Crime

Cecilia Dapaah’s case: State files fresh charges against maid, 7 others

State Prosecutors have filed fresh charges at the High Court against the housemaid of former Minister for Sanitation, Cecilia Abena Dapaah. Patience Botwe, 18,...

3 in court over Nkwanta South shooting incident

Three out of the seven suspects who have been arrested by police in connection with a violent disturbance leading to the death of one...

Residents chase goat thieves, impound vehicle and rescue ten in the Eastern region

Some vigilant residents of Akyem Asuom in the Kwaebibirim district in the Eastern region have impounded a private Toyota Camry Car and rescued ten...

Police arrest 7 suspects over disturbances at Nkwanta South

The Police have arrested seven persons in connection with a violent disturbance leading to the death of one person at Nkwanta South Municipality of...

The Church of Pentecost deacon missing after robbery during service

The Ghana High Commission in South Africa has confirmed a robbery incident that took place at the Johannesburg branch of The Church of Pentecost....

72-year-old Assemblyman arrested for allegedly selling fake metres

The Western Regional Office of the Electricity Company, acting on a tip-off, has arrested a 72-year-old Assembly member of Esshiam-Ntaama in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis,...

Court grants trader GH₵200k bail over alleged illegal possession of firearms  

A 26-year-old who allegedly had in his possession one locally manufactured pistol with three live cartridges without authority has been granted bail by an...

Two sentenced for distributing fake drugs 

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced two persons standing trial for illegally selling and distributing unregistered fake diabetes drugs on the internet contrary to...

Security guard killed, another injured in fuel station robbery

A  private security guard has been fatally shot by armed robbers, with another injured at the Total-5 fuel filling station, opposite the All Nations...

Mahama Ayariga condemns alleged military brutality in Garu

Bawku Central Member of Parliament (MP) Mahama Ayariga, has condemned the alleged military brutality on some residents of Garu in the Upper East Region....

Odumase Krobo: One shot dead, 8 others injured in chieftaincy feud

Police in the Eastern Region are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of one person and injuries to eight others in an alleged targeted...

Garu, Tempane MPs condemn military brutality in their constituencies

The Members of Parliament for Garu and Tempane constituencies, Albert Alalzuuga Akuka and Lydia Akanvariba Adakudugu, respectively, have condemned the brutal attack on their...

Kusasi militants shoot at Police in Garu

A violent face-off between heavily armed Kusasi militants and counterterrorism intelligence officers on special operations in Garu, Upper East Region, almost resulted in a...

Wife kills husband for being absent from home for three days

A 27-year-old woman killed her husband in Marimba, Harare after he disappeared from home for three days and failed to give a satisfactory answer....

Day-old baby abandoned in bush rescued at Bole

A day-old baby boy abandoned in a bush near the Bole customs barrier on the Bole-Bamboi highway in the Savannah region has been rescued....

Uncle stabs nephew multiple times at Awutu Bereku

A 32-year-old man, Richard Ayi-quaye, has sustained severe injuries after his uncle stabbed him multiple times at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West...

Opuni Trial: High Court dismisses motion for stay of proceedings

An Accra High Court hearing the trial of Dr Stephen Opuni, a former Chief Executive of COCOBOD and two others has dismissed a plea...

Accident at NPP office: Driver, mate fled scene – Fire Service

ADO1 Alex Nartey with the Ghana National National Fire Service (GNFS) Public Relations Department, has given further details about the accident at the New...

Baby thief grabbed at Kasoa America Town

A 27-year-old woman has been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional DOVVSU Command for allegedly stealing a six-month-old baby girl at Kasoa American Town in...

16 drug peddlers including 3 women arrested at Boti

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested 16 suspected drug peddlers in the Boti area of the Yilo...

Doctor sentenced to life in prison for rape

The head of a top Nigerian cancer clinic has been sentenced to life in prison for raping his wife's teenage niece. Dr Olufemi Olaleye...

Kasoa teenagers buried 11-year-old boy alive – Investigator tells court

The investigator in the case in which two teenagers are standing trial for allegedly murdering an 11-year-old boy for money ritual at Kasoa has...

Kumasi killer cop trial starts November 13

The trial of Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, a policeman charged with murder of his girlfriend, Victoria Dapaah commonly known as Maa Adwoa at Adum is...

Three injured in fuel station robbery at Somanya

Two individuals are battling for their lives at the Yilo Krobo Municipal Hospital in Somanya after sustaining gunshot wounds during a robbery attack at...

Woman found dead with body parts missing at Awutu Senya East

A young woman believed to be in her 20s has been found dead at American Town in the Awutu Senya East District of the...

Ghanaian woman arrested in Taiwan for overstaying visa for 34 years

A Ghanaian national suspected of illegally staying in Taiwan for an estimated 34 years has been arrested, after officers noticed her “acting suspiciously” when...

Man jailed 20 years for defiling baby

A 31-year-old man, who defiled a one-year, seven-month-old baby at Madina Social Welfare, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour by...

Woman arrested for defrauding NDC members

The Akasti South Police in the Volta Region is holding a staunch member of the opposition National Democratic Congress, (NDC), Caroline Gifty Tsikata, 39,...

Musician remanded for kicking girlfriend’s genitals over phone messages, pictures

A musician who allegedly violently stamped his girlfriend's right leg and kicked her in the genitals after discovering pictures of her with another man...

Teen father allegedly poisons his 10-day-old son at Assin-Praso 

The Police at Assin-Praso, in the Assin North District of the Central Region, have intensified the search for a teen father for allegedly poisoning...

One arrested over shooting of anti-galamsey taskforce commander

One more person has been arrested and is in custody at the Kibi Divisional Police Command in the Eastern Region following the shooting of...

Chief arrested over alleged attempted sodomy of 17-year-old boy

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested the chief of New Akrofuom, Nana Kwaku Amoah, in the Adansi Asokwa district for allegedly attempting to...

Man ‘murdered’ on his farm at Agona Nyakrom Abrokro

Residents of Abrokro, a suburb of Agona Nyakrom in the Central Region, are living in fear following the gruesome murder of a 45-year-old man...

 Judge shot and killed outside his home

Maryland police are hunting for a suspect in the killing of a judge, who was shot outside his home and later died in a...

Court jails unemployed man 15 years for stealing

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced Abdul Rahman Awal, unemployed, to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing assorted items worth GH₵47,500. He...

One dead, 2 injured in clash involving Pankrono, Adabraka Zongo youth

One person has died with two others injured in a clash between the youth of Pankrono and Adabraka Zongo in the Ashanti Region. ...

Police complete investigations into alleged killing of employer by house boy

The Ghana Police Service says it has completed investigations into the case of a house boy accused of murdering his madam at Sokoban-Apaaso in...

Notorious thief, 21, jailed for stealing

A 21-year-old tractor operator has been sentenced to 23 months imprisonment for stealing a 24-inch Television set, four laptops, Kente cloth, Tramadol tablets, a...

Two women jailed for trafficking, forcing 4 girls into sex trade 

Two women alleged to be sex workers wept uncontrollably when the Tarkwa Circuit Court sentenced them to 17 years in prison in hard labour,...

Woman, son arrested over killing of farmer

A 57-year-old woman, Akua Kesewaa, and her 26-year-old son, Emmanuel Aboagye, are being investigated by the Oda Police for the lynching of a 56-year-old...