Two suspected armed robbers, one of them a 14-year-old junior high school (JHS) student, have been arrested by the Kumasi Manhyia Police in Ghana for robbing a storekeeper at Asokore-Mampong, a suburb of Ghana’s second largest city. Tawfic Ibrahim, in the company of the juvenile and three others, was alleged to have attacked the storekeeper with […]
KUMASI, Ghana- A 47-year-old man accused of defiling a minor has been ordered by the Kumasi Gender Court, presided over by Mrs Rita Agyeman-Budu, to serve 14 years in prison. Kofi Gyamfi was convicted after he had pleaded guilty to the offence. The crime was committed at Afrancho-Bronkong in the Afigya-Kwabre District of Ghana’s gold-rich Ashanti Region. The
The Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau of the Ghana Police Service says 108 Police Officers were dismissed between January 2011 and June 2013 after they were found guilty of various offences. The Ghana Country Report of the Human Rights Commission available to the Bureau said 132 officers were reduced in rank and 239 received
By Isaac Bediako Justice KUMASI, Ghana – A family of five was burned to death when the room in which they were sleeping was gutted by fire at dawn at Trede, near Santasi, Kumasi, yesterday. Daniel Baafi, 39, his wife, Akua Ahema, 35, and their three children, including a one and half- year-old baby were
By Isaac Bediako Justice. KUMASI, Ghana – The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has expressed strong apprehension over the lack of commitment and will of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) to enforce the country’s investment laws which bars foreigners from directly engaging in the retail trade.
WILLY MAAME When it comes to artists who ‘live the music’ Willy Maame is most definitely one of such. Blessed with abundant lyrical talent, this “Oseikrom” based artist just refuses to be put down by the lack of opportunity which other artists have. If anything beats his talent, it’s the sheer determination to make it
