The Police on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, arrested one person in connection with a shooting incident at Bereku in the Central Region which left one injured. The suspect, Nai Akwasi Lartey, who was wielding a pump action gun, shot and injured one person during the Awubia Festival. In a press release issued by the Police […]
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A 36-year-old businessman, who allegedly took $13, 500 from two persons under the pretext of securing them Nicaragua and Mexican visas but failed has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court. Mr Nganyu Billy Nfor, a businessman, pleaded not guilty to defrauding by false pretence. The Court presided over by Mr Isaac Addo admitted Nfor
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Sixty-year-old Edward Worwornyo and his son Senyo Augustus Worwornyo, 30 years old, both herbalists, have been sentenced by the Hohoe Circuit Court for conspiracy to commit crime, trespass and stealing of teak trees. The convicts, who appeared before the court, pleaded not guilty to the charges. They were fully tried, found guilty, convicted and sentenced
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The La District Court has remanded for two weeks, a final-year student at O’Reilly Senior High School, who fatally stabbed a classmate. The student, whose name has been withheld, had been provisionally charged with murder. The court did not accept his plea and ordered him to return on September 19, 2024. The adjournment was to
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Uwombornyi Bado, a 37-year-old man has been stabbed to death with a stick by a colleague, Alhassan Merasa. The incident occurred at Zongo-Machire, a farming community near Chinderi, the District capital of Krachi Nchumuru of the Oti Region. Mr Bafo was initially taken to a clinic in Chinderi and later referred to Kete-Krachi District Hospital,
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A Cape Coast High Court has granted an injunction filed by John Mevemeo, a resident of Millennium City-Kasoa in the Central Region, against the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. Johnson Nyarko-Boampong. The court’s decision restrains Prof. Nyarko-Boampong from acting as Vice-Chancellor. Mr Mevemeo is challenging the University of Cape Coast’s decision to
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Rebecca Cheptegei, a 33-year-old Ugandan marathon runner who competed in the recent Paris 2024 Olympics, has tragically passed away following a vicious petrol attack by her ex-boyfriend in Kenya. The incident has once again highlighted the alarming rise in violence against female athletes in the region. Cheptegei, who finished 44th in the Olympic marathon, sustained
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The Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service has been given the green light to destroy 256 fertilizer sacks of dried leaves all certified to be cannabis. Police say the destruction had become necessary due to the long period of storage leading to congestion at the Unit. According to the Police, some of
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Three chainsaw operators have appeared before the Fiapre Circuit Court in the Sunyani West Municipality for illegally harvesting 45 pieces of Cidrella trees valued GHC146, 250 in the Amama Forest Reserve in the Bono Region. The accused persons were Prince Owusu, 38 years, residing at Abesim, Ransford Solomon, 36 years, also resident of Benu Nkwanta
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A murder suspect, Etse Justice Amuzu, the 37-year-old farmer, who allegedly shot his biological brother to death at Olombobi, has been remanded into custody to reappear on September 13, 2024. When the case was called on Tuesday, September 3, Inspector Emmanuel Agbewoley, the Kadjebi Station Officer holding brief for Inspector Jacob Vormekpe, the Prosecutor, said
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