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How Taadi woman used her own SIM to demand ransom

As details emerge from the fake pregnancy and kidnapping saga involving 28-year-old Josephine Panyin Mensah, it has been confirmed that she used a SIM card registered in her name to demand ransom. A Daily Graphic report said police investigations had established that the number that was used to call Josephine’s …

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Prioritise The Needs of Your People – Nii Oyanka Urges Anamase Chiefs

The Overlord of Oblieman in the Ga West Municipality of Greater Accra Region of Ghana, Nii Ayitey Anumle Oyanka I, has urged the chiefs and elders of Anamase to prioritise the needs of their people and the community. Nii Oblieman, who holds international appointments including the position as the CEO …

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Insults reign as Ghanaian groups clash in the US

President Akufo-Addo is in the United States of America for the 76th UN General Assembly Some Ghanaians welcomed the president Whiles some praised his government, others also criticized his government But for the location and faces of white security officers, one would have concluded it was just some Ghanaian groups …

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I was never pregnant – Takoradi woman allegedly confesses

• Josephine Panyin Mensah who was said to be nine months pregnant went missing on September 16, 2021 • She was found on September 21 with no sign of the pregnancy or a baby • Laboratory tests and analyses done so far proved she was not pregnant Josephine Panyin Mensah …

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Police place GH¢50k bounty on Accra robbery gang

The Ghana Police Service says is instituting measures to arrest a robbery gang responsible for some attacks recorded in the Greater Accra Region in recent times. The Police Service in a statement signed by the Director-General of Public Affairs, ACP Kwesi Ofori, dated September 24, 2021, further announced a reward …

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Ghana’s 2020 election ‘free and fair’ – US Vice-president Kamala Harris

The Vice-president of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, has stated that Ghana’s 2020 polls that saw the re-election of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, was free and fair. Vice-president Harris made this known on Thursday, 23 September 2021, when she held bilateral talks with President Akufo-Addo at the …

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City Guards seize trader’s wares causing her son to drop out of University

A 40-year-old widow, Joana Torkor Ocquaye is struggling to make ends meet after city guards, popularly known as ‘Abaye’ seized her wares while she was selling at the Makola market. According to the widow, she had taken a loan of One Thousand Ghana cedis to ply her trade but lost …

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Taadi kidnapping: I don’t come from a cheap family – Regional Minister tells critics

• Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah says he doesn’t come from a cheap family • He indicated that his statement on Josephine Panyin Mensah’s situation was factual • He further advised the public to be circumspect in their criticisms about him In the wake of his pronouncement that Josephine Panyin Mensah, the …

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Regional Minister paid GHS3,000 to police for kidnappers to release Takoradi woman – Aide

The personal assistant to the Western Regional Minister, Justice Acquah, has disclosed that an amount of GHS 3,000 was given to the Regional police administration to be paid as ransom to the suspected kidnappers in the controversial Takoradi Kidnapping-Pregnancy saga. The money was paid by the Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere …

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VIDEO: CCTV footage of Achimota daylight robbery emerges

• The footage shows four armed robbers on two motorbikes were involved in the robbery • The robbers shot another motor rider after mistaking him for a police officer • The police have asked the public to volunteer any information that can help with investigations A CCTV footage of the …

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