A self-professed Mallam in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region has been arrested by the Police for allegedly defrauding someone to the tune GHC81,000. The victim, John Opoku, was said to have contracted Mallam Latif Abdul Mumuni to help him unearth some gold buried by his late grandmother at Wassa Kwame Dikrom, a community in the … Read more
Another illegal mining disaster has occurred at Wassa Nananko in the Amenfi East District in the Western Region, leaving one person dead and another seriously injured. The victim, who was identified as Mumuni Manya, 27, was trapped in a mudslide at a mining site at Nananko and died instantly. The second person narrowly escaped death … Read more
A science teacher at Sefwi Aboduam M/A JHS in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western Region William Otoo, 24, is in the grips of the Ayamfuri police for attempting to sell a first-year pupil at a cost of GH 250,000. According to the Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Olivia Ewurabena Adiku “at about … Read more
A science teacher at Sefwi Aboduam M/A JHS in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western Region William Otoo, 24, is in the grips of the Ayamfuri police for attempting to sell a first-year pupil at a cost of GH 250,000. According to the Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Olivia Ewurabena Adiku “at about … Read more
Nana Donkor Okyere Siabuor III, a 58-year-old divisional Chief in the Sefwi Ahwiaso area of the Western Region, has been arrested by the Bibiani police for allegedly masterminding the killing of a retired educationist in the area. Four other suspects who allegedly aided in murdering the educationist – Samuel Benson Kwakye, 68 – have also … Read more
The taxi driver who allegedly stabbed to death a renowned pastor in Takoradi during a road rage incident Monday night has been arrested. Prophet Frank Agyekum popularly known as Odeefo Nkwantabisa of the Charismatic Grace Chapel of Assakae was stabbed to death at about 9:00pm Monday at the Race Course Junction at Apremdo. Reports say … Read more
A 35-year-old woman, Patricia Morrison, met her untimely death when a taxi she was driving veered off the road and landed in an abandoned ‘galamsey’ pit at Abease, near Cyanide in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region. DAILY GUIDE gathered that the incident happened on Monday evening when three persons, including the deceased, went … Read more
A Police force, made up of 150 personnel from the National Police Headquarters and 150 from the Western Regional Command, today [Tuesday], arrested 50 residents of Ekpu, a fishing community in the Jomoro District for vandalizing properties belonging to the Half Assini District Police Command. Residents of Ekpu are alleged to have gone to the … Read more
Armed Police officers numbering about hundred on Tuesday morning stormed Ekpu and Half-Assini towns in the Jomoro district of the Western region to allegedly beat locals. According to some victims who spoke to Empire News’ Emmanuel Ohene-Gyan, the police officers stormed the two communities in the early hours of Tuesday morning beating anybody they came … Read more
Five teenagers residing at New Takoradi, a fishing community in the Sekondi-Takoradi, have been arrested by the police for their alleged attempt to use the father of one of them for ritual money, popularly known as ‘sakawa’. The suspects are George Williams, 17; Joseph Enuson, 17; Joseph Sarpey, 17; Degraft Dankwa, 16, and Samuel Armoo, … Read more
Police in the Western Region have launched a manhunt for Mallam Ridwan for luring some boys to kill their fathers after visiting his shrine to help them to be rich. Mallam Ridwan is alleged to have advised the five (5) male friends from New Takoradi a fishing community in Takoradi to kill their fathers for … Read more
An operation by the Western Regional Police Command to flush out miscreants engaged in illegal mining (galamsey) in river bodies has led to the arrest of five Chinese nationals who were reportedly mining gold in River Ankobra. The Chinese were reportedly spotted mining in the river in two communities – Bamiankor and Duwale – in … Read more