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SAD VIDEO: Man allegedly kills 62-year-old uncle over plantain

A 46-year-old man, identified as Kwaku Fokuo, has allegedly killed his uncle in an argument over plantain theft at Apitikooko, a suburb of Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The deceased has been identified as 62-year-old Nana Kwaku Asare. The incident, according to the Odikro of Apitikooko, Nana Yaw Ofori, occurred at about …

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OWASS carjackers granted GHS80,000 bail

The three final-year students of Opoku Ware Senior High School (OWASS), who were arrested for robbery, have been granted bail of GHS80,000 with five sureties each on Tuesday, 16 August 2022. All three were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery and unlawful damage. Their pleas were, however, preserved. They threatened …

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Man kills wife over sex in Awutu Mankomeda

A 57-year-old man identified as Gideon Tetteh has reportedly murdered his wife for allegedly denying him unprotected sex at Awutu Mankomeda in the Awutu Senya East District of the Central region. The deceased, Sabina Bonney, 45 were killed by her suspected widower over their differences concerning sexual intercourse. According to …

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Update: Three Opoku Ware SHS students arrested for robbery

Three students of Opoku Ware Senior High School in Kumasi in the Ashanti region have been arrested for robbery. The three were were arrested and held at the Kumasi Central Police station after they snatched a taxi from its driver at gunpoint last Friday August 12,2022. “On Friday, 12th August …

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A child forced to sit in boiling water over lost of Ghc8

According to reports, a mother in Samreboi, in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality has forced her 3- year old girl to sit in boiling water because her daughter did not return one of the sandals she bought for 8 Ghana Cedis. Hence, the mother boiled water and placed the child …

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Court remands SHS teacher, 4 others over cannabis farm

The Kwahu Afram Plains North magistrate court presided by Her Worship Augustine Akusa-Am has remanded into Police custody the five suspects arrested over the largest cannabis farm in Obour Forest in Afram Plains North district of the Eastern Region. The suspects are Michael Anakpo, a teacher at Donkorkrom Agric Senior …

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Vicious armed robbers busted, stolen car retrieved

The Police have arrested two members of a robbery gang that attacked a family at Suhum in the Eastern region in broad daylight on Friday, August 12, 2022. The suspects are Emmanuel Ankoma Nana Yaw, 32, and Kyei Baffour, 29, residents of Pobiman. They were arrested in their hide-out in …

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Charcoal seller commits suicide at toilet facility over 2K debt at Gomoa Obiri

The decomposed body of a 22 year old charcoal seller has been found hanging in an abandoned public toilet at Gomoa Obiri in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region. Information gathered by Kasapa FM news Yaw Boagyan revealed that the deceased Kobina Gyata got missing for about three …

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Largest ‘wee’ farm uncovered in Afram Plains, 5 arrested for cultivating 80 hectare cannabis farm

The largest cannabis farm ever has been discovered in Afram Plains in the Eastern Region. The 80-hectare cannabis farm was discovered in the Obuo Akroma Forest Reserve in the Afram Plains North District by the Forestry Commission on Saturday. Five people including an agric science teacher have been arrested by …

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SHS Teacher, 4 others arrested over biggest cannabis farm in forest reserve

The Afram Plains North District office of the Forestry Commission of Ghana has arrested five suspects including a Senior High School teacher for farming cannabis in a forest reserve. Michael Anakpo, a teacher at Donkorkrom Agric Senior High School said to be the gang leader and his accomplices were arrested …

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