Crime
Tema Circuit Court grants bail to frozen chicken thieves
The Tema Circuit Court B has granted bail to Eric Asante, Kojo Essuon, and Theophilus Mensah in the sum of GHS 250,000 with three sureties.
Tema Circuit Court remands driver’s mate for appropriating iron rods
The Tema Circuit Court B has remanded a driver’s mate, Umaru Farouk, for dishonestly appropriating 24 tonnes of assorted iron rods valued at Gh₵177,600.00, the property of Jonas Kwadwo Adu.
Driver convicted for failing to construct latrine
Sani Mohammed, a driver, has been convicted to a fine of GH₵720.00 (60 penalty units) by the Hohoe Magistrate Court for failing to construct a household latrine in his premises.
Three managers picked up; two others invited for breaching data protection law
Three managers were arrested on Monday by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for breaching the Data Protection Act, 2012...
Ex convict, driver remanded over burglary at Tesano
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody a 25-year-old unemployed man who broke into a house at Tesano and made away with television, a laptop, and a tablet.
Nigerian jailed 15 years for human trafficking, to compensate each victim with GHC10,000
A Nigerian hairdresser who trafficked seven victims from Nigeria to Ghana to engage in prostitution, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
Educationist who tied nine-year-old boy to orange tree surrenders to Police
Mr Timothy Gyamfi Mensah, a 74-year-old retired Educationist, who allegedly tied a 9-year-old boy to an orange tree at Akaa in the Oti Region, has surrendered himself to the Jasikan...
Man,33, sentenced to death for offering son as sacrifice
An Accra High Court has sentenced to death a 33-year-old man for throwing his two-year-old son into the sea at Akuma Village, Accra, as sacrifice in his bid to become...
OSP goes to High Court to freeze Cecilia Dapaah’s “tainted properties” and accounts
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has gone to an Accra High Court with an application to freeze the assets of Cecilia Abena Dapaah, embattled former Minister of Sanitation...
ECOWAS Inter-Departmental stakeholder meeting on illicit maritime activities underway in Ghana
In general, UNODC, through its Global Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP), provides support to the full criminal justice system, from sea to land, to ensure that Member States are in a...
