CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Four Nigerians were last week sentenced to jail terms ranging between five and seven years, for engaging in human trafficking. The convicts, a man, and three women were prosecuted by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service The Caretaker Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cecilia Dapaah, announced these …

A 45 year old self acclaimed evangelist is in the grips of the police after he was caught with human parts at Buoku Nkwanta in the Wenchi municipality of the Bono Region. Evangelist Elijah, as he is called in the neighborhood, was arrested upon a tipoff by a resident who …

A man believed to be in his twenties has been murdered by unknown persons behind Kaaf University at Gomoa Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The incident happened on Tuesday, August 8, 2022. Residents say they woke up only to find the almost lifeless body …

A Social Studies teacher in Tamale has been sentenced to a 7-year jail term for sodomising 18 pupils. Mr Natomah Otabil was guilty of the crime by the Tamale Circuit Court. All his victims are pupils of Kulpi Junior High School in the Savanna Region. He was first apprehended by …

The Akim Tafo Magistrate Court has sentenced the nine accused persons standing trial for attacking a teacher of the Anyinasin Methodist School to pay a fine of between GH¢1,800 (150 penalty units) and GH¢2,400 (200 penalty units) each or in default serve three months imprisonment with hard labour. The third …

A thirty-year-old man, Akwesi Amissah, has allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on his co-worker after he accused him of going after his fiancee. The incident occurred at Aikuma Odoben Brakwa District of the Central. Narrating the incident on Nyakonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5fm, Oheneba Ambrose said the victim gave …

A broken Heart in relationships has its consequences depending on who suffers it and how he or she reacts afterward. In extreme cases, the victim always undergoes psychological trauma and must necessarily see a specialist. Broken hearts in relationships have become a norm in recent times, especially among the youth. …

The Ghana Police Service has said two suspects including a minor have been arrested in connection with an alleged robbery and murder of a student at Fiankoma in the Ashanti region. According to the Police, the suspect Eric Annig and the minor after robbing the victim, Osei Mensah Daniel, who …

A 27-year-old lady at Abessim in the Sunyani Municipality of the Bono Region, Madam Hilda Asumani Embro Tuesday July 27, 2022 broke down in tears when the Sunyani Circuit Court presided over by Her Ladyship Justice Mavis Ekua Andoh sentenced her to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour. The sentence …

The entire Bulk Power Station that serves electricity to  Nhyiaeso, Danyame, Ridge, the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) and its environs went offline after a thief in his early 30s got electrocuted while attempting to steal cables. The said ECG station is located close to the RCC in Kumasi. The …