Crime

Murderers of Akua Denteh sentenced to 12 years imprisonment

The Tamale High Court on Tuesday sentenced two women to 12 years imprisonment each over the murder of Madam Akua Denteh, the 90-year-old woman,...

Woman found dead with body parts missing at Assin Dansame

A 50-year-old woman has been butchered at Assin Dansame in the Assin North District of the Central Region. It is unclear who murdered the deceased...

Man on the run after sending ex-lover’s nude to church’s WhatsApp group

The Lagos state police command is on the trail of a businessman, Amarah Kennedy, for allegedly circulating nude photos of two widows he dated...

Evangelist, prophetess jailed 11 years for stealing GH¢265k   

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced an evangelist and a prophetess to a total jail term of 11 years for stealing GHC265,000 from a...

Man, 22, allegedly shot dead at Chinese mining site

A security official of Chinese illegal miners has allegedly shot to death a 22-year-old young man, Kwaku Etsi, at Hiawa, a community in the...

Fetish priest jailed for defiling 6-year-old girl

A 25-year-old fetish priest, John Afedzi, who defiled a six-year-old girl at Twifo Ampekro in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District of the Central...

Three SDA nursing trainees suspended over leaked sex tape

The management of Kwadaso SDA Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Ashanti Region has taken disciplinary action against some of its students. This was...

Abesim murder case: Accused fit to stand trial – Court rules

A Kaneshie District Court will start committal proceedings against Richard Appiah, the footballer who allegedly murdered two minors at Abesim and froze their body...

Farmer found dead at Tei Nkwanta

A farmer, Ebenezer Tettey-Wayo, 41 years of age, has allegedly committed suicide at Tei Nkwanta near Koforidua in the Eastern Region. The victim was...

Man found dead in river at Assin Bereku

A man in his early forties was allegedly killed and dumped in River Brupan at Assin Breku in the Assin North District of the...

24-year-old Okada rider shot dead in robbery attack

A robbery gang has killed a 24-year-old Okada rider and bolted with his motorbike at Kwarfokurom near Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The 24-year-old deceased...

GRA impounds 3 trucks with goods without tax stamp at Alajo

Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has seized three trucks loaded with soft drinks without tax stamps at Alajo in Accra. The authority said actions by the...

 Popular fetish priest allegedly defiles girl, 6

A six-year-old KG2 pupil at Twifo Ampekro has allegedly been defiled by a popular fetish priest in the area, John Afedzi.  The accused is yet...

Fake national security operative, presidential staffer arrested for visa fraud

Two persons, Sylvia Naa Dodua Wristberg and Patrick Torto, have been apprehended and arraigned at an Accra Circuit Court on charges of defrauding a...

Court detains small-scale miner over alleged kidnapping

A small-scale miner who allegedly kidnapped a 27-year-old man has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court. Prince Asante, 36, also known as who...

Six Sankofa mine workers arrested

Six workers of Prestea Sankofa Gold Limited in the Western Region who were accused of stealing tailings from the ball mill at the company’s...

Suspects arrested in connection with Assin North bye-election shooting

The Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of some suspects in connection with a shooting during the bye-election in the Assin North constituency....

Assin North bye-election: Man arrested for interfering with electoral process

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a man for interfering with the electoral processes in the ongoing Assin North bye-election in the Central Region...

Military impostor arrested at Assin North [Video]

https://youtu.be/by-qFWCiLbs Police in the Assin North Constituency have arrested a man dressed in military uniform and said to be with the Ghana Armed Forces in...

Saglemi Housing Trial: State to call five witnesses to testify

Prosecution in the trial involving Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works, and Housing and four others are set to call...

Brave driver runs over suspected armed robber

The bravado exhibited by a sprinter bus driver has resulted in the death of one of five suspected armed robbers who tried attacking and...

Armed robbers attack MoMo agent at Wenchi

In a recent incident in the Bono Region of Ghana, three individuals suspected of armed robbery shot a mobile money agent in Wench1. They made...

Two GNPC imposters busted at Nkwanta South [Video]

https://youtu.be/FN_6aXsGZ-E Police officers at Nkwanta South of the Oti Region have arrested Richard Agbezuge, 34, and Jacob Lartey, 38, for posing as officials from the...

Ghana’s EOCO, Nigeria EFCC sign MOU to combat trans-border organized crimes

Ghana's Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) and Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) have recently joined forces to combat transborder organized crimes...

Ablekuma attack: Taxi driver captured in CCTV footage acted very smart – Ex-Police Officer

Peter Toobu, a retired Executive Secretary to an ex-Inspector General of Police (IGP), has commended a taxi driver who was at the Ablekuma Star...

Ablekuma bullion van robbery: Heads must roll – Peter Toobu

Peter Toobu, a retired Executive Secretary to an ex-Inspector General of Police (IGP), has called on the police administration to punish those who have...

Star Oil gives account of Ablekuma bullion van robbery

Star Oil has commiserated with the family of a policeman who was killed in a fatal robbery incident at its Ablekuma Fanmilk branch. The attack...

Man found hanging dead in uncompleted building at Gomoa Nyanyano

A man, believed to be in his late 30s, has been found hanging dead in an uncompleted building at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Gomoa...

Withdraw services for Banks not using fortified bullion vans – Security Expert to Police

The Executive Director of the African Centre for Security and Counter Terrorism, Emmanuel Kotin, has strongly criticized the government for its failure to prioritize...

Police on manhunt for robbers who killed officer in Ablekuma daylight robbery

The Police are on a manhunt for a gang of four robbers who attacked a bullion van at Ablekuma Fanmilk, a suburb of Accra...

Police shot during broad daylight robbery at Ablekuma

In a daring act of robbery on Thursday afternoon, a police officer was attacked and shot by unidentified assailants at Ablekuma Fanmilk. According to witnesses...

Motor rider shot dead at Akatsi

Zanu Mandela, a popular motor rider in the Akatsi South Municipality, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen near Holy Childhood Academy at Akatsi. The deceased,...

I will discharge Nyantakyi if you don’t call your witness to testify – Judge warns

High Court Judge Justice Marie Louise Simmons has served notice of discharging former Ghana Football Association President Kwasi Nyantakyi if the state fails to...

Coach who assaulted female referee remanded

The Tamale District Magistrate Court has remanded Coach Iddrisu Suheiru Napari into police custody. The case has been adjourned to Monday, June 26, 2023. The first...

Sherigu-Fulani disturbances: 18 accused discharged, others granted bail

A Bolgatanga Circuit Court has discharged 18 out of the 61 persons standing trial in the matter involving the Sherigu community and the State...

Six more Western Togoland secessionists convicted

Six more persons standing trial for being members of a prohibited organisation dubbed the Western Togoland Restoration Front (WTRF) have been found guilty by...

Husband of woman impregnated by pastor breaks silence

John Baah, a husband whose wife is pregnant for a pastor at Awutu Bereku, has revealed that his wife accused him of using love...

Chaotic scene at Nkurakan as police officers are rescued from angry mob

The timely intervention by the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Eastern Regional Police Command prevented the youth of Nkurakan from lynching some personnel...

Police inspector charged with murder pleads not guilty

Ahmed Twumasi, an inspector with the Kumasi Central Divisional Command, is facing a murder charge after allegedly shooting his girlfriend in Kumasi. Twumasi, who maintains...

Woman, 31, burns daughter over missing ‘akpeteshie’ cash

The Kato Police have apprehended a 31-year-old woman on charges of burning her 12-year-old daughter with a hot iron. The incident took place after the...