Crime
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U.S. customs bust syndicate who specialise in shipping stolen luxury cars to Ghana, others
US Customs and Border Protection officials at one of the country’s busiest ports have intercepted a car syndicate that ships most of the stolen flashy vehicles to West Africa. The ports in question a…
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Former New York Governor Cuomo charged with misdemeanor sex offense
A criminal complaint charging former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with a misdemeanor sex offense was filed on Thursday in a court in Albany, the state capital, the first prosecution stemming from a…
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Retired midwife, security, others arrested for stealing and selling baby
The National Investigative Bureau (NIB) has arrested four individuals for stealing and selling babies at Atuabo and Half Assin in the Western Region. The accused persons include a retired midwife, Cy…
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Masseur, 12 others accuse NFL star Deshaun Watson of forcing them to give him oral sex during massages
One the 13 women now reportedly accusing NFL star Dashaun Watson of sexual misconduct has revealed he forced her to perform oral sex on him. In the last one week, a dozen women, many of them hired ma…
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Head Pastor slammed with a ¢6,300 fine for sleeping with member
The head pastor of House of Salvation International Church, identified as Prophet Obadiah has landed himself in hot waters for having sex with a female church member. The man of God was allegedly cau…
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Teenage taxi drivers ‘gifted’ 60 years jail time for abducting, raping and robbing passenger
Two taxi drivers, 18-year-old Patrick Afful and Samuel Adams, 19 years have been sentenced to 60 years imprisonment by the Awutu Ofaakor Circuit Court for robbing and rapping a passenger at Kasoa Cri…
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[Western Togoland case] Court grants ¢2.8m bail to seven accused
The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court has granted bail to seven accused persons standing trial in the Western Togoland Restoration Front case in a combined sum of GH¢2,800,000 The seven were …
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[Fake pregnancy] Woman jailed for 6 years for abducting self and faking own pregnancy
A Ghanaian woman has been jailed for faking her own kidnap in Takoradi in the Western Region. 29-year-old Joana Krah was on Tuesday October 26, sentenced to six-years in prison by the Takoradi Harbou…
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Jealous TikTok star kills wife, her lover after spying on her with daughter’s iPad
A man convinced his wife was cheating on him used his five-year-old daughter’s iPad to spy on her before shooting her dead, along with her male friend, a court heard. Ali Abulaban, from San Diego, Ca…
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Former Tunisian minister, 7 others held over corruption charges
A former Tunisian agriculture minister and seven other ex-officials have been detained on suspicion of corruption, judicial authorities said, the latest move against graft that has hampered economic …