CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Notorious highway robbers terrorizing commuters in Akyem Anyinasin and its environs in the Eastern Region have attacked and robbed members of the Church of Pentecost and other passengers. The incident occurred Tuesday around 9:30 pm. Fourteen (14) of the victims including women from three local assemblies of the Church were …

GhanaWeb has sighted a viral video of how officers of the Ghana Police Service retrieved some firearms which were stolen and hidden in the bush by the secessionists who are seeking an independent Western Togoland state. The location appears to be around Sogakope. About four assault rifles wrapped in a …

34-year-old Kwasi Amoah and his 20-year-old girlfriend, Naomi Ofori, have been arrested by the Sehwi Wiawso Police Command for allegedly killing their 2-year-old daughter. According to a Joy News report, the Regional Police Commander, ASP Michael Nkekesi, confirmed the incident, revealing that the Assemblyman for the area was the one …

Two persons who stole GHS 1,020,500 from a bullion van in 2017, have been sentenced to four years imprisonment each by an Accra Circuit Court. Bismark Abem, a Cash in Transit (CIT) Officer, and Eric Larbi, a driver were found guilty at the end of trial on the charges of …

A joint operation comprising the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Liberia has led to the arrest of 11 Ghanaian illegal miners. The ‘illegal gold and diamond miners’ were arrested in Bong County, North-Central Liberia, the P FPA reported. The suspects have since been …

A driver of a VIP Jeoun bus and two passengers have been shot and injured by armed robbers during a midnight raid on the Apedwa-Bunso stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway. The driver, identified as Delali Yao Tsagli, was receiving treatment at the Enyiresi Hospital on the Bunso-Nkawkaw road as of …

A 44year-old man, Kwasi Emmanuel, from Sefwi Anyinabrim in Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region, has committed suicide by hanging to death after killing his wife. He is reported to have shot his wife, Mrs Sarah Issah with a pistol, and proceeded to hit her with a pestle till …

The Ghana Police Service says it is on a manhunt for a middle-aged man who allegedly raped a 70-year-old woman at Dzaman near Gbawe in the Greater Accra Region. Achikolo, who forcibly entered Rose Odikro’s room on Sunday, October 4, 2020, took advantage of her condition to sexually assault her. …

Two persons allegedly involved in the murder of the Nana Ndoli Panin III, Baamuhene of Enchi Kramokrom and Finance Manager of Hotfm, have been remanded into Police custody by a Kaneshie District Court. Kwame Ofori aka Ogyaba, a 29 year old pastor of Divine Prayer Camp at Saapeman and Nana …

A resident at Assin Praso, Gladys Ackom woke up to discover a newborn baby dumped in the walkway leading to her bathroom. The baby suspected to be a day-old was found with his umbilical cord still tied around his waist. The mother of the baby is yet to be identified. …