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A visit by JoyNews to the final holding point of the two kidnapped Canadian ladies rescued at Kenyasi-Achiase reveal their captors held them under unhygienic conditions. A two-bedroom apartment located at a settlement that is mashy and outgrown with weeds appears to have been unoccupied long before the kidnapped ladies were taken there. Bowls of cooked food that had gone ...

Security analyst Dr Vladimir Antwi Danso has denied reports that he has blamed the spate of kidnappings in the country on the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Some media reports say the security affairs lecturer has defended the arrest of the NDC chairman Samuel Ofosu Ampofo in connection with the kidnappings and suggested that the act could in sabotage of ...

Business mogul and Chairman of the SIC Life Company Ltd, Akwasi Aboagye Atuah overwhelmed his wife with a surprise flight to the stunning Monaco capital, Monte Carlo for her 50th birthday celebration. In a video cited by www.ghanaweb.com, Mrs. Anna Atuah who appeared to be clueless about the development was welled up with emotions and squealed in excitement after she ...

The outgoing World Bank Country Director Henry Kerali has lauded the Bank of Ghana over the recent microfinance sector cleanup which saw the revocation of license of some 347 microfinance companies. Speaking to Starr Business, he said the regulator must be commended for the feat, but government also needed to step up efforts to improve the business climate in the ...

A 29-year-old Nigerian, Mr John Oji, the second suspect in the kidnapping of three Ghanaian women in Takoradi, Western Region appeared at the Sekondi-Takoradi High Court II on Wednesday, 12 June 2019 to answer to charges of conspiracy to kidnap and kidnapping. The first suspect, Samuel Udoetuk-Wills, also a Nigerian, named Oji as a key conspirator. Oji was arrested in ...

The two Canadian nationals who were abducted last week have been rescued. A team of top national security operatives rescued the duo from the kidnappers in a fierce gun battle at a hideout at slums in Kumasi. The four kidnappers who are all Nigerian nationals have also been arrested after the standoff between them and the rescuing force. They are ...

Forty-two armed members of Galamstop Taskforce in the Atiwa District of the Eastern Region have invaded Muoso community and brutalized a family of seven amidst firing of multiple gunshots. The Taskforce members in three vehicles, wielding guns and machetes on Saturday at about 2:00pm, attacked and brutalized one Kofi Asomanin, a private security, his wife, Georgina Boadi and their children ...

Eight suspects have so far been arrested for the kidnapping of the two Canadian ladies, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has officially announced. The women, who went missing a few days ago, were found in the early hours of Wednesday June 12, 2018 at Kanyasi in Kumasi. Recounting how the operation went, the Minister stated that intelligence gathering efforts led ...

The leader of pro-government militia group Delta Force, Mr Kwadwo Bamba has described as false, reports that a member of the group has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of two Canadian young women at Ahodwo in Kumasi. The Canadians were rescued on Wednesday, 12 June 2019 at Akyease in the Asokore Mampong municipality of the Ashanti Region after ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has charged the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service (CID) not to allow itself to be used to play politics with the rights and lives of Ghanaians. “Ghanaians are very worried about the general state of insecurity in the country and that this apparent grand-standing by the Police CID is a far cry ...