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Fuel station manager jailed 120 months for stealing GH¢398,000

Ernest Boakye, a 30-year-old fuel station manager of the Kwahu-Tafo branch of Infin Ghana Limited has been jailed for 120 months in hard labour by the Mpraeso Circuit Court for stealing GH¢398,545 belonging to his employer. He pleaded not guilty to stealing, was slapped with the sentence after the court, …

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Two Nigerians, one Ghanaian arrested in India for creating fake hospital website to scam prospective kidney donors

Two Nigerians and a Ghanaian have been arrested by the Bengaluru police for allegedly creating fake websites mimicking that of various city hospitals and luring prospective kidney donors for transplants with fake advertisements offering up to Rs 4 crore (about N217 million). Indian Express reports that the suspects who are …

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Priestess and another person arrested for the death of a two-year old girl

The mother of a two-year-old girl who allegedly connived with a 72-year-old traditional Priestess to bury her two-year old baby girl at Abura Gyabankrom, is in the grips of the Central Regional Police Command. Mary Essuman 36 and Esi Janet, the Priestess, are assisting the police on its investigations. Deputy …

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Two busted for Zakoli fulani killings

Two persons, a man and a woman, have been picked up by the Northern Regional Police Command to assist in their investigations over fulani killings in Zakoli in the Northern Region. Northern Regional Crime Officer, Supt. Bernard Baba Ananga, who confirmed the arrest in an interview with the media said …

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Man, 22, stabbed to death with scissors

A 22-year-old man, Mr Kofi Tawia, has allegedly been stabbed to death at Bodomasi in the Sekyere Kumawu District of the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred Sunday, 24 April 2022. The Kumawu District Police Commander, DSP Opoku Agyeman Prempeh, told Class News’ Elisha Adarkwah that a misunderstanding ensued between the …

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NPP chairman, two others in court for allegedly stealing steel meant for metal bridge

The Akyem Swedru Circuit Court in the Eastern region presided by His Honour William Appiah Twumasi on Monday April 25,2022 granted bail to the Akyem Oda constituency chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party and two others for allegedly stealing the steel meant for the construction of a steel bridge …

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Kuntenase court remands tailor’s apprentice, 25, for allegedly killing KNUST student over ¢100 debt

The Kuntenase District Court on Monday April 25, 2022 remanded a 25 year old tailor’s apprentice, Emmanuel Boateng  into police custody  for  allegedly killing  his friend over GHs 100 debt  at Esreso in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region. The suspect, Emmanuel Boateng whose plea was not taken is to be with the Police …

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Fisherman, 60, commits suicide at Saltpond

A 56-year-old Fisherman has committed suicide at Saltpond-Ankaful in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The incident happened on the evening of Sunday, April, 24,2022. The deceased, Uncle Boboola had locked himself in his room and upon several calls, he failed to respond so the door was broken only …

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Driver fined GH¢960 for careless driving, other offences

The Ofaakor Circuit Court has sentenced a driver to a fine of GH¢960 for driving on the shoulders of the road and carelessly crossing a magistrate and disrespecting her. Theophilus Nii Armah Okai narrowly escaped a month’s jail term, after the Presiding Judge, Mr Ebenezer Osei Darko, reluctantly reversed his …

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Fetish priestess buries 5-year-old boy alive at Abura Gyabankrom

A five-year-old boy has been buried alive by a fetish Priestess at Abura Gyabankrom in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of the Central Region. An eyewitness who’s a farmer while on his farm is said to have heard the crying of a child. He quickly rushed towards the direction of …

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