Crime
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Ghana Immigration blocks nine Ghanaians from illegally entering Burkina Faso
Some nine Ghanaians have been prevented from entering Burkina Faso, through unapproved routes by officials of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS). According to Inspector Ibn Yussif Duranah Abdul-Mumi…
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Tricycle owners fled after accident unmasked they were carrying marijuana
A group of young men who were transporting Marijuana to an unknown destination were exposed after a car rammed into their faulty tricycle at Wenchi in the Bono Region. The suspected men who obtained …
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‘Unknown’ gunmen storm Nigerian prison, free over 260 inmates
Heavily armed gunmen raided a jail in south-central Nigeria late on Sunday, blowing up the perimeter fence and freeing 266 inmates – almost everyone in the prison, authorities said. A soldier and a p…
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Prince Andrew’s lawyer thrashes woman’s sexual abuse claims, says it is ‘potentially unlawful’
A U.S.-based lawyer for Britain’s Prince Andrew on Monday forcefully rejected claims in a civil lawsuit by a woman who accused the prince of sexually assaulting her when she was 17, and challenged wh…
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CID petitioned to arrest and prosecute NPP Secretary Takyi-Mensah over alleged school feeding fraud
A private citizen David Forthgill Bentil wants the Criminal Investigative Department(CID) to arrest and prosecute Richard Takyi-Mensah, Central Regional Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party…
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Husband pleads guilty to trying to murder wife who won £5.5m lottery
45-year-old Stephen Gibbs, husband of 49-year-old Emma Brown, a lottery winner who scooped £5.5 million has pleaded guilty to trying to murder her at their family home. Emma Brown who married Gibbs a…
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Self-appointed policeman arrested in Kumasi while on ‘duty’
A 44-year-old man has been arrested for impersonation and unlawful possession of a firearm in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. The suspect, Richard Nyantakyi, was arrested by the District Police…
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Banker ‘gifted’ 5 years in jail for robbing customers of ¢115k
Asamankese Circuit Court presided by His Honour Abubakari Abass Adams has convicted a mobile banker with South Akim Rural bank to five years imprisonment for stealing GH¢115,114.00 belonging to custo…
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Husband on the run after killing wife over divorce threats
The Ahafo regional police command has declared one Kwame Capo wanted for killing his wife at Kwame Nkran a farming community in the Asunafo district of the Ahafo region. The 32-year-old lady whose na…
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Pastor handed a 46-year jail term for defilement and incest
A Kumasi Circuit Court 2 has sentenced 41-year-old Pastor Paul Kwame Nkansah to 22 years for defilement and 24 years for incest. The sentences are to run concurrently. The man of God pleaded guilty t…