Crime
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5 shot dead in Binduri in the Upper East region
About five persons have been killed in a brutal attack by unknown assailants at Binduri in the Upper East region. Information available indicates that the armed men stormed a market in Binduri on Mon…
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Immigration Officer locked up over confrontation with purported smuggler
An Immigration Officer stationed at the Holuta-Klave Border in the Ho West District has been remanded into prison custody by the Ho Magistrate Court. The officer, Isaac Oppong, is accused of involvem…
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Driver detained 8 years for attempted kidnap
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a driver to eight years imprisonment in hard labour for attempting to kidnap a father and daughter for ransom. Godfred Ayittey denied conspiring with Wang Liang i…
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Bolga Technical University Deputy Registrar shot dead by unknown gunmen
A Deputy Registrar of the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU), Alhassan Azumah has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. The deceased was promoted to the rank of Deputy Registrar in the university abou…
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Group requests fair justice for 7 Ghanaians purportedly murdered in Burkina Faso
The Bissa Development Association (BDA) is demanding justice following the alleged killing of seven Ghanaians in neighbouring Burkina Faso. It is reported that the seven individuals from the Bawku be…
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A nurse in Tamale scalds her husband with boiling water after he declines to drive his own car
Zeinab Muhammad Ali, a mother of two and a nurse working at the Tamale Teaching Hospital’s Emergency Burns Unit Red Zone, is accused of scalding her husband with boiling water during a dispute. The a…
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Residents of Adambrobe and Obama in Oyibi demand for enhanced security over incessant robbery attacks
Residents of Adambrobe and Obama in Oyibi live in constant fear as robbery attacks persist, with over 15 homes being robbed in the past three months, jeopardizing the area’s peace. The tranquillity o…
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1 murdered in robbery attack at Saboba, in the Northern Region
One person has been shot dead in a robbery attack in Saboba, in the Northern Region. Reports indicate that the deceased was shot after being awakened by a scuffle involving his brother, a businessman…
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Mobile banker detained 6 years for fabricating and stealing GH¢162,700
An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a mobile banker to six years imprisonment for embezzling GH¢162,700 belonging to customers of a Rural Bank. This was after the Rural Bank (name withheld) is sai…
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[Kasoa ritual murder] 1st accused recounts how they murdered 13yr-old boy
Felix Nyarko, the first accused person in the alleged murder of a 13-year-old boy in Kasoa, Ishmael Abdallah, has given a heart-wrenching account of how, together with the second accused person, they…