Crime
Court grants bail to Oyarifa apartment fire suspects
An Adenta Circuit Court has granted bail to two persons accused of setting fire to a two-bedroom apartment at Oyarifa Anointed Down, Accra. The accused, Mohammed Issah, an Immigration Officer, and Jennifer Mae Tomlinson, a Jamaican-Canadian national, were each...
Obuasi Circuit Court remands nine for attacking police
The Obuasi Circuit Court has remanded nine persons into prison custody for allegedly assaulting police officers at Tweapease Senior High School Park in the Ashanti Region. The accused are Joshua...
Six suspected land guards arrested, firearms recovered
The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has arrested six persons suspected of engaging in land guard activities and possessing firearms. A police brief said the suspects were arrested following a...
Five arrested for alleged kidnapping, GHC400,000 ransom demand
The Nsawam District Police Command has arrested five persons for allegedly kidnapping two men. The suspects are Suleman Salifu, 24, Godfred Owusu, 26, Antwi Bismark, 27, Anas Salis, 38, and...
Court remands five in Kade SHTS teacher assault
The Kade District Court has remanded five persons for assaulting a teacher of Kade Senior High Technical School, following their guilty pleas. A statement issued and signed by Mr Daniel...
Ofori-Atta detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Ken Ofori-Atta, a former Finance Minister, has been detained by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a public notice issued by his legal representatives. The notice,...
Immigration Service arrests foreign nationals for counterfeiting and cyber fraud
The Weija Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) arrested 11 foreign nationals involved in counterfeit money printing and cyber fraud activities at a residential apartment in Tuba, Accra....
Farmer butchers couple at cashew farm in Jaman South
Residents of Tain-Ano, a cashew-growing community in the Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region, ushered in the New Year in shock and disbelief when a farmer allegedly butchered a couple on a...
Two women remanded over assault of 12-year-old in viral video
Two women captured in a viral video assaulting a 12-year-old minor at La in Accra have been remanded into police custody by the La District Court. Princess Naa Adjeley Giftan Mesopeh and Precious Ajorkor Mesopeh, both students, pleaded...
Five suspected fake NAIMOS officers in police custody
The Eastern South Regional Police Command has taken into custody five persons alleged to be fake officers of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) for impersonation and extortion. The...
