Crime
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Middle aged man pleads guilty to illegally shipping firearms from US to Ghana
A Columbia man has pleaded guilty to illegally shipping firearms out of the US via the Port of Baltimore, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eric Nana Kofi Ampong Coker, age 41, of Col…
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Police gun down 9 suspected land guards in gun battle
In a dramatic gun battle in Tuba, a town located in the Ga South municipality of the Greater Accra region, police officers from the Anti-Robbery unit of the Ghana Police Service have fatally shot nin…
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Police commence investigations into death of a 4yr-old boy in Oti Region
The police in the Oti Region have initiated investigations into the tragic death of a four-year-old boy on Monday in Asante Akura in the Krachi East Municipality. The boy, Richmond Mbelbicy, lost his…
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Judicial Service dismisses registrar for partaking in fraudulent court orders
The Registrar of the Land Division of the High Court in Tema, Sebastian Agbo, has been sacked by the Judicial Service for his involvement in fraudulent activities. The dismissal, which took effect on…
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A health promotions officer is been investigated for alleged defilement
The Nkwanta health promotion officer, Richard Morgan Kudzo Azaglo is being investigated for allegedly drugging and defiling two minors who lived with him and his wife. Mr. Azaglo who once practised a…
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Four-year-old boy hit and killed by car in Krachi East
Richmond Mbelbicy, a four-year-old boy met his sudden death on Monday after he was knocked down by a speedy vehicle with the registration number WR 3112-19 at Asante Akura near Kpelema in the Krachi …
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[VIDEO NEWS] Residents in custody for brutally assaulting ECG Officials
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody two persons who allegedly assaulted two officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at Oyarifa during a disconnection exercise.
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U.S.-based Ghanaian man kills wife, then himself, after she allegedly left him for her Ex
A Ghanaian man residing in the United States, Kwabena Michael Amoako, attempted to take the life of his wife before ending his own in a murder-suicide. The incident occurred after allegations surface…
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Prof. Frimpong Boateng’s Deepening Woes; Why Ghana’s Best Brains Avoid Politics
When his report on the works of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining was leaked, many, whiles apparently not entirely shocked by its reputation-damaging content, would have in no way not…
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Car snatcher sentenced to 20 years
The Ashanti Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a 38-year-old car snatcher to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour. Yaw Adu Agyekum, alias ’18,’ a mason, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and robbery. …