A 30-year-old washing bay attendant at Booboobo in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 14-year-old student in a bush. The convict, Richard Amissah, popularly known as IGP, pleaded guilty with explanation of the offence when he appeared before the Tarkwa Circuit Court. Prosecuting, Police […]
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An Accra High Court has fined an absentee juror in the Kasoa Teenagers Ritual Murder case. The absence of Harry Don Atipo, the juror is said to have held the entire court to ransom hence was fined GHC1,200. The court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, a Court of Appeal Judge sitting with additional
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The Police Service says it will give GHC20,000 reward to anyone who assists with the arrest of the suspect captured with a gun during disturbances between some NPP and NDC supporters at Mamobi in Accra. A statement from the Police said personnel were on a manhunt for the suspect identified as Fatau Motorway, who had
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This afternoon, the Speaker declared the seats of four MPs vacant—a move unprecedented in scope. The Speaker based his decision on the fact that these MPs had filed nominations to run on a different ticket. However, at the time of the decision, none of the four MPs had informed the Speaker or Parliament that they
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A 34-year-old unemployed man has been sentenced to five years in prison for inflicting multiple cutlass wounds on a scrap dealer’s left arm in La, Accra. Jeremiah Afotey Otu was found guilty of causing harm by an Accra Circuit Court at the conclusion of the trial, despite having initially pleaded not guilty. The court, presided
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The Anti-Robbery Unit of the Ghana Police Service in Kumasi has thwarted a robbery attempt involving four individuals who have been arrested. Shadrack Anartey, Emmanuel Agyei Donkor, Abu Ali, and Abubakar Buba were apprehended by the Konongo Divisional Taskforce while traveling in a Nissan Urvan bus with the registration number AS 4353 -15, following a
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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin has officially declared four parliamentary seats vacant with barely two months to the election in December. This ruling means that Ghana’s hung parliament which gave the governing New Patriotic Party a slight upper hand as the Majority side with the support of an Independent Member of Parliament, Andrew
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The Kwahu Nkwatia Divisional Police Command is on the hunt for three male students from Mpraeso Senior High School in the Kwahu South Municipality. These students are suspected to have been part of a group of eight who allegedly raped a female student on Sunday, October 13. While five suspects have already been detained and
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A 31-year-old farmer has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment by the Asante Abuakwa Circuit Court, for stealing foodstuff at Sepaase in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality. Isaac Atimbisa was said to have stolen six bunches of plantain and two sacks of cassava worth GHc 350.00, from a farm in the community and was about
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Nana Barima Ababio, also known as BenLord Ababio, a self-proclaimed traditional ruler, appeared in an Accra High Court alongside his accomplice, Nana Kofi Amo Kwakye. They are facing charges related to a land dispute that allegedly resulted in the death of Lance Corporal Michael Danso. The two men have been charged with conspiracy, while BenLord
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