Crime

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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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended presidential clemency to nine convicts, including Ato Essien, the former CEO of the defunct Capital Bank, as part of a year-end pardon initiative aimed at promoting reconciliation and…
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A Gender-Based Violence Court has sentenced Prosper Kouku, a 23-year-old mason, to 12 years of imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old girl.  Kouku was charged with defilement. He pleaded not guilty. However, after going…
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A tragic robbery incident has claimed the life of a 60-year-old chopbar operator, Dorcas Korkor Tetteh, in Anloga Dornorgbor in the Volta Region. The grim discovery was made on the morning of Saturday, December 28, 2024, in her residence…
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The Amasaman Circuit Court has granted a GH₵50,000.00 bail with two sureties to 21-year-old commercial motorbike rider Hope Nunekpeku, who is facing charges of robbery attempt and preparation to commit a crime. The accused, who has…
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An Israeli airstrike on a press broadcasting van has killed five Palestinian journalists in Gaza, according to reports from the region on Thursday. The journalists, working for the Palestinian broadcaster Al-Quds Today, were in the…
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In a high-stakes operation, police in Wenchi, Bono Region, neutralised an armed robber during a fierce exchange of gunfire on the Wenchi-Wa Highway in the early hours of Saturday, December 28, 2024. The incident unfolded around 3:40 a.m.…
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Two individuals met their untimely demise in the Ogobiri community of Sagbama Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, after being electrocuted while allegedly stealing solar-powered streetlights. The tragic incident occurred on the night…
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A trader, Joseph Agemba, has been remanded into police custody by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding 48 individuals of over GH₵2 million under the pretence of securing them jobs in Ghana’s security agencies and visas to the USA…
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