Crime
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Defunct BEIGE Bank’s CEO granted GHS 200m bail
The Economic and Financial Court 2 Division of the High Court has granted a GHS 200 bail to the Chief Executive of defunct Beige Capital, Michael Nyinaku. Mr. Nyinaku is also to deposit his passport …
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10-year-old pupil hangs self at Agona Duotu
A 10-year-old girl class 3 pupil of Agona Duotu D/A Basic School in the Central Region has hanged herself. The deceased, Afia Awusi, hanged herself in the corridor of her home on Monday, November 7, …
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Nigerian trader grabbed for attempted robbery, granted bail
A 28-year-old Nigerian who attempted to rob a woman of GHC12,000 she withdrew from a bank at the African Union Village, Accra, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Godfrey Caleb Chukwuebuka Nn…
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Evangelist fined GH¢6,000 for offensive conduct, publication of false news
The Kaneshie District Court has imposed a GH¢6,000 fine on Francis Awusi, an evangelist, for making false and offensive statements about Prophet Gabriel Akwesi Sarpong, General Overseer of Cross of M…
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Ghanaian jailed 10 years in Dubai for trafficking weed
A 40-year-old Ghanaian man, Joshua Opoku has been jailed in Dubai for trafficking a narcotic substance believed to be cannabis also known as weed. Mr. Opoku was said to have been arrested at an airpo…
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Taxi driver stabbed, car stolen, after picking female passenger at Kasoa
A 29-year-old taxi has been attacked by unknown assailants at Kasoa Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of Central Region. The driver was left in a nearby bush with blood stains after his at…
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NPP chairman arrested for shooting wife to death over land dispute
The Tepa police have arrested a New Patriotic Party (NPP) polling station chairman for shooting his wife to death over a piece of land. Kwaku Seidu alias Kukrudu, the Tepa-Danyame polling station cha…
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Convict gets additional 5-year jail term after appeal
A convict, who had his five years’ term of imprisonment increased by the Court of Appeal to a further five years after he had finished serving the sentence, has gone to the Supreme Court for redress.…
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Man commits suicide at Konongo
Police at Konongo have retrieved the body of a man believed to be in his forties who allegedly committed suicide. The deceased, whose identity is not immediately known, was found hanging in a contain…
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Boko Haram suspect, 2 others arrested in Ghana
A joint security made up of military, police, and immigration officers have arrested a suspected Boko Haram fighter in the Upper East Region of Ghana. According to a Joynews report, the suspect, iden…