Courts and Crime

Too Many \'Wee\' Farms In Brong Ahafo - Police Commander
1st April, 2010
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Seth Charles Oteng, Brong Ahafo Regional Police Commander, has expressed worry about the massive cultivation and smoking of Indian Hemp in the region. This, he ...
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Defilement Cases Rise In Kasoa District - Police
1st April, 2010
The Kasoa District Police command has expressed concern about the rate of defilement and rape cases in the area, during the last three month of 2009. The District Police commander, Deputy ...
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CHRAJ Sittings On M & J Case Comes To Abrupt End
31st March, 2010
YESTERDAY’s scheduled sitting of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) over the Mabey and Johnson (M&J) bribery scandal allegedly involving several former public officials ...
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Jesus One Touch Case: Prosecution Witness Gives Evidence In Camera
30th March, 2010
THE 10-year-old girl allegedly defiled by Nana Kwasi Yirenkyi, Head Pastor of Jesus Blood Prophetic Ministry at Oblogo in Accra, yesterday gave an account of how his father had sex with her. For ...
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DOVVSU Arrests Two For Illegal Human Trafficking
25th March, 2010
THE Domestic Violence and Victims Unit (DOVVSU) of the Police at Tema yesterday arrested two people for allegedly attempting to illegally traffick two children and a young woman to Nigeria. Aishetu ...
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Commercial Court Organises Symposium
19th March, 2010
The commercial court of the Judicial Service of Ghana organised a symposium for its members as part of its 5th anniversary celebration. The theme for the occasion was “Access to commercial justice, ...
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Armed Robber Killed In Police Shoot-Out
17th March, 2010
An armed robber was killed while his accomplices suffered injuries in a shoot-out with the police at Bumyukua, near Bole in the Northern Region on Monday.   The Public Relations Officer of the ...
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Supreme Court To Decide CHRAJ\'s Mandate
16th March, 2010
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is to refer to the Supreme Court for interpretation whether it has the mandate to investigate instances of alleged corruption of ...
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They Steal Cars Across The Border And Sell
15th March, 2010
A car stealing syndicate, operating along the western corridors of the country has been smashed by the police. The syndicate, which operates from Elubo, targets pick up trucks, especially Toyota ...
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NDC/NPP supporters raise fists in court
15th March, 2010
Clashes erupted between supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Monday at the Cocoa Affairs court after the hearing of the case involving Nana Darkwa Baafi, ...
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Man Uses Ablakwa\'s Name To Defraud
5th March, 2010
A man, Kwabena Adu, 35 who used the name of the Deputy Minister of Information, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, to defraud an Accounts Clerk of the Mpraeso Senior High School in the Kwahu South District of ...
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Motorway Claims Two Lives In Nine Accidents This Year
5th March, 2010
Two people lost their lives in nine accidents that occurred on the Accra – Tema motorway from January to date. The accidents also left 72 others with various degrees of injuries. Mr. Glifford T. ...
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CCC Loses Case To Assemblies Of God
22nd February, 2010
The Supreme Court has ordered the Calvary Charismatic Centre (CCC) in Kumasi to surrender all its movable and immovable property acquired before November 1992 to the Assemblies of God Church ...
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Chief Sues Military
22nd February, 2010
THE Kpone Traditional Council (KTC) has filed a Motion on Notice for an order for committal for contempt of court against the Ghana Armed Forces and the Attorney-General at Tema High Court. The ...
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Five Personnel Of Judicial Service In Court For Allegedly Stealing
22nd February, 2010
Five officials of the Judicial Service accused of siphoning monies from the coffers of the service have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with conspiracy to steal and stealing ...
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Bomb Scare At Tema
18th February, 2010
A team of heavily armed police and a military anti-bomb squad yesterday spent more than four hours at the premises of the Tema Industrial area branch of Cal Bank in search of a bomb allegedly planted ...
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4 Immigration Officers Rewarded For Rejecting GHC4000 Bribe
15th February, 2010
FOUR officers at the operations unit of the Ghana Immigration Service headquarters were yesterday honoured by management of the Service for boldly resisting a bribery of GHC 4.000 allegedly offered by ...
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IGP Orders Decongestion Of Cells
11th February, 2010
THE Inspector General of Police (IGP) Paul Quaye, has ordered regional, divisional and district police commands to decongest all cells within their jurisdiction and ensure that they are well ...
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Reinstate Former Workers - Court Orders ECG
11th February, 2010
AN Accra High Court has ruled that the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) reinstate two former employees of the company who were dismissed in 2006 on allegation of extorting money ...
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CJ Assures Speedy Disposal Of Achimota School Lands Case
9th February, 2010
The Judicial Service has given the assurance that measures adequate measures have been instituted to ensure speedy disposal of a suit over the ownership of unused portions of Achimota School land in ...
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