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Amenfiman SHS qualifies for NSMQ competition
Amenfiman SHS students receiving their price
Amenfiman Senior High School (AMENSS) in the Wassa Amenfi East District in the Western Region has qualified to participate in the 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) competition.
Represented by Masters Ebenezer Tetteh, Paul Ayehu, and Raymond Amoaful the school emerged winners at the NSMQ regional qualifiers competition held on June 7, 2023 after beating Tarkwa SHS, Axim Girls’ SHS, and Nsein SHS.
The Headmaster of the school Mr Isaac Mickson in an interview with The Spectator expressed his heartfelt Joy for the success chalked by the school’s contestants. He urged them to work hard to enable them win the national competition.
He has, therefore, appealed to old students of the school to assist them in acquiring the requisite academic materials for the school’s quiz club.
Established in 1976 through the drive with an initial enrolment of 38 students, and exertion of the good people of Wassa Amenfi. AMENSS which was formally opened with 38 the school can now boast of more than 1300 student population.
Amenfiman S.H.S has been categorised as a grade “B” school by the Ghana Education Service, and aims at providing quality teaching based on sound academic and moral principles delivered by well-qualified and motivated graduate teachers backed by an efficient non-teaching staff.
The school has performed very well with the motto “WISDOM DWELLS WITH PRUDENCE’, at the West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).
By: Francisca S. Atta-Eyison
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for his role in a 2022 robbery at a mining site at Manso Akwasiso in the Ashanti South Region.
The convict, Dominic Ofori, also known as Fanta, was arrested on 16th February 2026 after years on the run. He pleaded guilty before the Bekwai Circuit Court to robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29, and was accordingly sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.
On March 20, 2022, the Manso Adubia District Police received intelligence that a group of armed men from Manso Abodom were planning to attack a mining site at Manso Akwasiso to rob the owner of gold concentrate. Acting on the information, police mounted a coordinated operation and laid an ambush at the site.
At about 5:30 pm the same day, four-armed men arrived at the site, fired indiscriminately, and robbed the miners of their gold concentrate. The police team on surveillance intervened, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
Three of the suspects, Abu Abubakar, Musah Latif, and Gideon Takyi, sustained gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on arrival at St Martins Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum. Dominic Ofori escaped at the time but was later arrested and put before the court.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has assured the public of its continued commitment to combating violent crimes and bringing offenders to justice.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 45-year-old Isaac Boafo, also known as “Duabo King,” for allegedly publishing false news intended to cause fear and panic.
Police said the arrest follows a viral TikTok video in which Boafo claimed that four officers at the Central Police Station in Kumasi engaged in inappropriate conduct with commercial sex workers during night patrols in Asafo.
Officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate (Ashanti Region) apprehended Boafo after receiving intelligence about the video.
During questioning, he admitted to creating the video to attract views and engagement online, and acknowledged that he could not prove the allegations.
Boafo also admitted making comments about the President of the Republic for content purposes and could not defend those statements.
He has been formally charged and is in detention as investigations continue.
The Ashanti Regional Police have warned the public against publishing or sharing false information on social media, noting that such acts can cause fear, panic, and damage reputations.
They said anyone found engaging in similar conduct will face legal action.
By: Jacob Aggrey
