CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A 58-year-old woman, identified as Lydia Andoh, has been murdered by unknown assailants at Awutu Ahentia in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. According to the police, the deceased was found dead in a pool of blood with several injuries on her face. In an interview with …

Tension is mounting between students and authorities at the Akropong School for the blind after a chaplain at the school was caught molesting a blind female student in a classroom. The students are angry at what they say is an attempt by the authorities to cover up the incident which …

Homicide detectives investigating a murder in Croydon have released the name of the victim. Police were called at 21:18hrs on Sunday, 15 December to Drake Road in Croydon to reports of an injured man. Officers attended and found 33-year-old Albert Amofa, who was from the Croydon area, with a stab …

Two suspected armed robbers believed to be Fulani nomads have been arrested on the Nakpei-Prang road in the Bono East Region. Abdul Rahman, 27, and Amadu Huru, 35, according to the police, attacked 11 passengers on board a commercial vehicle with registration number AS 6930-09. The Bono Regional Police Command …

The University of Abuja has dismissed two of its professors over alleged inappropriate relationships with some female students of the institution. A statement yesterday by the institution’s spokesman, Habib Yakoob, identified the affected professors as Prof. Adeniji Adedayo Abiodun of the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Prof. …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Niger Area command, on Tuesday, confirmed the killing of two officers of the command by armed gunmen while on duty. Abba Kassim, Comptroller of Customs in charge of Niger/Kogi Area Command made the disclosure this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) …

A teenager has been arrested with a foreign made pistol by the Alpha SWAT Unit of the Ghana Police Service during their routine operations. Emmanuel Nortey, 19 was arrested with a Leopodo RS revolver number 437303 concealed in his shorts after two of his colleague fled on seeing the police …

Three persons have been picked up by police at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region after a copy of the voters register was discovered in their possession during the ongoing District Assembly and Unit Committee Elections. The arrest was made at the Galilee Church B polling Station in the Sawaba …

A four-man kidnap syndicate has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a seven-year-old boy. The boy, Abdulmalik Musa, was killed after the syndicate had successfully collected a N300,000 ransom for his release in Ogun State, Nigeria. The deceased, police said, was kidnapped last week Wednesday, at his parents’ residence …

A father missed his target and chopped off the leg of his 21-month-old baby girl at Kojo Armah, near Agona Swedru, in the Central Region, as a confrontation between spouses turned violent. Mr Mawuli Bosso, the 37-year-old man, had a misunderstanding with his wife, Joana Amamoo, and pulled a machete …