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CrimeViolent crime 7Drugs 5Fraud & financial crime 5Sexual offences 2Organised crime & gangs 1Cybercrime 1
CourtsAppeals & rulings 4Trials & verdicts 2Sentencing 1Inquests & inquiries 1
Policing and justicePolicing 2Missing persons 1
Violent crime 6 More in Violent crime
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The Rio Times
Ituri Attacks Kill Dozens in Ebola ZoneAttackers killed at least 35 civilians in Ituri, DR Congo, in recent days, in the province worst hit…
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‘This is a crisis’: Durban temples targeted in string of theftsStolen aluminum window at Drift Temple in Umdloti.
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Six killed in head-on crash on Eastern Cape’s N2Six people died and six others were injured when a Toyota Quantum and a Mercedes-Benz truck collided on…
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Miracles Aboagye insists State must account for 6 deaths at Manso Keniago over galamseyDirector of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Miracles Aboagye, has condemned the killing of six Ghanaians…
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Deaths of Oudtshoorn police sergeant and wife investigatedThe police sergeant and his wife were found in their kitchen with gunshot wounds to their heads…
2 sources · The Citizen, IOL
Drugs 5 More in Drugs
- CitiNewsroom.com NPP, NDC must depoliticise cocaine menace; it as national security threat – Kutin
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Drug trafficking isn’t a political problem; it’s an institutional one – Senyo HosiConvener of the OneGhana Movement and Trustee of the Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey, Senyo Hosi, has described drug…
- Morocco World News Morocco Contributes to Arrest of International Drug Trafficking Fugitive
- GhanaWeb How did 2.6 tonnes of cocaine leave Ghana? - NPP MP questions
- CitiNewsroom.com NPP warns members against alleged attempts to plant cocaine in their luggage
Appeals & rulings 4 More in Appeals & rulings
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ADC accuses NBA of siding with ruling party over Kalu’s commentsThe African Democratic Congress has accused the Nigerian Bar Association of bias for disciplining lawyer Kalu Kalu over…
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I went to court to defend my rights, not working for APC to destabilise opposition — Nafiu BalaA factional leader of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nafiu Bala Gombe, has dismissed allegations that he is…
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2027: Atiku, Obi making victory easy for Tinubu – Sule LamidoAccording to the former Jigawa governor, the ruling party already benefits from a large bloc of serving and…
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eThekwini Municipality studying Court judgment declaring senior managers’ appointments unlawfulThe eThekwini Municipality has noted the Durban High Court ruling which has declared the appointment of its senior…
Fraud & financial crime 3 More in Fraud & financial crime
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Kidnap: Police nab son over alleged N30m ransom demand from fatherThe Police Command in Ebonyi has arrested two suspects for allegedly staging a kidnapping and demanding a ransom…
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Police arrest three for tampering with Bayelsa oil wellheadPolice in Bayelsa State have arrested three persons for allegedly tampering with a capped oil wellhead in Otuabagi…
2 sources · Punch, The Rio Times
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Mine employee in North West arrested for stealing explosivesThe explosives were found at the man's house after police received a tip-off…
Sexual offences 2 More in Sexual offences
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Love under watch: How technology is fuelling intimate partner abuseThe most common form of abuse is online control, reported by 19% of women, followed by hacking at…
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Obuasi Sexual Abuse Case: No teacher will be shielded if evidence proves wrongdoing – Haruna IddrisuThe Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has assured that no teacher implicated in the allegations of sexual misconduct…
Policing 2 More in Policing
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Robbery suspect who escaped from Konongo police custody arrested at Kasoa hideoutPolice in Kasoa in the Central Region have recaptured Ibrahim Somaila, one of the suspects who escaped from…
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200 police officers deployed to Nalerigu NDC election groundsAbout 200 unarmed police officers have arrived at the Nalerigu Senior High School, the venue for the National…
Trials & verdicts 2 More in Trials & verdicts
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Swellendam tower battery theft sees three men convicted after N2 police chaseThree men have pleaded guilty to essential-infrastructure offences after six lithium batteries worth R120,000 were stolen from a…
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Three men convicted after R120,000 lithium battery theft from Swellendam cell towerThree men have pleaded guilty to essential-infrastructure offences after six lithium batteries worth R120,000 were stolen from a…
Inquests & inquiries 1 More in Inquests & inquiries
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Clashes between gangs, vigilantes kill over 50 in Zamfara – ReportClashes between criminal gangs and local vigilantes have left more than 50 people dead in northwestern Nigeria's Zamfara…
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The Rio Times
Liberia Ex-Minister Kemayah Gets 10 YearsA Monrovia court sentenced Kemayah to 10 years over diverted Saudi rice worth about US$425,918, and his lawyers…
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IG Kanja, DCI boss ordered to produce missing Busia businessman, 292 days laterThe judge declared that Ahmed's unlawful arrest, incommunicado detention and continued enforced disappearance constituted a flagrant and ongoing…
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‘Her whole life ahead of her’: Family mourns matric pupil killed in crashClare Naidoo…
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Tension in Banisa as 6 killed in Ethiopia near Kenyan borderSecurity agencies and administrators are on high alert to avert a spillover of the dispute.
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