Crime
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Court slams 31 suspected Western Togoland secessionists with five charges
Some thirty-one persons believed to be part of the secessionist group that orchestrated the chaos in the Volta Region have been slapped with five charges at an Accra Circuit Court, myjoyonline report…
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Four more persons arrested in connection to Western Togoland separatists
Four more persons believed to be connected to the Western Togoland campaigners have been arrested in an ongoing operation by the Formed Police Unit (FPU) in the North Tongu District of the Volta regi…
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Ex-Minister takes a swipe at alleged lesbian soldier who married partner in uniform
Rachel Appoh, a deputy minister of Gender and Children Protection has added her voice to calls for the hierarchy of the Ghana Armed Forces to crack the whip on the female soldier who allegedly marrie…
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Welder handed a 6-month jail term for slashing mason’s head with a metallic hammer
An electric welder who hit a mason’s head with a metallic hammer has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Yao Dzikunu, 27, was also ordered to pay a compensation of GH…
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Officer shot dead at police station in London
A British police officer was shot dead in the early hours of Friday by a man who was being held at a police station in south London. Police said the incident occurred at about 2:15 a.m. while the man…
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Two charged after covid-19 killed 76 people at Massachusetts veterans’ home
Two former heads of a Massachusetts veterans home have been indicted on criminal neglect charges for their roles in handling a COVID-19 outbreak that killed 76 people, the state’s attorney general sa…
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Kennedy Agyapong pleads not guilty at the High Court
Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong has pleaded not guilty in the contempt charges against him at the High Court. The controversial MP made the plea after the tape of his attack on th…
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Police officer lynched at Bono Region after stabbing 2 people to death
A police officer with the Ghana Police Serve has allegedly been lynched by a mob at Basa in the Sene East District of the Bono East region. The officer identified only as Kusi was killed after he rep…
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Four stabbed in Paris attack, suspect arrested
Four people were stabbed on Friday near the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that was attacked by Islamist militants over five years ago, Prime Minister Jean Castex sai…
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22-year-old notorious robber lands in police custody over murder of Momo vendor
One more person has been arrested in connection with the murder of a mobile money vendor at Ejisu/Onwe in the Ashanti Region. The suspect was arrested at his hideout in Kumasi following police intell…