CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Korle-Bu to begin liver transplant procedures in new milestone

Authorities of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have announced that the facility will begin liver transplant procedures this week. This will be the first time a hospital in Ghana will carry out a liver transplant. The  CEO of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, said this was a key …

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Police arrest over 100 persons in dawn swoop at Gomoa Nyanyano

More than 100 persons have been arrested by the Central East Police Command in a dawn swoop last Friday. The persons were arrested at SMG arena pub on the Gomoa Nyanyano stretch as part of police operations to clamp down on criminal activities happening in Kasoa and its surrounding communities. …

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Health workers’ strike: KATH Out Patient Deptartment deserted

The Out-patient Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, continues to remain empty five days into the strike action by members of the Health Services Workers Union (HSWU). The nationwide strike action, which was declared on Tuesday, October 26, this year is in protest of an alleged …

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Gunmen attack Piengua Chief, 10 others at festival

The Divisional Chief of Piengua traditional area Nene Tetteh Zogli III and about ten(10) others including his elders and followers have reportedly been attacked by some unknown armed men at Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region on Saturday. A group of young men wielding guns, sticks and machetes …

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Tricycle rider jailed 10 years for defiling 14-year-old

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 22-year-old tricycle rider to 10 years imprisonment over defilement. Benjamin Akrofi Otumfuor is said to have defiled the victim aged 14 in a classroom at a school in Otinibi, near Danfa in Accra. Charged with defilement, Otumfuor, pleaded guilty and he was convicted …

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Kintampo police recapture Bole Fulani robbery, kidnapping suspect

The Kintampo Police in Bono East Region have re-arrested a robbery and kidnapping suspect, Ali Igudu, who escaped from the exchange of gunfire with officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate at the Bole District of the Savannah Region. According to information from the Kintampo Police, they gathered intelligence that suspects …

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Man nabbed for possessing narcotic substance in Volta Region

Police in the Ketu South Municipality in the Volta Region have arrested a man for allegedly possessing some five slabs of narcotic substances believed to be transported from Accra. The arrest was made during one of the Police’s Patrol Duties on the Accra-Aflao highway on October 28, 2021, at about …

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Fake lawyer arrested; faces jail

A 39-year-old man, Kyei Baffour who posed as a lawyer has been arrested and charged for deceiving a public officer. The suspect was nabbed while representing his client in a murder case: The Republic Vrs. Selorm Agam at the Nyinahin District Court in the Ashanti Region on the orders of …

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VIDEO: NPP Chairman jailed for attempting to bribe DCE

The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Supom in the Atewa Constituency, Yaw Sam Nyamade has been jailed for twelve months for attempting to bribe the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area, Paul Asamoah to allow some illegal miners to carry out their job without hindrance. According …

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Thirteen Nigerians who engaged police in gun battle at Weija remanded

Thirteen Nigerians who attacked Police personnel from the Greater Accra Region while executing their lawful duty at SCC, near Weija, have been remanded into Police custody after appearing in an Accra Circuit Court. The accused persons have been variously charged with carrying offensive weapons, assault on public officer, resisting arrest. …

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Two men reportedly defile alleged teen lesbian

A 15-year-old suspected lesbian has allegedly been defiled by two men at Nkurakan, a suburb of the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern region . The two accused person Julius Boateng Tettey, a 25-year-old barber and his accomplice identified only as Ire, currently on the run, allegedly committed the act …

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Retired midwife, three others busted for stealing, sale of babies

Four persons, including a retired midwife, allegedly involved in the stealing and sale of babies at Atuabo and Half Assin in the Western Region, have been nabbed by the National Investigative Bureau (NIB). An Accra Circuit Court, on Tuesday, remanded the four into the custody of the NIB. The accused …

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Unemployed man gets 14 years for stealing plantain and cassava

For stealing GH¢50.00 worth of plantain and cassava, the Tepa circuit court has given a 24-year-old unemployed man 14 years prison sentence. Justice Ezekiel, pleaded guilty to stealing the food items from a farm at Akwasiase, near Tepa in the Ahafo Ano North District and was convicted on his own …

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8 phone swindlers busted at Kwame Nkrumah Circle

The Accra Regional Police command has conducted an intelligence-led operation on some suspected mobile phone swindlers at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. The exercise which took place Monday, October 25, 2021 had eight persons, suspected to be mobile phone swindlers arrested. The suspects are: Albert Annor, Aged: 27 years Daniel …

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Fake currency fraudsters busted by police

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested suspects Kenneth Anarfi, 51, and Philip Chorkson, 37, for allegedly trading with fake currency. On 24th September, 2021, the Police received complaint, that two suspects driving a Ford Pick Up Truck with registration number GE 9217-12 went to a shop at Tuba, a …

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One shot dead in chieftaincy clash at Prampram

Unknown assailants have shot one person dead at Prampram in the Greater Accra Region. The deceased has been identified as Nii Otu Sei Klo, the Head of Family of the Kley Wetsotse which is one of the clan houses in the Prampram Traditional Area. Police sources indicate the incident occurred at …

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Robbers abandon expensive stolen cars

• Police discovered stolen cars in a bush • The cars had been robbed the same evening they were abandoned • They traced the car after a tip-off Two luxurious cars suspected to have been stolen from their owners have been found in a bush by the Ashanti Regional command. …

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11-year-old girl stabbed in Kumasi

An 11-year-old girl suffered serious knife wounds after she was attacked by a male adult at Akwatialine, a suburb of the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. The incident happened just before 8p.m., on Friday, October 22, when the victim, Adama Hudu was on her way to buy food. She was reportedly …

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22-year-old lady stabs boyfriend for cheating

• Suspect and deceased were engaged in an argument over infidelity on the latter’s side • Akosua Frimpomaa stabbed her boyfriend and bolted • Police arrested her and will put her before the court on Monday A 22-year-old trader, Akosua Frimpomaa, is in the grips of the Ejisu police in …

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