Crime

Court dismisses bid to strike out charges in NPA–UPPF corruption case

The High Court has dismissed an application filed by accused persons in the ongoing NPA–UPPF corruption case seeking to strike out the charges against...

REGSEC closes Okuapeman, Mount Sinai SHSs after violent reprisal attacks

The Eastern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has directed the closure of Okuapeman Senior High School (OKUASS) and Mount Sinai Senior High School in the...

‘Protect us or we’ll protect ourselves’ – A-Plus warns government over deadly Gomoa clashes

Gomoa Central Member of Parliament Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, has warned that residents of Gomoa could take collective action if the...

Six injured in violent clash between Okuapeman, Mount Sinai SHS students

Six students of Okuapeman Senior High School (SHS) have sustained injuries following reprisal attacks involving students of Okuapeman SHS and Mount Sinai Senior High...

CID boss confirms arrest of 68, seizure of over 800 devices in INTERPOL cybercrime operation

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 68 suspects and confiscated 835 digital devices in a coordinated operation with Interpol as part of efforts to...

Afenyo-Markin calls for swift arrests over deadly New Winneba violence

Minority Leader and Effutu Member of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called on the police and other security agencies to swiftly investigate the deadly violence...

Man accused of threatening EOCO staff granted GH¢100K bail 

An Accra Circuit Court has granted Kweku Osei Korankye Asiedu, also known as Koka, a marketer, bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 with two sureties, who must reside within...

Three reported dead, several injured after violent attack on New Winneba residents

At least three people have reportedly died and about 15 others sustained injuries following a violent mob attack in New Winneba Township in the...

Six arrested for alleged murder of tricycle rider at Zuarungu

The Upper East Regional Police Command has arrested six persons in connection with the alleged murder of a 26-year-old tricycle rider, Akolbila Blessing, at...

Police arrest six suspected notorious armed robbers in Kumasi

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested six persons suspected to be members of an organised armed robbery syndicate operating within the Ashanti Region. The...

Supreme Court dismisses injunction bid seeking to halt Skytrain trial

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), Solomon Asamoah, seeking to...

‘Powder Guy’ denies $32,000 visa fraud charges

Ibrahim Kailani Kpa, alias “Powder Guy”, a social media influencer, has denied charges of defrauding seven persons of $32,000 under the pretext of securing...

Yidani chief’s murder: Police arrest two suspects following intelligence tip-off

Two suspects have been arrested by the Northern Regional Police Command in connection with the murder of the newly enskinned Chief of Yidani, Naa...

Self-acclaimed spiritualist remanded for stealing a taxicab in Assin Manso

A 37-year-old herbalist and self-acclaimed spiritualist, Enock Antwi, alias Nana Kakali, has been remanded into police custody for two weeks after being charged with...

Two arrested over alleged GES recruitment fraud

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disclosed that two people accused of collecting money from applicants in connection with its ongoing recruitment exercise have...

47-year-old grandmother, daughter arrested for allegedly burying baby alive at Akyem Koforidua

A 47-year-old woman has been arrested at Akyem Koforidua, a suburb of Akyem Akroso in the Asene Manso Akroso District of the Eastern Region,...

Ayitey Powers remanded for one week over alleged death threat against NSA boss

Former Ghanaian boxer Michael Ayitey Okai, popularly known as Ayitey Powers, has been remanded into police custody for one week by the Dansoman Circuit...

IGP Special Operations Team arrests seven in Ashanti Region narcotics crackdown

The IGP Special Operations Team (SOT) has arrested seven suspects in a coordinated, intelligence-led anti-narcotics operation across parts of the Ashanti Region. The arrests were...

58 arrested in INTERPOL operation targeting West African crime networks

An eight-month INTERPOL-led operation targeting organised crime networks in West Africa has resulted in 58 arrests and the identification of 263 suspects across 22...

Tuba murder: Court adjourns case to September 28 as police prepare to forward docket to AG

The Adabraka District Court has adjourned to September 28, the case of two brothers who are being for their involvement in the murder of...

Five arrested over robbery, murder of gold buyer at Agona Nkwanta

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with the robbery and killing of a 40-year-old gold buyer, Seth Kobina, at...

SkyTrain Trial: Court grants former GIIF officials third extension to file witness statements

The High Court in Accra has granted former Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) Chief Executive Officer, Solomon Asamoah, and former Board Chairman, Professor Christopher...

Side chick beats wife to death during confrontation

A 26-year-old woman in Kitwe, Zambia, has died after she was allegedly assaulted during a confrontation with a woman accused of having an affair...

Dozens of people abducted in attacks on villages in Nigeria

More than 100 people have been abducted in attacks on several villages in Nigeria's central Niger State, police and residents have told the BBC. The...

Suspected robber crashes stolen taxi into shops while fleeing mob at Ejisu

A suspected armed robber crashed a taxi he had allegedly attempted to steal after ramming it into some shops while trying to escape a...

9 Blue Water Guards nabbed for alleged bribery, impersonating NAIMOS officials

Nine Blue Water Guards personnel are in custody after allegedly extorting bribes from people by claiming to be officers of the National Anti-Illegal Mining...

Police arrest suspect over GH¢1.1m fake gold scam at Berekum

The Bono Regional Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old man, Gyamfi Christian, in connection with a suspected fake gold scam in the Berekum Municipality. The...

Police kill three suspected robbers, arrest one over GH¢430K Buipe robbery

Three suspected members of a robbery gang have been shot dead during a police operation, while another has been arrested in connection with the...

Alleged romance scam pastor remanded for two more weeks

Ghanaian pastor Nana Yaw Bonsu Kwarteng, who is accused of allegedly defrauding women through romance scams, has been remanded for another two weeks after...

Labone bank robbery suspect denied bail; pleads not guilty

Nigerian national Augustine Ogechukwu Maazi has pleaded not guilty to eight charges in connection with an alleged robbery syndicate accused of targeting banks in...

Robbers attack MoMo vendor at Walewale in broad daylight, bolt with cash and motorbike

A group of gun-wielding men have attacked and robbed a Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor at Walewale in the North East Region in broad daylight. The...

Soldier remanded over alleged murder of 45-year-old man at Afienya

The Ashaiman District Court has remanded a 43-year-old soldier, WOII Dzisenu Ben, into police custody over the alleged killing of 45-year-old Abdul Shaban at...

21 arrests in four years: What records show about US-based Ghanaian Jeff Asare

A 26-year-old Ghanaian man living in Oklahoma City in the United States has been arrested repeatedly since 2022, with his latest detention coming after...

Silence on sexual abuse emboldens perpetrators – Criminologist

A criminologist, Dr. Jones Opoku-Ware, has urged parents and guardians to promptly report cases of sexual abuse to the police to help protect victims...

Court adjourns case of Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, seven others

The trial of former National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Chief Executive Officer, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, and seven others has been adjourned to August 27, 2026,...

Two arrested over alleged galamsey activities in Tanoso

The Tanoso Police Command has arrested two individuals over their alleged involvement in or cooperation with illegal mining activities in the Tanoso area of...

27-year-old spiritualist arrested over alleged attempt to use 11-year-old girl for ritual

A 27-year-old spiritualist has been arrested after residents of Lamtey in the Ga South Municipality near Kasoa allegedly caught him attempting to use an...

Man breaks into woman’s house, steals 22 pants for ritual purposes

A 27-year-old man has been remanded at a correctional facility in Yola, Adamawa State, after he was accused of breaking into a woman’s home...

Man in court for conspiring with stepmother to kill father in Nigeria

A man has been arraigned before a Kano Magistrate’s Court for allegedly conspiring with his father’s former wife to kill his father. The suspect, Nura...

Labone bank robbery suspect remanded

Nigerian national Maazi Okechuku Augustine, who has been arraigned before the Accra Circuit Court in connection with an alleged foiled bank robbery at Labone,...