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Amasaman Court jails car thief 5 years

The Amasaman Circuit Court has sentenced a 21-year-old man to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a Toyota Corolla S valued at...

One arrested after missing UEW lecturer is found buried at Effutu Gyahadze

A lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Prof. Amedeke of the Chemistry Department, has been murdered and buried in his residence at...

Murder of Sogakope Assembly Member: Mason jailed for life, 2 others get 94 years

Five years after the assembly member for Sogakope, Mawutor Adzahli, was robbed and shot dead at his residence by gangsters, the ringleader, Richard Adikyere,...

Hajia4Reall to be released today after serving one-year jail term in US

Ghanaian socialite and musician Mona Faiz Montrage, popularly known as Hajia 4Reall, is set to be released from the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia...

Walewale: Two arrested for stealing immigration officer’s pistol

Police in Walewale have arrested two young men for allegedly stealing an immigration officer's pistol and ammunition. The suspects have been identified as 18-year-old Mohammed...

OKESS student, stepfather granted GH¢80,000 bail

A District Court in Mamponteng, in the Kwabre East Municipality, has granted bail in the sum of GH¢50,000 to a student of the Osei...

Trader in court over 500-gallon cooking oil fraud

A trader has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly collecting GH₵242,500 under the pretense of supplying 500 gallons of cooking oil but...

Togolese robbery suspect referred for psychiatric evaluation after allegedly eating his own faeces

A Togolese robbery suspect has been referred to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital for a comprehensive mental evaluation after exhibiting signs of coprophagy — a...

FDA destroys GH¢522k worth of expired products in Upper East

The Upper East Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has safely disposed of expired, unwholesome, unregistered, and non-conforming regulated products worth...

14 granted GH¢350,000 bail each over galamsey at Akyem Muoso

The Koforidua Circuit Court B has granted bail to 14 individuals arrested for engaging in illegal mining, locally known as galamsey, at Akyem Muoso...

16-year-old SHS student arrested with locally made gun

A 16-year-old student of Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region has been arrested for possessing a locally manufactured gun without...

Police impound fuel tanker filled with cocoa beans

The police in the Volta Region last Tuesday (May 13) intercepted a petrol tanker traveling from Madina in Accra to Jasikan, which was found...

Woman busted with fake aphrodisiacs appears in court

A Circuit Court at Denu Torkor in Aflao has granted bail to Hawa Fuseini in the sum of GH¢70,000 for importing non-compliant pharmaceutical products...

Abesim Murder Case: Prosecution to call first witness on June 3

Prosecution will on June 3 call its first witness in the case involving Richard Appiah, accused of murdering two children at Abesim in the...

Two women arrested with 1,650 slabs of Indian hemp in their home at Nkawkaw Ampekrom

The Eastern North Police Command in Kwahu Mpraeso has arrested two women with 1,650 slabs of substances suspected to be Indian hemp at their...

4 arrested over killing of Mobile Money vendor in Aflao

The Ghana Police Service has arrested four individuals in connection with the murder of a Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor at Aflao in the Volta...

Cashier jailed for betting away employer’s GH¢8,575

A 23-year-old cashier has been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour by the Kaneshie District Court One after pleading guilty to stealing...

Driver in fatal accident granted bail

The Kaneshie District Court One has granted bail in the sum of GH¢70,000 with two sureties to a driver who allegedly knocked down and...

Environment rehabilitation officer to spend 20 years behind bars over defilement

The Circuit Court in Tarkwa has sentenced an environment rehabilitation officer to 20 year’s imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a 10-year-old girl at...

FDA and collaborators at the Aflao border nab woman with fake aphrodisiacs

Officials from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and their collaborators at the Aflao border have arrested Hawa Fuseini, a passenger on a Nagode...

Man arrested with cache of ammunition, military gear in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 25-year-old man with a cache of weapons, ammunition, and military-style gear near the Asankare Police barrier in...

Koo Fori pleads not guilty to $50k fraud, granted ₵320k bail

Ghanaian comic actor Koo Fori, known in private life as Samuel Seth Kwabena Kyere Karikari, has pleaded not guilty to charges of defrauding a...

Father jailed 10 years for impregnating 15-year-old daughter

The Circuit Court at Tokor in the Ketu South Municipality, presided over by Joseph Ofosu Behome, has sentenced a 36-year-old father to 10 years...

Man arrested in Akatsi for possessing Indian hemp [Photos]

The Ghana Police Service, through an intelligence-led operation, has arrested a suspect for possessing 92 slabs of a substance suspected to be Indian hemp. The...

Three armed robbers jailed over iPhone theft

The Ho Circuit Court has sentenced three individuals to a combined total of 19 years’ imprisonment for their involvement in a violent robbery near...

ECG staff allegedly dupes Dambai residents over GH₵14k in fake meter registration scheme

A staff at the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), William Keh, at Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality, has duped some 1,479 individuals worth...

Woman jailed 29 years for human trafficking, forced prostitution, and illegal abortions

A 32-year-old Nigerian woman based in Ghana, Patience Gideon Gold, has been sentenced to 29 years in prison for multiple criminal offences, including human...

GH¢5.1m was used to buy vehicles for Mahama – Adu-Boahene alleges

Kwabena Adu-Boahene, the former boss of the now-defunct National Security Bureau (NSB), has claimed that GH¢5.1 million, currently under scrutiny, was used to procure...

Adu-Boahene claims GH₵8.3m was spent on ‘opposition party’ ahead of 2024 election

A confidential memorandum from former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene has exposed staggering expenditures on national security and intelligence operations. This includes GH₵8.3...

12 miners remanded over illegal mining, River Tano pollution

Twelve individuals have appeared before the Accra High Court for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities without a license at Aboi-Nkwanta in the Western...

Court remands 7 alleged illegal miners in Wassa Dunkwa

An Accra High Court has remanded into lawful custody seven individuals accused of engaging in illegal mining at Wassa Dunkwa in the Western Region. The...

Two arrested in connection with murder of seamstress at Twifo Praso

The police have apprehended two individuals suspected of being involved in the brutal murder of a 21-year-old seamstress, Tahiru Zenabu. Ms. Tahiru’s lifeless body was...

Ex-convict sentenced to 25 years for sodomy and death threats

The Amasaman Circuit Court has sentenced an ex-convict, Abdul Razak, to 20 years’ imprisonment in hard labour for sodomising a minor. Razak, also known as...

Police arrest 3 over stolen vehicle at Sarpeiman

Three suspects have been arrested by the Eastern North Regional Police Command for allegedly stealing a Hyundai Santa Fe, registration number GG 2–18, at...

8 arrested as police rescue victims in viral kidnapping case

The Ghana Police Service, in collaboration with the National Signals Bureau (NSB) and the Nigeria Police Force, has rescued two female kidnap victims following...

Man jailed seven years for defiling minor in Wa

A young man in Guli of the Wa municipality, Mohammed Abudi, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for defiling a 13-year-old girl. This...

Two convicted for human trafficking

The Achimota Circuit Court has convicted two individuals for trafficking two women from Nigeria to Ghana and forcing them into prostitution. Jessica Daniel, 24, a...

Man killed in robbery operation on Atebubu-Yeji road

One person has been shot dead after robbers attacked passengers in a taxi and a motorbike from Nyumoase on the Atebubu-Yeji road in the...

MoMo vendor shot dead during robbery operation in Aflao

A mobile money agent tragically lost his life on Monday, 28th April, following an armed robbery by unknown assailants at Aflao in the Ketu...

Police probe viral video of alleged kidnapping and assault

The Ghana Police Service has launched an investigation into a suspected case of kidnapping and assault involving a female adult featured in a viral...