Crime
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Attorney of teen who killed two at Kenosha protest says accused acted in self-defense
A high-profile lawyer representing the 17-year-old boy charged with killing two protesters and wounding another during demonstrations on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, said on Friday that his cl…
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UK set to possess £117m linked to ex-Nigerian governor
The United Kingdom has moved to confiscate proceeds of loot in the £117m worth of properties linked to James Ibori, former governor of Delta State, as he appeared in court on Thursday via video link.…
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France to try suspects involved in 2015 Charlie Hebdo killings
Fourteen suspected accomplices to the French Islamist militants behind the 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris will go on trial next Wednesday. Seve…
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26-year-old trader charged for allegedly raping Porter at Korle Lagoon
A 26-year-old trader, Enoch Ofori has been remanded into police custody by the Adjabeng District Court for allegedly raping an 18-year-old female Porter at a spot near the Korle Lagoon in Accra. Char…
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UK: Cocaine worth £4m hidden inside yams and potatoes found at Gatwick Airport
Cocaine worth over £4m has been found hidden in vegetables or suspended in liquid in freight from flights at Gatwick Airport. Packages of the class A drug were seized by Border Force after being dete…
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Two military personnel assaulted at Dome Faase over land issue
Some residents of Dome Faase near Obom in the Greater Accra Region have been accused of assaulting two soldiers over a piece of land in the area. The soldiers clashed with the residents while protect…
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Police arrest man with 355 voters ID cards in Asokore Mampong
Police at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region have arrested a 36-year old man who had in his possession 355 duplicates of the new Voters’ ID Cards and 17 National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Car…
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Two SHS students sentenced for planning to invade school over girlfriend
Two Green Track students of Oyoko Methodist Senior High School (OMESS) and an accomplice have been convicted to a fine of GH¢1000 each or in default serve 6 months in prison. The convicts are 18-year…
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Police arrests 8 scrap dealers for burning e-waste at Agbobloshie
A team of officers from the Accra Regional Police Command and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has arrested eight scrap dealers for allegedly engaging in open burning of electronic waste at …
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Killers of alleged 90-year-old ‘witch’ discharged, rearrested, to be remanded until 18th September
The suspects in the case of the murder of the 90-year-old Akua Denteh at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality reappeared in the Bole magistrate court on Thursday 20th August 2020. Presiding over the…