Crime
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Court grants couple ₵200K bail each over alleged ₵188,729 fraud
The couple who allegedly posed as importers of general commodities and took GH₵188,729.00 from some traders under the pretext of importing and supplying them with items have been admitted to bail by …
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Runway lighting system stolen from Nigerian airport
Thieves have stolen the lighting system for one of the runways at Nigeria’s busiest airport just months after it was installed, an airport authority spokesman has confirmed to the BBC. An investigati…
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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 …