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Young man narrowly escapes death in cable theft electrocution

The entire electricity Bulk Power Station (BPS) serving electricity to Denu, Agbozume, parts of Nogokpo, Aflao, Dzodze, parts of Keta, and parts of Akatsi, Dzodze, Adina, and Ave Towns went offline after a thief got electrocuted attempting to steel cables. The young thief who was later identified to be 32-year-old …

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Cable thief electrocuted to death at Aflao

A 32-year-old man has been reported dead at Aflao, in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region, after he was electrocuted early Wednesday morning. Eric Kofi Quaye, now deceased, was found with severe burns covering almost every part of his body when he allegedly attempted to steal the incomer …

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‘Horny’ Prestea man shoots prostitute for refusing to take GHC 10 for bonking

The magistrate court in Prestea in the Western region has remanded a 28-year-old man into police custody for allegedly shooting a Nigerian commercial sex worker for refusing to offer her service at a fee of GHC 10. The suspect, Hakeem Mumumi allegedly shot Promise, a Nigerian commercial sex worker in …

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Woman, tied to car, dragged to her death by mob

A 37-year-old woman died after she was allegedly tied behind her car and dragged for several kilometres in a suspected mob justice attack in Salema Village, Limpopo. Police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said they received a complaint about a vigilante incident in the area at around 22:10 on Monday. Mojapelo …

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One-month-old baby abandoned in a porch at Akatsi

The police at Akatsi in the Volta Region have received a month-old baby girl who was abandoned in the porch of a building near the Mighty Destiny Glorified Ministry Church at Akatsi Tatorme. The baby was found at about 0530 hours Monday in the building believed to be a shop …

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Two men jailed 65 years for robbing and attacking businesswoman

Two men who robbed a businesswoman of her bag and inflicted cutlass wounds on her right hand in Cape Coast have been sentenced to a total of 65 years in prison by a Cape Coast circuit court. The convicts, Daniel Bentum, a 33-year-old driver, who had already served a 15-year …

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12 injured in Rivers foiled jail break

AN attempted jail break at the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre in Rivers State has left 12 inmates hospitalised after sustaining bullet wounds on Monday. The failed jail break was sparked off by the death of an inmate who was engaged in a fight with a fellow inmate, said to be …

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Driver stabs KMA security guard to death over parking space

A commercial driver and his mate are in the grips of the Kumasi Police over the death of a security guard. Thomas Amakye Yankey popularly known as Congo Soldier is said to have been stabbed three times with a knife during an altercation with the said driver. As confirmed by …

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2 poachers kill buffalo at Mole National Park, arrested by rangers

Two notorious poachers from the Larabanga Community of the West Gonja Municipality identified as Mumin Baharu and Osman Ibrahim alias Vuga have been arrested by gallant and hardworking rangers of the Mole National Park on 9th April, 2022. Bole-based Nkilgi Fm’s source say the rangers on a normal patrol in …

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35-year-old in police grips for allegedly drugging, assaulting married woman

The Bawjiase Police have arrested a 35-year old man who allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted a married woman. Narrating her ordeal, the victim, who sells sausages said the suspect bought some sausages on credit for which reason she went to him for her money. She indicated that the suspect asked …

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