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1,466 Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by an Accra High Court today. Mr Essien was convicted of stealing over GH¢90m of Bank of Ghana’s liquidity support to the now-defunct financial institution. This comes after his inability to fully pay the said amount back to […]
1,510 A police officer has met his untimely death after armed robbers opened fire on him and his colleagues at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. The robbers who were said to be preparing to rob a mobile money vendor at Ejura opened fire on the policemen who attempted to counter their move. According to a […]
2,716 A 33-YEAR-old female nurse has been gruesomely murdered in what looks like a contract killing. The deceased, Rita Asamoah, a resident of Atwima Boko in the Ashanti Region, did not return home after closing from work on Monday, October 9, 2023. Her husband, Otuo Serebour, sensing danger, reported to the Denchemouso Police Station that […]
1,342 A 20-year-old Nigerian man who killed a motorcycle rider and seized his motorcycle has disclosed that he committed the heinous crime to raise money for his upcoming wedding. Usman Yahaya Muhammed who is reported to be a local vigilante, killed the victim on Friday, September 29, 2023, in the Mokwa Local Government Area of […]
1,540 Source: Ohemeng Tawiah A 35 -year old barber has been sentenced to 10-years imprisonment in hard labour after he pleaded guilty to two counts of threat of death and robbery. James Awuni pleaded guilty to the charges contrary to Section 75 and 149(1) of the Criminal Offences Act of 1960, Act 29 respectively. An […]
1,684 The Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of 16 individuals who invaded the studios of Accra-based United Television (UTV) late Saturday night. According to the police, the arrests were made following a complaint lodged by the Despite Media Group, the owners of UTV, and the Ministry of Information regarding an apparent invasion of […]
1,505 A 60-year-old woman, Musah Azaratu Poana, has been murdered by two brothers at Jagna in the West Mamprusi municipality of the North East region over witchcraft accusation. TV3’s Christopher Amoako reports that, a daughter of the deceased had disclosed the assailants stormed the house and accused her mother of bewitching their father and began […]
1,508 Six shameless lecturers of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) have recently been arrested and are under a series of investigations after reportedly having sëx with their students in exchange for good grades. The case was reported by the Vice- Chancellor (VC), Prof. Charles Esimone. Talking with columnists in Akwa, Anambra State capital, Esimone […]
1,542 A riot broke out amongst a group of agitated youth of Ofankor Timber Market in Accra this morning. The youth, primarily traders, expressed their discontent, stating they had rented the space and regularly made payments. However, occupants were reportedly harassed in the early hours of the day by armed men reportedly sent by the […]
1,422 The Ashanti Regional Police Command has picked up one person in connection with the death of 18-year-old Georgina Agyemang at Anwiankwantah in the Bekwai Municipality. The body was found half naked on Saturday noon, at an uncompleted building a few metres from her sister’s home. Already, the bizarre state in which the victim was […]