Crime

Death row inmate who killed police officer found dead in prison

A death row inmate who killed a police officer at a Texas Walmart store nearly a decade ago has been found dead in his...

One killed in robbery attack at Yeji

Armed robbers have killed one person in a robbery attack on the Abromase to number one road, near Yeji in the Pru East District...

Tricycle Rider jailed 10 years over sex with minor

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 22-year-old tricycle rider to 10 years imprisonment for defilement.Benjamin Akrofi Otumfuor is said to have defiled the...

Police arrest mother, son over alleged murder of neighbour

The Police in Ogun have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Mary Ogbeifu and her 17-year- old son over alleged murder of their 60-year-old neighbour, Iyabo Olasheinde.The Police Public...

Court remands two men over abortion

A Magistrates’ Court in Ilorin on Friday ordered that two men be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly arranging an abortion for a...

Man who stoned mother to death in Savannah Region arrested

A 30-year-old man, John Banuda, who stoned his mother to death at Gindabuo, a village on the Sawla-Wa highway in the Sawla District of...

Police officers assaulted by Military men at Suame

Police and military officers clashed at the Suame suburb of Kumasi on Friday over the arrest of a military officer for flouting traffic regulation.Some...

Police, Military probe clash at Suame police station

The Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces, have commenced investigation into an attack at the Suame police station in the Ashanti Region.Officials...

6-year-old drowns; police arrest one suspect at Juaboso

A six-year-old boy named Stephen Adjei has drowned at Sehwi Fawohoma Yesu, a farming community in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region.Information...

Man arrested with narcotic substances during Highway operations

One Adebayor Adesa Ako has been arrested by a Highway Patrol team stationed within the Ketu South Municipality, in the Volta Region for possession...

‘Trotro’ driver captured in video urinating on road arrested

Police have arrested Yaw Manu, driver of a commercial vehicle caught on video urinating on the road.The driver, who is in his late...

Fetish priest hot for allegedly defrauding woman of GHS 60,000

A 50-year-old fetish priest is in hot waters for allegedly defrauding a farmer of GHS 60,000 under the guise of mining her gold at...

Lady lands in cell for stabbing lover over WhatsApp messages

A young lady is languishing in police cells for allegedly stabbing her lover over suspicion of infidelity.Identified simply as Chidinma, the suspect is a...

Another suspect in fake currency syndicate arrested

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested another person in connection with a suspected fake currency trade.The suspect has been identified as 35-year-old...

Woman burns nine-year-old housemaid with iron over alleged stubbornness

The family of a nine-year-old girl, Favour Anigbogu, has demanded justice after she was allegedly brutalised by her boss, Ginika Nebafe, who reportedly used...

E/R: 2 men allegedly defile 15-year-old girl

A 15-year-old suspected lesbian has allegedly been defiled by two men at Nkurakan, a suburb of the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region....

Two ‘okada’ riders burnt to death for allegedly snatching phone

Two motor riders were on Thursday, October 28, burnt to death by irate residents of Nairobi’s Buruburu estate after they allegedly grabbed a phone...

Nigerian arrested with over 600 ATM cards at KIA caged again

The Circuit Court in Accra has again remanded the 42-year-old man who was arrested with 656 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) debit cards connected to...

Mason sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for defiling his stepdaughter

A 29-year-old mason has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the Asamakese Circuit Court for defiling his 12-year-old stepdaughter.The convict, Kwasi Christian, popularly...

13 Nigerians who engaged Police in gun battle at Weija remanded

Thirteen Nigerians who attacked Police personnel from the Greater Accra Region while executing their lawful duty at SCC, near Weija, have been remanded into...

Man ties two wives to a tree, flogs them for ‘cheating’

A Chinhoyi man has been declared wanted by the Zimbabwe police for assaulting his two wives over suspicion of infidelity.The 33-year-old John Musani is...

Woman begs court to dissolve marriage, as husband threatens to kill her

A civil servant, Blessed Nwa, on Thursday begged a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, to dissolve her two-year-old marriage on grounds that her husband,...

Galamsey: NPP Chairman jailed over attempt to bribe DCE [Video]

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Supom Chairman in the Atewa Constituency, Yaw Sam Nyamade, is serving a 12-month jail term over attempt to bribe...

Father in shock as assailants stab, strangle undergraduate son to death

A 34-year-old student of the Nasarawa State University, Emmanuel Akiko, has been killed by hoodlums who invaded the Nasarawa Housing Estate on the Makurdi-Jos...

Tailor arrested for trying to sell himself

A tailor, who put himself up for sale, has been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board.Aliyu Na Idris had last week taken to the...

One arrested for unlawful possession of firearms

A 39-year-old man, identified as Dominic Bimba, has been arrested by the Denu District Police for possessing firearms without lawful authority.The suspect was...

‘Law student’ who posed as lawyer nabbed in court [Photos]

The Nyinahin Magistrate in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region has ordered the arrest of a 39-year-old Kyei Baffour, who allegedly posed...

Retired midwife, three others busted for stealing, sale of babies

Four persons, including a retired midwife, allegedly involved in the stealing and sale of babies at Atuabo and Half Assin in the Western Region,...

Two pistols intercepted on Accra bound vehicle

A Police patrol team has intercepted two foreign pistols with 61 rounds of ammunition and two spent shells on an Accra bound vehicle along...

Police secure order to refer husband of missing Rhodaline Amoah for psychiatric exams

The Police Service have secured a court order to refer husband of Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, a staff of the Ashanti Regional Lands Commission who went...

Woman, 23, found dead in her room in bizarre state

A 23-year-old woman, Doris Donkor, has been found dead in her room at Achinakrom in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region.The body...

Two robbers shot dead, one receiving medical care under police guard

After weeks of painstaking investigations and covert operations, a combined team of highly trained Operations and Intelligence Team of the Ghana Police have broken...

Blame game after robbers steal firearms from police station

A police officer from Kitimon police post in Samburu County, Kenya where unknown individuals broke in and stole firearms is said to have lost...

Man battling for his life after policemen allegedly whip his manhood

A 22-year-old man from Mumoni, Kitui County, Kenya is nursing injuries around his private part after police officers from Ngungani police officers allegedly beat...

Jailbreak: Police detonate bomb found in prison

The police in Oyo State on Tuesday detonated a bomb discovered at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Oyo.The bomb was said to be one...

Unemployed man jailed 14 years for stealing plantain and cassava

The Tepa Circuit Court has given a 24-year-old unemployed man 14 years prison sentence for stealing ¢50 worth of plantain and cassava,Justice Ezekiel, pleaded...

Fake currency fraudsters busted by police

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested suspects Kenneth Anarfi, 51, and Philip Chorkson, 37, for allegedly trading in fake currency.On 24th September, 2021,...

30-year-old man stones mother to death in Savannah Region

A 30-year-old man, John Banuda, has stoned his mother to death at Gindabuo, a village on the Sawla-Wa highway in the Sawla District of...

Man jailed for stealing phones from prostitutes he took to hotel

A 27-year-old man, Ejiro Tega, is to spend the next 14 months in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for stealing phones from prostitutes, an Ikeja...

Two teenagers jailed 60 years for raping and robbing passenger

The Awutu Ofaakor Circuit Court has sentenced two teenage taxi drivers to 60 years each into prison custody for raping and robbing a passenger.The...