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12 inmates pour hot porridge on cop to escape Accra police cell

12 suspects were on the run in Ghana’s capital Accra on Sunday after they escaped from jail in a violent breakout that left a police sergeant with bruises. The mass cell break occurred at about 6:40 a.m. at the Zenu-Atadeka police station located in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality. According to a …

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Man ‘kills wife’, dumps mutilated body on dumping site

A young man believed to be 24-years-old identified only as Isaac has allegedly murdered his ‘wife’ and deposited the mutilated body on a dumping site. The incident occurred at Onakwase a farming community near Kofi Pare in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region. Starr News gathers that a misunderstanding …

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Police apartment gutted by fire

  Several household appliances in rooms on the ground floor of a three-storey building, which houses nine police officers and their families of the Nkawkaw Police Command in the Kwahu West Municipality, have been burnt beyond recognition. The items include fridges, television sets, furniture, dresses and others None of the …

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Dolphins, tuna found dead in Axim beach

Close to 100 dead dolphins and other large fishes including tuna have been found dead at the Axim-Bewire beach in the Nzema East Municipality. The fisheries commission in a statement said similar incidents have been recorded in other coastal areas in the country. “Information got to Fisheries Commission yesterday, April …

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Taiwan train crash: Over 50 dead as Lorry boss apologises

A construction site manager whose lorry slid on to a railway track and led to Taiwan’s worst train disaster in decades has expressed “deep regret”. Lee Yi-hsiang, 49, said he was “deeply remorseful” and wanted to give his “most sincere apologies”. His flatbed lorry was parked on an embankment but …

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E/R: Man ‘kills wife’, dumps mutilated body on dumping site

A young man believed to be 24-years-old identified only as Isaac has allegedly murdered his ‘wife’ and deposited the mutilated body on a dumping site. The incident occurred at Onakwase a farming community near Kofi Pare in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region. Starr News gathers that a misunderstanding …

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Ejisu Roundabout accident claims 1 life, 4 injured

One person has been killed in a road accident after a driver ran over pedestrians on a pavement at the Ejisu Intersection in the Ashanti Region. One of the victims, 62-year-old Kwaku Duku, was pronounced dead when he was rushed to the Ejisu Government Hospital with four others. The four …

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Mass fish deaths at Osu Castle beach: What we know so far

  When tons of fish were found along the shores of the Osu Castle beach in Accra last Friday, April 2, 2021; many residents collected them, some for consumption whiles others also reportedly put their booty on sale. The development gave rise to a busy weekend for two government agencies …

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Techiman City banned from playing home matches at Ohene Ameyaw Park

  The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has temporarily banned Techiman City from playing its home matches at the Ohene Ameyaw park with immediate effect until the determination of the misconduct case at the Disciplinary Committee. This decision was taken following a breach of the GFA and …

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Open Letter to Members of the Cameroon Bar Council

Outrageous, ‘142 application files for direct enrollment received since September 2019, yet, because of setting a date for their examination’ and not swearing-in. Sirs, incorporation, and or direct enrolment into the Cameroon Bar is of right and sanctioned by law, notedly, Section 8 (1), (b), of Law No: 90/059 of …

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Cameroon: Amba Boys attack UN convoy

In a statement received by CameroonWeb, OCHA strongly condemns the attack on its humanitarian convoy in the southwest region of Cameroon on March 28, 2021. It attributes this aggression to “non-state” armed groups and demands respect for international rights in this part of Cameroon. The Humanitarian Coordinator in Cameroon, Mr. …

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Popular juju man Paa Dogo in coma over broken heart

  Papa Dogo, a popular juju man, has gone into a coma at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region following a broken heart experience with a lady, dailyguidenetwork.com reports. The said lady, a nurse, reportedly became mentally unstable after she found out that her boyfriend was cheating …

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