The management of Marwako Fast Foods has suspended its Abelenkpe Branch Supervisor, Jihad Chaaban, who allegedly robbed the face of a female employee with blended pepper. The management of the food chain expressed its regret at the unfortunate incident and hinted of investigating the alleged act and taking subsequent disciplinary sanctions. A statement signed by … Read more
A Policeman stationed at Upper Jerusalem near Afienya under the Tema Regional Police Command, is battling with his life at the Tema General Hospital for sustaining four gunshot wounds from unknown assailants believed to be armed robbers. Sergeant Godfred Appiah is in critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital following the … Read more
A 25-year-old female employee of the Marwako Restaurant in Accra has been allegedly assaulted by a Lebanese supervisor for fidgeting with a blender and working slowly. The assailant, Jihad Thaabn, 26, a brother-in-law of the owner of the Marwako Restaurant, is said to have angrily grabbed the neck of the victim and dipped her face … Read more
Two self-styled pastors are in the grip of the police for allegedly defrauding more than 400 people by giving them fake prophecies. The suspects, identified as Joseph Braimah, 22, and Derick Kweku Sakyi Baisie, 31 (alias Kweku Money), are said to target well-established traders and other personalities, mainly in the Greater Accra Region and other … Read more
Latest: GSE: Financial stocks to further drive returns On February 24, 1966, the first President of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, was removed from office through a joint military and police coup. The overthrow of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) government 51years ago is regrettable, to say the least. In 1956, the CPP won the … Read more
As part of their Valentine’s Day celebration, Asafo FM, a local radio station, operating in Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region, has donated food items to inmates of the Ankaful Maximum Security Prisons. The donation worth hundreds of Ghana cedis included cloths, football, shoes, toiletries, rice, drinks, water, fish and cooking … Read more
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, has for the third time reshuffled some officers in the police top hierarchy, barely a month after assuming office. In the latest shake-up, Public Relations Officer for the Ashanti Regional Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Yusif Mohammed Tanko, has been transferred to the Northern Regional … Read more
Police in Jirapa have arrested two men from Tampaala community in the Jirapa District of the Upper West Region, for abetting the marriage of their teenage daughters. The two, 54-year-old Noponong Botaa, and 60-year-old Cletus Puogbigre, were picked up by the police on Friday afternoon in their various homes after a report by Naa Mwinsaama … Read more
The Ford Transit mini bus that was involved in the accident at Nsuta Two persons lost their lives in a car crash on the Sunyani-Techiman highway last Thursday. The deceased have been identified as David Akurugu, 42, driver, and Afia Martha, 70. Ten others sustained injuries. A Toyota Highlander with registration number AS 1037–17 crashed … Read more
The suspects were said to be between the ages of 18 and 51. Twenty-one drug peddlers were arrested by the Tema Regional Police Command in a dawn swoop on Saturday. The operation, which took place at Old-Tulaku, a suburb of Ashaiman and Community 25 in Tema in the Greater Accra Region, also led to the … Read more
About 40 illegal foreigners have been arrested in a police operation against illegal foreigners staying on the Indian Ocean Island of Mauritius. Africanews correspondent in the country, Yasine Mohabuth, reports that among the detained persons were four Ghanaians along with nationals from India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Many were in a deep sleep early on Wednesday … Read more
Social and economic activities have come to a standstill at Bimbilla, two days after calm was restored to the town. All public and private schools in the town have been closed down to protect the lives of both teachers and students. Some of the teachers, especially the non-indigenes, are said to have left the town … Read more
As at the time of filing this report, there was still simmering tension in the area Two persons have been confirmed dead in Bimbilla in the Northern region following renewed chieftaincy clashes in the town yesterday. A number of people were injured in the process whiles some houses were also set ablaze. As at the … Read more
The bodies of an unknown woman and her one-year-old baby girl, have been found floating on a river at Klagoon, near Lashibi, in Accra, and have been retrieved by the police. The bodies which were in an advanced state of decomposition are yet to be identified. The Public Relations Officer (PRO), of the Accra Regional … Read more
The death toll in the accident that occurred on the Techiman-Kintampo Highway last Friday has increased to nine. Five of the deaths occurred on the spot while one other person died at the Techiman Holy Family Hospital. However, three of the 32 injured, who were receiving treatment at the hospital, also died last Saturday. The … Read more
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Christian Dogbatse, the Atwima-Mponua District Commander, has warned of swift and firm action to deal with any breaches of the law in the area. He said they were never going to allow criminals to have their way and make things miserable for the law-abiding. They were determined to stay ahead … Read more
A joint security team has been deployed to Tatale in the Tatale Sanguli District in the Northern Region to maintain law and order in the area following hightened tensions between the Bassare and Kokomba (the two major ethnic groups) in the area. The security personnel were deployed from the Yendi military detachment and police commands … Read more
Ten days after a patient went missing at the Tema General Hospital (TGH) while on admission, the police have officially opened a missing person’s investigation into the matter. The administrator of the hospital and two nurses are currently on police enquiry bail as a result of the disappearance of Mr Reuben Anyasu, 64, from the … Read more
A suspected highway robber who allegedly attacked two men at Banda Nkwanta in the Bole-Bamboi District in the Northern Region last Tuesday, is in the grip of the police. The 29-year-old suspected armed robber, whose name was given by the police as Joe Zimbasare, was arrested by his victims and handed over to the Banda Nkwanta … Read more
The police in Kumasi last Thursday arrested 12 people for attempting to forcibly take over a lorry station at Aboabo in the Kumasi metropolis. Officials at the station fled and reported the matter to the police who came in to effect the arrest of the alleged attackers. Confirmation Confirming the incident to the Daily Graphic, … Read more