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EOCO, Association of Banks arrest four in GHC200k SIM swap fraud

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in collaboration with the Ghana Association of Banks, have arrested four (4) persons engaged in SIM swap fraud. Suspects, according to a representative of the Association of Banks, Ransford Nana Addo Jnr were ...

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Prospective jurors for Kasoa ritual murder trial under training

The prospective jurors who are expected to be empanelled to try the case of the two Kasoa boys standing trial for the alleged ritual murder of a 10-year old Ishmael Mensah Abdullah are receiving training at the Judicial Service Training ...

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American nun kidnapped in northern Burkina Faso

An 83-year-old American nun has been kidnapped in Burkina Faso. The bishop of the northern Kaya diocese said armed men took her from a nunnery where they vandalised rooms and sabotaged a vehicle. The nun, Sister Suellen Tennyson, had served ...

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GPRTU defers transport fare increment to next week

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) says a meeting with the Ministry of Transport on Tuesday, April 12 would determine the percentage increase in transport fares. GPRTU and other unions met on Monday to deliberate and announce an increase ...

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PURC to announce major tariff review in July

The Executive Secretary of the Public Utility Regulatory Commission, PURC, Dr. Ishmael Ackah, says the PURC will announce a review of utility tariffs in July this year. He however did not clarify whether the review will be upwards or downwards. ...

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4 Policemen in bullion van robbery plead not guilty, scrap dealer discharged

The four Police constables who were arraigned for their role in the Bullion Van robberies have pleaded not guilty to the charges. The four are facing two charges of attempt to commit crime to wit; robbery and Abetment, together with ...

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Nigeria atheist Mubarak Bala jailed for blaspheming Islam

A Nigerian atheist has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in the northern state of Kano after being convicted of blaspheming Islam. Mubarak Bala, the 37-year-old president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, pleaded guilty ...

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Absent without permission: Adwoa Safo, Ken Agyapong, Henry Quartey dragged to Privileges C’ttee

Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin has referred three Majority Members of Parliament to the privileges committee for absenting themselves for more than 15 days without permission. The trio, Dome Kwabenya’s Sara Adwoa Safo, Ayawaso West MP and ...

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Mobile money loses GH¢10bn in value as e-levy implementation nears

Even before the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) takes effect next month, available data show that the mobile money platform has lost about GH¢10billion in value between November 2021 and January 2022 – a development that raises serious concerns about the ...

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We brought down Ghana football, when we brought down Nyantakyi – Bagbin

Kwasi Nyantakyi The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says Ghana’s football continues and will continue to suffer due to the non-involvement of former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi. According to him, the influence of Mr Nyantakyi who was ...

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