Crime
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Two dead, Five injured in communal violence at Chereponi
Two people have been reportedly killed and five others injured in communal violence at Chereponi in the North East Region. The injured include an officer with the Ghana Armed Forces. The incident hap…
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Court remands 10 security operatives arrested for galamsey extortion
The Juaso Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has remanded into custody 10 persons out of a 13-man syndicate arrested for extorting monies from small-scale miners in the Asiwa enclave. The gang who w…
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15 people apprehended for indulging in improper waste disposal, open defecation
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has arrested 15 people for dumping refuse at unauthorised places and indulging in open defecation contrary to Section 56(a) and (b) of Act 851, Public Health Act…
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Speeding Range Rover crushes robber to death at Gomoa Ojobi
A member of a six-man armed robbery gang was knocked to death during an operation on a filling station at Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region. The incident according to Despite Media’s Jacob Kubi occur…
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1 dead, 3 wounded after gunshots at a funeral gathering
One person has been killed after gunshots were fired at the funeral grounds of a late taxi driver, Owusu Banaahene, at Gyankobaa, in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Thr…
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2 graduate purportedly stoned to death at a ‘galamsey’ site
A 22-year-old Senior High School (SHS) graduate, Evans Wireko, has been stoned to death at a ‘galamsey’ site by some persons at Fobinso near Denkyira Obuasi now New Obuasi in the Upper Denkyira West …
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Bolga High Court has issued arrest warrant for Mamprugu overlord
The Bolgatanga High Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of the Nayiri of the Mamprugu traditional area, Naa Bohagu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga, and his kingmakers. This is on the back of an ex parte…
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Illegal miners take charge and destroy over 1,000 hectares of farmlands at Ofoase
Illegal miners have taken over close to 1,000 hectares of farmlands at Ofoase in the Asante Akyem South municipality, polluting the River Anuru, the only water source in the area. The communities alo…
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Police arrests purported land guards at Adjiringanor
The Accra Regional Police have swiftly made arrest of alleged armed land guards over a parcel of land at Adjiringanor, near East Legon in Accra. The security personnel acted on a tip off after a Peac…
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Old man apprehended for defiling 25-year-old woman
A 70-year-old man is in the grips of the Bimbilla police in Nanumba North municipality in the Northern region for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman. According to reports, the man claimed to be a n…