CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Man shot dead at Adoagyiri

Jacob Quashie Okai, a 40 year old man was on Thursday shot dead by an unknown assailant at Ntoaso near  Adoagyiri in the Eastern Region. Briefing the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Police Superintendent Mrs Marian Osei-Owusu said the incident occurred at about 1000 hours in the morning after the deceased had …

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Akpeteshie distiller kills 6-year-old son in Takoradi

A 47-year-old man has under a strange circumstance, stabbed his six-year-old son to death at Diabene, a farming community within the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region. Kwaku Aaba, a local gin distiller, allegedly used a sharp machete to slash the boy’s neck from the back without any provocation whatsoever, …

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2 arrested for conveying tramadol with an ambulance

The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has announced the interception of an ambulance conveying 10 cartons of 225 milligrams of Tramadol in the Apapa area of Lagos State. It said the Hyundai ambulance, with number plate, LND 605 XW, was intercepted with the drugs while the driver …

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Koforidua Murder: Third suspect arrested

A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of the 24-year-old business woman in Koforidua, Rita Afia Adusei Opokua. The suspect only identified as Babule was arrested Wednesday at his hide out in Koforidua. Police is on manhunt for the arrest of the last suspect. Residents storm …

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Woman, 34, murdered in Agona Swedru

A 34- year old woman was last Wednesday evening murdered in a bush at Agona Swedru in the Central Region. The deceased, a sobolo seller, who has been identified as Mariam Adu, was found dead with blood oozing from her nose in a bush at Kwesimoko, a suburb of Agona …

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Fake nurse to spend 22 months in prison

A 33-year-old dismissed nursing trainee of the Nursing and Midwifery College Sekondi, in the Western region, Mr Francis Awine Anaafo has been slapped with a 22-month jail term for using forged documents to undergo national service as a qualified nurse at the Goaso Municipal Hospital. Mr Anaafo was sentenced on …

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Army man arrested over Volta group secession plan

A military man attached to the 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho, Volta Region, has been arrested in connection with plans by the Homeland Study Group Foundation to secede from Ghana. The latest development means the prosecution of the case will take a different turn. The Commercial Court 6 Division of …

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Kokomba, Chokosi conflict; 16 persons arrested

Sixteen persons have been arrested in connection with the renewed Komkomba, Chokosi conflict in the Chereponi District of the North East Region. One of the suspects who fired at security personnel was shot in the thigh and is receiving treatment at the Chereponi hospital under security guard. A number of …

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Man jailed 2 years for threatening to kill Asamoah Boateng

A former security guard at the State Enterprise Commission (SEC) has been jailed two years by the Accra Circuit Court for threatening to kill the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr Stephen Asamoah Boateng. The convict, Arafat Issah, pleaded guilty to one count of threat of death and was accordingly …

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