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Nine students of the University of Ghana, Legon, who have been dragged to an Accra Circuit Court for unlawfully locking up a suspected thief, Amina Haruna, in a room at Mensah Sarbah Hall Annex B where they allegedly inserted their fingers into her private parts, yesterday denied any wrongdoing. The accused persons pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit crime, assault by imprisonment, indecent assault and causing unlawful harm in a court presided over by Mrs. Georgina-Mensah Datsa. The accused persons are Francis Wiredu Attah, Tornu Mark Dickson, Morris Awuregya, Nana Osei Asiamah, Gideon Agyei Ayiridaga, Aboyadana Amobilla, Afeatse Godfred, Evans Addai Boateng and Obed Banini. The police are hunting for Alexander Aryee, Benedicta Boamah Brohim and Jason Boamah Amponsah, three suspected accomplices who have managed to go underground since their colleagues were arrested. The accused persons were granted bail in the sum of GH¢9,000 while the case has been adjourned to May 30, 2011. D

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) on Friday announced the establishment of Customer Service Clinics on pilot basis at selected locations in Accra. This would enable their contributors assess their statements and seek redress on any challenges they have. "The service is part of efforts to extend quality customer service to their clients," a statement signed by Mr Jonathan Cato on behalf of the Corporate Affairs Manager said in Accra. The sites for the clinics are Heritage Towers Car Park near Cedi House, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly Office premises and the Accra Shopping Mall, near the Tetteh Quarshie Circle. The statement said: "The programme which is in its second phase will begin on May 9 and end on 13 May. It said contributors wishing to take advantage of the customer service clinics should take along their Social Security numbers or Reference numbers to facilitate the process.

BUSTED MAN-WOMAN! Kwamina Owusu The Nima Police Command was utterly dumfounded when it discovered that a lady who has for the past two years been pestering a married man with amorous advances is a full-fledged male teenager. Seventeen-year-old Kwamina Owusu, who posed as a pretty young lady and threatened to harm the complainant and his family, should he turn down his romantic overtures, was arrested in the company of his supposed secret admirer on their first date on Wednesday night May 4, 2011. Kwamina claims to be a student of Christ the King Academy, Cape Coast. According to the District Commander, Aduhene Baneyeh, Owusu had been pestering the complainant with phone calls and love proposals. Though he had on several occasions turned his proposals down and even changed his number, the young man, who feigned as a lady, kept calling his number and was almost the first person to call him each time he reactivated his number. After two years of unbearable and persistent calls, he decide

IGLHRC Shocked at Possible Passage of Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill Rights Protections for All Ugandans Precarious For Immediate Release Contacts: Cary Alan Johnson, Executive Director, IGLHRC (New York) Tel: (347) 515 0330; Email: cjohnson@iglhrc.org (New York, 6 May 2011) The Interna

Actor, Johannes Maier Related Stories Ghallywood popular actor and one time a housemaster in the popular movie reality show, the Next movie star, Johannes Maier narrowly escaped death as he was recently attacked by the men of the under world, who made away with his belongings as well as shot sporadically at him. The young man in his early twenties, who also is presently marking his footprint in the Nigerian movie market, was said to have been heading to Pangroove through Apapa en-route at about 8pm on that faithful night when he was cut up in the unfortunate and the most dreaded traffic. He soon realised he was running out of Nigerian currency as he seized the opportunity to change some dollar from the road side bureau de change men who are usually on the road looking for who to change money for. Unknown to him that he was been trailed by an unidentified men. Before he could say jack he was already surrendered with a pistol gun right there in the traffic. According to him, he describ

From William N-lanjerborr Jalulah, Bolgatanga THE UPPER East Regional Director of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), Mr. Peter Hastings Mensah has called on media practitioners to provide effective tool for the unrestricted exercise of freedom of speech to aid the growth of Ghana's democracy. Addressing journalists in Bolgatanga on Tuesday to launch this year's Constitution Week celebration, the regional Director observed that though the right freedom is provided in Article 21 (1)(a) of the 1992 Constitution, the media is charged with the responsibility to hold the government responsible and accountable to the people of Ghana. Mr. Mensah commended the media for promoting, sustaining and enhancing democracy in Ghana, especially in the 4th Republic, and other key principles of democracy, as enshrined in the Constitution, thereby making the Constitution functional. He said Ghana's ability to organize five successful elections with peaceful outcomes had won her

Smuggler, Forger, Writer, Spy Anas Aremeyaw Anas is a Ghanaian investigative journalist with many disguises—from addict to imam—and one overriding mission: to force Ghana’s government to act against the lawbreakers he exposes. By NICHOLAS SCHMIDLE IMAGE CREDIT: STEPHEN VOSS THE ACCRA PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL occupies a sprawling block in the heart of Ghana’s capital. Walls the color of aged parchment rim the compound, with coils of concertina wire balanced on top, making the hospital within appear more labor camp than home for the sick. Anas Aremeyaw Anas spent seven months last year casing it, posing first as a taxi driver and then as a baker. On the morning of November 20, 2009, Anas adopted yet another disguise, matting his hair into dreadlocks and pulling on a black button-up top. Three of his shirt buttons, along with his watch, contained hidden cameras. Escorted by a friend pretending to be his uncle, Anas shuffled through the black metal entrance gate and, feigning madness, into the