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SHOCKER: Police find almost 100 fetal remains in abortion doctor’s vehicle
Police authorities have found close to 100 fetal remains in the vehicle belonging to specialist abortion doctor, Dr. Ulrich Klopfer. This was after police found over 2000 fetal remains in the garage of his Illinois residence. The 71 year old doctor died on September 3, and about 2,246 medically preserved…
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Photos: Teenager, girlfriend in police grips over stabbing of Uber driver
A 19-year-old John Kyei Baffour and his 22-year-old girlfriend, Beatrice Naa Korley, have been put in police custody at Dodowa for allegedly strangling and stabbing a 45-year-old Uber driver, Michael Normanyo. The suspects are said to have hired the KIA Picanto car with registration number GS 950-19 from Madina to…
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Police officers caught on camera assaulting a lawyer
The video of some police officers assaulting a lawyer in Onitsha, Anambra state has surfaced online. In the video posted online by a Facebook user, Ben Chuks Udoh, the policemen could be seen charging at the lawyer and asking him ”what was his concern” in a matter that they…
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Crime
Police arrest notorious kidnap kingpin, rescue victim
Men of the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a suspected kidnap kingpin identified as Izuchukwu Chukwuma. Chukwuma of Umuagwu Ifakala, in Mbaitoli local government area of Imo, was arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of a 39-year-old Solomon Nwanguma of Umuanu Inyishi in…
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New twist in Kasoa police ‘killers’ case
Another person — suspected to have aided Eric Kojo Dua in the murder of two police officers at Buduburam near Kasoa in the Central Region — has been discharged by a Kaneshie District Court in Accra. Kwesi Adjei, aka Kay, was on September 30 hauled before the court charged with…
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Ashanti Police Hunt For ‘Bonti Killer’
Massive hunt for a man suspected of inflicting cutlass wounds on two persons has been launched by the Ashanti Regional Police Command. Yaw Boateng, popularly known as “Bonti Killer”, is wanted in connection with assault on Dickson Asante, 42, and Nana Osei, 55, on September 1, 2019, at Afrancho in…
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Rawlings Condemns Police For Brutalizing Law Students
Former President John Jerry Rawlings has condemned the police for brutalizing some law graduates who demonstrated on Monday to push for reforms in Ghana’s legal education. In a tweet, he wrote: “The heavy and high-handed manner the Police handled the demonstration by law students was most uncalled for. The conduct…
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Police can’t bury our girls for us – Families of Takoradi girls fume
Families of three of the missing Takoradi girls who were declared dead by police are still agitating for the release of the victims’ remains after the DNA test. The families have made an appeal to the Inspector General of Police not to renege on his commitment to release the human…
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1 lawyer to 10,000 citizens ratio “highly anaemic”, fix it – OG calls for legal reforms
Pressure group Occupies Ghana has charged the government of Ghana to pass legislation that will increase the number of lawyers produced yearly. The call comes in the wake of a demonstration which turned bloody as police fired rubber bullets at law students and sprayed them with water cannons as they…
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JUST IN: Young boy kills younger sister with grandfather’s gun
The community of Mamponteng in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region was last Sunday thrown in a state of mourning after a 14-years-old killed his eight(8) years old sister. According to some people from the community, the incident was not planned and should be regarded as an accident. Explaining…
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JUST IN: Presidential Aspirant Escapes Police Arrest On Motorbike(VIDEO)
Controversial Ugandan singer and presidential aspirant, Bobi Wine escaped Police arrest on Wednesday, October 9, after he defied Police order and insisted on staging his Independence Day concert on the outskirts of the capital, Kampala. On Tuesday, October 8, the inspector general of police, Martins Okoth Ochola said Bobi Wine’s concert dubbed “Osobola” had…
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Police high-handedness against law students, a mockery of democracy – OccupyGhana
OccupyGhana has registered its disapproval by the brutal assault that the Police meted out to unarmed and peacefully demonstrating law students and their sympathizers on Monday. The pressure group says footages and photographs they have seen shows several infractions against the rule of law and of humaneness on the part of…
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LS demo: Some police officers were drunk – Student asserts
Some police personnel, who clashed with demonstrating law students in Accra, were said to be drunk. A student, Thomas Kojo Quansah, who was at the scene, claimed he could smell the alcohol from the breath of some of the fully armed police personnel. The police allegedly fired rubber bullets at…
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Rubber Bullet Victim Speaks Out After Police Clash With Law Students
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Crime
SAD: 17-year-old sales girl raped to death
A tragic incident occurred on Monday, October 7 at Uwasota Junction in Ugbowo community of Benin City, as a 17-year-old sales girl was found dead at a shop she works in. The deceased whose head was covered with a black cellophane bag has been identified as Peace Onaiwu, it…
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We gave the police 10 clear days notice before demo – School of Law SRC President
President of the Ghana School of Law Students’ Representative Council (SRC), Jonathan Alua, has responded to claims by the Ghana Police Service that protestors did not follow formalities prior to their demonstration Monday. Jonathan Alua has maintained that all procedures in accordance with the law were followed by students before…
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12 out of 410 arrested in police swoop arraigned
An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to twelve persons out of the 410 suspected criminals arrested by the joint military/police in a swoop on Monday, September 16, 2019. Yao Mensah, Emmanuel Entsie, Jones Quist, Kojo Awusi, Kwaku Abokobi, Daniel Philip, Kofi Logosu, Wisdom Azalekor, Daniel Anam, Odum Peret Kojo,…
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Police releases 13 persons for ‘demonstrating illegally’
The Accra Regional Police Command has released 13 persons who were arrested on Monday, October 7, for embarking on an illegal demonstration. “At about 0830hours, a group numbering about 300 believed to be members of a group of students who failed the entrance exams to the Ghana Law School besieged…
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Police misconducted themselves during our demo – Law students
The group of law students who hit the streets on Monday to demand reforms in the country’s legal education system has described as unprofessional the actions by officials of the Ghana Police Service that led to violence that marred the protest. According to them, the police’s argument of not receiving…
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Police releases 13 persons for ‘demonstrating illegally’
The Accra Regional Police Command has released 13 persons who were arrested on Monday, October 7, for embarking on an illegal demonstration. “At about 0830hours, a group numbering about 300 believed to be members of a group of students who failed the entrance exams to the Ghana Law School besieged…
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VIDEO: Police disperse protesting law students with water cannons
A planned peaceful protest by hundreds of aggrieved law students today, Monday to push for reforms in Ghana’s legal education system turned violent. Though the reason for the violence is unclear, Citi News understands that nine of the protestors were picked up by the Police. Water cannons were fired on the law…
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Video: 9 Law students arrested in a clash with police over demo
The National Association of Law Students on Monday clashed with the Ghana Police Service during the open up legal education demonstration in Accra with nine of the protesters arrested amidst assault and high-handedness. Information gathered by Joy News suggested that a standoff between police and the protesters lasted for several minutes as…
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Protesting law students clash with police, soldiers
Aggrieved students of the Ghana School of Law clashed with police and military personnel on Monday, 7 October 2019 during their protest march in demand for reforms in Ghana’s legal education. The students were part of hordes of demonstrators who hit the streets of the capital city, Accra, to vent…
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Shocking: Police arrest two young men for stealing human skull
The Ogun State police command has arrested two persons identified as Emmanuel Aro (25) and Anu Olofinju (25) with a human skull along ijoun road in the Eggua area of Ogun State. Emmanuel and Anu were arrested following a complaint by one Amoo Bankole who reported at the Eggua Police Station that the suspects were…
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3 out of 5 missing persons in Western Region found – Police
Three out of the five missing persons in the Western Region as earlier announced by the Ghana Police Service have been found. The three are Fauzia Aliu, Augustina Koomson and Rosina Gyekyewaa. The announcement was made in a statement on the Ghana Police Service’s Facebook page on Sunday. This means…
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Crime
JUST IN: Suspected armed robber trapped to death in Kumasi
A suspected armed robber, believed to be a member of a gang terrorizing residents of Anomangye in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region, has met his untimely death in one of his robbery sprees. Khalipha Frafra, said to be in his mid-twenties, was trapped to death by the metal…
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Push out CID boss if she fails to resign – Nunoo-Mensah
Former Chief of Defence Staff Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah has prevailed on the Director-General of the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah to resign from her position. He said the conduct of the CID boss throughout the investigation of the Takoradi girls’ kidnapping case was unprofessional.…
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JUST IN: Taxi crashes into mourners at funeral grounds
A taxi has injured 13 people, including a 71-year-old, after running his vehicle into the funeral grounds in Krabonso, in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region. The injured, according to Bono East and Ahafo Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong, are on admission…
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Business News
Police officer desilt choked drains, constructs concrete slab with his own money
Lance Corporal Simon Agbeko, a police officer stationed at the Accra Regional Command has won the hearts and admiration of many Ghanaians again after he undertook some community service. This time around, the benevolent police office officer has gone to desilt choked drains and constructed a concrete slab with his…
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World News
Paris police attacker had suffered ‘psychosis’ says wife
The wife of a police employee who killed four colleagues at the Paris force’s HQ says he had a psychotic episode, was incoherent and heard voices the night before, reports say. Mickaël Harpon, 45, was shot dead by police at the scene. French officials are trying to establish a motive…
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