Crime
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Policeman and accomplice arrested for stealing cement
A policeman who conspired with a tricycle operator to break into an uncompleted house belonging to another officer has been arrested by the Nyinahin Police. Corporal Lansah Umar stationed at Asaam Di…
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Galamsey ‘goddess’, Aisha Huang claims she has never been involved illegal mining
Aisha Huang, the infamous Chinese galamsey kingpin standing trial over her alleged activities in the illegal mining sector of Ghana, has told a court in Accra that never has she or any of her busines…
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GRA, BNI bust Chinese-owned cement company in alleged ¢500m tax fraud
The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) in collaboration with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) spearheaded a historic operation that resulted in arresting executives of Wan Heng Ghana Ltd., a Ch…
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Pastor, wife, others jailed; fined ¢15K for abusing 5-week old baby in church
The District Magistrate of the Bolgatanga District Court, Mawukoenya Nutekpor, has delivered a verdict in the case of the physical abuse of a five-week-old baby during a church service. Reverend Kwab…
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Ghanaian man apprehended in US after shooting 2 family members
A man has been arrested by the US Police and is in custody following an over 12-hour standoff between Worcester Police on Friday. The standoff began early Friday morning when Worcester Police surroun…
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Police on the hunt for killets of 50-year-old woman at Dansame
The Central North Police Command has step-up the search for the killers of a 50-year-old woman, allegedly murdered on Monday, at Dansame, near Assin-Bereku in the Assin North District. The unknown as…
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Impatient carpenter jailed for 4 years for biting off driver’s ear
An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 42-year-old carpenter to four years imprisonment for biting off the right ear of a commercial driver during a kerfuffle at Addoteiman in Accra. Maxwell Senyo,…
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Police commence investigations into alleged murder of 24-year-old okada rider
The Eastern Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service is said to have commenced investigations into the alleged murder of a 24-year-old motorcycle rider. The Motorcycle rider is alleged to …
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Suspected thief lynched by angry residents at Oboutumpan in the Eastern Region
A suspected thief was lynched by angry residents of Oboutumpan, a farming community in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region. The suspect, Kweku Attah, who had been identified by community mem…
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Six-year-old girl battling for life after being brutally ‘defiled’ by a mallam
A six-year-old KG2 pupil [name withheld] at Twifo Ampekro in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District of the Central Region is fighting for her life after she was allegedly defiled by a self-acclaim …