Crime

A mobile court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has sentenced a 27-year-old man, Chukwunyere Okechukwu Akomas, to 14 years in prison for defiling two minors aged 8 and 11. The verdict, delivered on Friday, January 10, 2025, found Akomas…
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The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced Kofi Essien, a 24-year-old ex-convict and illegal miner known as "Buffon," to eight years of imprisonment with hard labour. Essien was convicted for threatening to harm his mother, Madam Agnes…
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A tragic incident has rocked the Khayelitsha community in Cape Town, as 25-year-old Phindiswa Toshi Mpomposhe was fatally stabbed by her boyfriend, Mkhuseli Ludidi, on New Year’s Day. According to a statement released by advocacy group…
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The grandson of Nelson Mandela and four others were arrested on January 8, 2025, following the recovery of a hijacked Uber vehicle at the former president’s historic Houghton residence in Sandton. While four suspects appeared in the…
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The Nalerigu Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old carpenter to seven years in prison with hard labour for defiling a 15-year-old girl in Walewale in the North East Region. The convict, Alhassan Abdulai, alias “Borga Lasco,” is said…
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Indian authorities have arrested a Canadian man at Delhi airport for attempting to smuggle a crocodile skull in his luggage. The 32-year-old man was caught during a routine security check on Monday as he was preparing to board a flight…
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Police in Bole, Savannah Region, have arrested a 20-year-old man, Kipo Seidu, for allegedly robbing an iPhone to give as a New Year gift to his lover. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. near the Bole Community Centre. The victim, who…
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Calm has returned to Ntotroso in the Ahafo Region following an attempted breach at the Newmont mining site that led to the deaths of three individuals and injuries to four others. According to a statement by the Ghana Police Service on…
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A 48-year-old businessman, Jennings Tetteh Cole, has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding 18 rent seekers of over GH₵100,000. Facing 18 counts of defrauding by false pretences, Jennings has pleaded not…
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A tragic ambush by unknown gunmen on a bus travelling from Bolgatanga to Bawku on Monday, January 6, 2025, has left one passenger dead and several others injured. The bus, which was under security escort, came under heavy fire from the…
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