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Police on Saturday night arrested some three persons who tried to loot items from the scene of the gas explosion at Atomic Junction near Madina in Accra. Police reports indicate that, in the midst of the chaos, some persons saw an opportunity to loot properties that had been left behind …

The Ghana Police Service has indicated that investigations will be conducted into a claim by a purported reformed armed robber, Agya Yaw Yeboah, that some top government officials are behind the supply of illicit arms to criminals in the country. According to the police, Agya Yaw Yeboah will be invited …

Thirty year old Kwame Mensah will spend 20 years in hard labour in jail for taking his libido to another level and defiling a 10 –year-old girl in the Achimota Forest Reserve. The Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs Janet Harriet Akweley Quaye, slapped Mensah with the jail term …

The Nkawkaw police have arrested one Kweku Adofo who claims to be the driver of the Yutong bus involved in an accident that claimed 10 lives at Nkawkaw on the Accra-Kumasi highway on Sunday. Mr Adofo is believed to be an imposter as the police claim the bus driver, identified …

The Tarkwa District Court Two has sentenced Nana Yaw Bukari, 52, unemployed to two months imprisonment for unlawful escape from police custody. He pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea. Prosecuting, Sergeant Joseph Lartey told the court that the complainant is a police officer stationed at Tarkwa and …

A 25-year-old man, Prince Baah, has been arrested by the police in Koforidua for impersonation and unlawful possession of police accoutrement. Police picked information on Monday that the suspect who was impersonating as a policeman from Kumasi on leave at Koforidua, was seen wearing police uniform in town. The law …

A teenager in India who was allegedly raped by two school staff over a three-month period is in critical condition after being forced to have an abortion. Doctors told BBC Hindi she has suffered brain damage. Police have arrested the director of her school and a teacher in the northern …

Kingsford Ansah, a Pastor, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with causing unlawful damage, assault and threat of harm. He has however pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Court, presided over by Mrs Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye, admitted Ansah to bail in the sum of GH¢60,000.00 with …

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Dadieso in Western Region, Samuel Baah, has caused the arrest of a mathematics teacher at Dadieso Senior High School for charging unapproved fees. Last week eleven Senior High School heads were sanctioned over a similar incident. The accused, Akpor Adjei, is also reported to …

Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a thirty year old man Augustine Afrifa to a total of 20 years imprisonment for defiling an eight year old girl. The prosecutor ASP Juliana Essel told the Court Presided over by His Lordship Emmanuel Prank Brew that on 8 September 2017 at 4 p.m, …