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Inkoom granted GH₵100K bail in visa fraud case

Former Ghana Black Stars player, Samuel Inkoom, has been granted bail of GHC100,000 with two sureties by a court in Accra over allegations of...

Anti-cocoa smuggling taskforce impounds 400 bags in Kwahu Nketepa

The Anti-Cocoa Smuggling Taskforce of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has impounded two trucks loaded with 400 bags of cocoa at Kwahu Nketepa in...

Okada rider granted ¢50k bail over alleged attempted robbery

The Amasaman Circuit Court has granted a GH¢50,000 bail with two sureties to a commercial motorbike rider (Okada rider) over a robbery attempt. Hope Nunekpeku,...

24-year-old unemployed remanded for unlawful entry, stealing

A 24-year-old unemployed has been remanded into police custody by the Asante Akropong Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District for unlawful entry...

Level 100 student remanded over defilement allegation

The Asante Akropong circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North district has remanded a level 100 university student into prison custody for allegedly defiling...

Ho Circuit Court sentences three robbers to 125 years of hard labour

The Ho Circuit Court has sentenced three men to a total of 125 years in prison with hard labour for their involvement in a...

Kasoa: One dead, another arrested for stealing motorbike after accident [Video]

A pillion rider has died in a ghastly accident at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central region. The unfortunate incident occurred...

Akatsi South: Two men found dead with body parts missing 

Two unidentified young men believed to be of Fulani extraction have been found dead at Klokpui, a farming community near Wute in the Akatsi...

Three acquitted, discharged through ‘Justice For All’ programme after 10 years

Three individuals de­tained for between five to 10 years on remand at the Koforidua prisons were acquitted and discharged on Wednesday under Ghana’s Justice...

Court orders Police to determine gender of accused

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the Police to determine the gender of an accused person to decide whether to place them in a...

Man, 41, arrested over illegal power connection valued at Gh¢156k

The New Weija Police Command has arrested Jackson Ekow, a 41-year-old electrician, and sub-contractor for the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) for aiding...

Man in court for allegedly slashing girlfriend, daughter with knife 

A 51-year-old car sprayer who allegedly slashed his girlfriend severally with a knife after a misunderstanding has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Daniel Anum Komey,...

Man who vandalised cars at Parliament House jailed 5 years

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a preacher, Christopher Kofi Okyere Sorkpa, to five years in prison for vandalising the windscreens of vehicles at...

Nautical engineer jailed 60 days over GH₵86,000 German visa fraud

A 56-year-old nautical engineer has been sentenced to 60 days imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for fraud. Richie Susu Awu was sentenced after he...

Mortician burnt to death in Adum Dominase after alleged murder of missing woman

A mortician in his 30s has been burned to death by an angry mob at Adum Dominase in the Mpohor Fiase District following allegations...

East Legon accident: Salifu Amoako’s son sentenced

The 16-year-old son of Bishop Salifu Amoako has been convicted and sentenced to serve a six-month punishment at the Senior Correctional Center. That was after...

Excavator operator jailed for stealing

A 27-year-old excavator operator, Faddy Paul Appiah, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa circuit court for stealing an Apsonic...

Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam

Nigeria's anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured...

CCTV exposes driver who allegedly stole former boss’ cash

A 36-year-old driver who broke into his former boss’ vehicle and made away with GH¢50,000 cash, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Emmanuel  Klutse,...

Prison Officer in court over alleged recruitment scam

A 29-year-old prison officer, Aziz Nortei Tetteh, has been arraigned before the Dansoman Circuit Court in Accra on charges of defrauding by false pretence,...

Four remanded over cruel attack in Ho

The District Court 1 in Ho has remanded into prison custody four accused persons for allegedly attempting to murder a 31-year-old driver of the...

Mona Gucci acquitted and discharged over fraud charge

Monalisa Abigail Semeha, aka Mona Gucci, who was accused of defrauding a trader of GHC103,400 has been acquitted and discharged by an Accra Circuit...

Catholic Diocese of Jasikan condemns violent attack on 3 priests in Nkwanta

The Catholic Diocese of Jasikan has strongly condemned the violent attack on three priests of the Franciscan Capuchin Order in Nkwanta South of the...

US court jails two Ghanaians for internet fraud and money laundering

An American Judge in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville, Thomas A. Varlan, has sentenced two Ghanaian nationals to prison for internet fraud...

Man inflicts cutlass wounds on trader at Agona Asafo

A 50-year-old cloth seller, Sulley Bonkanu, is in critical condition after his customer inflicted cutlass wounds on him at Agona Asafo in the Agona...

Two acquitted of defrauding businessman of GH¢60,380

An Accra Circuit Court has acquitted and discharged two individuals, Silvia Naa Doudu Wristberg and Nicodemus Quarshie, who had been accused of defrauding a...

Akotom murder case: 9 remanded into prison custody

Nine accused persons who were put before the Tarkwa Magistrate Court One for allegedly conspiring and murdering a taxi driver, Kwadwo Donkor, have been...

Stop post-election lawlessness or face legal consequences – Police warn

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Grace Ansah-Akrofi has warned individuals involved in post-election violence, looting, and destruction to cease immediately or face legal action. She...

Damongo post-election violence: 14 suspects remanded; two discharged

A Kumasi High Court has remanded 14 individuals into prison custody for their alleged involvement in violent disturbances during election day in Damongo, Savannah...

Gomoa Obuasi: Okada rider beheaded, angry youth vandalize Police station

Residents of Gomoa Mfantse-Moa in the Gomoa Central District of the Central Region were left in shock after a 21-year-old Okada rider, Kwame Ofosu,...

NaDMO head office attacked; Akufo-Addo’s photos, others destroyed [Video]

A yet-to-be identified group has reportedly besieged the head office of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NaDMO) at Kanda near the National Mosque in...

12 arrested for looting in Tamale, causing damage to properties in Damango

The Ghana Police Service have arrested 12 suspects for looting in Tamale and causing damage to properties in Damango. In a statement, the police said...

One dead, another injured after shooting incident in Nyankpala

A shooting incident at Nyankpala in the Northern Region has led to the death of one person and the injury of another. In a statement,...

Court adjourns trial of Ben Lord, another

An Accra High Court Judge said the number of jurors to be empanelled in the murder case involving Ben Lord Ababio, a self-proclaimed traditional...

Man lynched at Kasoa Krispo City for allegedly stealing iron rod

A man believed to be in his early 30s has been lynched for allegedly stealing iron rods at Kasoa Krispo City in the Awutu...

3 children arrested in Takoradi for stealing GH₵35k from supermarket

Three children aged 4, 10, and 16 have been grabbed after CCTV footage captured them stealing GH₵35,000 from a popular supermarket in Takoradi. Report indicates...

Police intercept 88 persons allegedly recruited for election security in Western North

The Ghana Police Service is investigating 88 people intercepted on board two Metro Mass Transit buses at Benchema near Asawinso in the Western North...

NDC Sowutuom Organiser jailed 4 years for threatening to kill citizens during elections

A Branch Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Sowutuom in the Greater Accra region who threatened to kill citizens during the December...

Several passengers robbed on Wenchi-Sunyani highway

Armed men reportedly attacked several vehicles and robbed passengers of their belongings on Wednesday night. The incident occurred along the Wenchi-Sunyani Highway in the Bono...

Two jailed 30 years for robbing banker of vehicle, personal belongings

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced two persons to a total of 30 years imprisonment for robbing a banker of her vehicle at East...