CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A newborn baby dumped in a public toilet at Atebubu in the Atebubu-Amantin District of the Bono East region has been rescued. The baby, according to reports, was discovered in the Atebubu English/Arabic school toilet by a security man. The Assembly Member for the Atebubu Zongo Electoral Area, Takiyudeen Issah, …

Police in the Ashanti Region are investigating the death of a middle-aged woman after she was allegedly shot in her hotel room in Kumasi. The incident happened on Thursday dawn at the Cedar Crescent Hotel. Citi News sources say the deceased was attacked together with her boyfriend while they were …

A suspected armed robber has been lynched at Kenyasi-Duase in the Kumasi metropolis of the Ashanti Region. The suspect, who is believed to be in his 20s suffered the mob attack after robbing a woman while she waited in a queue to register for the Ghana Card around 1 a.m. …

A self-Styled Journalist Joseph Ofosu aka Nartey based in Koforidua has appeared before the Kaneshie District Court charged with three counts of defrauding by false pretenses. Ofosu used the name of Mr Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Presidency to swindle three persons under the pretext of securing a …

The Kojokrom township in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis has been thrown into a state of shock after news went viral of the alleged murder of a commercial driver in the area by a mentally deranged man. The victim has been identified as Samuel Biney affectionately called “Joe Otewtam”. Elderly brother of …

A Koforidua-based journalist has been slapped with three counts of defrauding by false pretence for impersonating Director of Communication at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin. Joseph Ofosu alias Nartey is said to have promised people he will secure them auction cars and have them nominated as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief …

The Circuit Court in the Yendi municipality of the Northern region has remanded 18 suspected Western Togoland separatists into prison custody. The Yendi circuit court presided over by His Lordship, Anthony Aduku Aidoo, ordered the accused persons to reappear in court on January 9, 2020. The accused persons have been …

A 23-year-old woman has stabbed his boyfriend to death for allegedly cheating on her. The deceased was stabbed in the chest. The incident happened at Tsostunya a community near Obawale in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. The suspect Belinda Dawutey, 23, is currently in Police Custody at …

The mother of a 3-year-old defiled girl, Dora Amakye, is seeking justice for her daughter who has been sexually abused by a 38-year-old man identified as Akwesi who is currently on the run. Several efforts by the mother to get the Police to act on the case have proved futile. …

The Police have granted bail to 15 out of the 17 members of the Homeland Study Group Foundation who were arrested a week ago. Each of the suspects was granted a police inquiry bail following preliminary investigation and screening. The 66 Artillery Regiment of the Ghana Army based in the …