Crime

Two killed, one in critical condition in violent clashes at Mpasaaso

Two people have been confirmed dead, with another in critical condition, following violent clashes at Mpasaaso Number 2 in the Ahafo Ano Southwest District...

Newborn baby found dead near Okrudu River in Kasoa

Residents of Kasoa New Market in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region are in shock after the body of a three-day-old...

Over 300 arrested in ongoing police–military operation in Ahafo Region

Security personnel have arrested over 300 individuals in a large-scale joint operation currently underway across parts of the Ahafo Region. The coordinated exercise, which covers...

Father and son convicted to a fine for stealing and assault 

The Asokore-Mampong district court in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality in Ashanti Region, has fined a father and his son GH¢2,400.00 each for stealing a fowl,...

Woman suspected of lacing local drinks with cannabis appears in court 

A 45-year-old businesswoman has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly producing and selling locally made drinks suspected to be laced with cannabis...

Galamsey Kingpin arrested in Bonsu after attempt to bribe investigators

A well-known illegal mining operator, Iddrisu Zakari, widely called “Yaayaa,” has been arrested in a sting operation at Bonsu after he allegedly tried to...

25 arrested for illegal gold trade in Accra

The Ghana Gold Board (GGB) has confirmed the arrest of 25 individuals suspected of engaging in illegal gold trading and smuggling within the country. According...

Former GIIF Board member testifies Sky Train project never approved

A former Board Member of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), Yaw Odame-Darkwa, has told the High Court in Accra that the controversial Sky...

FIC boss raises concern over use of Mobile Money for illegal transactions

Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), Kwadwo Twum-Boafo, has expressed concern over the increasing use of mobile money platforms for unlawful...

NAIMOS arrests galamsey kingpin in Eastern Region amidst attempted GH¢100,000 bribe

A joint team from the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has raided an illegal mining site at Bisasi in the Ayensuano District of...

MP demands justice after gunmen kill 5 in Binduri attack

The tragic shooting that claimed the lives of five people, including women and children, in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region, has...

Police place GH₵1 million bounty on suspect linked to multiple murders in Binduri

The Ghana Police Service has initiated a nationwide manhunt for Mark Agingre, a native of Binduri, who is suspected of carrying out a series...

Former NDA CEO, Deputies, and contractor face trial over alleged procurement manipulation

The Criminal High Court in Tamale has concluded the cross-examination of all four accused in the ongoing trial over alleged procurement irregularities at the...

Court remands 55 illegal immigrants arrested at Kuntunse 

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded 55 illegal immigrants into prison custody following their arrest at Kuntunse near Amasaman. The accused, part of a larger...

Husband who burnt wife, 6 children at Denkyira Akyempim suspected her of infidelity

An abusive marriage ended on a painful note last Saturday as the mother, her five children, and a grandchild were burnt to death in...

AMA arrests 12 traders in Agbogbloshie sanitation crackdown

A new round of arrests has been made at the Agbogbloshie Yam Market as members of the Clean Ghana Campaign Task Force intensified enforcement...

OSP seizes over GH¢100m in assets linked to NPA corruption case

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has confirmed the seizure and freezing of assets worth over GH¢100 million and US$100,000 in connection with...

Police investigations confirm Afenyo-Markin assaulted police officer during May 2025 protest

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has referred a case involving the Minority Leader in Parliament, Hon. Alexander Afenyo-Markin, to...

Court to hear Mustapha Hamid’s application for passport release on November 13

The Criminal High Court is set to hear an application on Wednesday, November 13, filed by the first accused, Dr. Mustapha Hamid, seeking the...

Court adjourns Charles Bissue corruption case to November 19

The Criminal High Court has adjourned the case of The Republic v. Charles Bissue & Others (CR/0559/2025) to November 19, 2025, following arguments on...

Man arrested for receiving suspected narcotics concealed in cassava sacks 

The Ashaiman District Police Command has arrested Francis Alidu for allegedly receiving 18 compressed slabs of suspected Indian hemp concealed in sacks of cassava.  Alidu is expected to...

Ronor Motors at center of GHS 8.9 million procurement scandal, CHRAJ rules

Ronor Motors Limited has been named at the heart of a major procurement scandal that cost the state nearly GHS 9 million, following findings...

CHRAJ suspends former GRA Commissioner-General from public service

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has barred former Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner-General, Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, from holding any public...

Ghana Airports Company urges travellers to report extortion at airports

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has launched a public awareness campaign encouraging travellers and airport users to help combat extortion by reporting any...

CHRAJ finds former GRA boss liable for procurement breaches costing Ghana nearly 9 million cedis

The former Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Reverend Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, has been found culpable of procurement breaches and administrative lapses that...

11 suspects to face prosecution for 2020 and 2024 election violence

Eleven new criminal case dockets on incidents of violence and deaths recorded during the 2020 and 2024 elections have been prepared by the Ministry...

One arrested in connection with murder of timber guards at Nsuhia

The Bono Regional Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of two ADRAS Timber Concession guards and the burning of...

OSP responds to Mustapha Hamid’s ‘useless case’ comment, details charges against him

Following a viral video in which the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, described his ongoing criminal...

“My case is useless” — Mustapha Hamid downplays OSP prosecution

Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has downplayed the seriousness of his ongoing criminal case at the...

Cases Against Wontumi adjourned to November 12 and December 4

The two ongoing cases involving Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, have been...

GRA boss, senior officials ordered to appear before OSP in SML probe

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has directed the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Anthony Sarpong, and two senior officials to...

Scrap dealer jailed 3 months for stealing metals at Bomso

A 30-year-old scrap dealer, Yakubu Zakari, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment by the Kwadaso Circuit Court for stealing metals at Bomso in...

OSP arrests GRA Legal Head Freeman Sarbah over SML scandal

In a major escalation of the investigation into the controversial revenue assurance contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited...

Galamsey: IGP directs CID to takeover probe into attack on NAIMOS at Hwidiem

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has directed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters to take over investigations into the violent attack...

Asutifi North MP has no hand in attack on NAIMOS taskforce – Hwidiem Zongo Chief

The Zongo Chief of Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region, Alhaji Mohammed Bashiru, has come to the defence of the Member of Parliament for Asutifi...

Hwidiem Zongo Chief recounts dramatic rescue during attack on NAIMOS taskforce

The Zongo Chief of Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region, Mohammed Bashiru, has given a first-hand account of how his vehicle was vandalised during a...

NAIMOS taskforce escapes mob attack at Hwidiem

Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region was thrown into chaos on Saturday, November 1, 2025, when an angry mob attacked members of the National Anti-Illegal...

SML replies OSP, insists on facts and transparency in revenue debate

Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) has responded to recent public commentary following the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) October 30 briefing, reaffirming its...

DVLA CEO appears before OSP over alleged GH¢4m bribe

The Chief Executive Officer of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye Kotey, has appeared before the Office of the Special Prosecutor...

Two arrested for murder and robbery at Aduman

The Ashanti North Regional Police Command has arrested two individuals in connection with a violent robbery and murder that occurred at Aduman in the...