Crime

1,236  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 […]

1,255  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 […]

1,294  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 […]

2,783  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 […]

1,330  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 […]

1,353  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 […]

1,540    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 […]

1,224  Three men with alleged ties to Ghana have been arrested in New York City with over 100 illegal guns. Ahmed “Taju” Mutalib, Abdul Haruna, and Murtala Haruna, all cousins, have been charged with 575 counts of criminal sale of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon, conspiracy, and money laundering. Prosecutors allege that Mutalib, […]

1,145  Four Chinese nationals have been robbed at gunpoint, with an unspecified amount stolen from after an armed policeman who was supposed to provide them escort abandoned them to buy a tyre. According to a police situational report the police Constable identified as Mawuli Rashid with Regional SWAT unit at Sekondi in the Western Region, […]

1,309  A gang of armed robbers have attacked Gaso filling station in Adankrono, near Kade, within the Kwaebibirem Municipality of the Eastern Region on the evening of Tuesday, November 7, 2023. At approximately 6:30 PM, the armed robbers who were four in number invaded the premises and unleashed a hail of sporadic gunshots which injured […]