874 A security officer who stabbed his employer to death in Kumasi this week has been arrested by Ghana police. The prime suspect in Abigail Ahenkan’s murder case, whose legal name is Alister John, is currently in police custody after attempting to flee after the heinous crime committed against his employee. John reportedly murdered his […]
Crime
Volta Region: 64,000 slabs of suspected marijuana seized at Atikpui
624 The Nyive sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and the Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have seized a total of 64,000 pieces of packs suspected to be marijuana in Atikpui, a border community within the Ho municipality of the Volta Region. The seized items were found on Thursday, September […]
Court sentences thieves who stole Vodafone Ghana cable 7 years each
490 Mathias Duayin and Albert Edor, two individuals arrested on charges of cable theft in Akosombo, have been found guilty and each sentenced to a prison term of seven years by the Odumase Krobo Circuit Court. The theft involved cables with a combined length of 2,600 metres. The estimated damage caused by the theft is […]
Illegal miner arrested for defiling 9-year-old girl at Akrokere in Adansi North
497 The police have apprehended a 24-year-old illegal miner for allegedly defiling a little girl at Akrokere in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region. Ebenezer Adu’s victim is a 9-year-old currently in Primary 3. A source close to Adom News indicates that the suspect and the little girl’s mother reside in the same […]
Immigration service intercepts over 5 tonnes of Indian hemp
607 Source: Ivy Setordjie (Joy news) Personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service’s Nyive Sector Command in the Volta Region have intercepted 80 slabs of substances suspected to be Indian hemp. The alleged Indian hemp was intercepted at Atikpui which borders Togo in the Ho Municipality. The Sector Commander for Nyive, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration, Abdullah […]
Court sentences unemployed, grants bail to another over theft of electronic devices
463 An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an unemployed man to a fine of 600 penalty units, equivalent to GH₵7,200.00, over the theft of electrical devices valued at GH₵10,500.00, belonging to one Mr Robert Mills. In default, Adolf Kosah, aged 25, would spend eight months in prison in hard labour. Kosah had pleaded guilty to […]
Rape, defilement top sexual health violations in Cape Coast, Elmina
903 Research conducted on access to sexual and reproductive health services in Cape Coast and Elmina has revealed that rape and defilement are the highest sexual health violations in that part of the country. Interviews with a total of 1,031 female respondents between 15–45 years revealed that “defilement and rape resulting in unwanted pregnancies tended […]
Volta Region: Godenu residents accuse police of destroying their properties
496 Residents of Godenu and Wegbee in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region have accused the police of causing destruction to several properties in their community following a clash with the security officers. The residents claim that the police officers chased a man suspected of transporting Indian hemp, and got into an accident with […]
Police arrest 200 gay men at ‘gay event’ in Nigeria
649 Police in Nigeria say they have arrested about 200 gay men at an event in southern Delta state. Sixty-seven of them will now be charged after investigations. However, most of the men who were paraded in front of journalists on Tuesday said they were not homosexual but fashion designers, photographers and models who had […]
1 Dead, 2 In Critical Condition As Chinese ‘Galamsey’ Security Shoot 3 Teenagers At Sefwi ‘Abroad’
514 One teenager has been allegedly shot dead by Chinese illegal miners security at Sefwi Abrokofe popularly known as ‘Abroad’ near Sefwi Boinzan in the Sefwi Juaboso District of the Western North Region.The shooting by these illegal miners have also led to the injury of two persons who are also teenagers and are in critical […]