Crime

1,697  The High Court in Accra has directed Galamsey Queen, Aisha Huang to open her defence in the galamsey charges she is facing. Aisha Huang has been on trial for months after she was arrested following her return to Ghana and subsequent engagement in illegal mining. The evidence adduced by the state included previous illegal […]

1,595  The Human Rights Court 2 presided by Justice Nicholas M.C has restrained the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) from arresting the former Secretary of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) Charles Bissue. Subsequently, the OSP is restrained from making any other applications for an Arrest Warrant and publishing notices purporting Mr. […]

1,930  The trial of Jimson Nyasara, a sangoma who is being accused of rɑping a woman as part of a get-rich-quick scheme, is set to begin today. Nyasara allegedly made the victim spend a night nɑked in a cemetery to work the magic of get-rich charms. He then claimed he needed to have sex with […]

1,591    Customs officials in the Ashanti Region have intercepted and detained a container loaded with goods after they detected that the owner had failed to pay duty. The officers have referred the case to the investigative department of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority for further investigation. The container was intercepted at […]

1,627  Counsel for Charles Bissue, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah Esq., has impressed on the court the need for the grant of a motion for discoveries in the pending application for injunction against the Office of the Special Prosecutor, which seeks to restrain the later from investigating and prosecuting his client in respect of allegations contained […]

1,561  The Police say 5 persons have been shot and 5 weapons recovered in its anti-robbery and languard operation conducted at Bortianor in Accra on June 8, 2023. In a statement signed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Director of Public Affairs, Grace Ansah-Akrofi noted that “These individuals had been terrorizing residents and landowners in […]

1,782    8 of the suspects died at the scene while another died while being transported in a police car In a dramatic gun battle in Tuba, a town located in the Ga South municipality of the Greater Accra region, police officers from the Anti-Robbery unit of the Ghana Police Service have fatally shot nine […]

1,996  The Ashanti Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a 38-year-old car snatcher to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour. Yaw Adu Agyekum, alias ’18,’ a mason, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and robbery. His accomplices included Kwadwo Gyebi, alias Acheampong, a convict, and another who is now deceased. Detective Chief Inspector, Eric Twum giving the facts […]

1,651  The High Court in Accra has given Alhaji Ziblim Yakubu, a former Chief Director of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing 48-hours to appear before it for his plea to be taken in a criminal case pending since 2021. Justice Ernest Owusu-Dapaa, who gave the order on Monday (June 5) said the […]