CRIME & PUNISHMENT

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Pelumi Oloyede-Bello, 17, for allegedly drugging and defiling a 14-year-old girl in Ejigbo area of the state. According to reports, the suspect, who works for an electricity distribution company, had gone to install prepaid meters for some residents when he met the …

A suspected robber has been killed following a firece shootout with police officers on the Yeji-Prang highway in the Bono East Region. According to the Yeji Divisional Police Command, the suspect was part of a group of four armed persons who emerged from the bush around the Kofi Baasare bridge …

A 42-year-old Catechist who defrauded a queen under the pretext of finding a Mallam to dig some gold deposits for her, has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie circuit court. Samuel Marfo was said to have told the complainant, who is the queen of Amakye-Bare in the Atwima-Nwabiagya …

There is a mounting insecurity at Kpodoi-Dorfor in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region as father of a six-month-old twins has been shot to death by assailants over chieftaincy dispute. The 34-year-old deceased farmer, Azievu Obeneh, who was shot dead at the premises of the Ananzie Chief’s palace …

The police in Rivers State have arrested two pastors identified as Austin Emmanuel and Peter Davies, for allegedly raping a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).   The suspects who are currently being detained at the State Criminal and Intelligence Department SCID, allegedly raped the 27-year-old corps member …

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) of Ghana has intercepted 100kg of substances believed to be cocaine at the Tema Port. A 40-foot container of rice and sugar concealing a package of powder suspected to be cocaine was seized at Tema Port by NACOC operatives. The container was one of over …

One person has been killed while seven others have been arrested at Tinga Krom, a community located on Kintampo-Bamboi road for allegedly robbing Fulani herdsmen of their cattle, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. The suspects are identified as Malik Iddrisu, 25, Abdullai Gamba, 41, Nurudeen Alhassan, 30 and Salifu Yakubu, 21. The …

Three police officers are facing interdiction, whiles three other persons have been arraigned before a court on offenses of conspiring to commit crime and defrauding by false pretenses. The officers have been charged over their involvement with Owen Kwame Frimpong, a 46-year-old Shipping Consultant, and Evans Owuraku Amofa, 39, who …

A remand prisoner at the Asesewa Police station in the Eastern region has broken jail According to the Asesewa Police, the suspect who was arrested and remanded for stealing escaped from lawful custody through the cell window. The Police on duty on the night of September 16, 2020 upon their …

Five suspects in the lynching of Akua Denteh at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region have been discharged by the Bole District Magistrate Court on Friday, September 18, 2020. The Court Presided over by His Lordship Andrew Prince Cudjoe has, however, remanded Haruna Aness, 34, Issifa …