CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Two (2) Persons have been arrested by Zongo Police in Kumasi for allegedly stealing and registering Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s Club known as Kumasi Club in their name at the Registrar Generals Department in Kumasi in order to perpetrate fraud. One other person who is said to have played …

Two persons, a man and a lady, have committed suicide by hanging to end matters following misunderstandings with their respective lovers on Thursday and Saturday at Agbagblakope and Agblekpui, suburbs of Aflao, in the Ketu South Municipality. The man, Julius Sewor, aged 25, was found hanging after his wife quarreled …

The leadership of the Coalition of Unemployed Nurses (CUN) has said six members of the group have been arrested by the Police for picketing the Ministry of Health to demand that they are employed. A statement dated 21 October 2019 and signed by Mr Paul Selorm, the Convener of the …

Ten students of the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) have been arrested over Sunday’s [20 October 2019] protest in the school. The Manhyia Divisional Police Commander, ACP Kwaku Buah, told Kumasi FM’s Elisha Adarkwah that the students are currently in their custody. The form-three students of the school on Sunday protested …

A coconut seller, identified as Kwaku Boadu, has allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on one Kojo Mensah, another coconut seller over price reduction from GHc 1.00 to 50 pesewas at Breman Kokoso in the Central region. Information gathered by Adom News suggested that Mr Boadu, popularly known as Cantona, inflicted the wounds during …

For the third consecutive time, Anwar Sadat Mohammed aka Alhaji, the prime suspect in the murder of the Otumfuo’s Asamponhene, Oheneba Kwadwo Aforduo, has been remanded in prison custody. During its sitting on Thursday, a District Court in the Asokore Mampong Municipality granted the wish of the prosecution team by …

Stephen Nyuur is a businessman who operates his provision shop at Achimota Mile 7, a suburb of Accra. He deals in general merchandise and has several customers that buy the products for retail purposes. Stephen receives payments of his merchandise in cash, and through the electronic system of payment i.e. …

A trader, who had sex at knife-point with his 12-year-old daughter, has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. The convict, King Arthur, was said to have sexually abused his own daughter on multiple occasions in the absence of her mother. According to …

A yet-to-be-identified man who stole panties belonging to a pregnant woman was nabbed today October 18,  at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai in Niger State. Though the suspect’s motive of stealing the panties is not yet known. he has already been handed over to security operatives.

Despite the consistent caution and education on cyber fraud, many people are still falling prey to the activities of criminals through the Internet, resulting in the loss of millions of US dollars to businesses and individuals in Ghana. Last year alone, Ghanaian businesses and individuals lost $97 million to fraudsters. …