Over the last few days, a bribery allegation has shaken the Appointment Committee of Parliament. The MP who made this allegation, Mahama Ayariga, (NDC-Bawku Central) has accused the Minister-designate for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, of passing a bribe of GHS 3000 each through the First Deputy Speaker, Mr. Joseph Osei-Owusu (NPP-Bekwai) to lure the minority side … Read more
Government has revealed the Criminal Offences Act 29 of 1960 will be amended to classify corruption as a felony rather than a misdemeanor. Speaking at a Good Corporate Governance Conference in Accra on Tuesday, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said the move is part of efforts to enhance accountability within the public sector. Dr. Bawumia … Read more
Aydin Sefa Akay is part of a panel of UN judges reviewing the case of a former Rwandan minister A UN legal body has ordered that Turkey release a judge detained in the aftermath of last year’s failed coup attempt. Aydin Sefa Akay is part of a panel of UN judges reviewing the case of … Read more
The magistrate handling the murder case the late member of parliament for Abuakwa North J. B Danquah Adu has lashed out at the Attorney General’s Department over its lukewarm attitude in preparing the bill of indictment on the case. “I get hurt when accused persons are tossed up and down. Accused persons can only be … Read more
The magistrate handling the murder case the late member of parliament for Abuakwa North J. B Danquah Adu has lashed out at the Attorney General’s Department over its lukewarm attitude in preparing the bill of indictment on the case. “I get hurt when accused persons are tossed up and down. Accused persons can only be … Read more
An England football fan has been jailed for 10 years for pushing a man on to live Tube tracks shortly before a train arrived. Christopher Cole told the Old Bailey he pushed Polish builder David Pietraskzek at Bond Street Station because he was angry at Russian fans’ behaviour during Euro 2016. The victim managed to … Read more
A major shake-up has hit the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, resulting in the reassignment of the Director General. Commissioner of Police (COP) Prosper Agblor, who has been head of the Department in the tenure of at least two Inspector Generals of Police, has been moved to the Special Duties Department … Read more
The new acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, has made significant changes at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Police Service, a unit he once headed. The current Director-General of the CID, COP Prosper Agblor, has been moved to head the Special Duties Department as the Director General, and his Deputy, ACP … Read more
A Sunyani Circuit Court yesterday refused to grant a bail application in a case in which a 23-year old suspect, Sabina Mustapha, has been arraigned for allegedly planning to deliver a concealed substance, suspected to be cocaine, to an inmate of the Sunyani Central Prison. The case was heard at a Magistrate Court early this … Read more
Twin brothers Ruslan and Roman Glukhoy have been sentenced to prison for the death of a father and his teenage daughter in a 2014 crash on Antelope Road that occurred as the brothers were fleeing law enforcement officers. Ruslan Glukhoy was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole, and Roman Glukhoy was sentenced to … Read more
Never again, was the solemn pledge that the civilized world made to humanity after the genocide of the Jews in the Second World War that shocked the conscience of humanity. That pledge did not stop France which was humiliated during the Second World War and the collective madness that confronted and afflicted humanity to perpetrate … Read more
A suspected highway robber who allegedly attacked two men at Banda Nkwanta in the Bole-Bamboi District in the Northern Region last Tuesday, is in the grip of the police. The 29-year-old suspected armed robber, whose name was given by the police as Joe Zimbasare, was arrested by his victims and handed over to the Banda Nkwanta … Read more
Three persons are in hot waters for allegedly robbing four people, including Justice Araba Esaaba Torkornu, a judge of the Court of Appeal. They are Dickson Addai aka Jah Rule; Prince Owusu aka Owusu and Gbekpor Marvin aka Lion. The three, and three others on the run, on December 8, 2016, between Baatsona and Anyaa … Read more
The Central Regional Police has arrested a 37-year-old journalist, Emmanuel Orlando Matrevi, for collecting nude pictures of women and blackmailing them. The Central Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent Baffour Appenteng, said Olarndo Matrevi, employed with Coastal TV in Cape Coast, blackmailed the women and threatened to publish their pictures on the internet if they don’t have sex … Read more
For habitually stealing phones from people, a scrap dealer has been sentenced to serve four years in prison with hard labour. Ali Ahmed had previously appeared in the same court for stealing a phone. He was granted bail by the presiding judge and he was able to settle his bail term at that time. He … Read more
A U. S. judge on Thursday ordered a Volkswagen executive charged in the Justice Department’s diesel emissions investigation held without bail pending trial. Oliver Schmidt was arrested Saturday at Miami’s International Airport as he planned to fly home after a vacation. He was one of six current and former VW executives charged this week in … Read more
The music industry is getting interesting day in day out with advocates fighting for the best in the industry. Enock Agyepong, a copyright advocate and music publisher has thrown some jabs at Mecury Quaye over payola. Check out what he posted on his Facebook : I read an interview yesterday and I was trying to … Read more
The Kumasi-based journalist with Ashh Fm, Daasebre Adjei Dwamena has finally been found after three weeks of fruitless efforts to trace his whereabouts. Management of the station and his family are still unwilling to disclose how Daasebre Adjei Dwamena who disappeared since December 7, 2016 was found and set to address a press conference on … Read more
A third-year student of Achimota Senior High School has appeared before an Accra District Court for allegedly shooting a female colleague with his father’s single barrel gun at Tema. The accused aged 17 is said to have gone for his father’s gun under a bed with the intent of shooting in the air but ended … Read more
An unsuspecting user in one of the bathroom stalls in a mall in Ghana had the shock of his life when two gentlemen using the urinal started giving each other blowjobs. In the video released on Twitter earlier today, two guys suspected to be in their 20’s were seen taking turns giving each other blowjobs. … Read more