Crime

1,283  A 42-year-old citizen of Dzodze in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region, Evans Mawunyo Tsikata, is beside himself with admiration for Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, the Inspector General of Police. The IGP had personally followed up on an ‘open letter’ Tsikata had penned and published on Myjoyonline.com to draw the police boss’ […]

1,334  George Bernard Shaw, one of the lawyers defending the 14 persons accused of killing Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, has expressed fear for his life after he was nearly attacked in court. On Monday, November 14, Mr Shaw was confronted by a man said to be an uncle of Major Mahama for defending the accused […]

1,311  The Ghana Police Service has announced that they are in hot pursuit of the two suspects who manhandled and brutally assaulted Maxwell Konadu, the head coach of Nsoatreman. Police, in a statement, said two people have been identified as suspects, and they are on a manhunt for them.   The former Black Stars head […]

1,296  The Ghana Police Service has dragged three groups to court over their refusal to postpone their respective demonstration dates. The groups; Democracy Hub, Patriotic Hub, and Patriotic Forum for Accountable Governance each requested to picket and hold processions at the forecourt of the Jubilee House from December 1, 2023, to January 5, 2023, to […]

1,319  The Koforidua Circuit Court B has remanded into police custody four military men, an Immigration Officer, and a private security man for armed robbery at Akyem Akanteng in the Lower West Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region. The accused persons are Sergeant Mensah Dominic 41 years, L/Cpl Tetteh Wayo 43 years both stationed at […]

1,383  By Eric Ahenkorah Youth numbering about fifty besieged the residence of an LGBTQ+ activist by name Salim Fari Yakubu with the aim of lynching him. They argued that, his activism and promotion of LGBTQ+ activities and practices in the country is affront to the customs, traditions and values of African people and culture. It […]

2,959  West Blue Ghana Limited has filed a lawsuit against the Attorney-General (AG) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Commercial Division of the High Court in Accra over the termination of the National Single Window and Integrated Risk Management System (NSW) contract, amounting to over GH¢289 million. The company entered into a contract […]

1,372  Akolgo Yakubu Ayamga, an Assistant Superintendent of the Ghana Police Service and a practising lawyer was arrested and detained by the Supreme Court for contempt during court proceedings according to a report filed by thelawplatform.online.com The incident is said to have occurred on the 14th of November 2023 when Ayamga, visibly angered by the […]

1,434  Police in Kitgum District are hunting for a one Siliman Ochira for allegedly killing a 54-year-old man whom he accused of having an affair with his mother, police said Friday. Police spokesperson, Mr Fred Enanga said Ben Ocakacon was killed after the suspect allegedly caught him having an affair with his mother in a […]

1,594    A Ugandan woman has been hospitalized with serious burns after her Muslim husband set her on fire upon discovering she had converted to Christianity. Hajara Namwase, a 32-year-old mother of three in Kenkebu village, Budaka town, Eastern Uganda, is currently receiving treatment for third-degree burns after her husband, 42-year-old Musa Kalele, poured gasoline […]