Crime

721  Three military officers and three civilians are currently facing trial in Kumasi for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to rob a bullion van belonging to a mining company. The six accused individuals have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and attempted robbery. According to the charge sheet, the driver of the mining […]

792  The bodies of five sub-Saharan Africans have been discovered by Libyan authorities in a militarised buffer zone between the country’s border with Tunisia. The discovery comes after weeks of mass expulsions of black Africans by the Tunisian government. The policy followed violent clashes between migrants and residents in Tunisia’s second city of Sfax – […]

680  Abraham Amaliba, the Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has expressed dissatisfaction over the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold James Gyakye Quayson’s name from the records of Parliament. A nine-member panel of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 25, unanimously dismissed a review application filed by James Gyakye Quayson, Member […]

932  Around 7:40pm yesterday, Saturday, July 22, 2023, armed men numbered about four attacked a phone shop at Kwame Danso in the Sene West District, Bono East Region killing two persons, three others sustaining various injuries. The suspected robbers made away with phones and other accessories worth thousands of Ghana Cedis. Information gathered suggests that […]

876  Military troops in the last one week have neutralized 23 terrorists, bandits and IPOB militants, rescued 17 kidnapped civilians and arrested 32 criminal elements including terrorist’s collaborators, logistics supplies, oil vandals and IPOB militants. According to the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba said a total of N3.525million cash, 125,000 CFA […]

755  The police at Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region on Friday arrested a man for allegedly beheading his wife at Atachem, a suburb of Dunkwa-on-Offin. The man whose name is not yet known, allegedly murdered his wife, known as Gifty following a short misunderstanding that ensued between them. Some […]

518  The High Court in Accra has dismissed a case against First Atlantic Bank by former National Service Person, Deborah Sayram Adablah, who filed sexual harassment case against the bank and its former Chief Finance Officer, Ernest Kwasi Nimako. The Court presided over by Justice Olivia Obeng Owusu, also slapped Adablah, (Plaintiff) with a cost […]

775  An 18-year-old house help, Patience Botwe, stands accused of extravagant spending after allegedly stealing millions of Ghana Cedis and personal items from the home of Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, and her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffour. Alongside her accomplice, former house help Sarah Agyei, the young woman is now before an Accra Circuit Court […]

731  The Ghana Police Service is on a manhunt for a group of persons who shot into a Kumasi-Bawku bound bus on the outskirts of Walewale this dawn, killing one person and injuring seven others. The attack, which is believed to be in connection with the ongoing chieftaincy-related conflict within the enclave, took place during […]

623  Queen mother of Wassa Mampong in the Western Region has stormed Oyerepa FM in Kumasi to attack Auntie Naa,host of Oyerepa Afutuo, over allegations made against her by a victim of defilement. Son of the Queen mother is now serving 8 years in prison for defiling a 6-year-old. Mother of the victim came on […]