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Judges and magistrates in Ghana say the country’s court premises should be declared flashpoints and given maximum security protection at all times. The judges and other judicial workers who say they feel threatened by Thursday’s violent attack on a Circuit Court in Kumasi, premised their call on the fact that “criminal trials [at the courts] have the potential of emitting violence” At a news conference in Accra Friday, they said the attack on the Circuit Court by the pro-New Patriotic Party vigilante group, Delta Force, which led to the escape of 13 members of the group, is a threat and…

The Western Regional Director of Education, Enyonam Afi Amefugah, has denied caning a female teacher who whipped some class-two pupils for showing up late for school to write examination. The teacher at Well Road Primary School in Sekondi was “hitting the legs” of the pupils with cane Wednesday when the Director chanced on the incident which she deemed inappropriate, hence intervened.  The pupils were said to have reported late to the examination hall. The Director said when she saw the teacher caning the legs of some the class-two pupils, she initially thought it was just one pupil “but soon after,…

It was a moment of glitz as all and sundry gathered at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, AdaeKesie Hall on  April 2, 2017 for the book launch of Change What You Eat; Change How You Look by Certified Weight Loss Expert, Akoto DerGross. In the book, Change What You Eat; Change How You Look, the author who is also the Founder and CEO of Fat2Fit Weight Management Ghana, shows how changing his diet completely transformed him from being obese to super fit by taking the reader through a 7 step process that  will  help  them break  free  from  unhealthy …

Two suspected criminals, said to be gays, are in the grips of the Tesano Divisional Police Command on charges of blackmail. The suspects, Stephen Torsu and Aikins Atitsogbe, together with four others now at large, allegedly forced and took nude photos of a victim they had robbed in demand for additional GHC1,000 The four have been identified only as Courage, Willie, Semanu and Dickson. Police said the six lured the victim (name withheld), who is a social worker, to their house and stripped him naked, took a number of pictures of him after they robbed him off his mobile phone…

Deputy Agric minister-designate, George Oduro, has expressed surprised at a report by Ghana’s Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) linking him to a cocaine syndicate in Geneva in Switzerland. Describing the work of the BNI on the report as shoddy, Mr Oduro wondered how such a security apparatus could fail to do due diligence before writing the said report dated March 23, 2017 to President Nana Akufo-Addo. He said Friday that he is consulting with lawyers over the matter and in due course, make a decision on the matter. According to the BNI report, Mr Oduro, also known as George Best…

Lead counsel for the accused person of the Marwako Restaurant manager who is being tried for thrusting the face of caterer into blended pepper, has prayed the Abeka District Court for an “out of court settlement”. Mr Julio De Medieros, counsel for Jihad Chaaban, the accused person, informed the court that he had instructions from his client to pray the court for out of court settlement. Referring to Section 73 of the Court’s Act, the law allows reconciliation in criminal cases noting that the issue before the court was not a felony but a misdemeanour. “As a mother, in your…

The Ashanti Regional Police has re-arrested the 13 members of Delta Force vigilante group who escaped from lawful custody Thursday. All the 13 are currently in custody after “they reported themselves to the Police [on Thursday]”, a statement issued by the Regional Police Commander, DCOP Ken Yeboah. It is unclear whether the escapees who were being tried on charges of assault will be tried on another charge of escaping from lawful custody. The 13 members were forcibly freed Thursday afternoon when their colleagues stormed a Circuit Court in Kumasi, threatened the presiding judge and vandalized property during court session. They threatened…

The US has carried out a missile strike against a Syrian air base in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town. Fifty-nine Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two US Navy ships in the Mediterranean. Six people were killed, the Syrian army said. It is the first direct US military action against forces commanded by Syria’s president. The Kremlin, which backs Bashar al-Assad, has condemned the strike. Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, called it “an act of aggression against a sovereign nation”. The attack, at 04:40 Syrian time (01:40 GMT), comes just days…

Government says it would engage the services of the police and military in the second phase of the fight against the illegal small scale mining popularly known as galamsey. The canker has greatly affected water bodies in the country and polluted them so badly, the Ghana Water Company has had to shut down some of its treatment plants. Communities living along some of these water bodies now resort to sachet water for drinking, cooking, bathing amongst others. Major media outlets in Ghana have started a campaign to ensure that mount pressure on government and other major stakeholders to ensure that…

“The desire to see the next generation live a better life than the previous is something that inspires me. I believe a life that is well lived is a life that was lived trying to better the lot of the next generation”. A product of Achimota Senior High school and the University of Ghana, Legon, Mark Boateng has taken a path most young men and women have considered in recent times but the unique story about a humble, ambitious and God-fearing Mr. Boateng is one which will serve as motivation for all. Online journalist Nana Afrane Asante (NA) gets up…