The Ghana Prisons Service is mandated by law to ensure the safe custody, welfare, reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners whenever practicable. Prisons are a reflection of society as there are...
Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect from the 2015 Paris attacks, has been jailed for 20 years in Belgium over a gunfight that led to his arrest. Abdeslam, 28, and co-defendant Sofien Ayari...
Police in the Central Region have intercepted 21 children who were allegedly being trafficked from Ekumfi to Accra. The children are between the ages of two and 17, the Police said, adding they are...
South Korea has deployed a naval vessel from its regional anti-piracy effort to help in the search after a fishing boat was hijacked by pirates off Ghana, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on...
Ancient piracy is typified not only by glamour and style, but also a military-like posture where targets are selected and attacks copiously masterminded to get the biggest booty. At the peak of his...
After years of advocacy in child online protection, it has become pretty obvious that a lot of people do not see its relevance in child well-being. It has also become so clear that adults in general...
Pirates suspected to be from Nigeria have within the last 48 hours launched a series of attacks on three vessels operating within the West African coast of Ghana. Five persons – one Ghanaian, a...
The Police Criminal Investigations Department has charged the deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress Koku Anyidohu with treason, and refused bail. His lawyer, Victor K. Adawudu...
Mexican authorities have launched criminal proceedings against four police officers over the disappearance of three Italian men. The missing men – all from Naples – were last seen on 31 January...
The Corporate Affairs Manager of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mr. Michael Boadi, is hopeful Ghana would improve in its corruption rating if the Special Prosecutor succeeds in fighting the...
At least 17 people are dead after a 19-year-old man opened fire at a high school campus in Parkland, Florida, police have said. The suspect has been named as Nikolas Cruz, a former student at the...
More than 1,000 Boko Haram suspects go on trial More than 1,000 suspected Boko Haram militants will appear before judges in Nigeria today, as the largest mass trial in the country’s history...
A 30-year-old Ghanaian-US based Promoter of King of Ghana Rap Sarkodie, and events organizer, Terry Frimpong has been arrested for an alleged $250,000 credit card fraud according to mycentraljersey...
The Accra District Court has committed 14 persons accused of lynching Major Maxwell Adam Mahama to commence trial on February 15, 2018. The trial judge, Ebenezer kwaku Ansah held that facts...
Management of the Ghana Prisons Service has said officers at various prisons across the country are on high alert to guard inmates against any possible jailbreak during this festive period. According...
Three suspects in an alleged gang rape of a teenager in Kumasi are expected to appear before a juvenile court on Wednesday. A jury of four will be hearing the case which has high public interest as a...
Bantama Gang Rape – The prevailing rate of sexual immorality has become so alarming and more calls have been raised for not just political but religious interventions. A video of 4 young men...
Magufuli Rape Pardon – Tanzanian President John Magufuli is currently in hot soup for granting pardon to a father/son team of child rapists that had served thirteen years of a life sentence for...
Host of BBC’s Focus on Africa Peter Okwoche has charged journalists in Africa and beyond to remain focused on their career and desist from allowing themselves to be exploited. “We should be...
President of the Western Regional House of Chiefs, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II has called for swift prosecution of any chief found culpable of corruption. According to him, the chieftaincy institution is...
