Crime

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...

OSP disagrees with portions of KPMG audit on SML-GRA contracts

The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has disclosed that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) does not fully agree with certain conclusions in the...

OSP says SML lacked capacity, payments to company were misuse of public funds

The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has revealed that Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) lacked the tools and technical expertise to deliver the audit and...

OSP: SML contract unnecessary, unlawfully approved, and costly to the state

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has concluded that the contract awarded to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) was unnecessary, unlawfully approved, and...

SCHOLSEC, NIB arrest suspected fraudster behind fake scholarship scheme

The Scholarship Secretariat (SCHOLSEC), in collaboration with the National Investigations Bureau (NIB), has arrested a man, Emmanuel Ofori, for allegedly defrauding Ghanaians through a...

Three policemen, 4 civilians injured after armed youth attack Nsuaem station over suspect’s arrest

The Western Central Regional Police Command has confirmed that calm has returned to Nsuaem in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality following a violent attack on the...

CCTV footage captures man brutally assaulting pharmacist and customer [Watch]

A man has been caught on CCTV physically assaulting a pharmacist and a female customer at a pharmacy in Accra. The incident reportedly occurred around...

Police officers caught in alleged bribery video interdicted

The Bono Regional Police Command has interdicted several officers following the circulation of a video on social media allegedly showing them receiving money from...

Former Deputy NSA boss was simultaneously enrolled as National Service personnel

Auditor-General’s Forensic Audit Finds Deputy NSA Boss, Gifty Oware-Mensah, Improperly Enrolled as National Service Personnel A technical and forensic audit by the Auditor-General has revealed...

Supreme Court throws out Adu-Boahene’s motion to remove judge from $7 million cyber-defence software case

The Supreme Court has dismissed a motion seeking to bar Justice John Eugene Nyante Nyadu from presiding over the trial of former Director-General of...

OSP searches Nana Yaw Duodu’s properties in MIIF gold trade investigation, seizes vehicles, jewellery, and documents

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has carried out searches at the Trassaco residence of businessman Nana Yaw Duodu, popularly known as Dr....

Court adjourns Abronye’s offensive conduct case to November 26

The Accra Circuit Court has adjourned the case involving Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye, to November 26, 2025. The adjournment followed his appearance in...

NIB arrests six at Scholarship Secretariat amidst ongoing audit

Six officials of the Scholarship Secretariat have reportedly been arrested by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) as part of an ongoing audit into the...

Three, including children killed; others injured in Binduri shooting

Unidentified gunmen on Sunday, October 26, attacked a family residence in Binduri in the Upper East Region, killing three people and injuring two others. Among...

Two labourers jailed three years for stealing floor tiles

Two labourers have been sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour by an Adentan Circuit Court for stealing floor tiles valued at GH₵4,000...

Five arrested, 57 Nigerians rescued in human trafficking raid at Community 25

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested five suspects and rescued 57 Nigerian nationals from a human trafficking and...

NAIMOS arrests 10 armed Chinese illegal miners at Abusa [Photos]

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has arrested ten heavily armed Chinese nationals suspected of engaging in illegal mining, locally known as galamsey,...

East Legon nannies in court over sleep-inducing drugs given to toddlers

Two nannies accused of administering sleep-inducing drugs to their employer’s twin toddlers have appeared before the District Court in Accra. Francisca Boakye, 30, unemployed, and...

J.A. Plant Pool was overpaid $2m for DRIP contract – Attorney-General

Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dominic Ayine, has disclosed that the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration overpaid J.A. Plant Pool, the firm...

A-G freezes assets of former Buffer Stock CEO and wife

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has revealed that the assets of the former Chief Executive Officer of the National...

EOCO places GH¢100,000 bounty on ex-Bank Manager over GH¢30m theft

A manhunt is underway for a former bank manager, with authorities offering a GH¢100,000 cash reward for information leading to his arrest over the...

A-G affirms collaboration with OSP on corruption probes

The Attorney‑General, Dominic Ayine has affirmed that his office is actively collaborating with the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) on key corruption investigations,...

I’m not under pressure to cut deals in corruption cases – Attorney-General

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has clarified that he is under no pressure to enter into plea deals in connection...

NSA ghost names scandal balloons to GH¢2.2bn

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has disclosed that a forensic audit conducted by the Auditor-General has uncovered a staggering GH¢2.2...

Former Buffer Stock CEO implicated in major corruption scandal – Attorney General

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has revealed that the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer...

Garu DCE assures of calm after deadly shooting, but urges vigilance among residents

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Garu, John Abaare, has assured that calm has been restored to the area following Monday’s deadly shooting incident...

2025 NSMQ: Kumasi Academy crushes St. Louis and Bunkpurugu SHTS to qualify for one-eighth stage

After crashing out at the one-eighth stage to Keta SHTS in 2024, Kumasi Academy returned to this year’s NSMQ preliminaries with vengeance on their...

Police investigate ‘unnatural’ death of Senegalese goalkeeper in Kumasi

Police in the Ashanti region are investigating circumstances leading to the death of a 20-year-old Senegalese national in Kumasi. The remains of Cheith Toure, a...

Self-styled prophetess jailed 5 years for stealing  

A 45-year-old self-styled prophetess has been sentenced to five years in prison by the Asante Akropong Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District...

No document suggests OSP is dragging its feet on Ofori-Atta’s extradition – Senanu

Anti-corruption campaigner Edem Sananu has dismissed recent media reports alleging that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is delaying or refusing to cooperate...

OSP amends charges against Mustapha Hamid, others after fresh evidence emerges

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has amended its charges against the former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha...

Mason, 50, killed; body parts missing

A gruesome suspected ritual murder has shattered the calm of Domeabra Old Town in the Ga South Municipality, leaving residents terrified and calling for...

Adu-Boahene trial: Mildred Donkor played no role in alleged theft – Lawyer

Counsel for the discharged third accused person in the ongoing criminal case involving former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu Boahene,...

Doctor arrested for allegedly killing wife months after wedding

The family of 28-year-old dermatologist Dr Kritika Reddy, allegedly murdered by her husband Dr Mahendra Reddy, through precisely administered IV injections which induced an anaesthesia...

NSA scandal: Assibey Antwi, Gifty Oware to appear in court today

Former Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Osei Assibey Antwi, and his deputy, Gifty Oware, are scheduled to appear in court today,...

Ahmed Suale murder: Court discharges Daniel Koranteng following A-G’s advice

In a significant development in the protracted investigation into the 2019 murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the Madina District Court has formally discharged...

Fisherman remanded over theft of GH¢50,800 and two mobile phones

The Dansoman Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a fisherman for allegedly stealing GH¢50,800 and two mobile phones from a businessman’s vehicle in...

Court convicts former police officer for false pretense

The Ashaiman District Court has convicted 54-year-old Kofi Boakye Frimpong, a former public officer, for falsely pretending to be a police officer in active...