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Western Togoland case: Six new suspects arrested

The prosecution in the case in which a set of 22 persons have been held for treason in the Western Togoland (Volta Secessionists) issues has informed the Kaneshie District Court that six new suspects have been arrested. Inspector Richard Amoah told the court presided over by Her Worship Ama Adomako …

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PHOTOS: 156 suspected criminals arrested in Accra

The Accra Regional Police, led by DCOP Afful Boakye Yiadom, has arrested 156 suspected criminals from their various hideouts across the city. Speaking to the media, the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Region Police Command, DSP Afia Tenge, said the five-day exercise was under the operation ‘No Space for …

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Deputy District NADMO Director Killed By Unknown Gun Men

The Deputy Director for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NaDMO) in the Nabdam District has been murdered by three unidentified armed men in the Upper East Region. The gruesome incident is said to have occurred at the Pelungu market on Saturday, February 27. Mr Dominic Kulkong, 31, was shot during …

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Fear grips Korle-Nkwanta residents as another Taxi driver is murdered

Residents of Korle-Nkwanta a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region capital have been gripped with fear following the murder of another taxi driver in the community. The Taxi driver identified only as Joshua Amevegbe alias Joe B believed to be 25-years-old was a resident of Ada …

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Pastor cuts off boy’s thumb over GH¢10 theft

The Head of the Bethel Prayer Centre at Morle in the Jaman North District in the Bono Region, Prophet Osei Blankson, has allegedly slashed the thumb of an 11-year-old boy with a blade. The man of God carried out the act after he accused the boy of stealing his GH¢10. …

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Koforidua: Fear grips residents as another Taxi driver is murdered

Residents of Korle-Nkwanta a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region capital have been gripped with fear following the murder of another taxi driver in the community. The Taxi driver identified only as Joshua Amevegbe alias Joe B believed to be 25-years-old was a resident of Ada …

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Man found decapitated, burnt on Achimota overhead bridge

A man was found decapitated and set on fire at the Tesano-Achimota overhead bridge on Independence Day. The man was found without the decapitated head and is yet to be identified. But the Tesano Police Command investigating the case believe he may have been a cobbler. The attackers are also …

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‘Policeman’, 2 accomplices in GHc147,000 recruitment scam

A self-styled policeman and two others have been hauled before a court over their alleged involvement in a GHc147,000 recruitment scam. 26-year-old Albert Bruce who parades himself as a senior police officer with the connivance of two others succeeded in duping about 51 persons under the guise of getting them …

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Student remanded over assault on teacher over homework

The Accra Juvenile Court “C” has remanded a Junior High School (JHS) final year pupil of the Nungua Kroma Two JHS, for allegedly assaulting a teacher who punished him for failure to do his homework. He has denied conspiring with 15 other men to assault the teacher and has been …

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Will killers of Takoradi girls become first to be executed by death sentence since 1993?

Two Nigerians, Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Oji were on Friday, March 5, 2020 condemned to death by a Sekondi High Court. The two were found guilty of the kidnap and subsequent murder of Ruth Abakah, 19; Priscilla Blessing Bentum, 21; Ruth Love Quayson,18 and Priscilla Koranchie, 15 between July …

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