Crime

Police retrieve body of woman with slit throat at Assin Fosu

The remains of a teenager suspected to have been murdered and dumped on the Assin Fosu - Yamoransa highway was Monday retrieved by the...

Man allegedly butchers pregnant woman and kid

A man has allegedly butchered a pregnant woman, slit open her belly and slashed her foetus at Atobora, near Tepa, in the Ashanti Region. The...

Man allegedly poisons two children to death; attempts suicide

A father has allegedly poisoned his two children to death at Shamaa in the Western Region. Reports indicate the incident happened on Sunday, after the...

Ato Essien heads to the Supreme Court

The embattled founder and Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, has taken his fight to the Supreme Court seeking to...

Spiritualist causes arrest of boy, 13, in attempted money rituals

A 13-year-old boy is currently in the grips of the Police at Akyem – Bunso in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region...

Alleged coup trial truncated after accused person was rushed to hospital

The Hearing of the case in which some 10 persons are standing trial for their alleged involvement in an attempted coup was truncated after...

Father who attempted to use daughter for rituals faces off with journalists in court

There was drama at the District Court in Accra (Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit) hearing the case involving a 47-year-old businessman, who allegedly...

Phone repairer jailed for posting lady’s nude pictures on social media

A 22-year-old phone repairer has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for sharing intimate pictures of a Lebanese woman on social media. Appearing before an...

20 Togolese nationals arrested for unlawful assembly at Hohoe

The Hohoe Divisional Police Command has arrested 20 Togolese nationals for assembling for an unlawful purpose. The 20 persons arrested are all men aged...

Young lady found dead at Abura Dunkwa with body parts missing

A woman, believed to be in her 20s, has been found dead at Nkramofukrom near Abura Dunkwa in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of...

Husband arrested over murder of wife dies in custody

A man suspected of murdering his wife at Ada has died in police custody. The middle-aged man by the name of David Ayornu, who...

Kasoa teen murder case: Judge sheds tears while reading brief

A High Court Judge, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, on Thursday, shed tears when she read out the chilling accounts of how two teenagers allegedly...

One arrested as police hunt for two others over murder of 85-year-old man

The Police on June 16, 2022, arrested John Adonu, a welder, for his suspected involvement in the murder of an 85-year-old man, Joseph Tawiah...

Islamic SHS protest: I was assaulted and denied access to hospital – Teacher recounts

A 40-year-old teacher has been recounting how he was allegedly battered by crowd-control Police during the protest by students of Islamic High School in Kumasi...

Armed thugs who shot 5 including chief at Assin Praso arrested

Eight armed robbers who attacked and shot five people including the Chief at Adanse Praso in the Assin North District have been arrested by...

Kasoa ritual murder: Judge sheds tears in court

A High Court Judge, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, Thursday, shed tears when she read out the chilling accounts of how two teenagers allegedly killed...

Interesting details emerge about J.B. Danquah’s murder case

Police Chief Inspector Daniel Nkrumah, an Investigator, says the fingerprints, taken from the residence of the murdered J.B. Danquah-Adu, Abuakwa North Member of Parliament,...

Gunmen kill driver, assault others, rob businessman of money

A gang of suspected armed robbers have invaded the house of Mr Atsu Makafui Kumordzi, a lotto operator, and shot to death a 51-year-old...

Capital Bank trial: High Court dismisses Ato Essien’s Stay of Proceedings

The High Court in Accra hearing the case in which William Ato Essien and two others are standing trial for their roles leading to...

60-year-old groundnut farmer arrested for allegedly murdering wife

Mr. Robert Ayambile, a 60-year-old groundnut farmer, is in the grips of the Bono East Regional Police Command for allegedly murdering his 55-year-old wife,...

NSS staff arrested for issuing fake GES posting letters remanded

A Tamale Circuit Court has remanded a National Service person who was arrested for allegedly issuing fake Ghana Education Service (GES) appointments and posting...

Man found dead with head missing at Kpetoe

Police in the Agortime Ziope District of the Volta Region is on a manhunt for a man believed to have murdered an old man...

Illegal miner stabs friend to death

Fisticuffs between two illegal miners at an Indian hemp (wee) base at Akyem Achiase to prove who is stronger has resulted in the death...

Court orders fraudster to sweep church for 6 months

A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted and sentenced one Chibuike Omemgboji to six months of community service. He was convicted on...

Popular actor arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl

Nigerian actor Moses Armstrong has been caged by the police for alleged sexual assault of a minor. He was arrested on Thursday, June 16 by...

Interesting twist to coup plot trial as Defence Minister, Adam Bonaa pops up

It has emerged in court that contrary to claims that Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr Benjamin Agordzo discussed Arab Spring with Dr Frederick...

Assembly taskforce beats mason to pulp

Members of the Afigya Kwabere South Assembly taskforce in the Ashanti Region have beaten to pulp a mason identified as John Okyere. The victim...

Kasoa ritual murder: Court makes u-turn, trial to be conducted by jury

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court has made a u-turn and restored the ‘Kasoa boys’ murder case back to a jury trial.The...

Three soldiers, accomplice arrested

The Police on June 4, 2022 arrested three Military personnel and one other accomplice in connection with a robbery incident at Nsakina near Amasaman...

Armed robbers attack lotto agent, kills staff

Suspected armed robbers have raided the residence of Atsu Makafui Kumordzi, a popular lotto agent at Akatsi in the Volta Region. The gang of robbers...

2 police officers promoted for arresting colleague for drug possession

The Ghana Police Service has promoted two of its personnel for effecting the arrest of a fellow policeman carrying substances suspected to be Indian...

2 including 54-year-old man arrested for robbery; another on the run

The Sawla District Police Command has arrested two Fulani herdsmen for robbery at Naffa Gido, a farming community in the Sawla district of the...

Two police officers promoted for arresting one of their own for possessing ‘wee’

The police administration has promoted two of its officers for effecting the arrest of another officer suspected to be carrying 84 parcels of compressed...

Policeman under police guard after being involved in accident

A Police Sergeant, identified as Lotsu Agbeko, aged 36, working with the Form Police Unit (FPU) at Tesano has being involved in an accident....

Oppong Nkrumah visits 15-year-old girl molested at Ofoase

Ofoase Ayirebi Member of Parliament (MP), Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has paid a visit to a 15-year-old girl who was molested at Akyem-Ofoase in the...

Sex worker beaten to death by customer for keeping Quran under pillow

The Lagos State Police Command has charged three suspects to court for allegedly beating a sex worker, Hannah Saliu, to death and setting her corpse ablaze...

Chief shot by unknown assailants at Gyengyen

The Chief of Gyengyen, a community in the Krachi West Municipality of the Volta Region, has been shot by unknown assailants at his residence. It...

Constituents chase MP over GHC800K job scam

A growing number of fraud victims in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Constituency who were duped in a GHC800, 000 job scam are chasing after the...

Murder suspect dies in police custody in Ada

A 31-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly killing his wife at Lufenya, a suburb of Ada in the Greater Accra Region is reported...

Two soldiers arrested for allegedly raping nursing student

Two military officers from the 155 Armoured Regiment based at Damongo are currently in police custody for allegedly raping a past student of the...