CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Takoradi: Robber shot dead after gun-battle with police

Western Regional Police Command with support from the police intelligence unit have gunned down one of the suspects believed to be behind the robbery that led to the killing of a man who was with his wife at Amanful on Monday. The robber now deceased, identified as Shankiki, 30, together …

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Men urged to examine testes at least once a month

  A Urologist and Head of Department of Surgery at the Tamale Teaching Hospital has urged men to examine their testes at least once every month and report any possible disorders to a hospital. According to him, though testicular disorders, especially testicular cancer, are rare, early detection is necessary for …

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SHS Student Jailed 15Years For Robbery

The Obuasi circuit court has sentenced an 18-year-old senior high school student to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. Michael Dakorah, who was a student of the Asare Bediako Senior High School at Obuasi, was said to have been together with an accomplice, attacked and robbed their victim …

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50-year-old man stabbed to death

A 50-year-old man has been stabbed to death by his cousin during a family disagreement at Bodada in the Jasikan District of the Oti Region. Francis Brown, who allegedly stabbed Isacc Kojo Boampong to death, had fled from the town. Police Superintendent, Jasikan District Police Command who confirmed the incident, …

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Man stabbed to death in Oti Region

  A 50-year-old man, has been stabbed to death by his cousin during a family disagreement at Bodada in the Jasikan District of the Oti Region. Francis Brown, who allegedly stabbed his cousin to death, had fled from the town. Police Superintendent, Mr Lawrence Gbele of the Jasikan District Police …

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Man, 29, jailed 20 years for robbing IMF Country Director

The Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced one Mohammed Buzu, a 29-year-old trader to 20 years in jail for pulling a machete on the Country Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and robbing him and his wife. The convict was found guilty on the two charges of causing harm …

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Kwahu residents go wild over the presence of ‘wee’ church

  Some angry residents Kwahu Osubeng in the Kwahu South Municipality have called on authorities to with immediate effect shut down a church by the name Yahuda Church. According to them, the church is promoting the smoking of marijuana aka ‘wee’ among church members. The residents who spoke to Nyankonton …

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Cocoa Farmer Killed By Armed Robbers At Sankore

Criminal cases keep increasing day in and day out in the country this has left fear in the heart of people living in Ghana because the criminals keep tracing people and robbed them in their houses, offices, roads and markets. Due to this, there is no safe place to leave …

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Western Togoland case: Two police Inspectors, others detained

Two Police Inspectors stationed at the Jasikan Police District of the Oti Region have been arrested with two others in connection with the Western Togoland case. The two Inspectors Billy Akuaku and Gabriel Dorduno were on Tuesday arraigned before the Kaneshie District Court presided over by Her Worship Ama Adomako …

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Police foil attempted cell break at Akumadan

The police command at Akumadan in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region, over the weekend, foiled an attempt by a remand prisoner to escape from the cells of the Akumadan Police Station. Sumaila Dauda attempted to break portions of the wall of the cells to escape. The suspect, …

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Mfantseman MP robbery victim cries for help

A victim of the armed robbery that took the life of the Member of Parliament (MP)  for Mfantseman, is crying for help as he struggles to undergo surgery to remove pellets embedded in his body. Patrick Asante, the truck driver, who was first shot by the robbers before the late …

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Saudi acid victim excited as she recovers

30-year-old Saudi acid victim, Memuna Malik has expressed gratitude to Crime Check Foundation, CCF, and its donors after supporting her to undergo the first phase of series of facial plastic surgeries. The surgery which was undertaken at the Korle-Bu Teaching hospital at the cost of Fifty-Two Thousand Ghana cedis was …

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Robbers shoot husband and wife in Sekondi-Takoradi

Suspected armed robbers Monday afternoon attacked and shot a man and his wife who according to eyewitness accounts had withdrawn money from a nearby bank in Sekondi in the Western region. The robbers were said to be on a motorbike trailing the couple from the bank and shot them twice …

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Fourth jailbreak in two weeks foiled by police in Zuarungu

  Police personnel on Sunday foiled an attempted jailbreak at Zuarungu in the Bolgatanga East District of the Upper East Region, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. This comes after similar incidents in Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region and Sandema in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region that saw …

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30-year-old lynched with axe, clubs, machetes

  A 30-year-old man has been murdered at Ntonso in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region. The Kente weaver was murdered today, Monday, 12 April 2021 around 6:30 am. The deceased, whose name was only given as Victor, popularly called “Thousand” or “Rasta”, is said to have been …

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Polythene wrapped banku: A more deadly substitute for cigarettes?

  A report shared by a Facebook user claims that eating banku, local fermented corn and cassava based food wrapped in polythene, is equivalent to smoking 135 sticks of cigarettes. Initial investigations reveal that this claim has been seen making its rounds online. With this re-circulation, the discussion has picked …

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Another mobile money vendor attacked in Takoradi

  A Mobile Money vendor in her 20s has been attacked by armed robbers around Takoradi Presby Quarters. The attack on Hannah Asandoh led to the shooting of a taxi driver who went to her rescue. According to reports, the incident took place around 7:25 pm on Saturday, April 10 …

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Husband arrested for allegedly killing wife at guest house

The Somanya Police in the Eastern Region has arrested the husband of the woman murdered in a guest house last week. The suspect -Prosper Negble was identified by management of the guest house as the one who checked into the room with the now-deceased woman -Believe Sakitey. On Saturday, April …

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Five stabbed in Apam funeral chaos

Five people have been stabbed after mayhem erupted at a funeral in Apam in the Gomoa West District of the Central region. According to Kasapa FM’s Yaw Boagyan, the chaos erupted after some land guards believed to be coming from Ashaiman in Accra stormed the funeral sparking tension between them …

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Man stabs girlfriend to death

The Eastern Regional Police Command has commenced investigation into a lady, Believe Sakitey, a 25-year-old vegetable trader who was stabbed to death. She was killed at a guest house in Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. The police are currently on the heels of her boyfriend, …

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Mobile Money vendor shot by robbers

A 21-year-old mobile money vendor, Joseph Amoah, was attacked Friday night by armed robbers at Ahinkofi-krom near Kojokrom within the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis in the Western Region. According to him, the incident happened around 7:00pm when two young men approached him to withdraw some money. But one of them pulled out …

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Driver transporting human bones to fetish priest arrested

  A 22-year-old taxi driver and his 20-year-old accomplice have been arrested by the police in the Eastern Region for possessing some mutilated bones suspected to be human bones. The two suspects, Awatey David Okra (the taxi driver) and Amenuvor Nicholas (the accomplice) were accosted by some three residents of …

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