Crime
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Angry robbers attack Ashanti Regional EC boss, rob at gunpoint
The Ashanti Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr Benjamin Bannor Bio, has been attacked by armed robbers. The incident happened on the Anwiankwanta-Obuasi highway about 10:30 pm on …
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Two Rwandan Catholic priests dragged to court over congested masses
The authorities in Rwanda have penalised two Catholic priests after presiding over masses that violated coronavirus safety measures. The Catholic parish of Ruhengeri in the north of the country, wher…
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National Security intercepts smugglers at Kotoka Airport with $1m worth of gold
A crack team of operatives from the ITF Unit of National Security, has arrested a popular gold dealer and his accomplices, suspected to be part of gold smuggling syndicate trafficking Ghana’s preciou…
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4 examiners nabbed for allegedly leaking WAEC script
Four examiners believed to have carelessly leaked the 2020 West African Examination Council scripts which were entrusted to them have been arrested. The four WAEC examiners were picked up from Accra,…
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U.S. Department of Justice drags Yale University to court over discrimination
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Yale University on Thursday, accusing the Ivy League school of illegally discriminating against Asian and white applicants in undergraduate admissions. The lawsuit…
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21-year-old mechanic jailed for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old
Drama broke out when an Accra Circuit Court sentenced a 21-year old Auto mechanic to seven years imprisonment for defiling a 12-year old girl in a vehicle parked at a mechanic shop at Darkuman. Samue…
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Woman nabbed after fleeing with seller’s vehicle
An unemployed woman, who bolted with a vehicle whiles conducting a test drive has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with forgery of document and stealing. Eunice Nyarkoa, before abscondi…
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Accra Court sentence two to Eight years imprisonment for Bullion Van robbery
Two persons who stolen GH¢ 1,020,500 in a bullion van in 2017, have been sentenced to four years imprisonment each by an Accra Circuit Court. Bismark Abem, a Cash in Transit (CIT) Officer, and Eric L…
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Black Man Killed By White Police Officer In Texas While Breaking Up Domestic Dispute
According to several conformed reports, an unarmed Black man in Texas was shot and killed by a while police officer while trying to break up a domestic incident between a couple that had gotten physi…
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U.S. prosector indicts anti-virus software creator, John McAfee for tax evasion
Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment on Monday against John David McAfee, creator of the eponymous anti-virus software, over charges that he evaded taxes and willfully failed to file tax return…