Crime

Ghanaian convicted for $3m romance fraud in US

A resident of Virginia identified as Henry Asomani has been convicted by a US court after being found guilty of a $3 million scam. The scam ripped...

Nigerian church set ablaze over buried body of 1-year-old child

Protesters have set ablaze a church in Akure city, south-west Nigeria, following unconfirmed rumours that the body of a missing one-year-old child had been...

Woman, 58, murdered by unknown assailants at Awutu Ahentia [Photos+Audio]

A 58-year-old woman, identified as Lydia Andoh, has been murdered by unknown assailants at Awutu Ahentia in the Awutu Senya West district of the...

22 Fulanis killed at Mampong, Nsuta this year – Association of Fulanis

It has emerged that about 22 nomadic herdsmen, mainly of Fulani descent, were killed at Asante Mampong and Nsuta areas of Ashanti region in...

La General Hospital to carry out mass burial of 27 unclaimed bodies

The Management of the La General Hospital says it intends to carry out mass burial of 27 unclaimed bodies by December 23, this year. A...

Nigerian held for fraud granted bail

A Nigerian who allegedly defrauded a businessman of GH¢5,000.00 under the pretext of supplying him bags of oil well cement at a cost of...

2 Fulani highway ‘robbers’ nabbed

Two suspected armed robbers believed to be Fulani nomads have been arrested on the Nakpei-Prang road in the Bono East Region. Abdul Rahman, 27, and...

Prampram chief’s killers still not prosecuted, family wails

Killers of a Prampram chief have still not been prosecuted since his death last year, according to his family members. The late Mankralo of Prampram,...

BBC Eye’s Sex for grades: Guilty lecturer finally sacked

The University of Abuja in the Nigerian capital has dismissed one of its lecturers, Boniface Igbeneghu, over sexual harassment after he was captured in...

Father chops off daughter’s leg during confrontation with wife

A father missed his target and chopped off the leg of his 21-month-old baby girl at Kojo Armah, near Agona Swedru, in the Central...

Uncle kidnaps, kills 7-yr-old nephew after collecting ransom

A four-man kidnap syndicate has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a seven-year-old boy. The boy, Abdulmalik Musa, was killed after...

Maj. Mahama case: Court dismisses bail application of Assembly Member

An Accra High Court hearing the case of the alleged murderers of the late Major Maxwell Mahama has dismissed a bail application for one...

Unemployed man convicted for stealing insecticide

The Enchi District Magistrate Court on Monday imposed a fine of 1,200 Ghana cedis on a 21-year-old unemployed man who broke into an agrochemical...

Who is your lawyer? – Court quizzes Kasoa Cop Killer

The Kaneshie District Court on Monday demanded to know the actual lawyer of Eric Kojo Duah, the man who allegedly shot and killed two...

Policeman shoots driver’s mate

Lance Corporal Frank Amoako has been placed in police custody by the Western Regional Police Command for allegedly shooting a driver’s mate...

Listen: Man who raped pregnant woman put before court

Lukeman Sanche, a 25-year-old accused of raping a seven-month-old pregnant woman, is to be put before court today, Monday, December 16, 2019. The alleged rape...

Robbers attack hospital; rob patients, staff of valuables

A gang of robbers have been arrested following an invasion into a private hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria in an attempt to steal. The three...

Police arrest five suspected illegal gun manufacturers

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested five people for allegedly manufacturing local weapons in a special operation at Assin Brofoyedur in the Assin...

One arrested over killing of female teacher in Walewale

Police in Tamale have confirmed the arrest of one person in the murder case of a female teacher in Walewale. Two other persons have...

Police woman, fireman duped by trader

A 40-year-old resident of Asuofia Asamang, Kumasi, is in the grip of the police for defrauding a couple who are both servicemen to the...

Listen: Police investigate Potsin Junction highway robbery

The Ghana Police Service has commenced investigations into a robbery attack which occurred on Wednesday at Gomoa Potsin Junction on the Winneba-Kasoa highway. According to the Dominase...

Listen: Man, 25, arrested for allegedly raping pregnant woman

A 25-year-old man, identified as Fuseni Lukeman Sanche, has been arrested for allegedly raping a pregnant woman at Tijo in the Mion district...

Policeman shoots driver’s mate for allegedly refusing to pay bribe

A policeman has shot a driver’s mate in the leg over an alleged refusal to pay bribe at a police barrier at Inchaban in...

Former MP’s alleged killers trial adjourned

A High Court in Accra has adjourned the case of Daniel Asiedu and Vincent Bossu, the two suspects who are being held...

Bail application for Volta separatists dismissed

A Ho High Court has dismissed a bail application brought before it by lawyers of persons arrested in connection with an alleged...

Police nab five for manufacturing firearms in Central Region

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested five suspects for allegedly engaging in the manufacturing of firearms. The five are Pele Aziaku,...

Three others arrested over Mankessim shooting

The Central Regional Police Command says three other suspects have been arrested for their involvement in the Mankessim shooting last Saturday. This brings to nine,...

Principal of Afia Kobi Nursing School granted bail over ‘exams’ fraud

Police in Kumasi have granted bail to principal of Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem Nursing Training College after she was detained over alleged examination fraud. Samuel Owusu...

Indecent dressing not invitation to rape – DOVVSU

Chief Superintendent Mercy Wilson Brown, Volta Regional Coordinator, Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has said a girl’s...

Video: Over 100 passengers robbed by armed men at Potsin Junction

Over 100 commuters including market women have been robbed by armed men on the Accra-Cape-Coast highway. The unfortunate incident occurred around 6:30 pm on Wednesday...

Mentally challenged boy kills 7 relatives, 2 others

A mentally challenged boy, identified as Chigozie Orusa, has been subjected to jungle justice after killing nine people in Nempi, Imo state in...

Police arrest 2 motorbike snatchers at Salaga

Two persons have been arrested by the Police in Salaga for allegedly robbing a motorbike on the Salaga-Kalande road. The suspects Ahmed Karim, 24, and...

Takoradi kidnappings: Attorney General yet to receive docket on new findings

The Ghana Police Service is yet to furnish the Attorney General with a docket on new findings on the case involving the four girls...

Homosexual jailed for defiling boy

A 21-year-old man, Yeni Kutu, who defiled a 13-year-old boy at Adagya in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region, has been slapped...

Six remanded over Mankessim shooting [Audio]

The Cape Coast District Court  2, presided by her honour, Gloria Mensah Bonsu, has remanded into police custody six suspects in connection with the...

Teenage student jailed for making sexual advances at stepmother

A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Tuesday, sentenced a teenage student, Anas, to one year imprisonment over sexual encroachment on,...

Police arrest 9 including spiritualist and imposter ahead of yuletide

The Accra Region Police says it has made giant strides in clamping down on crime after the arrest of seven hardened criminals, a spiritualist...

Man arrested for stabbing his uncle to death

Police in Nsawam have arrested Kwame Alibo, a 32-year-old unemployed of Oparekrom, a suburb of Nsawam for allegedly stabbing his uncle, Sampson Kumi, to...

Fake Police officer in trouble

The Enchi District Magistrate court on Tuesday imposed a fine of 1,200 Ghana cedis on a 41-year-old pastor who posed as a police officer...

New Twist: Family of teacher reportedly killed by robbers wants her husband arrested

The confusion surrounding the death of a female teacher in Walewale in the North East Region has taken a new twist as family and friends...