Crime

Adams Mahama murder: Convicted Asabke to stand trial again with Afoko

Asabke Alangdi, the man convicted and sentenced to death for conspiring with Gregory Afoko to murder former New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Upper East Regional...

Latest on bribery case against Juaben MCE nominee

The criminal case against the Municipal Chief Executive aspirant for Juaben, Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka, has been adjourned to January 23, 2024.The Office of...

Kikibees CEO’s murder: Autopsy report reveals cause of death

The autopsy report of the late CEO of Kikibees, Bennet Agyekum-Adoma has indicated that his death was caused by excessive alcohol intoxication and a...

Police arrest 10 at Winneba protest for pelting officers with stones

Three police officers were left bleeding after some residents of Winneba stoned them during a demonstration.The victims were rushed to Winneba Trauma and Specialist...

Judge sacked over misconduct in divorce case

The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has dismissed the Jasikan Circuit Court judge, Alfred Kwamena Asiedu, over what is described as his...

Ex-US Ambassador charged over spying for Cuba

A former US diplomat who served as Ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with working as an agent of the Cuban government for more...

Aisha Huang was prosecuted for crimes committed in 2015 and 2017 – Deputy A-G

A Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has clarified the reasons behind the relatively lenient prison term and fine imposed on Chinese illegal mining kingpin,...

78-year-old ex soldier jailed 12 years for defilement

A 78-year-old ex-soldier, John Kwashie Ocloo has been jailed 12-years for defilement.He was found guilty of defiling a 12-year-old girl at Teshie Nungua Estates...

Agona: Notorious thief shot dead while stealing cocoa beans

A 26-year-old notorious thief, known as Alhaji, has been shot dead after he was allegedly caught stealing cocoa beans.This unfortunate incident occurred at Agona...

Aisha Huang jailed

Illegal mining kingpin, Aisha Huang has been convicted of mining offences.The 'galemsey queen' was sentenced to jail for 4 and half years in...

Ghana card: How NIA boss caused the arrest of his nephew

The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, has recounted his role in the arrest and conviction of his...

Tension in Sagban over death of woman accused of witchcraft

There are reports of tension in the Sagban community in the Yonyoo District of the North East region over the death of a woman...

Man jailed 48 months for car theft

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a businessman to 48 months imprisonment for stealing a 2015 Model Toyota Corolla Saloon car valued at GHC127,000....

Forex Bureau robbery foiled at Ablekuma

An attempted robbery at the Global Exchange Forex bureau in Ablekuma Anyaa of the Greater Accra region was foiled by quick-witted staff, preventing a...

Four more suspects arrested in connection with Sampa shooting incident

Four more suspects have been arrested in connection with the violent disturbance during the installation of a Paramount Chief at Sampa in the Bono...

Police officer arrested for defrauding MTN agent to settle betting debt

A police officer attached to the National Visibility Unit at Police Headquarters, General Constable (G/Const) Ernest Agyemang Darko, has been arrested for defrauding an...

Funsi market vehicle robbed, driver shot

Six suspected armed robbers have attacked and robbed several passengers of their money and other valuables when they were returning from the Funsi market...

Three ex-convicts jailed 18 months for stealing cassava worth GH₵1,800

The Agona Nsaba Magistrate's Court has sentenced three ex-convicts to six months in hard labour each for stealing cassava worth GH₵1,800 from Emmanuel Fenyn,...

Driver’s mate jailed 10 years for robbery

An Accra Circuit court has sentenced a 19-year-old driver’s mate to 10 yens in prison for robbery.Nathaniel Adjei robbed a businesswoman of her three...

7 arrested over shooting incident at Sampa

The Ghana Police Service has arrested seven people for firing indiscriminately during the installation of a Paramount chief at Sampa in the Bono Region.According...

Ghana Card: NIA staff convicted for registering unqualified applicant

The police have issued a bench warrant for the search and arrest of an alleged Fulani herdsman, Amadu Seeta, for acquiring a Ghana Card...

Two injured in robbery incident at Yeji

Two persons were reportedly injured after a robbery incident on the Yeji Atebubu highway in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region.Per...

MoMo vendor found dead over GH₵15K debt at Awutu Bawjiase

A 30-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor, Francis Larbie, has reportedly committed suicide over a GH₵15,000 debt at Awutu Bawjiase in the Awutu Senya West...

SHS student jailed 14-years over GH₵59K electrical cable theft

Mohammed Maazu Gariba, a third-year student at Saviour Senior High School (SHS)-Oseim, has been handed a 14-year prison sentence by the Koforidua Circuit Court...

10 ‘galamseyers’ arrested, 2 excavators burnt in Anwiaso East Forest Reserve

The Rapid Response Unit of the Forestry Commission on Wednesday, conducted an operation in the Anwiaso East Forest Reserve, at Manse, near Diaso in...

Nkwanta South: Over 30 schools closed

More than 30 schools in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region remain closed weeks after ethnic clashes in the area.The violent confrontations...

OSP, other bodies to investigate suspected money laundering against Cecilia Dapaah

The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has announced a collaboration with state agencies to probe suspected money laundering against former Minister of Sanitation and Water...

Driver bags 6 years imprisonment for stealing

The Bole District Magistrate Court has sentenced a 24-year-old driver, Yahaya Mohammed, to six years in prison.Mohammed was charged with conspiracy to commit the...

Major Mahama trial: Verdict delayed as case is adjourned

The verdict on the Major Maxwell Mahama trial was delayed again by the seven member jury presiding over the case a the Accra High...

Court remands 19-year-old man for threatening his mother

The Gbetsile Circuit Court has remanded Joshua Narh, a 19-year-old, unemployed, in custody for threatening his mother, Doris Narh, a 44-year-old, with a knife...

Man remanded after lover dies from failed abortion

The Assin Fosu District Magistrate court presided over by his worship Abdul Majeed Illiasu, has remanded Emmanuel Addo into police custody for allegedly killing...

Man lynched after stabbing 2 at Gomoa Akotsi

A 34-year-old Nigerian, Ukechuku popularly known as "Nose Mask" has been lynched by angry residents of Gomoa Akotsi in the Central region after he...

Top police officer, another granted bail for unlawful possession of narcotic drugs

The Gbetsile Circuit Court has granted bail in the sum of GH₵ 200,000 to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nasiru Amadu and No. 51836...

Man butchers friend at Millennium City

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Kofi Richard popularly known as "Ofon Nye Owuo" for killing his friend at...

Man, 27, arrested after botched ritual killing at Ayanfuri

A 27-year-old illegal miner, Baba Haruna, has been arrested at Ayanfuri in the Central region following a failed ritual killing.Baba, said to be...

Man fined GH¢40K for illegal sand winning, building without permit

Peter Kobia, unemployed has appeared before the Amanfro District Court last Thursday, charged with winning sand without per­mit, building without permit and threat of...

Two more killed in Nkwanta South conflict

Two more people have been killed in the ongoing conflict at Nkwanta South in the Oti region.One of the deceased have been identified...

Welder fined GH¢6,000 for stealing

The Gbetsile Circuit Court has fined a welder, Emman­uel Baffour, GH¢6,000 for stealing two half steel plates, one wheelbarrow, and an angle bar on...

Ex-policeman convicted over George Floyd’s murder stabbed in prison

Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in the murder of George Floyd, is reported to be in a stable condition after he was stabbed...

51-year-old carpenter remanded for fraud  

The Gbetsile Circuit Court in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, has remanded Benjamin Akpabla, 51, a carpenter, into custody for knowingly...