The Odorkor Police are investigating circumstances that led to the death of a 55-year-old woman in a hotel room at Odumasi along the Ablekuma-Pokuasi Road in Accra. The deceased, whose name has been withheld by the police, was in the hotel room with her boyfriend when she suddenly fell sick …
Read More »Two Men Shot Dead By Armed Robbers In Garu
Two young men yet to be identified have been shot dead by armed robbers on the Songo-Kugri road in the Garu Constituency of the Upper East Region. The incident happened on Songo Market day Tuesday November 24 at about 8pm. The Garu District Police Commander, DSP Daniel B. Yaro, in …
Read More »Security man remanded over defilement
A Circuit Court in Accra has remanded into Police custody a 20-year-old security man for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl in a wooden structure at East Legon, Accra. Ebenezer Asare, charged with defilement, pleaded not guilty. Prosecution led by Chief Inspector Kofi Atimbire objected to the grant of bail because …
Read More »One arrested as Bole SHS students cause chaos over bad meal
Dining time at the Bole Senior High School (SHS) in the Savannah region turned chaotic on Wednesday evening. The students went on rampage against their school authorities over what they described as bad meals being served. The students ransacked their dining hall and threw away banku and groundnut soup served …
Read More »FLASHBACK: Eight Nigerians arrested for internet fraud
The article was originally published by the Ghana News Agency on Friday, 16 March, 2007 The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested eight Nigerians including two ladies for internet fraud. Five computers and accessories were found in their rooms. The suspects with ages between 18 and 26 made of five …
Read More »Two Robbers Jailed 36years, Four Months
An Accra Circuit Court has jailed two persons a total of 36years and four months for robbery. Raymond Duodu, 19, unemployed and Williams Henkel, 22, a TV game operator, denied conspiring to rob Madam Joyce Ofori-Amanfo and Nana Yaa Nartey but were found culpable after trial. Each of them was …
Read More »Volta Secessionists trial: 10 new suspects arraigned
Defence lawyers in the ongoing Volta Secessionists case have clashed with prosecution over the jurisdiction of the court where the accused persons were arraigned. The Prosecution led by ASP Sylvester Asare today amended the charge sheet earlier filed on November 9 which had some 24 accused persons standing trial to …
Read More »Woman 63, 2 daughters and 6-month-old baby jailed for stealing maize
63-year-old lady, her two daughters and her grandchild of about 6 months have been jailed 3 months each for stealing maize. Narrating their sordid experience, the woman said they did not have money to feed on the said day and that pushed them to move to the farm to take …
Read More »Bizarre: Jilted Husband Shoots Rival, Child, and Eyewitness over Woman
A Jilted husband has shot his 40-year-old rival, a year old child, and an eyewitness over a woman. The incident happened Sunday morning at Gomoa Akotsi in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, according to Bright FM Central Regional Correspondent Eric Amponsah. The injured rival was reportedly dating …
Read More »Armed robber jailed 15 years escapes from custody
An armed robber who convicted to fifteen years imprisonment in hard labor and kept in police custody while awaiting to be transferred to begin his term has escaped in Wulensi in the Northern Region. The criminal, Mohammed Ibrahim who is 36 years old is said to have escaped by forcing …
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