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Assin Fosu court fines MoMo fraudster GH¢9,000 over GH¢37,000 scam

The Assin Fosu District Court has ordered a mobile money fraudster to pay a fine of GH¢9,000 (7,500 penalty units) or serve an 18-month...

Alleged romance scam pastor’s case withdrawn from Circuit Court 

The cases involving Nana Yaw Bonsu Kwarteng, an online pastor accused of defrauding women through alleged romance scams, have been withdrawn from the Circuit...

Assin Fosu: Family of kidnapped man begs for help as abductors demand GH¢49.5K after GH¢19.5K payment

​A family in Assin Fosu, located in Ghana's Central Region, is locked in a terrifying race against time to save 30-year-old Bismark Amoh, who...

Police arrest suspects linked to Buipe, highway robberies and weapons trading

The Ghana Police Service has arrested suspects linked to a series of armed robberies in Buipe, Tamale and Mion, a highway robbery on the...

Court orders police to file disclosures in Labone robbery case

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the Police to file disclosures in the case involving Augustine Okechuku Maazi over an alleged attempted robbery at...

Five suspected land guards in court over property demolition, assault at East legon

Five suspected land guards are in police custody for allegedly invading a property at East Legon, forcing out tenants, demolishing a four-bedroom house, and...

Pub owner, shop attendant sentenced for selling expired food, sanitary offences 

The Hohoe Magistrate Court has convicted a 31-year-old pub owner and her 19-year-old shop attendant for selling expired drinks, accumulating refuse behind the business premises, and selling food under insanitary conditions.  Christabel Afornorfe and Theodora Kornu,...

Galamsey operator who posed as pastor, defiled JHS pupil jailed 15 years 

A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 20-year-old galamsey operator to 15 years’ imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old student after posing as a pastor.  The...

Two denied bail over alleged lynching of young man at Daboya

The Buipe District Magistrate Court has denied bail to two persons standing trial over the alleged lynching of a young man at Daboya in...

‎Food vendor jailed seven years over human trafficking, prostitution‎ 

The Accra Circuit Court Four has sentenced a food vendor to seven years’ imprisonment in hard labour for human trafficking and prostitution.‎‎  ‎Gift Chinyere Aminu,...

Five arrested over attacks on gold dealers in Ashanti, Western regions

A major police crackdown on suspected armed robbers operating in the Ashanti and Western regions has led to the arrest of five alleged gang...

Travel agent remanded over alleged GH¢107k security recruitment fraud

A travel and tour agent has been remanded into lawful custody for allegedly collecting GHC107,000 from a civil servant and his relatives under the...

Police link foiled Labone robbery to Tema, Achimota attacks

The Ghana Police Service has linked a suspected robbery syndicate whose planned attack on banks at Labone in Accra was foiled to at least...

Madina Police arrest two lorry station masters over alleged plot to kill creditor over ₵91K debt

Two Ashaley Botwe lorry station masters have been arrested by the Madina Divisional Police Command for allegedly plotting to kill a woman over a...

BOGISS security guards allegedly enticed defiled student with food, phone

Two security guards at the Bolgatanga Girls’ Senior High School (BOGISS), standing trial for the alleged defilement of a 14-year-old student with special needs,...

Three killed in robbery attacks in Northern Region; Police hunt for suspects

Three people have been killed in separate armed robbery incidents recorded in parts of the Northern Region over a four-day period, prompting the Police...

I’m shocked by extent of damage; it runs into millions of cedis – Sammi Awuku on Okuapeman- Mount Sinai clashes

Akuapem North Member of Parliament (MP), Sammi Awuku, says the destruction caused by the violent clashes between students of Okuapeman Senior High School (SHS)...

27-year-old MD granted bail over alleged GH¢600k dud cheques

An Accra Circuit Court has granted the Managing Director of Ali PVT Ghana Limited, Saif Ahamad, GH¢150,000 bail with two sureties for allegedly issuing five...

Hotel Manager convicted for accumulating refuse behind hotel premises

The Hohoe Magistrate Court has convicted Dzikum Justice, Manager of Johnvic Memorial Hotel Ltd., for accumulating refuse behind the hotel premises.  The offence, the court says, is contrary to...

Mason jailed 35 years for defiling two daughters

A 35-year-old mason has been sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment for repeatedly defiling his two daughters at Oyibi in Accra. Charles Seddoh was sentenced by...

Poacher who allegedly shot wildlife guard at Kakum Park remanded

The 54-year-old poacher accused of killing a forest guard in the Kakum National Park in the Central Region has been remanded into police custody...

Court remands man accused of sexually abusing four daughters

The Kasoa Ofaakor Court has remanded into police custody a 44-year-old man accused of sexually abusing his four daughters at Gomoa Dominase in the...

Father in court for allegedly sexually abusing 4 daughters at Gomoa Dominase

A 44-year-old man is standing trial after allegedly sexually abusing his four daughters at Gomoa Dominase in the Gomoa East District of the Central...

Seven arrested in anti-drug operations in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested seven people in separate intelligence-led operations targeting suspected narcotics-related activities in the region. The arrests were made on...

27-year-old man arrested over provocative TikTok video on death of Mion Lana

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old man, Abdulai Mohammed Saani, over a provocative TikTok video related to the death of the...

Man allegedly stabbed to death over land dispute at Achiase

Residents of Achiase, near Aboso in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region, have been left shocked following the alleged stabbing death...

Courier driver busted with cocaine at Accra International Airport

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted a significant amount of suspected cocaine at the Accra International Airport in an operation that has led...

Teenager killed by gang who attempted to sell his testicles for £100,000

A 17-year-old boy has allegedly been murdered by a group in India after they were reportedly misled by a social media claim that human...

21 arrests in four years: What records show about US-based Ghanaian Jeff Asare

A 26-year-old Ghanaian man living in Oklahoma City in the United States has been arrested repeatedly since 2022, with his latest detention coming after...

Driver jailed 15 years for attempted robbery 

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 32-year-old driver to 15 years’ imprisonment for unlawful entry and attempting to rob his former employer.  Emmanuel Akpatsa...

Retired Fire Officer granted GH¢350K bail over alleged enlistment scam 

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a retired Fire Officer GH¢350,000 bail over an alleged GH¢303,200 enlistment scam involving 60 applicants.  Thomas Dorkenu, 60, is...

Farmer found dead after allegedly killing wife in Bono Region 

Residents of Brodi, a farming community in the Tain District of the Bono Region, have been left in shock and mourning following the alleged...

Mason jailed eight years for robbing pharmacist 

The Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has sentenced a 35-year-old mason to eight years’ imprisonment for robbing a pharmacist at Denchemuoso, near...

Three remanded for allegedly concealing 869 cocaine slabs in gari

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded three persons over the alleged concealment of 869 slabs of suspected cocaine in bags of gari and cassava powder in...

Serial sex offender found guilty of double murder and rape

A serial sex offender who was being monitored by the Metropolitan Police has been found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third...

Former TOR MD, Asante Berko convicted in US bribery, money laundering case

A US federal jury in Brooklyn has convicted a former Goldman Sachs investment banker and one-time Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery, Kwaku...

Nine suspects arrested in connection with Fiapre Zongo robbery

The Bono Regional Police Command has arrested nine suspects in connection with an alleged robbery attack that claimed one life at Fiapre-Zongo in the...

Cobbler sentenced to 15 years for armed robbery

A 26-year-old cobbler, Thomas Opoku, popularly called Akwasi Dekye, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the Bekwai Circuit Court for robbing a...

32-year-old man in court for defrauding businessman of GH¢1,860,000

A 32‑year‑old man accused of defrauding a businessman of GH¢1,860,000 under the guise of being a bank official has appeared before an Accra Circuit...

Kpando market baby thief jailed three years

A 31-year-old woman, Stella Amedzorme, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for abducting an eight-month-old baby at the Kpando Market in the Volta...