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Immigration Officers intercept jerrycans of fuel being smuggled to Togo

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has intercepted and seized 45 jerrycans of petrol which were being smuggled into Togo. The exercise was undertaken by a...

Businessman granted bail over alleged visa fraud

A 36-year-old businessman, who allegedly took $13,500 from two persons under the pretext of securing them Nicaragua and Mexican visas but failed has been granted...

Man nabbed for allegedly butchering wife, child over paternity issues

A man has been arrested by the Ashaiman district police for allegedly butchering his wife and months old child. The suspect perpetrated the crime over...

Mexico arrests alleged cartel kingpin tied to 43 missing students

Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested an alleged cartel chief linked to the decade-old disappearance of dozens of students. Gildardo Lopez Astudillo, the suspected...

Driver killed, others injured in highway robbery at Agona Suromanya

The driver of a container cargo truck has been shot dead, while others sustained bullet wounds after highway robbers opened fire on them at...

Woman found dead in boyfriend’s room at Sege

A 24-year-old woman, Eunice Sebbi, allegedly committed suicide in her boyfriend's room in the early hours of Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at Sege in...

Driver, mate arrested for assaulting firefighter

A driver and his mate have been arrested for assaulting a firefighter, ADO II Abdul Aziz Annor stationed at the Ministries Fire Station, Accra. The...

Man stabs friend to death with stick

Uwombornyi Bado, a 37-year-old man has been stabbed to death with a stick by a colleague, Alhassan Merasa. The incident occurred at Zongo-Machire, a farming...

Police on manhunt for car snatching syndicate in Koforidua

The Koforidua Divisional Police Command is on a manhunt for a car theft syndicate, terrorising residents. The syndicate has reportedly stolen about five cars in...

Father, son imprisoned for conspiracy and theft of teak trees in Hohoe

A 60-year-old herbalist, Edward Worwornyo, and his 30-year-old son, Senyo Augustus Worwornyo, have been sentenced to four years in prison by the Hohoe Circuit...

O’Reilly SHS stabbing: Court remands accused for two weeks

The La District Court has remanded a final-year student at O'Reilly Senior High School (SHS), who fatally stabbed a classmate, for two weeks. The student,...

Awutu Bereku shooting: Court remands suspect

The Awutu Ofaakor District Court has remanded the suspect, Akwesi Lartey Junior, who mistakenly shot one person at Awutu Bereku on Tuesday. This was when...

Galamsey on River Pra: 4 Arrested, changfan machines, boats destroyed

Four persons have been arrested in an exercise by the Twifo Atti Mokwa District Assembly in the Central Region in a clamp down on illegal...

3 chainsaw operators in court for illegal logging

Three chainsaw operators have appeared before the Fiapre Circuit Court in the Sunyani West Municipality for illegally harvesting 45 pieces of Cidrella trees valued...

Court orders destruction of 256 sacks of cannabis

The Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service has been given the green light to destroy 256 fertilizer sacks of dried leaves...

Man who damaged ‘Big Six’ monument referred for psychiatric evaluation

The man accused of vandalising the 'Big Six' monument at the Airport Roundabout in Accra has been referred to the hospital for a psychiatric...

One arrested in connection with Awutu Bereku shooting incident

The Ghana Police Service has arrested one person, Nai Akwasi Lartey, in connection with a shooting incident at Awutu Bereku in the Central region. The...

Suspected goat thief burnt to ashes at Awutu Kwame Kwei

An 'Okada' rider suspected to have stolen a goat has been burnt to ashes at Kwame Kwei in the Awutu Senya West District of...

GES meets family of O’Reilly SHS student stabbed to death

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has commiserated with the family of a final-year student who was stabbed to death at O'Reilly Senior High School...

Kasoa: Man arrested for stealing flag hoisting pole from Immigration office

A 35-year-old man, Yaw Francis, has been arrested by the Kasoa Police after allegedly stealing a flag hoisting pole belonging to the Kasoa Immigration...

Bolga: Soldier detained over rape accusation

A soldier has been detained over an accusation of raping an 18-year-old hotel attendant. The incident reportedly happened on Monday at about 3:pm at...

Four Ghanaians guilty of smuggling £4.5 million worth of cannabis hidden in sacks of gari

Four men have been found guilty of smuggling £4.5 million worth of cannabis hidden in sacks of gari powder from Ghana to south Essex. The...

My son was stabbed 3 times in the chest – Father of O’Reilly SHS student [Audio]

The father of a final year student of O’Reilly Senior High School(SHS) who was stabbed to death by a colleague has expressed pain over...

Student who stabbed colleague at O’Reilly SHS arrested

A final-year student from O'Reilly Senior High School (SHS) has been arrested by the Police for allegedly stabbing a fellow student to death, leaving...

Thieves vandalise ECG’s GH₵100K transformer at Asutuare junction

The Tema Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has lost a 100KVA transformer worth GH₵100,000 to thieves who vandalized and made away...

Two shot as robbers raid Northern Ashanti Mines

Two people have been seriously injured after armed men raided the Konongo Odumase Concession of the Northern Ashanti Mines Co. Ltd. The armed thugs looted...

Man shot dead while testing bulletproof charm

The Edo State Police Command has said it has arrested a 19-year-old self-acclaimed native doctor over the death of his client. The native doctor, who...

Nigerian man plucks out wife’s eyes for alleged ritual

Tragedy struck at Umueze Ibeku community, a Abia State in Nigeria, early Sunday morning, when a middle-aged man identified as Lawrence Uzor, plucked out...

Scrap dealer in court for stabbing carpenter in chest

Mohammed Salifu, a 30-year-old scrap dealer, who stabbed a carpenter in the chest at Makola Market, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Salifu is...

Chinese national shot dead in Amansie South district

A 52-year-old Chinese national has been shot dead at Manso Watereso in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region. The deceased, Yao Xian, was...

Dispatch rider jailed 10 years for abetting robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a dispatch rider to ten years in prison for aiding and abetting robbery in La, Accra. Lord Mensah was...

17 persons granted GHC50,000 bail each over illegal sand winning

An Accra Circuit Court has granted GHC50,000 bail each to seventeen drivers who allegedly undertook sand-winning operations without a license at Agbazu, near Amasaman. They...

Bekwai Circuit Court: Two ex-convicts jailed 34 years for robbery, rape and causing harm

A 20-year-old ex-convict Akwasi Agyemang has been sentenced to 25 years in prison with hard labour by the Circuit Court in Bekwai, Ashanti region...

Policemen who allegedly robbed ‘okada’ rider remanded

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two off-duty police constables in custody after they attacked an okada rider and stole GH₵3,700. General Lance Corporals Philmon...

Man admits poisoning wife’s Coca-Cola ‘so he could have sex with stepdaughter’

An Indiana man who admitted he spiked his wife's Coca-Cola with cocaine and other drugs in hope of killing her and running off with...

Two ex-convicts jailed 34 years for robbery, rape and causing harm

The Circuit Court in Bekwai in the Ashanti region has sentenced a 20-year-old ex-convict to 25 years in prison with hard labour for robbery. The...

Dangerous criminal wanted for 20 years found working as police officer 

Antonio “El Diablo” Riano, a fugitive wanted by US authorities for almost two decades in connection to a fatal shooting in Cincinnati, was recently...

DRIP tipper truck battery stolen

Unknown persons have reportedly stolen the battery of a tipper truck which is part of the District Road Improvement Project (DRIP) equipment in Konongo,...

Police secure conviction of five armed robbers in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Police Service has secured the conviction of five armed robbers involved in a series of robbery and carjacking incidents in the Ashanti...

Two Police Constables remanded for robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two off-duty Police constables in custody after they attacked an Okada rider and stole GH¢3,700. General Lance Corporals Philmon...