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Ecobank staff jailed for stealing customers deposit

Ad • Prince Sam Essuman has been jailed for twelve years • He stole from customers deposit • He was found guilty of nine counts Prince Sam Essuman, a staff of Ecobank has been sentenced to twelve years for stealing funds from the bank’s depositors. The Tema Circuit Court ‘B’ …

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Credit officer jailed two years for stealing, two others fined

Henry Adotey Allotey, an Account officer of Kalmoni Group/ Japan Motors, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for stealing GHS73,000 belonging to his employer. Allotey had earlier on refunded GHS22,000 out of the amount he stole. The court in its judgment further ordered Allotey to refund GHS51,000 out of …

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Father hacks son for tapping his palm trees

A 63-year-old palm wine tapper, Gordon Teye, popularly known as ‘Kampala’, has butchered his son at Assin Amanbete Larteh, near Assin Anyinabirem, in the Assin South District of the Central Region for wine from his palm trees. Narrating the incident to Angel FM’s Kwame Owusu Shadrack, Isaac Kwame Tetteh, 31, …

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Thieves steal crash barriers worth US$3,500 on Pokuase interchange

• Some persons have stolen crash barriers mounted on the Pokuase interchange • The cost of the crash barriers is pegged at US$3,500 • The case has been reported to the Amasaman Divisional Police Command A Daily Graphic report has indicated that some unscrupulous persons have stolen 10 crash barriers …

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Takoradi ‘pregnant’ woman finally meets bail

Josephine Panyin Mensah, who allegedly faked a pregnancy and kidnapping in Takoradi in the Western Region, has finally met her bail conditions. A week after being granted bail by a Takoradi Circuit Court, the 27-year-old had failed to meet the bail conditions. She was granted bail by His Honour Michael …

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Woman, 27, beheads husband By

A 27-year-old woman has allegedly beheaded her husband Lartey Daniel, 35, in a bizarre circumstance at My God Village at Tei Glover, a farming Community near Akyem Bosuso in Fanteakwa South District in Eastern Region. The suspect, Rachel Tetteh has been arrested by Police while the headless body was deposited …

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GNASSM arrests 13 illegal miners, 60 mining equipment burnt

Thirteen (13) illegal miners have been arrested by the task force of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM). The suspects including some West African Nationals were arrested at Accra Village, Mampong, Nkatieso, Mokyere, and other places operating on the Birim River. The GNASSM Taskforce commander Don Chebe …

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Police foil robbery attack at Varenpare

The Upper West Police Command has foiled a robbery attack at Varenpere in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region. The Police said it picked intelligence on Friday, October 1, that some armed robbers were hiding in the bush planning an attack on commuters on the Wa-Wechau road. …

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Five armed robbers arrested at Afiadenyigba

Five armed robbers have been arrested on Saturday, October 2, at about 11.30 pm at Afiadenyigba in the Volta Region. They were arrested by a joint team of police officers and the people of the town. The robbers, according to the Police, attacked a shop and shot into a vehicle. …

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Dep. Minister leads destruction of mining equipment, 6 arrested

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources George Mireku Duker has led a joint operation of Military and Police against illegal mining in Birim North and Asante Akyem South Districts in Eastern and Ashanti Regions respectively. Six suspected illegal miners were arrested. A total of 19 chanfan machines and …

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