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Three arrested for stealing and selling COVID-19 vaccines

Stephen Dzisenu, a 37-year-old Disease Control Officer of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital is in the grips of the Gt. Accra Police for stealing 36 vials of Covishield. Cosmos Allotey a 42-year-old Occupational Health and Safety Officer, is said to have received the stolen Covishield from Pabitey and Dzisenu. Allotey …

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Suhum Police arrests woman for allegedly torturing stepson over theft

Police in Suhum in the Eastern Region have arrested a 45-year-old woman, Beatrice Amo, for battering her 13-year-old stepson for allegedly stealing her Ghc300. Beatrice, who is heavy with pregnancy, allegedly subjected her stepson to inhumane treatment over allegations which the boy now hospitalized at the Suhum Government Hospital, has …

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Asuma Banda’s son, two others arrested for attempting to break into father’s house

Three persons have been picked up by the Airport Police in Accra for attempting to break into the house of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Antrak Group of Companies, Alhaji Asuma Banda at the Airport Residential Area. The three were named as Fadel Asuma Banda, 33, son of the …

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10-month-old baby girl found dead at Nyayano beach

A ten-month-old baby girl was on Thursday evening found dead at Nyanyano beach in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The toddler found wrapped in white clothes with black polythene bag around her, had cotton wool in her mouth, nose and ears. Many residents who trooped to the …

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Man jailed 8 years for stealing GH¢159,300 from Damongo Bank

A Tamale High Court has sentenced a 32-year-old system administrator to eight (8) years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing GH¢159,300 from the coffers of his former employer, the Buuwulonso One Stop Rural Bank at Damongo in the Savannah Region. Cephas Agbodo, who had moved on to Borimanga Rural Bank …

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VIDEO: Boy allegedly burns girlfriend after she jilts him

Two sisters, 18-year-old Emelia Adomaa and 14-year-old Portia Sadia who live in Dormaa in the Bono Region of Ghana have suffered severe burns after Emelia’s former boyfriend set their room ablaze. According to the girls’ elder sister, Formaa Ernestina, Emelia’s 22-year-old boyfriend got infuriated after she told him about her …

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10-month-old baby buried at Gomoa Nyanyano

  Residents of Gomoa Nyanyano in the Gomoa East District of Central Region have been thrown into a state of shock after they discovered the body of a 10-month-old baby buried at the seashore. The baby was wrapped with a white cloth inside a black polythene bag In an interview …

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EOCO Rescues Three Stolen Babies As 11 Suspects Face Jail

The Economic and Organised Crime Office has saved three babies from a baby-selling syndicate barely two months after busting a baby-harvesting ring in Accra. This crime ring steals babies from their mothers in the hospitals after delivery and sells them between GHC28,000 and GHC30, 000. Eleven suspects have been arrested …

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Man commits suicide at Wassa Akropong

An unknown man believed to be in his thirties has been found dead in a bush at Wassa Akropong in the Western Region. He is alleged to have committed suicide with his pair of trousers. According to an eyewitness, Asamoah Peter, he went to the bush to look for mushroom …

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A 23-Year Suspected Motorbike thief Beaten to a pulp

A 23-year-old suspected motorbike thief has been beaten to a pulp at Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa East of the Central Region for stealing a motorbike. The incident happened today around 12PM. According to the owner of the motorbike, Yaw Frimpong, an Okada rider, the thieve named, Sampson Dogbe snatched …

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