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Mobile Phone Thief Jailed 15years

An Accra Circuit court on Thursday sentenced Nii Quaye Tawiah, a 20-year-old who robbed a lady of her mobile phone to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour. Nii Tawiah pleaded not guilty to the offence but was found culpable after trial. Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector William K. Boateng told the …

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Police arrest landlord for butchering tenant to death, injuring tenant’s wife

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested Adjei Boye, a landlord at Manhean, for allegedly murdering his tenant by butchering him with a cutlass. Boye reportedly also hacked the wife of Kweku Abu, 38, the deceased, with the same cutlass causing injuries to her head. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) …

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2 NPP, EC officials arrested For Registering People In Secret Location

2 EC officials arrested Two persons are in the grips of the police in Tamale, in the Northern Region, for allegedly registering people for the voters’ ID card at a secret location. The suspects were arrested after some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) alerted the police of …

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Final year SHS student allegedly stabs girlfriend to death

A final year student of Samoo SHS in Cape Coast is in the grips of the Kotokuraba Police for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death. The incident happened at Ekon, a suburb of Cape Coast. The 25-year-old student, whose name has only been given as Enoch, appeared before a Cape …

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Police rescue ‘thief’ tied to tree, and beaten to pulp [photos]

A 27-year-old man identified as Nsoh Adongo has been tied to a tree by a mob and caned severely at the premises of Dorongo Primary School. Bolgatanga District police situation report said a preliminary investigation revealed that the young man was accused by some residents of stealing water storage barrel …

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Landlord butchers tenant to death

A Landlord has butchered his tenant to death at Manhean in the Greater Accra Region. The sad incident which occurred on Thursday night has led to the arrest of the Landlord. Speaking on Angel News at 6:00am on Friday, the widow said the Landlord attacked her deceased husband after he …

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Court charges 23-year-old KNUST dropout with murder

A student who dropped out of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Emmanuel Awuah has been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The suspect is reported to have committed the crime after the victim a cab driver Thomas Kwame Danso was unable to repay him a …

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Okese FM Journalist Arrested For Extorting Money From Miners

A Kumasi based Okese FM journalist Isaac Antwi has been arrested by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) and the Ministry for local and natural resources (MLNR) task force team led by Staff Sergeant Francis Assibi Abu for extorting money from miners in Ashanti Region. It is believed that …

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‘Kidnapped’ 1-year-old boy found dead in abandoned manhole [Photos+Video]

An 18-month-old boy, who was feared kidnapped at Gbawe in the Weija municipality, has been found dead in abandoned manhole, 700 meters away from their house. According to information, the boy was kidnapped by alleged ritualists in the area when he was left unattended to by his guardian who was …

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