Courts and Crime
17th March, 2012
The 2008 Presidential candidate of the New Vision Party (NVP), Prophet Daniel Yaw Nkansah, has been arraigned in court for defrauding four farmers of GH¢69,000.
He was arrested on March 6, while ...
14th March, 2012
Two thousand seven hundred and ninety five accidents were recorded nationwide from January to date according to statistics of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU).
The Second in command of ...
13th March, 2012
Waterville Holding Limited (BVI) has stated emphatically that businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome separately and independently of Waterville, made a claim against the government.
“The company has ...
12th March, 2012
The swift response to a distress call by the police on Thursday led to the arrest of two alleged confidence tricksters believed to have defrauded a South African business woman of 200,000 ...
9th March, 2012
THE Western Region is becoming notorious with the consumption of narcotic drugs as the statistics keep rising.
According to the Police Command, the figures on narcotic drugs indicated that, ...
9th March, 2012
Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, who is being tried for fraud in connection with the payment, of GH¢51.2 million judgement debt, had his woes deepened yesterday when the Accra Financial High Court ...
8th March, 2012
The case docket on the alleged cocaine baron, Sheriff Asem Darkey, said to have played a major role in the shipment and disappearance of 77 parcels of cocaine in 2006, is to be sent to the Attorney ...
7th March, 2012
The Akosombo Police have intercepted a private car loaded with 138 wrapped parcels suspected to be cannabis.
The VW passat car, with registration number GR 2747 S was impounded by the police ...
28th February, 2012
One of the two armed robbers killed in a fierce gun battle with the police on Friday, is said to have invested heavily in lots of property in order to guarantee a cozy future for himself.
The ...
28th February, 2012
Stephen Kwabena Effah
An Accra High Court has given the Economic and Organised Crime Organisation (EOCO) up to March 20, to indicate whether it intends to continue with its investigations into the ...
28th February, 2012
A-30-year-old labourer and member of a community watch committee, Thomas Abu, was last Sunday murdered during a patrol exercise at Alogboshie, near Achimota in Accra.
The Achimota Mile 7, District ...
28th February, 2012
A new proactive crime combating initiative dubbed, “Crime Fighters; was yesterday launched here with a call on the public to strengthen their collaboration with the Ghana Police Service in the fight ...
25th February, 2012
FOR daring to caution two internet café attendants to put a stop to their noisy behavior at nights, at Sowutuom in Accra, a police Corporal has ended up paying dearly for it.
The boys, Romeo ...
24th February, 2012
A legal action instituted against the Electoral Commission over its move to review the current 230 constituencies to reflect the 2010 population census results, has been dismissed by the Supreme Court ...
24th February, 2012
A 74-year-old Muslim businessman is standing trial for allegedly threatening the Koforidua Chief Imam and some Muslim worshippers in the mosque.
He has been granted a GH¢200 bail, with a ...
21st February, 2012
Former Deputy Education and Sports Minister OB Amoah who was arrested on Sunday night in connection with the Alfred Woyome Judgement debt payment controversy has been released on a police enquiry ...
21st February, 2012
A Bibiani Circuit Court has remanded in prison custody, five suspected armed robbers who were arrested while on areca mission at Bibiani last Friday.
The five suspects, and their leader, Burger, ...
20th February, 2012
THE Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit at the Ministries Police station in Accra, has recorded over 460 cases between January and date.
A situation described as incredible compared to its ...
20th February, 2012
Sulley Malik, a 29-year-old mason, who lured three pupils from La Wireless area into a garden and defiled them, was on Friday sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court.
He was ...
20th February, 2012
Fourteen suspected criminals including three students have been arrested by the Asante-Mampong Divisional Police in a swoop at some ghettos at Mampong-Tadiem in Ashanti Region.
The ghettos are ...