Crime

$70k home, $40k cash, gifts for boyfriends – How 18-year-old househelp spent money stolen from Cecilia Dapaah

714  An 18-year-old house help, Patience Botwe, stands accused of extravagant spending after allegedly stealing millions of Ghana Cedis and personal items from the home of Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, and her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffour. Alongside her accomplice, former house help Sarah Agyei, the young woman is now before an Accra Circuit Court […]

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Breaking news:Joshua Alarbi jailed

1,176  An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced Joshua Alarbi, an unemployed man and neighbour of the complainant, to nine months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing. The court presided over by Madam Kizita Naa Koowa Quarshie, found Alarbi guilty of unlawful entry and stealing. The stolen items included a 32-inch LG television set, a money […]

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Ashanti region: Two injured in clash between land guards, wood workers

672  A clash between alleged land guards and wood sellers at Akwatialine, within the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti region, has resulted in injuries of two individuals. In recent months, the authorities of the Asokore Mampong Municipality have emphasized the necessity of relocating the hundreds of wood sellers from Akwatialine to facilitate the redevelopment […]

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Nigerian influencer Austa killed by boyfriend

670  Nigerian influencer Augusta Osedion, better known as Austa, was killed by her boyfriend, Benjamin Best, also known as Killaboi. Best confessed to the murder on his Instagram page, writing that he “mistakenly stabbed” Osedion during an argument. He said he then fled the scene and has been suicidal ever since. Her body was found […]