Crime

High Court approves OSP protected witness in Bissue corruption case

The Criminal Division of the High Court has approved the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) request for its first prosecution witness to testify...

Interior Ministry orders full probe into alleged assassination attempts on Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng

The Ministry of the Interior has ordered a full-scale investigation following claims that the Special Prosecutor, Mr. Kissi Agyebeng, survived two assassination attempts while...

OSP turning PPA CEO probe into a “foolish case” – Manasseh Azure

Freelance investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has described the handling of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) CEO scandal by the Office of the Special...

Ex-Buffer Stock CEO fights EOCO over ‘unlawful’ asset freeze in Court

Former Chief Executive of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Abdul-Wahab Hanan, has asked the High Court to review and overturn a...

Police rescue kidnapping victim in Yendi, arrest three suspects

Police in the Northern Region have rescued a kidnapping victim and arrested three suspects following a targeted intelligence-led operation in Wapuli, in the Yendi...

Teacher, 33, in court over sexual act with 16-year-old boy

A 33-year-old Zimbabwean teacher, identified as Zvikomborero Maria Makedenge, has been arrested and arraigned before the court on charges of allegedly sexually assaulting a...

Notorious Ashaiman robber arrested in joint police operation

A joint intelligence-led police operation has led to the arrest of a notorious 25-year-old armed robbery suspect, Seth Tetteh, popularly known as ‘Wonder.’ Tetteh, believed...

NaCCA is developing a mobile App to give parents real-time access to students’ performance – NaCCA Boss

The Director-General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Prof Samuel Ofori, has announced that the Council is developing a dedicated mobile...

Suspected criminal killed in gunfire exchange with police in Tamale

A suspected criminal has been killed in a said gun fire exchange with the police in Tamale in the Northern Region. The police team reportedly...

Court issues bench warrant for arrest of alleged sheep thief

The Amasaman Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a herdsman accused of stealing five sheep, valued at GH¢15,000. The suspect,...

Operator in court over theft of truck head 

A 38-year-old man has been granted a GH¢75,000.00 bail with two sureties by an Accra Circuit Court over the theft of a Man Diesel truckhead, valued at GH¢150,000.00, belonging to...

Wontumi, Akonta Mining move for court release of key prosecution documents

Lawyers representing the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, and Akonta Mining have indicated...

Five suspects detained in connection with killing of civilian worker at Burma Camp

Five individuals have been taken into custody by the Eastern Regional Police Command in connection with the suspected murder of civilian staff member Kwadwo...

Man captured in viral video forcing child to smoke arrested

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a man captured in a viral video forcing a young child to smoke what appears to be a...

Agradaa’s appeal case adjourned to December 4

The Amasaman High Court Two has adjourned to December 4 the appeal application of Patricia Asiedua, popularly known as Nana Agradaa. At the previous sitting,...

Arraignment of Ken Ofori-Atta, seven others in SML case postponed

The much-anticipated arraignment of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and seven others in the Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) scandal has been postponed after the...

OSP confirms Cecilia Dapaah case now with EOCO

The Director of Strategy, Research, and Communication at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Sammy Darko, has clarified that the corruption-related case involving...

SML Scandal: OSP arraigns Ofori-Atta, ex-GRA chiefs and others today

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is set to arraign eight individuals, including former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, on Monday, November 24, 2025,...

Man jailed 15 years for defiling 13-year-old girl

The Amasaman Circuit Court has sentenced a man to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 13-year-old girl.  The 35-year-old man, Daniel Darkwa,...

Court grants GH¢50,000 bail to blogger in false publication case against Former NCA chair

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to blogger Samuel Amadotor of Dklassgh.net in the sum of GH¢50,000 with two sureties, following charges that he...

Police refute viral video alleging robbery on Berekum–Drobo road

The Bono Regional Police Command has denied claims in a viral video alleging a robbery on the Berekum–Drobo Road on November 18, stating that...

Barker-Vormawor allegedly robbed near Achimota Overhead

Democracy Hub convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor says he was robbed near the Achimota Overhead on Wednesday, November 20, losing several personal belongings in the process. In...

Couple arrested for beating teenage daughter to death after eating brother’s food

A couple at Kokrobite in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region has been arrested for allegedly beating their 13-year-old daughter to...

Court of Appeal frees Assemblyman in Major Mahama murder case

A former Assembly Member at Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region, William Baah, who was sentenced to life imprisonment on the charge of abetting...

He lured me to have sex with him, but I refused – Woman brutally assaulted at Ofankor

A 32-year-old woman, Harriet Azumah, has recounted a harrowing ordeal in which her estranged husband allegedly assaulted her after she refused his demand for...

Man who assaulted wife in viral video at Ofankor remanded as police search for victim

A man seen in a widely circulated video violently assaulting a woman, believed to be his wife, has been remanded into police custody, along...

Kpebu demands sacking of Special Prosecutor and two OSP officials over SML–GRA scandal

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu is demanding the immediate dismissal of Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng and two senior officials of the Office of the...

Gbentiri police abandon post as community demands justice over alleged shooting

The police station at Gbentiri in the North East Region has remained closed following sustained pressure from angry youth demanding justice for a young...

Gov’t announces gun amnesty as robbery, murder cases rise nationwide

Ghana has recorded 628 robbery cases and 340 murders nationwide as of July 2025, prompting the government to introduce new measures aimed at curbing...

Gender Ministry condemns assault on woman at Ofankor, assures thorough probe

The Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection has condemned a viral video showing a man, believed to be a landlord, physically assaulting his...

Teacher on bail over recruitment scam 

A teacher, Samuel Ofosu Amartey, has been granted a GHC100,000.00 bail with two sureties by the Amasaman Circuit Court in Accra for an alleged recruitment scam.  The Court, presided over by Akosua Anokyewaa Adjepong,...

Suspect who stabbed firefighter in Adjiriganor arrested

The Ghana National Fire Service has announced the arrest of 21-year-old Azumah Sampson, the man suspected of stabbing a firefighter during an operation at...

Man captured assaulting wife in viral video at Ofankor arrested

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a man captured in a viral Facebook video assaulting a woman believed to be his wife at their...

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...