CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

  FDA burns GHC200,000 worth of unwholesome products The Central Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has destroyed unwholesome products worth Ghc200,000. This includes 15% food products, 36% herbal products, 6% cosmetics products and 43% allopathic products. The aforementioned products were obtained by the FDA through market …

  The Awutu Bereku Police Command in the Central Region has arrested a 28-year-old fake service person. The suspect, Isaac Osei, was arrested at a checkpoint on Tuesday while on his way to Winneba when he was spotted in a black Police uniform. Osei, who according to Police sources, was …

  File photo: Gavel Three persons who aided Charles Nii Armah Mensah, other­wise known as Shatta Wale, a Ghanaian dancehall artiste, to publish on social media that the musician had been shot, have been fined by an Accra Circuit Court. The trio, Kojo Owusu Ko­ranteng, also known as Nana Dope, …

  An Accra High Court has fixed March 7, 2023, to start the trial of the two Kasoa teenagers being held for the murder of 11-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdallah at Kasoa. This was after the court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo concluded a pre-trial. The State says it …

  Seven people have been killed in Bawku in the Upper East Region following renewed ethnic disturbances between Kusasis and Mamprusis. OtecNews sources gather that an alleged killing of an old man at Sing-Naatin on Saturday, December 17, 2022, resulted in sporadic gunshots leaving five persons dead. The spillover of gunshots …

  Janet Nabla The General Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Janet Nabla, was allegedly assaulted at the 10th national Delegates’ Congress of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the Accra Sports Stadium. The outspoken woman led the PNC delegation to solidarise with the NDC. A statement issued by …

Some 46 National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegates in the Upper West Region have been involved in an accident while returning from the party’s delegates conference. The delegates travelled to Accra to make their choices of befitting leaders who will steer affairs of the party in the next 2024 elections. While …

  The Police are on a manhunt for a gang of robbers who attacked a household and shot two persons at Brofoyedu in the Ashanti Region. The incident reportedly occurred on Thursday, December 15, 2022. The victims, according to a Police statement, were shot after one of them allegedly struggled …

  The truck as it lay on its side in the middle of the road A Tema bound cargo truck loaded with metal scraps Thursday evening fell on its side around the Achimota overhead, causing heavy vehicular traffic. The vehicle with registration number AW 1216-22 bursts two tyres while attempting …

  Residents of a fishing community, Adakope near Dambai in the Oti Region chased a police rescue team that was there to rescue trafficked children out of their community. The Wednesday incident ensued amidst the burning of tyres and threats of setting personnel ablaze. Fire burning in the bush as …