Crime

Herbalist jailed for attempting to escape from lawful custody

The Juaso Circuit Court has sentenced a 29-year-old herbalist to six months imprisonment for attempting to escape from lawful custody. Akwasi Ofori, who pleaded guilty to the...

Court dismisses ‘no jurisdiction’ challenge by ACP Agordzo’s lawyers

The Kaneshie District Court has dismissed the case presented to it by lawyers for Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo, challenging the court over its...

Watch: I see you all, I see you – says ACP Agordzo as he is led into court

Some relatives of the top police officer, including his wife, turned up in their numbers amidst heavy police deployment at the Kaneshie District Court...

Watch: How Bawumia’s home was burgled

The Ghana Police Service has arrested four people suspected to be part of a gang that robbed the private residence of the Vice President,...

Audio: Lawyer for ‘murdered’ Adomfe driver suspects police cover-up

The lawyer for a 33-year-old driver, Kofi Ampoma, who was allegedly beaten to death by police at Adomfe in the Ashanti region has expressed...

Couple critically wounded in gun attack at Ada

A couple has been critically injured at Kasseh, a suburb of Ada in the Greater Accra Region after unknown gunmen attacked them in their...

Bawumia’s house burgled; 4 suspects arrested

Police in Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality have arrested four people suspected to have burgled the house of Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. READ:...

One arrested over shooting of printing press owner

One person has been picked up by the Bole Divisional Police command following the shooting of a 29-year-old printing press owner, Kanodia Haruna. The victim was allegedly...

Listen: AG to begin prosecution of Kwesi Nyantakyi

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Gloria Akuffo, says her office will soon commence the prosecution of former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA),...

Photos: Printing press owner shot multiple times in wife’s presence

A 29-year-old printing press owner, Kanodia Haruna is currently battling for his life at the Bole District Hospital following gunshots wounds he sustained from...

JB ‘killer’ exposed

The suspect in the gruesome murder of the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, J. B. Danquah-Adu, was yesterday exposed by his accomplice when...

ACP Agordzo’s lawyers accuse State prosecutors

Lawyers for ACP Agordzor, have accused State prosecutors of attempting to deny their client bail by referring the matter to the Kaneshie District Court which according...

ACP Agordzo remanded in BNI custody

The Assistant Commissioner of Police detained for his alleged involvement in a coup plot, ACP Dr. Benjamin Agordzo has been remanded into BNI...

Lady beats her younger sister to death for bed wetting

A 13-year-old girl, Precious Omenka, has allegedly been beaten to death by her half-sister in Lekki, Lagos state in NigeriaAccording to TheNation newspaper in Nigeria,...

My client is exposed to ‘unnecessary danger’ – Lawyer of JB Danquah’s ‘killer’

A High Court in Accra has ordered Prison Service personnel who escort Daniel Asiedu, a murder suspect to court to ensure that he gets...

19-year-old mason gets 10 years for robbing SHS student

A 19-year-old mason who attacked and robbed a student has been sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labour by a Circuit Court...

Attempted coup plot: Dr Agordzor is victim of witch-hunt – Kpebu

The arrest and detention of an Assistant Commissioner of Police linked to “an elaborated plot to destabilise the state,” have been christened witch-hunt. Speaking on...

BNI blocks visiting access to ACP Agordzor’s wife, children – Lawyer claims

Counsel for the senior police officer who has been charged with treason for his alleged involvement in a coup plot says his client's...

3 Awudome burglars busted

Three persons, suspected to be part of a syndicate that has been breaking into traders shops at the Awudome Cemetery area in Accra, have...

‘No Road, No Vote’ demo in Swedru: 23 to face trial

Twenty-three persons are set to be screened and arraigned before the court on Tuesday morning over the "no road no vote" demonstration that rocked...

Man, 38, remanded over market fraud

A 38-year-old unemployed man, who conspired with two others to dupe a trader of her GH¢50,000.00 under the pretext of securing her a market...

Coup plot: ACP Agordzor charged with treason

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dr Benjamin Agordzor, has been charged with abetment to commit treason for his alleged involvement in a coup plot. ACP...

23 arrested in Agona Swedru riot

The Agona Swedru Police Command has arrested about 23 people who protested against the poor state of their roads on Monday. Angry demonstrators chanted “no...

Court fines farmer for stealing cocoa beans

The Enchi District Magistrate court on Monday fined Kwame Abass, a twenty-one-year-old farmer for stealing dried cocoa beans at Aquai-Allah near Enchi in the...

Angry grandma to send her deceased son’s children to police

An angry mother, Adzo Ahorlu, whose only child was allegedly shot dead by Senchi police in the Asuogyaman District has threatened to send her...

One spot: Two separate robberies, two different times, two drivers killed

Two robbery attacks that occurred at two different times, all at the same spot, have left in their wake, two separate bodies of drivers...

Family fines teacher GHC5k for impregnating pupil

A teacher at Gyekiti Presbyterian Junior High School in the Asuogyman District of the Eastern Region Eugene Akolongo has impregnated a 16-year-old form three...

Fake doctor operating illegally in hotel room nabbed

The Ghana Police Service has apprehended a foreign national and his accomplices for allegedly practising medicine in Ghana without a license. The culprit, Citi News...

Hairstylist in court over sex with minor

A hairstylist who was alleged to have sexually abused a 15-year-old girl during school hours at Osu has been put before an Accra Circuit...

Family of slain Takoradi NPP treasurer places 50K bounty on killer

The family of Mark Yaw Ofori, slain treasurer of the Takoradi constituency office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Western Region, has...

Video: Two police officers brutalise commercial bus driver at Kasoa

Two police officers, yet to be identified, on Thursday afternoon brutalised a commercial bus driver, identified as Akwesi Osei, at Kasoa in the Central...

Listen: Police hunt for ‘wee smoker’ in Obofour deliverance saga

Police have declared a manhunt for an ex-convict whose video went viral after he was asked to smoke marijuana during a church service attended...

Fake UK Doctor arrested for defrauding 3 people

The Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ has remanded a 32-year-old unemployed for disguising himself as a United Kingdom-based Ghanaian doctor to defraud three persons to...

Ghanaian victims of Jammeh killings want to testify before Reconciliation Commission

Ghanaians who survived the unlawful killing of 56 West African migrants in the Gambia and the victims’ families have requested to testify at the...

Man hacks wife for threatening divorce

A middle-aged woman is battling for her life after her estranged husband inflicted cutlass wounds on her for threatening to end their marriage. According to...

2 suspects arrested for leading mob to lynch alleged thief

Two suspects in a mob attack that led to the death of an alleged motorbike thief have been arrested at Sawaba in the Northen region. The...

Man smashes one year old daughter to death

A ferocious father, Isiaka Ayobami has allegedly smashed his one year old daughter on the ground to death at Isheri Area of Lagos. The sad...

Church usher kills wife

Residents of Shiabu Night Market, a community within Ablekuma West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region, have been thrown into a state of shock...

Ex-convict jailed four years for stealing cocoa beans

The Hohoe Magistrate Court has handed a four years prison sentence to Gbele Ebenezer, a 27-year chainsaw operator and an ex-convict, for stealing cocoa...

Lawyer for Kasoa cop killer demands psychiatric evaluation for client

A defence lawyer in the trial of persons accused of murdering two policemen is demanding a psychiatric evaluation of his client, Eric Kojo Duah. George...