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Bragging bribe-taking policeman in trouble

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah A policeman allegedly captured in a video recording bragging about taking bribes has been charged for extortion. Sergeant Augustine Owusu-Ansah was charged with extortion, contrary to section 151 (1) of the Criminal Offences Act 29 (1960). The Central Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Irene Oppong, told …

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Police Escort Foils Highway Robbery Attempt by 5 Fulanis on the Kintampo-Buipe Road – One Arrested

  By:brightwebtv.com/Nana asare barimah   Information reaching Nsemwoha indicates an attempt to rob passengers of an OA bus with registration number GR 6989 – 14 by Five men believed to be Fulanis have been foiled by a police escort provided for the bus. The bus which was heading to Bolgatanga …

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(pictures/video) Ofoase killing: Families receive GHC1.4m as compensation

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah      The government has presented a cheque for GHC1.4 million to compensate the families of four victims who were shot dead by police officers at Foase in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region. Each family received a cheque for GHS250,000. Some 29 others who …

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Missing girls: No culpable officer will be shielded – Acting IGP

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah      The acting Inspector-General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, has assured the families of the three Takoradi missing girls that the police administration will not shield or spare anyone found culpable to have played a role in the missing of their relatives will not be spared. The acting …

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Kumasi: Family appeals for support to find 17-year-old daughter missing for a year

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Daniela Osei Mensah A farmer and resident of Ejisu Abenease in the Ashanti Region, Isaac Osei Mensah, is appealing to Ghanaians and the Abuakwa Police Command to speed-up investigations into his missing 17-year-old daughter, Daniela Osei Mensah, a Form 1, Home Economic student of Jachie Pramso Senior …

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Tadi girls kidnap: Police find traces of blood in prime suspect’s room

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   As part of efforts to unravel the mystery behind the missing Takoradi girls, Police investigators have found traces of blood in the room of the prime suspect, Samuel Udoetik-Willis. The latest discovery comes barely a week after police personnel discovered three human parts at an advanced …

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DropThatChamber Soldier’ released from guardroom

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah A soldier who recorded himself in criticising the intended construction of a new Parliamentary complex, has been released from incarceration. Lance Corporal Isaac Wassa was punished by the Armed Forces for breaching the military’s code of conducts after the video went viral. He was sentenced to 90 …

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Top Ivory Coast singer DJ Arafat dies in road accident

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah DJ Arafat Ivory Coast’s DJ Arafat, a well-known singer in French-speaking Africa, has died following a traffic accident, state broadcaster RTI is reporting. He was admitted to hospital in the main city, Abidjan, with a fractured skull after his motorcycle collided with a car on Sunday, Jeune …

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Nanton: Tension brews as new chief is enskinned

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Tension is mounting in the Nanton Traditional Area of the Northern Region, as some aggrieved sub and divisional chiefs demand the immediate removal of a new chief of Nanton. The aggrieved chiefs, backed by some youth, say Zoosal-Lana Haruna Sulemana is not the right occupant of the …

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54-year-old woman dies after collapsing in Ghana Card registration queue

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah File photo: Queue at NIA registration centre A 54-year-old mother of four, Fimey Dzatugbi, is said to have died after she fell unconscious in a queue for the Ghana Card registration at Ave-Hevi in the Akatsi North District of the Volta region. She was pronounced dead minutes …

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