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Man arrested for killing wife after hitting head against wall multiple times

A 40-year-old man, Stephen Appiah, has been arrested by police for allegedly killing his wife, Afua Abrefi. The suspect reportedly hit the head of the wife against a wall multiple times during a furious misunderstanding leading to her death instantly. The incident is believed to have occurred on Monday, December …

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Pastor pleads guilty for stealing, remanded in custody pending sentencing

Kwaku Adinkra, aged 43, a Pastor at Divine Favour Ministry at Asante Bekwai, has been remanded in Police Custody for allegedly stealing items worth GH¢2,500.00 from his girlfriend, one Ms Sophia Yeboah a hairdresser from Assin Atonsu in the Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region. The Assin Fosu District …

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Court remands 2 for threat to upload nude on social media

Two men have been remanded in prison by an Ogba magistrates’ court in Lagos, for reportedly threatening to post nude pictures of a woman on social media.   The men identified as Hillary Ogbodo (23) and Joseph Chukwudi (23), allegedly took the nude pictures of their female neighbour which they sent to …

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Man, 27, arrested for shooting motor rider he hired

A 27-year-old young man, identified as Prince Yoma, has been arrested by the police at Sehwi for shooting a motorbike rider he boarded in a bush. Information gathered revealed that the suspect hired the motorbike rider, Charles Bosompim from Sehwi Essase, a farming community in the Akontombra district to transport …

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Stabbed and left to die: The scary details of how a female passenger nearly got killed by her hailing service driver

It was a late-night ride she was on after having spent a good time with some friends at a birthday party on Friday, December 3, 2022, when her driver started acting very unusual. According to the victim who has only been identified as Diana, she said it was around 1:30 …

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3 farmers arrested for consuming suspected human meat

Three local farmers have been arrested in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region for eating suspected human meat. The suspects according to a Citinewsroom.com report sighted by GhanaWeb are said to have cooked the meat which they suspected to be that of a chimpanzee burnt by bushfire on their …

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67-year-old woman allegedly commits suicide at Mankessim

A 67-year-old woman has allegedly committed suicide at Mankessim in the Central Region of Ghana. The old woman, according to a report by Despite Media’s Central Regional Correspondent, Ibrahim Dadzie, took her own life by hanging herself. According to the reporter, the incident occurred on Friday, December 7, 2022, at …

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Driver jailed for bribing police officer with Ghc 5

Many commercial drivers have normalized, if not justified bribing police officers to get away with committing road traffic offences. A taxi driver, David Ayensu who worked at Tudu in Accra was part of the unlucky few that got hooked by the law after bribing a police officer with the Motor …

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24-year-old sentenced to death for cultism after raping a virgin

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti division, has sentenced a 24-year-old cultist, Segun Iwaetan, to death by hanging for engaging in cultism.   The court also sentenced the man to life imprisonment for raping a 20-year-old neighbour and student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti.   Segun was tried …

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Fraudster arrested with 31 ATM cards

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 44-year-old suspect, Michael Joseph, for attempted fraud and recovered 31 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards of different banks in his possession.   Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, December 5, 2022, said …

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