CRIME & PUNISHMENT

    Fire has destroyed the studio of the Ashanti Regional Chairperson of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Augustina Addison. Reports indicate the incident, which occurred around 7:pm on Thursday, June 18, 2020, has reduced the complex into ashes. Property worth over thousands of cedis were lost to the …

    The Nima Divisional Command has arrested 11 suspects in relation to the raid that occurred on one of its offices on Thursday. The suspects are being screened thoroughly as part of investigations to identify their individual involvement or otherwise in the incident. The thieves who broke into one …

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it has begun an investigation into the handling and storage of the missing 100.10 grammes of a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine which has gone missing. GRA in a statement disclosed the final outcome from the probe of the …

  Six policemen in Mozambique have been found guilty of murdering an election observer ahead of last October’s election. Anastacio Matavel was shot as he was driving in the southern city of Xai-Xai. His car was hit by 13 bullets. The elite police were caught after their car collided with …

A 28-year-old farmer Osei George has been arrested by Ekye Amanfrom Police in Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region for inflicting cutlass wounds on another farmer. The incident occurred at Konadu Village near Ekye Amanfrom. The suspect inflicted cutlass wounds on his victim Kwame Agyapong,30, after a misunderstanding …

  The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso East Constituency, Naser Toure Mahama, has made a strong call for justice after a man widely described as a “notorious land guard” in Nima slashed a resident with a cutlass in the wake of a heated argument. Several residents who witnessed the …

    The Kumbungu Divisional Command have arrested Adam Osman, 25, for allegedly stealing food items at Kumbungu D/A Primary B belonging to the Ghana school feeding program in the district. The items stolen by the suspect included two bags of maize, five bags of beans, and 25 jerricans of …

    The National Identification Authority (NIA) says 32,000 attempted to undertake double registration in the issuance of Ghana Card. According to NIA, it has successfully issued 9,050,346 Ghana cards to qualified Ghanaians out of 11,034,174 printed cards since the mass registration exercise started on April 29, 2019. NIA Executive …

    One of the suspects in the Takoradi kidnapping case, John Orji, claims he was tortured by police officers during his interrogation. Orji was arrested in Aflao as a witness and accomplice to the main suspect, Sam Udoetuk Wills. Appearing before the Takoradi Market Circle Magistrate court on Thursday, …

    The Assin Fosu District Court has sentenced a 20-year old farmer to nine-months jail term for escaping from lawful custody at Nyankomasi Police cells in the Assin Central Municipality of the Central Region. The convict, Christopher Dadzie alias “Skiddo” pleaded guilty with explanation to the charge of escaping …