In a move aimed at protecting public health and strengthening the fight against illegal drugs, the Northern Regional Command of the Narcotics Control Commission (NCC) has destroyed narcotic substances valued at about GH¢2.5 million.
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has announced plans to introduce a Criminal Proceeds Recovery Bill to allow the state to seize and recover assets linked to criminal activity.
The Amasaman High Court has released the official document reducing the 15-year jail term for controversial evangelist and former traditional priestess Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, popularly known as Nana Agradaa.
A 59-year-old businessman has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly threatening a police officer with a loaded pistol at the court premises.
The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly has ordered an immediate suspension of all burials at the Osu Cemetery after uncovering what it describes as widespread illegal and unethical burial practices.
The Amasaman High Court has reduced the sentence of former traditionalist-turned-evangelist Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, from 15 years to 12 months, after ruling that the original punishment was excessive.
The prosecution in the trial of Bernard Antwi Boasiako, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, has closed its case in the matter in which the accused persons are facing different illegal mining related offences.
