation of body
The Chief of Armaakrom, Barimah Nii Amarkwafio, has ordered his guards to exhume the body that was buried at the cemetery in his jurisdiction. The traditional ruler ordered the exhumation of the body because he claimed the family that buried the person do not belong to the three communities …
Read More »Adansihene Exposed As Galamsey Chief
In the wake of the ongoing national outcry about illegal mining and its toll of destruction on the environment, a powerful traditional leader, the Chief of Adansi and president of the Adansi traditional council, has been accused of being involved in illegal mining. Multiple sources, including a lawyer, an Assembly …
Read More »Govt has no interest in who becomes Chief Imam – Attorney General clarifies
Attorney General Godfred Dame has said the government will be engaging in “excessive entanglement” if at any point it tries to interfere with the process of electingleadership of any religious group in the country. The government’s top lawyer stressed that processes leading to the selection or succession of religious leaders were …
Read More »Chief slams Old Tafo MP
MP for Old Tafo in the Ashanti Region incurred the wrath of Tafohene, Nana Agyen-Frimpong Ababio when he failed to honour an invitation to the commissioning of an AstroTurf. The traditional ruler said the absence of Vincent Ekow Assafuah doesn’t speak well of him and for the development of …
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