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Eight Aframso robbery suspects arrested while sharing loot in Ejura, one shot dead
A joint police operation has led to the arrest of eight suspected highway robbers linked to an armed attack on a passenger minibus on the Mampong to Ejura road, the Ashanti North Regional Police Command has said.
Nyinahin hostel incident should not automatically become a GES matter, says Opoku Mensah
A former spokesperson at the Ministry of Education, Yaw Opoku Mensah has questioned the extent to which the Ghana Education Service (GES) and teacher unions should be involved in a case involving a teacher and a student of Nyinahin Catholic Senior High School who were captured in a viral physical altercation. Opoku Men...
NACOC storms drug hotspots in Greater Accra and Oti regions; several arrested in major weekend crackdown
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has carried out a sweeping anti-drug operation across parts of Greater Accra and the Oti Region, leading to several arrests and the seizure of suspected narcotic substances over the weekend. The coordinated raids targeted known drug dens in Kissieman, Dome and Kwabenya, all in A...
Sammi Awuku files RTI request into Sankofa vessel linked to alleged drug shipment
Member of Parliament for Akuapim North Sammi Awuku has requested detailed information from the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) over the handling of a vessel reportedly linked to a drug trafficking incident after leaving Ghana’s waters. In a formal Right to Information (RTI) request dated 13 April, Awuku asked the Ghana...
Adu-Boahene trial: Witness denies claims of inter-branch fund transfers
Mildred Donkor, the third prosecution witness in the trial of Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others, has disputed claims that UMB Bank branches independently transferred funds between themselves to satisfy withdrawal requests.
Family of murdered Momo vendor gives IGP 14-day ultimatum, or they’ll occupy Ketu police command
The family of the late Christopher Ahordo, a mobile money vendor, who was murdered in April 2025, has given the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) a 14-day ultimatum to ensure swift action on the case or face a peaceful occupation of the Ketu Divisional Police Command at Denu-Tokor. The warning was issued at a press con...
Rider remanded for allegedly stealing tricycle
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a tricycle rider into lawful custody for allegedly stealing a tricycle at La in Accra.
Adu-Boahene trial: No cyber defence system delivered despite ¢49.1m payment – EOCO investigator tells court
An investigator in the alleged cyber software theft case involving former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has told the Accra High Court that the NSB never received the cyber defence system for which GH¢49.1 million was paid. An EOCO staff officer, Frank Marshall Cromwell, who...
Two remanded for alleged attack, robbery at jewellery shop
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two persons accused of robbing a jewellery shop at Westland, near Haatso in Accra.
Governance group seeks OSP-US records on Berko bribery case
Governance group People’s Alliance for Governance and Accountability (PAGA) has filed a Right to Information request seeking records of the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s dealings with US authorities over the Asante Kwaku Berko and AKSA Enerji power project case. In a letter dated August 10 and received by the OSP...
FBI indicts two Ghanaians brothers in multi-million-dollar romance fraud investigation
Two Ghanaian brothers and a United States-based woman have been indicted in Ohio over their alleged involvement in an international romance fraud and money laundering scheme that prosecutors say targeted elderly Americans through dating websites and social media platforms. The United States Attorney’s Office for the No...
Man, 35, arrested for chopping off brother’s hand at Agona Abodom
A 35-year-old man, identified as Johnathan Baisie, has been arrested by police at Agona Abodom in the Agona West District of the Central Region for allegedly chopping off his brother’s left wrist during a violent altercation. The incident reportedly occurred around 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Agona Abodom. Information g...