The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has arrested five for dumping refuse at unauthorized places at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange area which is contrary to section 56(a) and (b) of Act 851, Public Health Act (2012). The 5 persons are Ibrahim Mustapha, Ishmael Yartey, Kwabena Owusu, Mustapha Buhari and Ama Galley. …
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A 19-year-old fisherman, Edward Quansah who defiled a four-year-old girl was on Monday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Circuit Court in Cape Coast. Quansah, who lives at Ekumfi Narkwa in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region, pleaded not guilty to the offence but the court presided over …
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The Medical Superintendent of New Abirim Government Hospital Dr. Osei Bonsu has been arrested for allegedly stealing items belonging to the hospital. The items were being conveyed by one Edward Damptey from Abirim to a private hospital in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, which is said to belong to Dr. …
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A 20-year-old itinerant female head porter has died at Adum, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region after bags of rice fell on her at a shop. According to her colleagues, Rahinatu Alhassan was trapped under the weight of the bags of rice since Tuesday morning but was only discovered later in …
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Police in the Volta Region have arrested 13 persons at Aflao believed to be attacking people crossing the border to Togo. The arrest during the early hours of Tuesday, July 25, 2017, was made possible by informants, police say. Volta Region Police Commander, ACP Nana Asomah Hinneh, said police have …
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Abu Tulasi, a young man working as a galamseyer (illegal miner) who pleaded guilty to robbing a gold dealer of GH?3,100, digital scale valued GH?500, gas blower costing GH?500 and mobile phone, has been jailed for 22 years. He had been given a ride on a motorbike by the victim, …
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Five armed robbers have been jailed a total of 150 years with hard labour by the Ashaiman circuit court in the Greater Accra Region. They were slapped with 30 years’ imprisonment each by the court, presided over by Gabriel Mate-Teye, in connection with a robbery case which took place at …
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A science teacher at Sefwi Aboduam M/A JHS in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western Region William Otoo, 24, is in the grips of the Ayamfuri police for attempting to sell a first-year pupil at a cost of GH 250,000. According to the Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, …
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A 28-year old driver arrested by the police for alleged defilement of a minor was on Friday put before a Kumasi Circuit Court and remanded. Francis Donkor has additionally been charged with threat of death and would make his next appearance on July 26. He pleaded not guilty. Police Superintendent …
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The East Gonja District Police Command of the Ghana police service has arrested 15 persons in possession of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. The suspects including, Anthony Akaweimba, Hudu Abukari, Baba Alhassan, Salim Alhassan, Alhassan Tanko, Alhassan Shirazu, Shaibu Fuseini, Dari Majeed, Sampson Atampieri, Francis Awenlencia, Seidu Mohammadu, …
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