CRIME & PUNISHMENT

     The Tema District Community Centre Court has fined Essien Terry, a dog keeper Gh₵5,000 for rearing dogs for commercial purposes in a residential area without a permit from the Tema Metropolitan Assembly. The court presided over by Mr. Festus Fovi Nukunu, slapped the fine on Terry on his plea …

An ardent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashaiman Constituency, Rev. Mawukuonye Vidzah has met his untimely death. According to reports, Rev. Mawukuonye Vidzah was contracted by Alfred Agbawu to fix an electrical problem. However, he got electrocuted in the process. The wife of the deceased who spoke …

Suspected armed robbers have shot and killed a lawyer, Richard Badombie on the Bole-Bamboi highway in the Savannah Region. The Accra-based lawyer was reportedly killed by the robbers while travelling to Jirapa in the Upper West Region with some relatives on Saturday, 28 May 2022. The robbers, who emerged from …

Some unidentified gunmen on Friday night attacked some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) while they were returning from the Upper East Regional Executive Elections held in Bolgatanga. They were attacked near the SSNIT offices, just a few meters away from a police station. The members were delegates of …

The Eastern Regional Police Command is pursuing six armed robbers who attacked a shop that deals in gold at Asamang Tamfoe in the Atiwa East Municipality of the Eastern Region. The unmasked robbers are reported to have fired sporadically throughout the broad-day light operation that lasted about 11 minutes before …

An assistant headmaster of the Bole Senior High School in the Savannah Region is in the grips of the police for allegedly raping a final year student of the school. The accused, Issahaku Jadua, is alleged to have invited the victim into his office at about 6:00 pm on May …

A 20-year-old woman, Ellian Zumeseh, is in the grips of the Bono Regional Police Command for drowning her three-month old male twins in a well. The incident happened at Mama Lawson, a Suburb of the Sunyani Municipality in the Bono Region. Cecilia Dumpaka, a businesswoman whose worker’s daughter committed the …

The Sunyani Police have arrested a 20-year-old mother, Ellian Zumeseh, for allegedly dumping her three-month-old male twins in a well deliberately. The police, in a graphic online reportage, said the well is in the house where the mother of the twins stayed at Abetifi Zongo, a suburb of Sunyani. The …

A 16-year-old form 2 pupil of the Nkwadum D/A Junior High School (JHS) in Ankontombra in the Western North Region has been stabbed to death by her senior. The victim, Afua Kumah, was stabbed in the chest by a form 3 pupil, Francisca Hayford, when the two students were quarrelling …

The Tema Magistrate Court has imposed a fine of ₵600 or in default three months imprisonment with hard labour on the Head Pastor of God’s Shield Gospel Ministry for noise pollution. The court presided over by Mr. Festus Fovi Nukunu slapped the fine on the accused after he pleaded guilty …