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Court remands fake soldier over land security scam
The accused, Mahama Sani Razak, who also uses the name Major Zack Gariba Tanko, has denied defrauding the complainant, Lambon Justice Iddrisu.
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Regularize your professional standing by Feb.27-Engineering Council to practitioners, firms, and educational units
In a statement issued on Monday, 2 February, the Council said practising engineering without registration is a criminal offence and could expose defaulters to prosecution and financial penalties.
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Crime
Five picked up over Nkasem robbery as CID tightens dragnet for rifles and ringleader
Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, January 29, she said the arrests are linked to the December 2, 2025 operation in which armed assailants allegedly mounted coordinated attacks across Nkasem after blocking the Goaso–Tepa Road.
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Kasoa election shooting: Assembly administrator remanded over attempted murder of driver
Suraj, who the prosecution says works with the Gomoa East Assembly at Potsin, is facing multiple charges including attempted murder, assault, causing unlawful harm, possession of a firearm without lawful excuse, and carrying an offensive we...
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Five fined GH¢6,000 each for mobile money fraud
All five pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud by false pretence, paid the fines in full and were subsequently discharged.
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Daddy Lumba estate case: Kumasi High Court drops daughter’s name, strikes out LA application
On Monday, Justice Hannah Taylor upheld a misjoinder motion filed for Charlyn Fosuh, a daughter of the deceased, effectively removing her from an application seeking letters of administration over her father’s estate.
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Solicitor banned for certifying documents online
Joe Morgan, a director of Document Certifier Ltd, had insisted that documents uploaded to the site counted as originals and so he was not in breach of any guidelines.
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Court orders IGP to promote 40 chief inspectors left out of ‘degree amnesty’
The appellate court ruled on Wednesday, 21 January 2026, finding that allowing some officers to benefit from the exercise while excluding the 40 amounted to an injustice.
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Court dismisses Randy Abbey’s defamation case against Abronye
In a ruling delivered on Monday, 19 January 2026, the court, presided over by Justice Halimah El-Alawa Abdul Baasit, held that the writ was fatally flawed because it was issued through COCOBOD’s Legal Department.
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Abesim murder case: Jury to decide Richard Appiah's fate on February 24
Appiah has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder.
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Crime
Ex-NPP parliamentary candidate held in Pennsylvania over alleged wife stabbing
The Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police said officers were called to a home on Mayfair Drive, near Harrisburg, at about 10:00 on Saturday, 17 January, and found the woman with multiple stab wounds.
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Courts
Witness tells court Samreboi concession was handed to him by Wontumi
Under cross-examination on 15 January 2026, Mr Okum was questioned by lawyers for Mr Boasiako, led by Andy Appiah Kubi, about whether he mined at Samreboi without a licence.
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Student in court over alleged GH¢24,849 ATM card theft
Regan Kwesi Egbe Addo, also known as Morgan Addo, is facing two counts of stealing in separate cases. He has pleaded not guilty.
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Merely supervising husband’s building doesn’t guarantee wife 50% ownership-Supreme Court
The undisputed evidence established that the Husband purchased the land and commenced construction of the house at Tetegu near Kasoa before the parties married in 2002. By the time of the marriage, the structure had already reached the “win...
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Crime
Man arrested over landlady’s death after compound dispute
The suspect, known as Paa Kwesi, is the grandson of a tenant in the house where the incident occurred.
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Supreme Court to rule on Kpandai election Certiorari application January 28
A five-member panel – Justices Gabriel Pwamang, Omoro Tanko, Yonny Kulendi, Samuel Asiedu and Henry Anthony Kwofie – has reserved its ruling after hearing legal arguments on an application asking the apex court to supervise and set aside th...
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Wontumi trial: PW1 admits he has no documents tying NPP chair to Samreboi mine
Testifying for the State, artisanal miner Michael Gyedu Ayisi said under cross-examination that his claim that the concession had been passed from Mr Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to one Henry Okum was based entirely...
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Mason jailed 30 months for GHC26,400 theft in Amasaman
Jacob Tetteh was convicted on his own plea of guilty to charges of stealing and unlawful entry.
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Asantehene destools Apatrapa queenmother over ‘non-royal’ lineage
Her 24-year reign came to an end at the Manhyia Palace, where her royal sandals were taken off in public – a symbolic act under Asante custom that formally confirms destoolment.
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Bekwai court grants bail to 31 over alleged illegal mining in forest reserve
The group — 28 Chinese nationals and three Ghanaians — were arrested by officers of the Forestry Commission late last year after they allegedly established a base camp inside the protected forest, believed to be a staging point for an immin...
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