Crime

Zoe Outreach Embassy pastor, wife granted GH¢46m bail

The Founder and General Overseer of the Zoe Outreach Embassy Church, Pastor Kelvin Elson Godson aka Kelvin Kwasi Kobiri and his wife, Sabina Elson...

Boy, 2, found dead in public toilet at Twifo Aboabo

A two-year-old boy has been found dead in a public toilet at Twifo Aboabo in the Twifo Atti Morkwa District of the Central Region. Kasapa...

Family of man stoned to death by ‘mentally challenged’ woman at Circle speaks

https://youtu.be/jZUWbyrp9K0?t=212 The family of a young man, believed to be in his 20s, who was killed by a suspected mentally challenged woman at Kwame Nkrumah...

Evangelist arrested for allegedly sodomising 15-year-old boy

A 37-year-old evangelist, Frederick Darko, is in the grips of the Gomoa Nyanyano police for allegedly sodomising a 15-year-old boy. The victim claims the act...

31-year-old man shot dead at Nkonya

A 31-year-old man has been shot dead by an unknown assailant at Nkonya Kodzi in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region. Lieutenant Colonel Edward...

WAEC ‘disowns’ Bolgatanga, Bawku Technical Institutes

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has said it cannot take responsibility for the violence that erupted at the Bawku and Bolgatanga Technical Institutes. This,...

Man incurs wrath of traditional leaders for impregnating 3 daughters

https://youtu.be/98jvzJz_4nE A 60-year-old man has been fined GHS12,000 by the traditional authorities of Assin Andoe in the Assin South District for having sexual intercourse with...

SIC staff charged with causing financial loss to the state

A bench warrant has been issued by an Accra Circuit Court for the arrest of a senior officer of the State Insurance Corporation (SIC)...

Bolgatanga Technical Institute closed down

The Bolgatanga Technical Institute (BOTECH) was Tuesday temporarily closed down following violent protests by some students of the school. The protesters, made up of final...

Police probe suspected murder at Nkonya

The Ghana Police Service says it has opened investigations into the suspected murder of 31-year-old man at Nkonya Kodzi in the Biakoye District of...

KNUST lecturer accused of kidnapping wife granted GH₵300K bail

The Kumasi High Court has granted bail to a senior lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Wilberforce Aggrey,...

US kills al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan drone strike

The US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has confirmed. He was killed in...

5 arrested over near-fatal attack at NDC regional office

Five persons have been arrested and processed for court following a near-fatal attack at the Bono East NDC regional office. The suspects are Kojo Agyei...

Kpassa police arrest two mobile phone thieves

Police officers at Nkwanta-Kpassa in the Oti Region have arrested two suspected mobile phone thieves. The suspects, Kwasi 22 and Karifa 24 from Togo, were...

Unknown assailants shoot man dead at Nkonya

Unknown assailants have shot dead one Daniel Brempong at Nkonya Ntsumuru in the Oti Region. The incident, according to the police, occurred on Monday,...

Two car snatchers jailed 20 years each

A footballer, Mohammed Razak and an auto-mechanic, Isaac Odoom, who snatched a Toyota Belta saloon car from an online driver at Klagon near Tema,...

Woman allegedly shot dead over burial rituals

The Koforidua District Court presided over by Her Worship Nana Ama Dabbah Fynn Esquire has remanded Felix Teye, a farmer into prison custody for...

Mentally challenged woman on rampage; kills one at Circle [Video]

https://youtu.be/lK1NH4sM5Cc A woman suspected to be mentally challenged has reportedly smashed the skull of a young man believed to be in his 20s at...

Buried body of 62-year-old security man exhumed in Wa

The Upper West Regional Police Command has commenced investigations into the alleged murder of a private security man, Mumuni Jartoe at Kpaguri, a suburb...

Suspect allegedly commits suicide in police custody

A 48-year-old native of Kyeremasu, Solomon Kyere, has been found dead in his cell at the town’s police station. The late Solomon Kyere was held...

CCTV captures thief in broad daylight operation

An elderly man has been exposed on CCTV using unusual means to steal from a phone shop. The man successfully got away with two phones,...

Suspected ritualist slits throat of tricycle rider

A suspected ritualist has slit the throat of a tricycle rider aka yellow yellow believed to be in his early 20s at Gumo in...

GIS intercepts 2,497 slabs of suspected Indian hemp

Officers at the Nyive Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Volta Region have intercepted 2,497 slabs of substances suspected to...

Two arrested over ‘murder’ of Canada-based Ghanaian on vacation

The Police have arrested Safina Mohammed Adizatu, a student and Michael Fiifi Ampofo Arku, a Technical Officer for their alleged involvement in the murder...

Man jailed for bathing lover with acid over divorce

The Bibiani Circuit Court, presided over by his Honor Joshua Caleb Abaido, has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Francis Ennin to 10 years imprisonment. He was...

John Kumah disowns fake soldier who claims to be his brother [Video]

Ejisu Member of Parliament (MP), John Kumah, says he does not have any relation to a fake soldier arrested over a Ghana Armed Forces...

Scrap dealer jailed 20 years for cutting stolen truck into spare parts

The Kibi Circuit court in the Eastern Region, presided over by Peter Oppong-Boahene, has jailed a 41-year-old spare parts dealer, Hassan Ziblim, to...

Four jailed 76 years for robbing mobile money vendor at gunpoint

Three ex-convicts and another have been sentenced to 19 years imprisonment each for robbing two mobile money vendors at gunpoint at Ablekuma in the...

Trial of Collins Dauda, others to begin in October

The trial Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing who doubles as NDC MP for Asutifi South in the...

I’m scared – Akufo-Addo’s appointee ‘cries’ after thieves broke into his home

The Kwadaso Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Richmond Agyenim Boateng, says he is living in fear after unidentified thieves broke into his home. The unfortunate incident...

Man allegedly inflicts cutlass wounds on girlfriend for denying him sex

A man has allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on his partner at Bepong in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region. The 40-year-old suspect, reportedly,...

Sehwi Proso chief linguist shot dead in forest

A chief linguist of Sehwi Proso traditional area in the Juaboso District has allegedly been shot dead in a forest by unidentified persons. It...

Court remands police officer, KNUST student accused of rape

The Asokore Mampong District court has remanded a police officer, Lance Corporal Frank Adu Poku and a final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah...

Newly married banker shot dead as robbers attack bullion van

Friends and family are mourning one Igwe O Igwe, a banker who was shot dead by armed robbers during a bullion van robbery. The deceased...

GES shuts school after gang forced teacher to kneel and beg for punishing students

The Akyem Anyinasin Methodist Junior High School (JHS) in the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern region has been closed down by the Ghana...

Sex worker arrested for slashing colleague’s private part with blade during fight over client

A feud between two commercial sex workers in Kumasi turned bloody after the assailant who has been identified as the godmother of all the prostitutes...

One shot dead; 4 injured as youth groups clash at Ofoase Ayirebi

One person has been confirmed dead with four persons sustaining gunshot wounds following deadly clashes between Ofoase Zongo youth and Brenase youth. The Akyemansa...

Galamsey: 10 Chinese, Ghanaian accomplices arrested at Kwahu enclave [Video]

https://youtu.be/xCN7Ao5Whec?t=74 The Counter Intelligent Unit (CIU) at the Office Of The President Annex has arrested 10 Chinese nationals for engaging in illegal mining (galamsey) in...

Let’s end the stigma against ex-convicts – Akufo-Addo tells Ghanaians

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the public to embrace and ensure former convicts are re-integrated in society without any discrimination. In a keynote...

Burkinabe arrested in Gbele Forest Reserve

The police in the Sissala West district have arrested a Burkinabe national in the Gbele Park Reserve near Desime over suspicion that he is...