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Tarkwa: 24yr old convicted for defiling JHS student

September 15, 2023 9:00 am Add a Comment

The Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced an electrician to 10 years in jail with hard work for allegedly luring a 14-year-old girl into a guest home and having repeated sex encounters with her there. Kwofie was found guilty by the … Read more →

Most robbery incidents in Tarkwa are committed by foreigners – MCE

August 31, 2023 7:07 am Add a Comment

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Assembly (TNMA), Mr Benjamin Kessie says most robbery incidents in the municipality are being committed by foreign nationals, particularly Nigerians. Mr. Kessie speaking on security issues in the municipality said … Read more →

Tarkwa: Driver jailed 10 years for snatching a taxicab

May 4, 2023 2:06 pm Add a Comment

The Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a taxi driver to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for conspiring with his wife to rob a driver of his Mazda Damio taxi cab valued at GH?30,000.00. The convict, Timothy Amponsah, 32, who … Read more →

W/R: Police arrest 3 robbers for attacking gold-buying shop at Tarkwa

April 26, 2023 10:01 am Add a Comment

The Police have arrested three suspects in connection with a robbery attack on a gold-buying shop at Akoon-Tarkwa in the Western Region. The suspects, Ezekiel Stephen Oghenekaro, Samuel Amoashie and Fatawu Awudu together with three other suspects armed with weapons … Read more →

Condoms burnt as fire catches prostitution hotbed in Tarkwa

March 31, 2023 8:20 am Add a Comment

Many boxes of condoms were found burnt after personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service brought down a fire outbreak that caught a popular prostitution joint in Tarkwa in the Western Region. DO2 Alex Assiem, Tarkwa Divisional Fire Commander told … Read more →

Tarkwa: Popular prophetess beheaded

November 16, 2021 3:05 pm Add a Comment

A 37-year-old prophetess, Mrs Rose Boafo Ampofo has been killed by unknown persons at Akyempim, a suburb of Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana. According to reports, She is the founder of Word of Knowledge Church. This was disclosed … Read more →

2 arrested in Tarkwa bullion van robbery attack

October 20, 2021 7:53 am Add a Comment

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested two employees of Mon-Trans Limited to help in investigations into Monday morning’s bullion van robbery in Tarkwa in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality. Two armed robbers amidst sporadic shooting, robbed a bullion van of … Read more →

Tarkwa: Taxi driver found dead at Akyempim

May 26, 2021 10:57 am Add a Comment

A 30-year-old taxi driver has been found dead at Akyempim in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality and his vehicle taken away by the suspected criminals. The deceased, who used to operate within Tarkwa and its environs, has been identified as Ernest Essuman. … Read more →

Ghana Health Service names Sekondi-Takoradi and Tarkwa as COVID-19 hotspots

May 26, 2020 1:36 pm Add a Comment

At a press briefing at the Ministry of Information on May 26, Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Aboagye, made it known that Sekondi-Takoradi and Tarkwa in the Western Region are the new hotspots for Covid-19 Infection … Read more →

PHOTOS: Tarkwa residents demonstrate over poor roads

April 10, 2019 9:26 am Add a Comment

Some irate residents of one of the natural resource rich cities in Ghana, Tarkwa a mining community in the Western Region this morning (Wednesday 10th April, 2019) are demonstrating over the poor state of their roads. The demonstrators who are … Read more →