23 Suspects Arrested
Twenty-three residents of Taifa-Burkina have been rounded up by police in connection with Thursday’s shooting that claimed two lives. Conflicting information gathered points to a gun fight between...
Tag: Law_Crime
Naabu’s Apology Unacceptable; Police Must Probe Claims – Amaliba
Private legal practitioner Abraham Amaliba has said that the apology by the Northern regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu, over claims that some appointees of the...
School Master For Speech-Impaired Girls In India Arrested For Rape
The head of a school in southern India has been arrested on suspicion of raping scores of disabled girls over a period of at least four years, police said Thursday. They said complaints from two...
Nana Addo Congratulates Justice Anin On Top FIFA Job
President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended his compliments to Ghana’s Supreme Court Judge, Justice Anin Yeboah, who has been elected the Chairman of FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee. President...
Myanmar Police Make Arrests After Nationalist, Muslim Scuffle
Yangon police arrested several Buddhist nationalists Thursday for inciting violence after at least one man was left injured in a confrontation with local Muslims in Myanmar's largest city. Police...
Truck Carrying Fish Kills 7-Year-Old Girl In Central Region
The mangled truck after the crash A seven-year-old girl has been killed after a truck loaded with fish ran into a house in Senya Bereku in the Central Region. Augustina Atoba died on the spot in the...
Court Denies 3 Chinese, 2 Ghanaian Illegal Miners Bail
A Koforidua Circuit Court B has granted bail to Amening Benjamin, 22, an illegal miner who is facing trial, along with other two other Ghanaians and three Chinese nationals. The six were arraigned...
Chinese Hackers Must Pay $9m Over Insider Trading Scam
Three Chinese hackers have been ordered to pay $8.8m (£6.8m) over a multi-million dollar insider trading scam. The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) said Iat Hong, 26, Bo Zheng, 30, and Hung...
2 Dead In Heavy Gunfire At Taifa Burkina
File photo: One of the victims was shot dead while the other was butchered by a mob Two people are reported dead in an exchange of gunfire at Taifa Burkina in Accra on Thursday, 11 May. According to...
Palestinian Charged Over Murder of British Student
Israeli authorities on Thursday charged a Palestinian with murder over the fatal stabbing of a young British woman on a Jerusalem tramway last month, the justice ministry said. Jamil Tamimi, 57, from...
Ex-Wife Gets GBP453 Million Divorce Payment
A Russian billionaire has been ordered to pay his estranged wife £453m in a divorce settlement at a British court. The payment from the 61-year-old, a former oil and gas trader, to his ex-wife, 41,...
Cabbie Who Stabbed Famous Pastor To Death Arrested
The taxi driver who allegedly stabbed to death a renowned pastor in Takoradi during a road rage incident Monday night has been arrested. Prophet Frank Agyekum popularly known as Odeefo Nkwantabisa of...
White House Unaware of Deputy Lawyer’s ‘threat To Quit Over Comey’
The White House says it is unaware whether the deputy attorney general threatened to quit after he was blamed for the FBI chief's sacking. Rod Rosenstein reportedly was on the verge of resigning...
Akufo-Addo Shortlist His Cousin and Two NPP Linked Judges
President Akufo-Addo has true to prediction, ignored the most senior jurist on the Supreme Court of Ghana, Justice William Atuguba, by short listing three others, including his cousin; Justice Sophia...
We’ve Increased Patrol In Robbery-Prone Areas – Police
The Ghana Police Service has said it has increased the number of patrol teams in some parts of Accra where armed robbery is rampant. According to the service, it is gradually working to address the...
Some Judges Threatening Criminal Justice System
A Supreme Court judge, Justice Jones Dotse, has expressed worry over the conduct of some High Court judges who disregard a ruling by the Supreme Court that says all offences in the country are...
Chief, Four Others Arrested Over Murder of Retired Teacher
A sub-chief at Sewfi-Anhwiaso in the Western Region, and four others have been arrested for allegedly murdering a 68-year-old retired teacher in his farm. The five, Nana Donkor who is the Abakomahene...
Truck Crushes 7-Year-Old Girl To Death
The little girl was hit by the truck which crashed into a building she was in front of A seven-year-old girl has met her untimely death after a truck fully-loaded with frozen fish ran into a building...
India Urges UN Court To Stop Pakistan Executing ‘spy’
The UN's top court will hold an emergency hearing on Monday as India seeks to stop Pakistan from executing an Indian national accused of spying. New Delhi has already protested to Islamabad over the...
Estate Developer Jailed 36 Months For Fraud
An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday sentenced Mark Brown, a Real Estate Developer, to 36 months imprisonment in hard labour for defrauding by false pretence. Mark, issued a United Bank for Africa...