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Driver’s mate gets 36 months for stealing
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A 27-year-old driver’s mate, Emmanuel Mensah, alias ‘Toxic’, has been sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment by the Kwadaso Circuit Court for stealing.
Mensah pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea.
Police Chief Inspector David Opoku Kwabi told the court, presided over by Mr Jephthah Appau, that the complainant, Vashti Adwoa Apperkon, an Accra-based event planner, discovered on January 18, 2026, that her bedroom window had been damaged and items stolen.
The stolen items included two iPhones, a Samsung Galaxy phone, an iWatch, other belongings valued at GH₵34,000, and a bag containing $20, 20 Canadian dollars, 20 pounds, and GH₵650.
Following investigations, Mensah was arrested at Asafo. He admitted breaking into the room, stealing the items, and selling them to an accomplice, now at large.
He said he changed the foreign currencies and used the proceeds for personal expenses. After investigations, he was charged and sentenced. –GNA
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Work has commenced to reclaim the Lafa water retention basin at Mallam as part of government’s ongoing efforts to mitigate flooding in Mallam, Weija, Dansoman and surrounding communities.
The operation is being led by the 48 Engineer Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces, and is aimed at removing years of accumulated solid waste, silt and illegal structures that have significantly reduced the basin’s capacity to hold water.
The exercise includes dredging of the basin, evacuation of waste to a designated landfill site, demolition of illegal structures within the water reserve and the construction of protective embankments to secure the area.
The intervention, coordinated by the Post-Flood Mitigation Task Force, forms part of a broader national effort to restore waterways and drainage channels across Accra following the devastating June 29 floods.
Government has made resources and equipment available for the exercise, with similar works ongoing simultaneously at Oyarifa, East Legon and the Kpeshie Lagoon area.
The Task Force has urged the public to cooperate with the ongoing exercise and to desist from activities that obstruct waterways and undermine flood mitigation efforts.
Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak on the advice of the National Security Council and by Executive Instrument, has reviewed the restrictions on motorbike riding within the Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region.
Effective Monday, August 25, 2026, men and women are now permitted to ride motorbikes between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily.
The curfew hours, however, remain unchanged from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
Government has also reiterated that there is a total ban on all persons in the Bawku Municipality and its environs from carrying arms, ammunition or any offensive weapons, and any persons found with arms or ammunition will be arrested and prosecuted.
The government has called on Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders, Youth and people of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges confronting them and to use non-violent means to channel their energies into ensuring peace.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
