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Pastor banished from Awutu, fined GHC5,000 for sleeping with another man’s wife

Founder and General Overseer of the Zion Army Church at Awutu Bontrase in the Awutru Senya West District of the Central Region, Pastor John Mark has been accused by a church member of hypnotising and having sexual intercourse with her for a year. The female church member [name withheld] who …

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Police officer arrested and detained for robbery in Tamale

A Police officer, Corporal Suleman Gbana Ayuba of the Tamale District police has been arrested in Tamale for alleged robbery. He is alleged to have particpated in a robbery attack on a forex dealer near Mum’s Hotel, off the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway, at about 9 a.m. on the day in question. …

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Man Faces Court For Stealing 11 ECG Meters

An unemployed man is in the grip of the police for allegedly stealing prepaid meters from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), and selling them to the public. A total of 11 meters valued at $2,600 (GH¢15,000) were retrieved from Edward Abeiku, who had sold each of the meters at …

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Three Burkinabes arrested for entering Ghana illegally

The Ghana Immigration Service has arrested three Burkinabes for allegedly entering Ghana illegally. The three West African nationals were picked up on Monday, April 27, 2020 at about 11:40hrs at Babile in Upper West region en route to Techiman to seek for jobs with other Ghanaian nationals. Their ages range between 35 and 39 …

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Jubilee House security operative, ex-soldier arrested in gold robbery operation

Two national security operatives have been arrested by the police in the Western Region for their involvement in an alleged robbery incident at a mining site. They were part of a nine-member gang intercepted by the police at a checkpoint on the Asankragwa-Wasa-Dunkwa road while onboard an unregistered black Toyota …

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42-year-old woman who hid ‘wee’ in a fake pregnancy arrested

A 42-year-old woman has been arrested at Asikuma in the Oti Region for allegedly making a fake baby bump out of slabs of compressed dried leaves which immigration officials suspected to be Indian hemp. Mavis Adubea who is from Nkonya, is said to be a businesswoman who plies her trade …

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Chief runs amok, shoots 19-year-old teenager

A gun-wielding chief of Dumanafo, near Mampongteng, in Ashanti, caused a stir when he allegedly ran amok and opened fire on a 19-year-old teenager, whom he accused of insubordination. The chief, Nana Owusu Kwarteng, had invited the teenager, Loveline Antwi, to his palace following a fight, but he declined the …

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Two national security personnel, dismissed soldier, 6 others arrested for robbery

Police in Asankragwa led by the Divisional Crime Officer Superintendent Henry Agbeve have arrested nine persons, including two National Security personnel for robbing miners near Atalla of their gold concentrate. The suspects are: Anas Adams, 35 years, a National Security personnel of Jubilee House operations; George Ohene Adjei 56, driver, …

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