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Excavator operator, apprentice remanded over alleged theft
The Toase District Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality has remanded an excavator operator and his apprentice into police custody for allegedly stealing an excavator control board.
Education Ministry orders probe into viral video of student assaulting colleague
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has been directed to investigate a disturbing viral video showing a student violently assaulting a fellow student. Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, confirmed that the video, which has been widely circulated on social media, has come to the attention of the Ministr...
Three Hohoe E.P SHS students arrested over post-WASSCE vandalism
The Volta North Regional Police Command has arrested three former students of Hohoe E.P. Senior High School for allegedly destroying school property after completing their final examinations. The suspects were identified in a viral video showing them damaging the school’s water pipeline. The incident reportedly occurre...
5 arrested for posing as military personnel to attack miners in Ashanti Region
The Nkawie District Police Command has arrested five suspected armed robbers accused of disguising themselves as military personnel to carry out attacks on miners at Kotokuom in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.
FDA seizes over 5,000 packs of unapproved baby diapers in Tamale crackdown
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confiscated more than 5,000 packs of unapproved baby diapers during an enforcement operation in the Tamale Metropolis, as part of efforts to protect public health. The exercise forms part of the Authority’s ongoing market surveillance activities aimed at curbing the circulation of...
Western North police arrest 4 suspected fake National Security operatives over alleged mining site raid
Police in the Western North Region say they have arrested four men and their driver for allegedly posing as National Security operatives and raiding mining sites at Suiaboi in the Suaman District. The regional police commander, DCOP Francis Tsidi, who confirmed the incident, said the suspects were picked up on April 2,...
Western North police arrest four suspected fake National Security operatives over alleged mining site raid
Police in the Western North Region say they have arrested four men and their driver for allegedly posing as National Security operatives and raiding mining sites at Suiaboi in the Suaman District. The regional police commander, DCOP Francis Tsidi, who confirmed the incident, said the suspects were picked up on April 2,...
Eight appear in court as police intensify crackdown on illicit drugs in Tamale
The Northern Regional Police Command has arraigned eight suspects before the Tamale Circuit Court for offences related to the possession and prohibited sale of restricted and narcotic drugs within the Tamale Metropolis.
Motorist remanded in custody for hitting four-year-old girl
A 23-year-old motorist has been remanded into prison custody by the Toase District Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region on three charges.
Sales boy captured on CCTV cameras stealing, jailed 36 months
A 22-year-old sales boy captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras stealing from his employer was jailed for 36 months in hard labour by the Amasaman Circuit Court.
Payroll Fraud: Questions over GHC427 million paid to one civil servant in 29 months
For 29 months, a senior civil servant at the Ministry of Defence received over GHS427 million in unearned salaries – an average of more than GHS14 million per month. Frank Oliver Kpodo was at the time serving as Director of Procurement at the Ministry of Defence. His unearned salaries featured prominently in a recent r...
Mason sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for defiling a 4-year-old girl
The Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced Ebenezer Birikwai, a 23-year-old mason, also known as “Immortal,” to 15 years in prison with hard labor for defiling a four-year-old girl. Birikwai, who was in court for the first time after his arrest on April 16, 2026, at Manso Afedie, was slapped with the sentence when he plead...