937 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 […]
Crime
Police shoot 2, brutalise another for besieging station at Sefwi Bekwai to demand release of suspect
583 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
1,209 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, […]
Sakawa Puts Ghana as a Major Cyber crime Hub Globally- EOCO Boss
738The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office(EOCO), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaah Addo-Danquah has expressed that the Ghanaian term for illegal practices in the cyber space(Sakawa) has placed Ghana as major cybercrime hub across the globe. Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, speaking on the Theme; “Building a Sustainable Cyber crime-free Soceity for Economic […]
Kejetia Fire Outbreak;Anas Aremeyaw Anas Must Be Arrested, Investigated-NPP Man
766 Mr. Jones Anyamesem, constituency secretary for the ruling NPP in Kwabre East in the Ashanti Region has said that he suspects investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas on the fire outbreak that striked the Kejetia market on last Wednesday ,15Th March,2023. He has however called for the arrest and investigation of the ace journalist on […]
‘Who Watches the Watchman’ defamation ruling against Anas is not fair – Tiger Eye PI
749 Tiger Eye PI, the private investigative firm that Anas Aremeyaw Anas operates has reacted to the High Court decision that dismissed a defamation suit filed against law maker Kennedy Agyapong by Anas. In a statement issued Wednesday evening in reaction to the High Court ruling, Tiger Eye PI described the court decision as “an […]
Ashaiman Soldier Was Allegedly Killed Over Cracked Iphone 6
741 Information gathered by DGN Online indicates that the 22-year-old soldier, Imoro Sherrif who was killed at Taifa, a suburb Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region died because of iPhone 6. Sources told DGN Online that, the two prime suspects allegedly killed the soldier attached to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) band in Sunyani because […]
Economist Grabbed Over ‘Kako’ Business
1,362 An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail in the sum of GHS500,000.00 with three sureties to the Economist, who allegedly took GHS475,500.00 from an unemployed woman under the pretext of investing it in a “kako” business but failed. The Court presided over by Mr Samuel Bright Acquah directed that all the sureties be civil […]
Key suspects in the murder of soldier in Ashaiman arrested – Police
852 The Police Administration says it has arrested key suspects in the murder of Sheriff Imoro, a soldier at Ashaiman. In a release on Friday, the Police noted that the suspects were arrested through a sustained intelligence-led operation. “The Police after a week of sustained intelligence-led operation have arrested the key suspects involved in the […]
Court jails gang 73 years for rape of British volunteers
928 A gang of three has been sentenced to a combined 73-year jail term for robbing and raping some British volunteers at gunpoint. The trio had pleaded guilty to all charges of conspiracy, robbery, rape and possession of firearms without lawful authority. A High Court in Accra sentenced each of them to a maximum term […]