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Teacher gets 12-year jail term for defiling 12-year-old girl
A 32-year-old teacher who defiled his 12-year-old pupil has been sentenced to 12 years by the Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court. Hondana Mensah is reported to have taught the girl in class and also gave her private French lessons for close to four years, a relationship of trust the court heard he ultimately abused inside the...
45-year-old man arrested for alleged rape and murder of wife’s niece at Agona Nkwanta
A 45-year-old man by name Kudjo Ntow has been arrested by the Agona Nkwanta District Police Command in connection with the alleged rape and murder of his wife’s niece, 17-year-old Olivia Kwofie, at Agona Nkwanta in the Ahanta West Municipal District of the Western Region. According to a police statement, the incident h...
AG hauls former N.N. Est, M.N.D. Metals General Manager to court over alleged $280,000 theft
The Attorney-General has commenced criminal proceedings against the former General Manager of N.N. Est Metals Company Limited and M.N.D. Metals Company Limited, Mohammed Nassereddine, over allegations that he dishonestly appropriated $280,000 by authorising payments to himself without the approval of the Group Chief Ex...
Two arrested as Police foil robbery attack in Obuasi
The Ashanti South Regional Police Intelligence Directorate has arrested two suspects in connection with a robbery attack on an Indian national in Obuasi and a separate plot to rob a distribution company in the same area. The suspects, identified as Iddrisu Fuseini, also known as “Iddi,” and Shaibu Mohammed, alias “SM”...
Police arrest suspected drug peddlers, seize narcotics in Kumasi operations
The Inspector-General of Police Special Operations Team, in a major crackdown on the illicit drug trade with support from the Ashanti Regional Police Command, has arrested multiple suspected drug peddlers and seized a large cache of narcotic substances across the Kumasi Metropolis. The intelligence-led operations targe...
Two arrested over boy’s kidnapping in Nanumba South
Police in the Northern Region have detained two suspects in connection with the kidnapping of a boy in Kabulya, Nanumba South District.
IMCC: forensic audit found Dennis Aboagye responsible for financial irregularities
The Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCC) Secretariat says a forensic audit found its former Executive Secretary, Dennis Edward Aboagye, culpable in alleged financial irregularities and has dismissed his claims that the investigation is politically motivated. In a statement issued on Monda...
Woman arrested in Kwadaso over alleged “ghost disguise” break-in at late friend’s home
Residents of Agric in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region have been left in shock after a woman allegedly broke into the room of her late friend while dressed in a “ghost-like” outfit. The suspect, identified as Nana Akua—also known on TikTok as Mama Gee or Akua Sikapa—was reportedly found in the room of her...
Police arrest 6 suspected robbers, recover GH¢300k stolen at Portor-Gurumpe highway
The Bono East Regional Police Command has arrested six suspects believed to be involved in a highway robbery incident on the Portor-Gurumpe Highway and recovered GH¢300,000 allegedly stolen from a victim.
Family demands justice as military officer is remanded over civil engineer’s killing
The family of 29-year-old civil engineer Jeffrey Boakye Danquah is demanding justice after he was allegedly shot and killed by a military officer.
Man found dead after alleged attempted attack on church in Sefwi Asafo
A man believed to be in his late 20s has been found dead by the roadside on the outskirts of Sefwi Asafo in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region under circumstances yet to be established.
Businesswoman sues interior decorator, police commissioner over alleged shop furnishing dispute
A businesswoman has filed a suit at the Commercial Division of the High Court in Accra against an interior decorator and a senior Ghana Police Service officer, seeking multiple declarations, damages and the recovery of money and property over an alleged breach of contract involving the furnishing of her shop.