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Pharmacist To Plead Guilty To Ruining Hundreds Of Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine, DOJ Says
A Wisconsin man agreed to plead guilty Tuesday to tampering with doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in late December, federal prosecutors say.
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Courts
Hohoe pub owner fined GH¢600 over expired drinks, poor sanitation
The court, presided over by relieving judge Lambert Y. Keriba, ordered her to serve one month in prison if she fails to pay the fine.
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Barber fined for dumping rubbish into public drain at Hohoe
The court, presided over by relieving judge Mr Lambert Y. Keriba, ordered him to pay the fine or serve two months in prison in default.
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Crime
163 people were convicted of galamsey offences between 2020 and 2025
According to the Dennislaw Research Desk, 18 people were convicted of mining-related offences in 2020. The number rose to 35 in 2021 and reached a six-year high of 43 in 2022.
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Only three Chinese nationals jailed for illegal mining offences in six years, prisons data shows
The records show that 163 people were convicted during the six-year period. Ghanaians accounted for 146 of the inmates, while Chinese nationals accounted for three. The remaining inmates were listed as five Burkinabes, four Togolese and two...
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Courts
Ballot box dispute ends in GH¢2,400 fine for Asante Mampong mechanic
The Nsuta Circuit Court has fined 30-year-old mechanic Musah Jalilu, also known as Pepe, after he admitted slapping a nurse during the party’s polling station executive election.
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Court orders service of contempt motion on Greater Accra Regional Minister
The court wants the Minister to explain why she should not be committed to prison for allegedly disregarding an injunction relating to land said to be earmarked for the relocation of the Dodowa Market.
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Africa
Blanket criminalisation of consensual sex between minors unconstitutional-Kenya court
In a landmark decision in Constitutional Petition No. E490 of 2025, Justice Bahati Mwamuye declared that the blanket application of parts of the Sexual Offences Act to consensual adolescent relationships is unconstitutional.
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Crime
Man fined over WhatsApp post targeting Akim Oda MP
The convict, Emmanuel Oppong Krah, was also ordered to enter a three-year bond to keep the peace and maintain good behaviour. If he fails to pay the fine, he will serve a three-year prison term.
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Crime
93 Nigerians arrested, 73 victims rescued in GIS DEVTRACO raid
The raid targeted six houses at DEVTRACO Estate, where investigators say they uncovered an alleged internet fraud network operating from the property.
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Courts
One jailed as 21 drug suspects appear in Tamale court
The suspects were brought before the Tamale Circuit Court on Monday, 9 March 2026, to answer charges linked to narcotic and restricted drugs.
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Courts
Remand prisoners reduced from 30.57% to 12.81% through JFAP-Justice Asare Botwe
Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe, who chairs the programme’s steering committee, disclosed the figures while addressing journalists in Koforidua in the Eastern Region.
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General
Interior Minister presents Community Sentencing bill to parliament
Introducing the bill in the House, Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak said the reform is designed to decongest prisons and reduce the cost of keeping low-level offenders behind bars.
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Crime
Open defecation: AMA Sanitation court remands seven to prison custody
The court fined each offender 50 penalty units (GH¢600). An eighth person, Raphael Adjetey, paid and avoided jail, officials said.
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Three remanded over Northern Region kidnapping after gun battle rescue
The accused — Haruna Seidu, Amidu Bandi and Osman Bandi — were brought before the court on initial charges of kidnapping and conspiracy.
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Teen jailed four years over GH¢21,000 wiring theft
The convict, Christopher Duah, pleaded guilty to causing damage, unlawful entry and stealing and was convicted on his own plea by the judge, Jephther Appau.
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Teen remanded after DJ stabbed in attempted break-in near Abuakwa
According to the prosecutor, Police Detective Inspector Alexander Agbekpornu, the case involves complainant Owusu Boakye Yiadom, a disc jockey living at Nketia, and Attah, who resides at Adankwame near Abuakwa.
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US
Texas woman sentenced to over two years for threatening Federal Judge in Trump case
Shry pleaded guilty to transmitting an interstate threat, a federal offense, after leaving a vulgar voicemail for Judge Chutkan in August 2023.
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Crime
Two jailed 10 years each for tramadol possession in North East Region
The convicts, Mumuni Iddrisu and Alhassan Braimah, were part of a group of six arrested on 18th September 2025 at Gbintiri near Nalerigu in connection with a haul of 1,195 boxes of tramadol hydrochloride (120mg), popularly called “Red.”
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Judge Samuel Bright Acquah is a canker on the legal profession a the judicial service in Ghana: Martin Amidu writes
The question that immediately came to my mind was whether Judge Samuel Bright Acquah was a fit and proper person to have been enrolled on the Roll of Lawyers in Ghana in the first place.
Martin Amidu