Kwame Ofosu, a commercial motor rider (okada rider) in his early 20s, has been allegedly murdered at Gomoa Afranse in the Central Region. His decapitated body was dumped in a bush on Thursday afternoon. The incident has made the commercial riders in the community apprehensive and incensed, vowing to avenge the death of their colleague. […]
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The Police have arrested 12 suspects for allegedly looting and causing damage to properties in some parts of the country. In an engagement with the media on Sunday, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Grace Ansah-Akrofi, Director of Public Affairs, Ghana Police Service, said according to preliminary investigations, the suspects attacked and caused damage to some
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Patrick Yaw Boamah, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central has decided to contest the results of parliamentary election in court. This follows the declaration of Baba Abubakar Sadiq of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the winner. Baba Sadiq secured 15,383 votes, narrowly defeating Patrick Boamah, who garnered 14,949 votes as per the
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A 23-year-old man from Mncedisi Village, Lower Gweru, has been arrested and charged with assault after a brutal attack on his mother. The shocking incident occurred on November 18, 2024, and has led to widespread condemnation from the community. The man, who was reportedly intoxicated, returned home and accused his mother of harbouring hatred towards
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Richmond Laweh, a caretaker, whose makeshift gate electrocuted a 14-year-old boy at Ampomah, near Ashiyie, has been jailed 10 years imprisonment by a High Court in Accra. Laweh illegally connected electricity to an uncompleted building and connected a cooper wire to this makeshift gate on pathway on two plots of land he as squatting. Samuel
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The police have arrested Mr. Ohemeba Nana Asiedu, a Kumasi-based radio and television presenter, for alleged offences, including the publication of false news, contrary to Section 208 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). The suspect is currently in police custody, and the case will be presented before the court, the police said in
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An Accra High Court has granted a GHC2- million bail to Pastor Hammond Love, who is currently serving 48 months jail term for stealing. The court admitted him to bail in the sum of GHC2 million with two sureties to be justified with landed property. Pastor Love was jailed for 48 months for stealing a
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A 25-year-old labourer, Isaac Odai Afotey, has been remanded in police custody by an Accra Circuit Court after allegedly attempting to rape a victim following a robbery. Afotey is accused of stealing an iPhone X worth GHC5,500 from the victim, whose name has not been disclosed. In addition to that, he allegedly robbed another victim,
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A 31-year-old farmer has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment by the Asante Abuakwa Circuit Court, for stealing foodstuff at Sepaase in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality. Isaac Atimbisa was said to have stolen six bunches of plantain and two sacks of cassava worth GHc 350.00, from a farm in the community and was about
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Government is to present a new Legislative Instrument (LI) to Parliament aimed at revoking previous regulations that permitted mining activities in these sensitive areas. The Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Revocation Instrument, 2024 seeks to overturn LI 2462, which had previously allowed mining in certain forest reserves, signalling government’s intensified commitment to conserving the
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