Crime

3 children arrested in Takoradi for stealing GH₵35k from supermarket

Three children aged 4, 10, and 16 have been grabbed after CCTV footage captured them stealing GH₵35,000 from a popular supermarket in Takoradi.Report indicates...

Judge orders retrial in JB Danquah murder case after split Jury verdict

The murder trial of Daniel Asiedu, accused of killing former Abuakwa North MP JB Danquah, is set for a retrial following a hung jury...

Bawku: One more person killed, death toll hits 33

Another person has been killed in Bawku following a shootout in the Mazema enclave late Tuesday night.The deceased, identified as Atengani, was reportedly killed...

Court adjourns case of man who damaged ‘Big Six’ monument over medical report 

The Kwabenya Circuit Court has adjourned the case of Nowell Gavu, the man accused of destroying six effigies at the Airport Roundabout, to December...

NDC Sowutuom Organiser jailed 4 years for threatening to kill citizens during elections

A Branch Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Sowutuom in the Greater Accra region who threatened to kill citizens during the December...

Ex-Black Stars player Samuel Inkoom faces court over alleged visa fraud

Samuel Inkoom, a former Black Stars player, has been charged with defrauding by false pretences in an Accra Circuit Court.The 34-year-old is accused of...

Man found dead in bush with throat slit at Gomoa Ojobi

A young man, believed to be in his late 20s, has been found dead in a bush with his head nearly chopped off at...

Ghana police intercept truck loaded with marijuana en route to Nigeria

The Volta North Regional Police Command has successfully intercepted a significant shipment of cannabis or marijuana, commonly known as "wee," which was en route...

Court remands two drivers over excavator theft

The Amasaman Circuit Court has remanded two drivers, Ali Zakary and Dabare Toffic, for allegedly stealing an excavator valued at $108,000 from a businessman.Zakary...

Man handed life imprisonment after stabbing elder brother to death

Daniel Obirikwa Adjin, who stabbed his elder brother to death in 2017 at Mamprobi in Accra, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the...

Two arrested over human skull, sentenced to 13 years

A grave digger found in possession of a human skull without court authorization has been sentenced to eight years in prison by the Dansoman...

Trader in GH¢402,000 recruitment scam jailed five years

A trader, accused of collecting GH¢402,000 from 97 unsuspecting individuals under the pretext of securing them jobs in the security services, has been jailed...

Armed robbers strike at Dormabin Filling Station, leave one dead

Tragedy struck at a filling station in Dormabin in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region, when armed robbers opened fire, killing one...

Wontumi FM’s Oheneba Asiedu granted bail

Kumasi-based radio and television presenter Oheneba Nana Asiedu has been granted bail by the Ghana Police Service following his arrest on Saturday, November 23,...

Driver jailed for murder of 35-year-old sprayer over RAV 4 vehicle

The High Court in Accra has sentenced one Otis Kwadwo Antwi, a driver, to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of the murder...

Defilement: 19-year-old farmer jailed 10 years with hard labour

A 19-year-old farmer, Alex Aziabu, has been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 15-year-old girl.Aziabu pleaded guilty to the...

Banker sued for alleged embezzlement of GH¢75k

IKSON PROPERTIES Agency Limited, based in Tema, has filed a suit against Mercy Agyei, a banker with the Adum branch of Absa Bank Ghana...

Court remands unemployed man over theft of ECG property

The Weija Circuit Court has remanded a 24-year-old unemployed man into prison custody for stealing and causing unlawful damage to fuses fixed in electricity...

Customs seizes cache of weapons smuggled from the US at Tema Port

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted a cache of weapons and ammunition at the Golden Jubilee Terminal at Tema...

Man arrested for stabbing friend to death with scissors at Bepoh

A 23-year-old man, Appiah Kwasi, has allegedly been stabbed to death with scissors at Bepoh near Appiatse in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of...

EOCO declares six individuals wanted for financial crimes

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has issued a public alert for six individuals wanted for their involvement in serious financial crimes, including...

Robbers attack cocoa depot at Fomena; bolt with over GH₵1 million

Suspected armed robbers have attacked a cocoa depot at Fomena in the Ashanti Region, making off with over GH₵1 million, MyNewsGh.com reports.The bandits also...

Pastor Love granted GH₵2m bail; appeals against 48-month jail term

The High Court in Accra has granted bail to convicted Pastor Hammond Love in the sum of GH₵2 million as he seeks to appeal...

Suspects who allegedly kidnapped Abetifihene denied bail

The Mpraeso Circuit Court denied a bail application for 28 people remanded in connection with the alleged kidnap of the Abetifihene, Kwahu Adontenhene Akyemfour...

28-year-old unemployed man jailed for stealing and attempted robbery

A 28-year-old unemployed man, Emmanuel Takyi, who was arraigned before the Tarkwa Circuit Court for stealing and preparing to rob his former employer, has...

Police probe violent Abetifi clashes

The police have begun investigations into a clash at Abetifi in the Eastern region that left six people injured on Thursday.The clash ensued after...

Baltasar Engonga: Equatorial Guinea official in sex scandal dismissed; successor named

Equatorial Guinea’s President, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has officially removed Baltasar Ebang Engonga from his role as Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency...

3 teenage girls arrested for alleged murder of 16-year-old BECE graduate

Three teenage girls are currently in police custody for their alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Dennis Owusu Ansah, a recent Basic...

Police pursue 2 tiktokers over claims on location of Salifu Amoako’s son

The Ghana Police Service has debunked viral social media claims, suggesting that Elrad Salifu Amoako, the 16-year-old suspect driver in the fatal East Legon...

Woman stabs husband to death over alleged infidelity

A 29-year-old woman, Bernice Asantewaa, has reportedly killed her husband, Kofi Antwi, aged 35, at Abuakwa-Abakomadi in the Ashanti Region.Bernice is said to have...

Barber convicted for conspiracy and robbery

A 26-year-old barber, Richard Amoako, has been sentenced to 20-years imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa circuit court.The barber conspired with a 30-year-old...

Man who fell to his death from Lower Volta Bridge identified

A man who was reported to have fallen into the Lower Volta at Sokpoe in the Volta Region on Monday, leading to his death,...

Four Lands Commission officers face 77 charges in fraud case

Four officers of the Lands Commission, charged with 77 criminal offences, are now facing trial at the Financial and Economic Division of the High...

Okada rider nabbed with human head at Awoshie

A motorbike rider has been apprehended at Awoshie in Accra with a human head.The rider was stopped by a policeman during a routine security...

Two persons reportedly killed, others injured in gun battle

Two people have been killed, and several others injured in renewed violence in Bawku following a chieftaincy-related gun battle.The longstanding chieftaincy conflict, which had...

Armed men block Bolgatanga-Tamale highway, attack passengers

A group of armed men blocked the Bolgatanga-Tamale highway near Gbimsi in the North East Region, setting a vehicle on fire and attacking passengers.The...

Man jailed for defrauding woman in fake money-doubling scheme

A 28-year-old man, Alhassan Sayibu, has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding a woman of GH₵5,000 and for sexual assault in...

Man, 72, murdered while returning from farm; family demands justice

The family of a 72-year-old who was murdered last Saturday by unknown assailants while returning from farm is demanding a thorough investigation from the...

Okada rider found dead after being hired in Ashanti region 

An okada rider has allegedly been murdered at Tepa Asuhyea in the Ahafo Ano North municipality of the Ashanti region.The deceased has been identified as 24-year-old Antwi...

Mother allegedly sells 2-week-old baby for GH₵300 at Sekondi

A 35-year-old mother, Mena Efua, is alleged to have sold her two-week-old baby for GH₵300 at Nkotompo, in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western...