By Emmanuel Gamson Takoradi, March 03, GNA – The Nkroful District Court has sentenced Ofori Annor, a rubber tapper, to three years imprisonment for poaching in…
Court & Crime
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Marketer remanded for alleged 13,000-dollar fraudÂ
By Joyce Danso, GNA Accra, March 3, GNA – An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 52-year-old marketer into police custody for allegedly defrauding a police officer…
Court dismisses Democracy Hub suit over Ayawaso East NDC primary
Accra, March 2, GNA – An Accra High Court has dismissed a suit filed by pressure group Democracy Hub challenging the recent parliamentary primary…
Woman jailed two years for stealing church items at Teshie Barracks
Accra, March 2, GNA – An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 32-year-old unemployed woman to two years imprisonment for stealing assorted items from…
Farmer gets 18 years prison term for defiling 8-year-old girl
By Charles Tawiah, GNA Nkawie (Ash) March 02, GNA – A 38-year-old farmer has been jailed 18 years by the Nkawie circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti region, for defiling an eight-year-old girl. Haruna Mohammed, pleaded guilty…
Atimpoku fuel contamination: Defence witness admits petrol dispensed to customer mixed with water
Accra, March 1, GNA – A defence witness in the Atimpoku fuel contamination case has admitted before an Accra High Court that petrol sold to a…
Investment firm’s financial officer arraigned over GHC300,000 dud cheque
By Joyce Danso, Accra, Feb. 26, GNA – Dr Charles Douglas Fordjour, chief financial officer of Lumiere G. International Limited, a finance and investment…
Former MCE, eight others granted GH¢800k bail over fraudulent sale of government land
By Muyid Deen Suleman Kumasi, March 1, GNA – A Kumasi High Court has granted bail to a former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Asokore-Mampong, Alhaji Alidu Seidu, along with eight other individuals…
Driver’s mate remanded into prison custody for stealing motorbike
 By Charles Tawiah, GNA Nkawie (Ash), Feb. 27, GNA – A 24-year-old driver’s mate has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South…
Galamsey operator fined GH¢12,000 for stealing
By Erica Apeatua Addo Tarkwa (W/R), Feb 27, GNA-The Tarkwa Circuit Court has fined Obed Botwe, a 21-year-old galamsey operator, GH¢12,000.00 for stealing. The…
Police arrest seven over fake electronic traffic notices scamÂ
Accra, Feb. 26, GNA – The Ghana Police Service has arrested seven suspects for allegedly circulating fraudulent electronic traffic violation notices to unsuspecting members of the…
OSP amends charges in GHC1.4 million SML Contract Case
By Joyce Danso, GNA   Accra, Feb. 27, GNA – The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has amended the charges against Ken Ofori-Atta, former…
Queenmother murdered in her private residence at Atebubu
Atebubu, (Bono East) Feb. 26, GNA – Police at Atebubu in the Bono East Region are investigating the tragic murder of Nana Serwaa Gyan…
Father demands justice through the government for the alleged murder of his son at Oyarifa
Accra, Feb 26, GNA- In an emotional and detailed interview, Mr. Alfred Kwame Tettey Ehiamah, father of the late Anthony Kudjo Tettey Ehiamah, has…
Two SWESBUS students remanded for two weeks over assault on Obrachire SHS student
By James Esuon, GNA Agona Swedru (C/R), Feb. 25, GNA – The Agona Swedru Magistrate Court has remanded two students out of three into prison custody for two weeks for assaulting a student…
Alleged robber, receiver granted GH¢50,000 bail
By Gifty Amofa, GNA Accra, Feb. 25, GNA – An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail of GH¢50,000 each, with two sureties, to a motorbike…
Fake soldier in GH¢192,000 fraud case granted bail
By Gifty Amofa, GNA Accra, Feb. 24, GNA – A 43-year-old man accused of posing as a soldier to defraud a businessman of GH¢192,000 under the pretext of providing…
Nkwanta South Police retrieves over 7,000 parcels of India hemp following Jasikan Court order
By Kingsley Mamore Dambai (O/R), Feb 25, GNA – The Nkwanta South Divisional Police Command, has retrieved over 7,000 parcels of suspected marijuana following a…
Six Aggrey Memorial students arrested for beating, robbing Adisadel final year student
By Prince Acquah, GNA Cape Coast, Feb 25, GNA – Six students of the Aggrey Memorial Senior High School have been arrested and detained…
Six Aggrey Memorial students arrested over assault on Adisadel studentÂ
Accra, Feb. 25, GNA – Six students of Aggrey Memorial Senior High School have been arrested by the Police for allegedly assaulting a final-year…
Three SWESBUS students arrested over viral assault of Obrachire student
By Prince Acquah, GNA Cape Coast, Feb. 25, GNA – The Police in the Central Region have arrested three students of the Swedru School…
Two arrested with 209 slabs of suspected weed, attempt GHC100,000 bribe offer
By Prince Acquah, GNA Cape Coast, Feb. 25, GNA – The Police in Agona Swedru has arrested two young men for transporting some dry…
Three students arrested over alleged assault of obrachire SHS student
By Gifty Amofa, GNA Accra, Feb. 25, GNA -Three students of Swedru School of Business have been handed over to the Police for allegedly assaulting an Obrachire SHS…
Abesim murder case: Footballer sentenced to life imprisonment
By Joyce Danso, GNA Accra, Feb. 24, GNA – An Accra High Court has sentenced Richard Appiah, a footballer, to life imprisonment for the…