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Man fined GH¢2,400 over derogatory remarks against Akim Oda MP
The Akim Swedru Circuit Court in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region has fined a 37‑year‑old man GH¢2,400 for making derogatory remarks against the Akim Oda MP. The Court also ordered Emmanuel Oppong Krah to sign a bond to be of good behaviour for three years. Krah, a security man at Sentuo Oil Refinery, p...
Police foil planned robbery in Obuasi, 2 suspects arrested
The Ghana Police Service has disrupted a planned robbery operation in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, arresting two suspects linked to an earlier attack on a foreign national and a separate plot targeting a distribution company.
Police arrest 2 over Dzorwulu jewellery shop robbery
The Ghana Police have arrested two suspects in connection with a robbery at a jewellery shop in Dzorwulu, Accra, following months of investigations.
Bandits kill at least 24 farmers in fresh attack in Nigeria’s Zamfara State
Armed bandits riding motorcycles killed at least 24 farmers and wounded several others in an attack on remote farming villages in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents told Reuters on Thursday. The attackers stormed communities in the Sauna district of the Talata Mafara local government area at about 1300 G...
Teenager remanded for allegedly inflicting cutlass wounds on mother, sister
The Kuntanase District Court, Ashanti Region, has remanded a 17-year-old boy for allegedly inflicting multiple cutlass wounds on his mother and sister.
Unemployed man jailed for stealing from patient’s relative at KATH, unlawfully possessing police uniform
The Asokwa Circuit Court in Kumasi has sentenced a 35-year-old man to two-and-a-half years' imprisonment after he admitted stealing from a patient's relative at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and unlawfully possessing police gear
Court jails 19-year-old for stealing nurse’s mobile phone and cash
The Tarkwa District Magistrate Court One has sentenced a 19-year-old man, Shadrack Cobbinah, to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour for stealing an iPhone XR and GH¢5,700 belonging to a nurse. Cobbinah, unemployed, pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and stealing, and he was convicted on his own plea by the judge,...
Two Nigerians arrested over alleged murder of 36-year-old man in Tamale
The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested two Nigerian nationals in connection with the alleged murder of a fellow Nigerian whose body was found in his residence at Sanzirigu, a suburb of Tamale. The suspects, identified as Daniel Victor Eze and David Oko Ewa, were arrested at Tatale on the Ghana-Togo border fo...
Kumasi: Chief Inspector under probe for illegally renting structures to sex workers at Asafo
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has launched an investigation into a Chief Inspector over allegations that he owns unauthorized wooden structures at Asafo BB in Kumasi and rents them to commercial sex workers, police said on Friday. The command said it was treating the allegations seriously but did not disclose the...
Ex-G4S guard jailed in UK over £117,200 bank fraud after four-year stay in Ghana
A former security guard has been sentenced to three years and four months' imprisonment in the United Kingdom (UK) after impersonating a cash collection officer and fraudulently obtaining £117,200 from a bank before fleeing to Ghana, where he remained for almost four years.
Haruna Iddrisu urges swift arrest of Bole SHS teacher over alleged sexual misconduct
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has called on the Ghana Police Service to intensify efforts to arrest a teacher at Bole Senior High School accused of engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct with a student in the school’s science laboratory. Describing the incident as “unacceptable and shameful,” the Minist...
Woman arrested for allegedly killing husband after misunderstanding
A 40-year-old woman, identified as Mmaa, has been arrested by the Bole District Police Command in the Savannah Region for allegedly murdering her husband at Bole. The deceased, a farmer, reportedly had nine children with the suspect, with the youngest being about four years old. According to one of their children who s...