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Security Alert! Robbers dressed as women attack victims on commercial vehicle
People who travel at an ungodly hour (between 1:00am and 3:00am) should be extra careful when boarding a vehicle with mostly women on board as passengers.
The reason is that, there has been a paradigm shift in the mode of operations of armed robbers in the country, especially at Kasoa and its surrounding communities in the Central Region.
These criminal fully dress like women by putting on wigs and brassieres and sit in commercial vehicles (trotro) pretending to be passengers in order to outwit the police and use their feminine dress style to trap unsuspecting victims and rob them.
Madam Atta Nsiah, a trader at AssinAnyinabrim near AssinFosu also in the Central Region revealed these to The Spectator during a funeral at AkyemAnweam near Kade in the Eastern Region last Saturday.
She said that one of her bosom friends who is a trader and resident of Kasoa got up in the wee hours of the morning about two weeks ago to go and transact business at Bawjiase was attacked by armed robbers who dressed like women on board a Bawjiase bound commercial vehicle.
According to the source, her friend, upon seeing those in the vehicle thought they were genuine female passengers who were also going towards Bawjiase for business.
But to her surprise, the driver took a different route near a cemetery on the Kasoa-Bawjiase road and drove the vehicle into the bush where the so-called passengers showed their true identity as armed robbers.
Madam Nsiah said her friend told her that no sooner had the vehicle stooped than the occupants removed their wigs and brassieres, and pulled out machetes and guns ordering her to surrender her mobile phone and a handbag containing an unspecified amount of money.
She further said that her friend resisted at first but had to give in when the robbers slashed her back two times. It was then she realised how dangerous the terrain was.
She said the armed robbers left the victim in the bush far away from the Kasoa-Bawjiase main road and sped off.
The victim trekked the long distance to the road side before getting a vehicle back to Kasoa where she is presently nursing her wounds and counting her losses having contracted a loan from bank for her business
By Castro Zangina-Tong
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Prof Alidu Seidu files nomination for Tamale Central seat
The newly elected parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Tamale Central, Prof Alidu Seidu, has submitted his nomination forms to the Electoral Commission.
As of 10:00 a.m. today, he was the only person who had filed to contest the seat.
Nomination of candidates will close at the end of the day.
Associate Professor and Head of the Political Science Department at the University of Ghana Legon, Prof. Alidu Seidu won the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries in the Tamale Central constituency with a landslide victory.
The elections, supervised by the party’s Elections and IT Directorate in the Northern Region, saw Prof. Seidu poll 840 votes out of the total valid ballots cast.
His closest contender, Lawyer Hanan Gundadow Abdul-Rahaman, secured 536 votes.
The other aspirants could not make significant gains, with Dr. Seidu Fiter obtaining 44 votes, Aliu Abdul-Hamid 23 votes, and the rest recording fewer than 10 votes each.
In all, 1,500 ballots were cast, with 6 ballots rejected and 7 spoilt ballots recorded.
The results were signed and declared by Dr. Arnold Mashud Abukari, NDC Northern Regional Director of Elections and IT.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) held parliamentary primaries in Tamale Central to choose a candidate for the upcoming by-election following the death of the sitting Member of Parliament, Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed. Dr. Mohammed, who also served as Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, tragically died in a military helicopter crash in the Adansi Akrofuom District on August 6, 2025, alongside seven others.
His passing left the Tamale Central seat vacant, as required by Ghana’s 1992 Constitution.
The Electoral Commission has scheduled the by-election for September 30, 2025. While the NDC moved quickly to open nominations and vet aspirants, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) announced it would not contest the seat, citing the need to respect the somber circumstances and promote national unity.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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Ghana to locally refine its gold starting October 2025 – Sammy Gyamfi
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board, Sammy Gyamfi, has announced that plans are far advanced for the establishment of a state-owned gold refinery in the country.
Speaking at the 2025 Minerals and Mining Convention, Mr Gyamfi said the refinery will process locally mined gold into bullion instead of exporting it in its raw state.
According to him, it is unacceptable that Ghana, despite being a leading gold producer in Africa, continues to export raw gold known as dore.
He explained that the Gold Board, working with the Bank of Ghana and local refineries, will from October 2025 begin refining gold locally.
He also disclosed that an ultramodern assay laboratory will be built to ensure international standards in testing gold quality.
Mr Gyamfi noted that the refinery will be wholly state-owned and will help Ghana move away from raw mineral exports to value addition.
This, he said, will boost foreign exchange earnings, create jobs, and position Ghana as a hub for gold refining and jewellery production in Africa.
The CEO stressed that the project forms part of government’s strategy to ensure the country benefits fully from its natural resources and to transform the mining sector into a driver of economic growth.
By: Jacob Aggrey
