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Cyber Security Authority busts fraud syndicate in Dodowa

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA), in a coordinated multi-agency operation with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Police Cybercrime Unit, has dismantled a...

Key suspect in Accra motorbike theft syndicate arrested

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a key suspect in connection with 12 stolen motorbikes in Accra. A statement issued by the police said...

Man, 21, arrested in connection with killing of queen mother at Gbawe

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the shooting and killing of a queen mother during a naming...

Policeman stabbed by suspected criminal at Lower McCarthy Hill

A police officer has been stabbed by a suspected criminal at Lower McCarthy Hill in Accra. The officer, identified as Sammy, was escorting his children...

Man killed in robbery attack on Yeji-Kumasi Highway

A young man has been killed in an armed robbery attack on the Yeji-Kumasi highway in the Bono East Region. The incident occurred on Sunday,...

Police probe killing of Bimbilla SHS student during fire festival

Police in the Northern Region have launched investigations into the tragic killing of Fatima Abukari, an 18-year-old student of Bimbilla Senior High School. She was...

Engineer jailed for GHS150,000 tipper truck fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an agricultural engineer to 36 months’ imprisonment with hard labour for defrauding a businessman of GHS150,000 under the...

Court convicts Agradaa for defrauding by false pretences [Video]

The Accra Circuit Court has convicted Patricia Asiedua, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, founder of Heaven Way Champion Ministries International Church, for charlatanic advertisement...

Robbers kill security man at ID1F facility in Gomoa Akotsi

A 65-year-old security guard, Kwabena Boateng, has been suffocated to death by suspected robbers at the De-Bridge One District One Factory (1D1F) facility in...

Court discharges lecturer, two students over UG room and bed allocation scandal

An Accra Circuit Court has discharged a lecturer and two students accused of collecting GH₵106,800 under the pretext of allocating rooms and beds to...

Accra Circuit Court remands nine over Nkwanta riots

Nine individuals, including one woman, have been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for their alleged involvement in the recent riots in Nkwanta, located...

Woman arrested for arson and stabbing ex-boyfriend at Sowutuom

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old woman, Augustina Adoma, for allegedly setting fire to the personal belongings of her ex-lover, Emmanuel...

Shop owner stabbed to death with scissors at Mile 11

A 33-year-old Ghanaian man, Samuel Yeboah, has been stabbed to death at Mile 11 in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Eyewitnesses...

One killed as notorious armed robbery suspects are arrested in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has apprehended a notorious armed robbery gang believed to be responsible for a string of violent home invasions across...

NAG Fairmont worker arrested for allegedly stealing 29 gallons of fuel

A military officer has arrested a worker of NAG Fairmont Construction for allegedly possessing 29 "Kufuor" gallons of stolen fuel at Gomoa Buduatta in...

Suspected thief nabbed at Adenta SSNIT Flats with multiple master keys to apartments [Video]

A young woman has been apprehended at the Adenta SSNIT Flats in Accra after being found in possession of multiple master keys suspected to...

Mother arrested for attempting to poison child over lover’s infidelity

The DOVVSU Department of the Kasoa Divisional Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old nursing mother, Mary Tawiah, over an alleged attempt to poison her...

Court grants fake doctor GH¢100k bail

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail in the sum of GHC100,000 to Frederick Papa Kow-Assifuah, the fake doctor who was arrested at Kasoa...

27 arrested in anti-galamsey raid at Wassa Amanten

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested 27 individuals in an intelligence-led operation targeting illegal mining commonly known as galamsey at Wassa Amanten. A statement...

Three arrested for robbery in Central region

The Central North Regional Police Command have arrested three suspects for robbery at Ntow-Krom near Sekyem in the Central Region. The suspects were arrested on...

Nkwanta SHS temporarily closed down after shooting incident

Nkwanta Senior High School (SHS) in the Oti Region has been temporarily closed after a shooting incident that claimed the life of an 18-year-old...

Stray bullet kills Nkwanta SHS student in Oti Region

A student of Nkwanta Senior High School (SHS) in the Oti Region has died under tragic circumstances after being struck by a stray bullet...

15 including teenage nursing mother, arrested in Damongo for peddling hard drugs

Fifteen persons, including a teenage nursing mother and another female suspect, have been arrested in Damongo, the capital of the Savannah Region, for allegedly...

Farmer punished for stealing assorted items from student

The Enchi District Magistrate Court in the Western North Region has fined Christopher Kaidabi, a 29-year-old farmer, GH¢3,000 for stealing assorted items valued at...

Two arrested over murder of former Dampong SHS headmaster

The Ashanti North Regional Police Command has arrested two people in connection with the murder of a former Headmaster of Dampong Senior High School...

Steel bender jailed for machete attack over girlfriend dispute

A 52-year-old steel bender has been sentenced to six months in prison by an Accra court after attacking a colleague with a machete, alleging...

Man who threatened to shoot police in viral video arrested

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a man who threatened in a viral video to shoot any police officer he encounters. In a statement,...

Seven arrested over robberies at Ashaiman Sakasaka Park and Dagomba Junction

The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested seven suspects in connection with a string of robberies at Ashaiman Sakasaka Park and Dagomba Junction in...

Pastor accused of withdrawing cash from dead friend’s account faces court

A 38-year-old pastor, Wisdom Kwame Adu, alias Agya, has been granted bail in the sum of GH¢150,000 with two sureties—one of which must be...

Two who tortured boy in viral child video arrested

The Half Assini Divisional Police Command has arrested two individuals captured in a disturbing viral video assaulting a 12-year-old boy. The suspects, 58-year-old Issah Morro...

MP demands arrest of perpetrators in viral child assault video

The Member of Parliament for Twifo-Atti Morkwa in the Central Region, David Theophilus Dominic Vondee, has urged the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak,...

Porter remanded for stealing, destroying guardrails at Obetsebi Lamptey overpass

A head porter has appeared before the Dansoman Circuit Court for destroying and stealing six metal guardrails at the Obetsebi Lamptey Overpass at Kaneshie...

Kasoa burglary suspect arrested in Agbogbloshie after CCTV review

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspect in connection with a burglary and theft incident at Kasoa Nyanyano in the Central Region. In a...

Gov’t directs NACOC to operationalise Substance Use Disorder Rehabilitation Fund

Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak has announced a renewed national focus on drug prevention, describing it as both a public health concern and a national...

Woman remanded for allegedly stealing GH¢800k mistakenly transferred to her account

A trader, Constance Gyasi Nimako, also known as Maa Adwoa, has been remanded into lawful custody by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing...

Police arrest 8 at Ayanfuri over galamsey, illicit drugs

The Central North Regional Police Command has dealt a major blow to illegal mining (galamsey) and the associated drug trade in Ayanfuri, resulting in...

One dead, another injured in shooting incident during naming ceremony in Gbawe

A shooting incident during a naming ceremony at Gbawe Barley in the Greater Accra Region has left one man dead and a woman injured. According...

Man arrested for unlawful possession of narcotics at Nkurakan

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a young man, Christopher Saigoe, for the unlawful possession of substances suspected to be narcotic drugs at Nkurakan...

OSP charges former Vice Presidential staffer, 3 others with corruption over seized rice containers

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has formally charged four public officials, including a former Director at the former Vice President’s Secretariat, James...

Driver shot and killed on Ntotroso-Sunyani Highway

A yet-to-be-identified driver has been shot and killed on the Ntotroso-Sunyani Highway in the Bono Region. The incident occurred last Friday while the driver was...