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Man sentenced to death over murder of stepmother he accused of witchcraft

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     A 38-year-old man who murdered his stepmother on the accusation of witchcraft in 2010 has been sentenced to death by a High Court sitting in Tamale. The convict, Alhassan Alhassan, also known as Sofo stabbed his step mother, Bibata Alhassan, to death in a …

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Kumasi: Six suspected highway robbers arrested

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah       The Manhyia divisional Police command in Kumasi in the Ashanti region has arrested six suspected armed robbers suspected to be of Fulani origin. The suspects were arrested Sunday dawn at the Aboabo Zongo community in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality. A search on the suspects retrieved …

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Fear grips murdered GPHA official’s husband

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Kwame Asante, husband of murdered Josephine Asante, former top manager at the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) says he is afraid of his life following the yet to unravel mystery behind the killing of his wife. According to him, he feels the killers might launch …

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Police arrest man who stabbed wife multiple times over money to pay sex worker

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     A man who stabbed his wife multiple times in the head for refusing to allow him to use her money to pay a prostitute has been arrested by police in Nima. The man, who had been on the run since the incident, was arrested on …

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5 Nigerians Arrested for Rapping A Woman In The Course Of Their Robbery Operation – PHOTO

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     FIVE NIGERIANS who raped a woman in the course of their robbery operation at Community 25 in Tema have been arrested by the Prampram Divisional Police Command. The suspects were apprehended Friday after being on the police wanted list for some time. Their modus operandi …

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Social Studies teacher found hanging under suspicious circumstances

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   A social studies teacher at Senya D/A Basic School has been found hanging on a cashew tree in what residents suspect to be murder. Shock gripped residents of Busunya the capital of Nkoranza North when they found the deceased hanging on the cashew tree. The deceased, …

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Boy, 16, jailed 25yrs for stealing GH¢10, serving sentence in adult prison

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah       When it comes to corruption in the criminal justice system what immediately comes to mind is some officials of the criminal justice system accepting money or items of value to give the givers desired outcome of a case. However, Corruption Watch (CW) has …

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Nigerian arrested for attempting to kidnap boy, 4, at Maamobi

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The suspect at the back of a Police pickup A Nigerian has been arrested for attempting to kidnap a boy around the Maamobi polyclinic in Accra. The suspect, yet to be named, was arrested after an eyewitness raised an alarm while he was luring the 4-year-old …

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Ahafo Region: Two dead, several others injured in community clashes

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     Two persons have been confirmed dead following violent clashes between woodworkers of Ayomso and Akrodie in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region. Kofi Gyamfi, 27, and David Asuming, 24 both sustained gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on arrival at the Goaso Government …

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8 Policemen killed as patrol vehicle ran into Landmine

  by:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     Eight Kenyan police officers were killed Saturday when their vehicle ran over a landmine during a patrol near the border with Somalia, police sources said. Police Inspector General Hilary Mutyambai said a landcruiser with 11 police on board “was hit by an improvised explosive …

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