934 Amnesty International says it has noticed a surge in police brutality across Ghana including attacks on journalists in the line of duty. Country Director of organisation in Ghana, Genevieve Partington who raised the concern on Foreign Affairs on Joy News, explained that a number of these infractions were captured in the latest global report […]
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Adum: Police Inspector killed lover over GH¢5k debt – Prosecution
1,985 It has emerged that the Police Inspector, Ahmed Twumasi, arrested for killing his lover in Adum in the Ashanti Region committed the act after his lover refused to refund a GH¢5000 debt owed him. According to the prosecution, investigations have established that the police officer after having a misunderstanding with the deceased […]
KSTS Old Student Shot Dead In Kumasi
1,705 A 26-year-old lady who is an old student of Kumasi Senior High Technical School has been shot dead by an assailant on Thursday evening, at Adum in Kumasi,the Ashanti Regional Capital. Victoria Dapaah,2016 batch of KSTS is said to have left her home after receiving a phone call from the suspected assailant. Sources say […]
Kumasi Central Police Command Accused Of Power Theft By ECG
1,440 Kumasi Central Police command has been fingered by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for engaging in illegal connection and as a result, has been disconnected from the national grid The Managing Director of ECG Mr. Samuel Dubik Mahama confirmed the theft and revealed that it was done through some illegal connection during monitoring […]
Stop Chaining Metal Patients -Prophets Told
1,365 The Founder and leader of Ogya Nyame Prayer Camp and God Of Fire Ministry, Prophet Ogya Nyame has advised fellow Men of God and all healers who deal with mental instability cases to stop chaining patients. According to him, dealing with mental irregularities doesn’t involve chaining the victims but treating them carefully so that, […]
Kenyan national arrested for smuggling 11.4kg of cocaine at KIA
1,138 The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) arrested a Kenyan national for smuggling 11.04 kilogrammes of cocaine worth $309,120 at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Saturday, April 15. The Commission in a statement of April 17 noted that the suspect, Njeri Mary, 35, was apprehended by its officials during routine checks at the arrival […]
The Captor of Ghana’s Most Notorious Armed Robbers ACP Kofi Boakye
992 It was late afternoon on 28th February 2005 when Choice FM, then Ghana’s leading talk show station announced that Ghana’s most wanted armed robber,Ataa Ayi, had been nabbed. Instinctively, the question that bugged many was “who achieved such monumental feat?” It was an answer that perhaps, only staff of the station were privy to, […]
Lady murdered in fight over man, 3 on remand
996 Three people have been remanded in police custody for the alleged murder of a 28-year-old lady at Dwinase near Kokotro in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti region. Prime suspect, Mary Akosua Agyemang, 25 years, is alleged to have accosted the deceased, 28-year-old Vida Ennin, for gossiping about her over a man they have […]
Police shoot 2, brutalise another for besieging station at Sefwi Bekwai to demand release of suspect
632 Police in Sefwi Bekwai in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region are reported to have shot two persons and brutalised another. According to media reports, the two – a male and a female sustained various degrees of injuries and have since been hospitalised at the Green Shield Hospital at Sefwi […]
Withdrawing money from a deceased’s account to organise funeral is a criminal offence – Lawyer
1,294 A private legal practitioner, Albert Gyamfi, has described the act of family members withdrawing money from the bank account of a deceased to organise their funeral as a criminal offence that is punishable by law. According to the lawyer, although this is a common practice in the Ghanaian sociocultural context, the act, by law, […]