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An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 34-year-old man to eight years in prison for forging a Bank of Ghana (BoG) licence to run a microfinance enterprise at Suhum in the Eastern region and its surroundings. Kofi Asante, also known as Davis, was given a four-year prison term after entering a guilty plea to the charge of participating in deposit-taking without a licence. Asante entered a guilty plea to the allegation of falsifying an official document and received an eight-year jail term. According to the court,…

A man identified as Gideon Addai has been beaten by residents after he was caught robbing a woman at gun point. He was said to have gone for the operation with his gang but unfortunately for him he was caught while the remaining suspects flee away. Residents who heard the woman screaming went to her rescue, catching Gideon in the process. He was then dealt with but they informed Assin Fosu police command about it to prevent beating him to death, According to residents they do not have peace of mind as robbers keep…