The deceased were returning from a funeral in Sunyani Nine persons have been killed in road accident at Berekum in the Brong Ahafo Region. The Police Motor Transport and Traffic Department says the Sprinter Bus on which some mourners were traveling bust a tyre after running into a pothole. Corporal Kojo Boakye an officer with … Read more
A New York cab driver has been fined $2,500 for swindling migrants fleeing Donald Trump’s America by over-charging for 30-minute taxi rides to the Canadian border, officials said Wednesday. Christopher Crowningshield from upstate New York charged vulnerable customers up to $300 for a trip that would normally cost $50-75, said state attorney general Eric Schneiderman. … Read more
“Hundreds” of cases of alleged wrongdoing – some involving senior officials – were being looked into by Fifa’s ethics committee before its main investigator and judge were ousted, the two have claimed. Football’s world governing announced on Tuesday it will not reappoint investigator Cornel Borbely and ethics adjudicator Hans-Joachim Eckert. At a news conference on … Read more
German police have arrested a second soldier over a far-right plot to assassinate politicians and blame it on migrants. The suspect, identified only as Maximilian T., 27, was stationed at the same Franco-German base near Strasbourg as army lieutenant Franco Albrecht, who was arrested on April 26. Albrecht, 28, had managed to create the false … Read more
Nearly 900 suspected pedophiles have been arrested and almost 300 children identified or rescued from their abusers following the massive takedown of an underground online pedophile network, US and European police said Friday. A more than two-year investigation into the notorious Playpen network and its members led to the arrests, the Federal Bureau of Investigation … Read more
An FBI translator who was hired to spy on a German member of the Islamic State group instead apparently grew attracted to him and snuck off to Syria to get married. According to court documents seen Tuesday, Daniela Greene, who had a “top secret” security clearance, told her colleagues at the Detroit office of the … Read more
A young Ghanaian man, (name withheld), has reached out to YEN.com.gh to allege massive fraud within the national service scheme. In an email sent to us, the young man, whose name we are withholding, detailed how he was contacted by a man who claimed to be from the National Service Secretariat. He said the man … Read more
The two Police officers allegedly involved in the robbery of a bullion van belonging to the GCB Bank Limited at Mame Krobo in the Eastern Region says they believe that the ballistic examination by the police could be tampered with. Lance Corporal Daniel Kissi Abrokwa said “I”m afraid that the result of a ballistic test … Read more
Lawyers for Jihad Chaaban, the Abelenkpe Branch Supervisor of Mawarko Restaurant, a Lebanese food chain in Ghana, who’s facing trial for assaulting a Ghanaian female employee, have served notice they may file a submission of no case despite being directed to open their defence. A submission of no case is an application seeking to be acquitted without … Read more
Hill was a Chevening Scholar at Green College, University of Oxford and has a doctorate in the study of organized crime and informal governance, focusing on match-fixing in professional sports. Fifa’s investigation into Ghanaian referee Joseph Odartei Lamptey’s role in Bafana Bafana’s 2-1 victory against Senegal is still an ongoing case. They’ve already released a … Read more
A prominent Indonesian corruption investigator had acid thrown in his face by motorbike-riding assailants Tuesday in an attack activists believe is linked to a graft case that has implicated senior politicians. Novel Baswedan, a member of the official Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), was being treated in hospital after the attack which happened in Jakarta as … Read more
A young lady, Nana Ama, who was stopped in the middle of the night on the streets and kissed by a policeman, said she felt defiled and violated. The Police Intelligence and Professional Standards unit (PIPS) is currently investigating the bizarre incident. Narrating the events to Joy FM’s Super Morning Show host Kojo Yankson, Monday, … Read more
The Abeka district court presided over by Victoria Ghansah has dismissed the oral application of lawyers of Jihad Chabaan, seeking an out of court settlement in the Mawarko abuse case. The court Monday said in light of the fact that Police prosecutors have already began the prosecution process and have actually called three witnesses, who … Read more
A dashing detective bursts into a secret villa and uncovers huge stacks of cash stuffed in fridges, closets and beds. Meanwhile, the villa’s owner – a government official – crawls on the floor and begs for his life. This is the dramatic opening scene in China’s latest hit TV show, In the Name of the … Read more
The Convener for Movement for Truth and Accountability, Joseph Bediako, has announced his resolve to petition the Presidency over what he says are some ‘dubious’ land deal, Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) entered into with a contributor’s money. His decision to take to the Presidency is because the Economic and Organised Crime Office … Read more
A man seen by devotees as a living saint has been charged with murder and terrorism after allegedly knifing and clubbing 20 worshippers to death at a Pakistani shrine, police said Monday. Police are having to bring the case against 50-year-old Abdul Waheed and three alleged accomplices, officials said, because the victims’ relatives have such … Read more
For decades, United Nations (UN) peacekeepers accused of sexual exploitation and abuse have operated under an umbrella of impunity. Last week, Christian Saunders, the UN director of the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Management, told Al Jazeera’s The Stream that this was about to change. “There is no longer going to be impunity,” he said, … Read more
The custodian of a Pakistani religious shrine has been charged with murder and terrorism, police said Monday, after allegedly torturing and killing 20 worshippers with knives and clubs. Two others were also charged in the slaughter Sunday at the Sufi shrine of Mohammad Ali in Punjab province, local police offical Nusrat Ali said, adding the … Read more
Some residents from the Ekpu community in the Half Asini District in the Western region, last week attacked the District Police station over the death of a suspect who was in police cells. The deceased was in cells on suspicion of stealing a dress. He was denied bail and spent more than 72 hours in … Read more
Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye was questioned by prosecutors Tuesday over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down, after using executive privilege to avoid them for months while in office. Park apologised to the public as she arrived at the prosecutors’ office in Seoul, adding: “I will undergo the investigation … Read more