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37-year-old arrested for stealing goat
The Nigerian adage “everyday is for the thief, one day is for the owner” is, indeed, true. This is exactly what happened to Kwesi Nayiri Larbi, a 37-year-old unemployed man who was arrested by a group of men for stealing eight goats on Tuesday at ‘New York’ a suburb of Ashaiman and handed over to the Zenu-Atadeka Police, for investigation.
The District Crime Officer of Zenu-Atadeka Police Station, DSP (Rev) John Agbemabiese, narrating the incident to ‘The Spectator‘ at the crime scene, said the inhabitants of New York had been experiencing theft of their animals especially goats for some time now.
The Zenu-Atadeka Police in conjunction with various Neighbourhood Watch Committees have mounted a hunt for the goat thieves for the past months but to no avail.
However, on Tuesday at about 3:40pm, luck eluded the suspect as he brazenly conveyed eight live goats in an Opel Vectra with registration number ER 3313-X during one of his goat stealing escapades at New York to an unknown destination.
The group of men suspicious of the manner Larbi was carrying himself stopped the car for a search and upon seeing the stolen animals arrested him and handed him over to the police together with his booty.
The Crime Officer said few minutes after the arrest Mr Emmanuel Akuinor, a resident of Peaceland in the neighbourhood came to identify one of the goats as his.
He said Larbi would be charged after investigations and put before court for stealing.
From Godfred Blay Gibbah, Tema
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Education Minister announces approval of RISE
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu has announced the approval of the project Revitalising Institutions for Scales Enhancement (RISE) by the Italian government with a grant of 5million Euro to support Technical Vocational Education Training(TVET).
He was optimistic that investment in technical and vocational education was the surest way to reduce youth unemployment.
He charged the Director General for Ghana TVET, Eng. Dr Eric Kofi Adzroe to work with the policy planning directorate of the ministry to rebrand TVET sectors to position them as entrepreneurs.
“We to help produce entrepreneurs who can create their own jobs and not rely on government”, the minister emphasised.
Mr.Iddrisu stated that the TVET training centre will be one of the beneficiaries of the grant which will be implemented by the Ministry through the Commission for TVET (CTVET).
The chairperson, Mr Sebastian Fred Deh, commended the minster for his hard work and assured him that the council will provide a strategic direction to deliver on its mandate.
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Trial of Charles Bissue to Commence on July 2
The High Court has set July 2, 2025 for the commencement of the trial in the case of Republic v. Charles Bissue.
At a Case Management Conference, the prosecution informed the court that it had filed all disclosures on 28 May 2025.
Two witness statements have also been submitted, one with five exhibits and another with 12 exhibits.
In addition, the prosecution disclosed 63 other documents. Lawyers for the accused requested the original copies of these documents, confirming they had already been provided.
The court outlined a schedule for the prosecution’s witnesses to appear on July 2, 3, 8, 9, 15, 22, and 23.
The case was accordingly adjourned to July 2, for the trial to begin.
