Adom FM midday news

9-year-old burnt to death at Adansi Dompoase. A nine-year-old boy by the name Kwame Atta has burnt to death after a fire ravaged a four-bedroom he was occupying.

The incident occurred at Dompoase near Fomena in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region.

President Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) School at East Legon in Accra. According to him, this is part of efforts by government to reorient the educational system to focus more on science and technology.

A man identified as Nana Opuni Kwargyan has shot himself to death in his home at Dawereso Nkwanta in the Asante Akyem North Municipality. The alleged suicide is believed to be related to a wrong money transaction that dipped, causing him to lose all his savings.

The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) and the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA) have commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for directing the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to suspend the implementation of the reversal of discount on the benchmark value policy to pave the way for broader consultations with stakeholders.

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) is encouraging the study of Ghana’s fundamental laws as a guide to civic rights and responsibilities as Ghanaians celebrate the Fourth Republican 1992 Constitution today, 7 January 2022.

A couple based at Enchi-Yakase in the Western North Region has been caged by the police for beating their four-year-old daughter to death for bedwetting. Salome Oteku, 27, and her 34-year-old husband, Effah Donaldson are said to have beaten the victim from dawn till morning, leaving her unconscious.

A teacher at Ambariya Senior High School in the Tamale metropolis, Ziblila Mohammed Sadat, has allegedly committed suicide. According to the sources, the incident happened on Monday, January 3, 2022, in his room after he notified his brother of his fatal decision.

The Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of Flt. Sergeant Nicholas Owusu Frimpong in connection with the discharge of a firearm at A&C Mall, East Legon, on Friday, December 31, 2021.

2021 in review: The Asokwa District Court on Friday, July 2, 2021, remanded into police custody the three suspects arrested in connection with the death of Ibrahim Muhammed, also known as Kaaka, who resided in Ejura in the Ashanti Region.