Crime
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Ghana Immigration nab 12 Burkinabes, 3 Nigeriens for illegally entering Ghana
Border officials in Ghana have confirmed the arrest of some 15 ECOWAS nationals for illegally entering the country illegally. They were arrested at about 18:50 hrs by a night patrol team of the Ghana…
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25-year-old arraigned for having anal sex with 11-year-old neighbour at Teshie
A 25 year old student who allegedly had anal sex with his co-tenant’s son who is 11, at Teshie has been put before an Accra Circuit Court charged with defilement. Samuel Offei Kwaku Gyan in the compa…
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Police bites off, chew and swallows bar manager’s ear at Western Region
A police officer has allegedly bitten off and chewed the ear of a drinking bar manager at Sefwi Amoaya in the Bodi District, Western Region. The incident is said to have occurred after a short confro…
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Ghana Police nab 12 Nigerians for trafficking and cyber crime
Twelve Nigerians are currently in the custody of the Prampram Divisional Police Command, on charges of trafficking and cybercrime-related offences. The suspects who also entered the country illegally…
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Malaysia: Teenager sent to jail for killing 23 people in school fire
A Malaysian court on Monday jailed a teenager for killing 23 people in a fire that he started at a religious boarding school in 2017, national news agency Bernama reported, in what was one of the wor…
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Angola: Former President’s son handed a 5-year jail term for fraud
The son of Angola’s former president has been jailed for five years for fraud from when he was head of the oil-rich country’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. José Filomeno dos Santos, 42, was accused of tryin…
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Pastor who failed to wear nose mask handed ¢10k bail
The Attorney General’s (AG) Department has requested for the docket on a female pastor, Joyce Oyedele, who was detained Wednesday by the Circuit in Accra after she was arraigned for refusing to wear …
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Nigeria: Islamic court hands man a death sentence for rape
An Islamic court in the Nigerian city of Kano has sentenced an elderly man to death for raping a 12-year-old girl. In recent weeks, there has been increasing public outcry and street protests by acti…
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Residents of Yeji attack hospital staffs, ‘steal’ body of COVID-19 suspect
The Management of St. Mathias Catholic Hospital at Yeji in the Bono East Region has suspended non-emergency and mortuary services at their facility. This comes after some residents of Kojo Boffour, a…
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Ghana Police nab killers of Sogakope Assemblyman
Commissioner of Police (COP) Isaac Ken Yeboah, Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has announced the arrest of all the suspected murderers of Marcus Mawutor Adzahli, the …