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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...

One dead, three injured in robbery attack at Fiapre Zongo

One person has been killed and three others injured following a suspected armed robbery attack at Fiapre Zongo in the Sunyani Municipality of the...

Woman sentenced to life imprisonment over husband’s murder at Omanjor

A mother of two, Lydia Aboagye, has been jailed and sentenced to life imprisonment by the High Court in Accra after being found guilty...

Police probe death of two women in hotel in Tamale

The Northern Regional Police Command has launched an investigation into the deaths of two women whose bodies were discovered in a room at Cab...

Seven arrested after deadly Damankungyili-Nyeshie land clashes

Police have arrested seven people in connection with violent clashes between residents of Damankungyili and Nyeshie in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region. The...

Pastor arrested over alleged romance scam

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a self-acclaimed pastor for allegedly defrauding women through romance scams involving false promises of marriage, blackmail and other...

Ghanaian woman jailed 70 months in US for role in $1.6m romance scam

A Ghanaian woman has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison in the United States for laundering money from a nationwide romance scam...

Jury raises concern over accused’s nose mask in murder trial

A murder trial at the Accra High Court was briefly disrupted after a jury requested that an accused person remove her nose mask while...

Robbers shoot MoMo vendor at Agona Mankron

A mobile money (MoMo) vendor is in critical condition after being shot during a robbery attack at Agona Mankron Junction in the Agona East...

Man who sexually abused daughter jailed for 20 years

A 47-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment with hard labour by the Lawra Circuit Court for sexually abusing his 17-year-old biological...

Wa: Man jailed 10 years for defiling 7-year-old boy

A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment with hard labour by the Wa High Court for defiling a seven-year-old boy in...

Farmer arrested over fatal shooting of suspected yam thief in Oti region

The Dambai Divisional Police Command has arrested Kwabena Badam, a 35-year-old farmer, following the fatal shooting of a man suspected of attempting to...

11 fake National Security operatives arrested for alleged extortion at Aboa

The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested 11 men accused of posing as National Security operatives to extort money from cannabis farmers in Aboa,...

Bandits kill at least 24 farmers in fresh attack in Nigeria’s Zamfara State

Armed bandits riding motorcycles killed at least 24 farmers ​and wounded several others in an ‌attack on remote farming villages in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara...

Suspect arrested after dramatic police chase over alleged bank robbery in Tema

A suspected robber has been arrested after a dramatic chase through Tema Community 5 following the alleged robbery of a bank customer. According to eyewitnesses,...

Two people arrested for galamsey close to Agenda 111 Hospital

National Security operatives have arrested two people, including the owner of an illegal mining site cited close to an Agenda 111 hospital project site...

Six arrested over robbery on Portor-Gulumpe Highway as Police recover GH¢300,000 stolen cash

The Bono East Regional Police Command has arrested six suspects in connection with a highway robbery on the Portor-Gulumpe Highway and recovered the full...

Canadian boyfriend murder trial adjourned after juror fails to appear

The murder trial of Safina Mohammed Adizatu, who is accused of killing her Canadian-based boyfriend, Frank Kofi Osei, has been adjourned to July 27,...

Man allegedly lynched over GH¢4,800 theft accusation at Sabon Zongo

A 27-year-old man, Yussif Zakari, has died after he was allegedly assaulted by a group of residents at Sabon Zongo in the Asokore Mampong...

Young man found dead under mysterious circumstances in Kwadaso

The family of a nurse trainee, Vincent Amo Amponsah, is demanding answers after he was found dead at his residence in Kwadaso in the...

Court jails 19-year-old for stealing nurse’s mobile phone and cash 

The Tarkwa District Magistrate Court One has sentenced a 19-year-old man, Shadrack Cobbinah, to five years' imprisonment with hard labour for stealing an iPhone...

Teacher jailed 12 years for defiling pupil under his care

The court, presided over by Kwasi Appiatse Abaidoo, convicted and sentenced the accused after the prosecution established the offence.  Chief Inspector Godsway Kromoah, who prosecuted the case, told the...

Notorious robber arrested over Obuasi murder

The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old suspected armed robber and murder suspect, Seidu Masawudu, popularly known as Mashaa. According to the...

Mason convicted for stealing four-year-old boy from Kpedze to Accra

The Adentan Circuit Court has convicted a mason for stealing a four-year-old boy from Kpedze in the Volta Region and bringing him to Accra.  David...

Alleged robber mistakenly shot by accomplice appears in court 

A 19‑year‑old alleged robber was accidentally shot in the thigh by his accomplice and abandoned at the Agbogba Junction Filling Station, the police told...

Woman arrested for allegedly killing husband after misunderstanding

A 40-year-old woman, identified as Mmaa, has been arrested by the Bole District Police Command in the Savannah Region for allegedly murdering her husband...

Four in court over parcel that landed traveller in Qatar jail

Four people have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly concealing 4.6 kilogrammes of marijuana in a parcel given to a traveller for...

Two Nigerians arrested over alleged murder of 36-year-old man in Tamale

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested two Nigerian nationals in connection with the alleged murder of a fellow Nigerian whose body was found...

‘I am not guilty’ – Abu Trica denies charges as US court sets September 8 for trial

Embattled Ghanaian socialite, Frederick Kumi, popularly known as "Abu Trica," has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money...

Case Management Conference in Mamprobi baby theft case fixed for July 16

The Gender-Based Violence Court at the Police Headquarters has scheduled July 16 to conduct a Case Management Conference (CMC) in the alleged Mamprobi Hospital baby theft case.  When...