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Man, 38, remanded over fraud

A 38-year-old unemployed man who conspired with two others to dupe a trader of her GHC50,000, under the pretext of securing her a market stall at the Kumasi Central market, has been remanded by a Kumasi Circuit Court for fraud. Godwin Ackom, pleaded not guilty to the charge. He would …

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ACP Agordzor charged with treason over alleged coup plot

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dr Benjamin Agordzor, has been charged with abetment to commit treason for his alleged involvement in a coup plot. ACP Agordzor’s lawyer Martin Kpebu confirmed the charge to Joy News. He said his client was arrested and has been detained in BNI custody since 1 …

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BREAKING NEWS: ACP Benjamin Agordzo detained by BNI over coup plot

News reaching MyNewsGh.com has confirmed that ACP/Dr.Benjamin Agordzo a former Director of Police Operations has been detained in Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) Cells over the alleged Coup Plot. Dr Benjamin Agordzo who until last week was on UN Mission Mali reported himself to officials of the BNI upon invitation …

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Fake UK Doctor arrested for defrauding 3 people

The Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ has remanded a 32-year-old unemployed for disguising himself as a United Kingdom-based Ghanaian doctor to defraud three persons to the tune of Ghc70,750 under the false pretence of securing them travelling documents. The accused, Daniel Okyere, 32, also forced two of his victims to marry …

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NPP Treasurer shot dead in Takoradi

The Takoradi Constituency Treasurer of the ruling NPP, Mark Ofori, has been shot dead. Mr. Ofori was shot in his house at Fijai, a suburb of Sekondi in the Western region by some unknown assailants. The development has thrown the party into a state of shock, grief and mourning as …

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Teacher found hanging dead on a tree

Kwesikum, a village near Agona Duakwa in the Agona East District in the Central Region was thrown into shock Tuesday when a 55- year- old teacher at the A.E.D.A Basic School was found hanging dead on his farm in an apparent suicide. The deceased, Mr Isaac Kofi Yeboah was found …

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Man’s life on hold after discovering he is married to his mom

Four years ago Sandile Mkhize found out he was married to his mother, and his life has been on hold ever since. The 38-year-old from Adams Mission, near Durban, was gearing up to get married when the Department of Home Affairs told him he couldn’t because he was already legally …

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Poor evidence cannabis improves mental health – study

People with psychiatric disorders may want to pass on the joint — at least until further research is done, a new Australian study suggests. The paper, published Monday in The Lancet Psychiatry, looked at 83 previous studies conducted over almost four decades on medical cannabinoids, including products from the cannabis …

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Church usher kills wife, stabs her 92 times

Residents of Shiabu Night Market, a community within Ablekuma West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region, have been thrown into a state of shock and dismay after their neighbour, a man believed to be in his late 30s, an usher of the Assembly of God Church, Mamprobi branch, allegedly murdered …

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Man, 48, in police grip over wife’s murder

A man is in the grip of the police for allegedly stabbing his wife to death in the presence of his children at Dansoman Shiabu in Accra. The suspect, Prince Korley Commodore, 48, was married to his wife, Dorcas Anafi Commodore, 37, for nine years. Their children, both girls, aged …

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