Wall crushes pregnant woman to death
Rawlings’ man’ planned 2.4 billion cedis gold robbery
Nana Ampadu turns evangelist
European ship-owners consider other sub-regional ports instead of Tema
University lecturer beats up student over girl
Sailor loses clothing after sex with prostitute
Policemen in 500 million cedis scandal
The brawl at Manhyia…Police probe incident
4,294 firms to pay 4 billion cedis penalty
The paper reports that Sewuah in the Ashanti Region, was thrown into a state of mourning when a 30-year-old deaf and dumb pregnant woman was crushed to death by a wall of a room in which she was sleeping. In a story headlined; "Wall crushes pregnant woman to death", the Weekend Chronicle says Akua Kwakyewaa died tragically with her eight months old fetus. The paper quotes a family source as saying on April 8, this year, at about 5.30 in the morning, the deceased was sleeping when the back wall of her room collapsed and trapped her. According to the source, next room neighbours heard the sound of the falling wall and rushed to the scene where they found that the debris had trapped the pregnant woman. They managed to pull her out but found her unconscious. While rushing her to the hospital, Kwakyewaa died on the way, the family source said. According to the Weekend Chronicle, prior to the incident, there had been a downpour which resulted in the collapse of the wall.
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The Crusading Guide's front page banner reads: "Rawlings' man' planned 2.4 billion cedis gold robbery". The accompanying story says Jack Beble, a self-declared 'Rawlings' man' and former high profile head of the Police Panthers Unit, a segment of the dreaded Commandos (Unit 64), who is now nearly paralysed in his legs, has been implicated in the robbery of eight boxes of unrefined gold valued at 2.4 billion cedis, belonging to Amnsie Mining Resources in Ashanti. The paper says police investigations led to the arrest of Isaac Frimpong, an ex-serviceman and employee of West Coast Allied Services (the private security organisation employed to convey the gold) at Elubo while he was on his wah to Cote d'Ivoire, and other suspects. The Crusading Guide quotes the police as saying that the plan to execute the robbery was masterminded by Jack Beble and the planning took place in his sitting room at his New Achimota residence. According to the police source, there was a planning operations committee headed by Jack Beble and as 'boss' of the team, it was agreed that he would take the 'lion's share' of the booty if the robbery succeeded. The paper says the source indicated that Jack Beble himself did not take part in the robbery because he was in a wheel-chair, but his son and nephew took part in the actual operation.
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The paper in an inside page story, reports that Nana Kwame Ampadu, leader of the African Brothers Band, has turned an evangelist. The Guide says Nana Ampadu was spotted at Dome, a suburb of Accra, preaching at a crusade, a few weeks ago. The paper says investigations revealed that Nana Ampadu is now an evangelist who has associated with one of the churches in Accra. It says during a visit to his house last weekend, family members confirmed the story, adding "come and see Nana himself".
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The High Street Journal says in a front page story that the penalties being slapped on ship-owners for carrying over-aged vehicles to Ghana is making European liner operators edgy and they say unless they are saved from being made 'scapegoat', they will reconsider plying the Ghana route. The High Street Journal says the ship-owners were jolted on April 11, when Customs officials reminded several liner agencies of 3.6 billion cedis penalties slammed last September and for which the Customs demanded settlement in 60 days from April 11. The paper says, last week embittered shipping chiefs under the umbrella of the Ship Owners and Agents Associations of Ghana, are peeved because Customs officials would not consider a review of the existing law which the members of the Association say does not favour their operations. According to the High Street Journal, the Customs officials are basing the