Crime

‘I was acquitted of murder after stabbing my dad to death to protect my mum’

A son has been acquitted of murder after he stabbed his father to death while protecting his mum from a violent attack. Alex Pompa, 20,...

35 illegal lotto operators arrested

The National Lottery Authority, in collaboration with the security agencies, has arrested 35 illegal private lotto operators in the Greater Accra Region. During the operations,...

Police in Walewale chase 7 robbers who attacked and killed MoMo vendor

The Walewale District Police Command is on a manhunt for seven suspected robbers who attacked some mobile money vendors and shops at Yama in...

Trial of suspected killers of two police officers in Kasoa begins

The Criminal Court 2 Division of the High Court has commenced the trial of two people who are suspected to have killed two policemen...

Burglar who escaped from jail pops up on Facebook to announce engagement

A dangerous burglar, who is subject to a major manhunt after escaping from jail last month, has popped up on Facebook – appearing to be celebrating...

Three fake police officers on the run after robbing Uber driver, passenger

Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations are investigating a robber who robbed an Uber driver and his passenger. Police officers say that the driver,...

Judge tells couple they have a case to answer over death of their housemaid

Justice Oyindamola Ogala of an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday told a couple, Fortune and Stephen Nwankwo, that they had a case to answer...

I don’t want any more kids – Man’s reason for killing lover

A Texas man has been arrested and charged with murder after he killed his pregnant girlfriend. The 25-year-old Kwanmaine Travion Boyd is alleged to have...

Farmer sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for defilement

The Asamankese Circuit Court has sentenced a 36-year-old farmer, Majid Seidu, to seven years imprisonment for defiling a 15-year-old girl at Oda Nkwanta. His Honour,...

Sam George, 6 other colleagues escape highway robbery attack

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, and six other colleagues on Wednesday night escaped a robbery attack. The incident reportedly occurred on...

CCTV footages of broad daylight thievery pop up

Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage has exposed two men who engaged in broad-daylight thieveries in two separate incidents. The first tape captured the moment a...

Chief, 21 others arrested over shooting incident at Yamoah Nkwanta [Video]

https://youtu.be/TIycixHagFY The Central East Police Command has arrested 22 persons including the Chief of Yamoah Nkwanta near Kasoa over a shooting incident that marred the...

Man, 35, stabbed to death at Buduburam

A 35-year-old man, Samuel Tuga, has reportedly been stabbed to death at Buduburam Big Apple in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region....

Girl, 16, who accused dad of rape says she was influenced by evil spirit

A 16-year-old girl who accused her father of rape in Port Harcourt, River State has made a U-turn at the police station, claiming she...

Police apologise for shooting incident

The Northern Regional Police Command has apologized for the incident which led to the shooting of one person at Bimbilla on Tuesday evening. The Command...

Human body in fridge: Suspect has multiple official names – Police reveal

The Volta Regional Police have revealed the suspect who killed his girlfriend and kept his body in a double-decker fridge at Ho-Fiave has multiple...

Man jailed after he was caught with human head

A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Wednesday sentenced one Saheed Olapade, 36, to two years imprisonment for unlawful possession of human head. The...

Konongo-Odumasi SHS killing: Court remands suspects for the third time

The Konongo District Court has for the third time remanded the five students arrested for their roles in the death of a student of...

Former Venture Capital CEO, others default in payment of GH¢20m

The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF), Daniel Duku, and three others are yet to settle their indebtedness....

Painter arrested with 228 parcels of suspected Indian Hemp [Photos]

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old painter and a gardener by profession for possessing narcotic drugs without lawful authority. On 23rd November...

Man, 22, shot dead for allegedly stealing spices

An unknown person has shot dead a 22-year-old man after he allegedly stole spices from a shop at Asuofia-Asamang in the Atwima Nwabiagya North...

86-year-old priest relieved of duties after being accused of sexual abuse

The Diocese of Brooklyn has removed a priest from his duties at two Queens churches after he was credibly accused of sexually abusing a...

Dabala police arrest jailbreaker, search for two others

Police at Dabala in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region have recaptured one remand prisoner, Mawuli Azumah, who broke jail with two...

Ex-convict jailed last year for fraud arrested again for scamming students

A former fraud convict has been arraigned again for offences bordering on personation and cyber fraud. Joshua Ajayi Oluwatobiloba was sentenced to three months in prison...

Ho murder: Victim and suspect were both workers of Kekeli Hotel

Residents of Ho-Fiave, a suburb of the Volta regional capital, Ho were thrown into a shocking state on Monday, following the discovery of the...

Police unmask National Security Operative who was part of notorious robbery gang

The Police have disclosed a staff at the Ministry of National Security was part of a robbery syndicate arrested within the Weija enclave. The...

Man arrested for brandishing weapon amid threats on social media [Video]

The Police Intelligence Directorate on Monday, November 22, 2021, arrested one Nii Ponponsuo, after seeing a viral video in which the suspect was captured...

Masked robber kills man in front of wife, kid

A 42-year old Construction Engineer has been shot dead during a robbery expedition on Saturday dawn in the Ashanti Region. Michael Agbo-Kulu was reportedly shot...

Mobile Banker jailed for stealing Ghc61K from 31 accounts

The Asamankese Circuit Court in the Eastern Region has sentenced a 27-year-old mobile banker to nine years -two months imprisonment for stealing Ghc61,840 cash...

Woman slaps Police Commander

A 58-year-old woman, Akua Saa, has been arrested for allegedly slapping the Kyebi District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Magnus Reindorf Sam, for preventing the...

Pregnant woman shot dead moments after baby shower

A Philadelphia woman, who was seven months pregnant, was reportedly shot dead Saturday night after returning home from her baby shower in what authorities believe was a targeted killing.  No arrests had...

Police on manhunt for suspect who killed, hid girlfriend’s body in fridge

The Volta Regional Police is on a search for a man who is suspected to have killed his girlfriend and kept her body in...

14-year-old, 4 others arrested for robbery at Ejura

The Ejura District Police Command has arrested five persons, including a 14-year-old juvenile over robbery attacks on highways linking Nkoranza and Techiman in the...

Police hunt for man who allegedly killed girlfriend and kept in fridge at Ho-Fiave

Police at the Volta Regional Police Command are on a manhunt for a man suspected to have murdered his girlfriend and kept her in...

Parents grateful as IGP enrolls teenagers stripped and paraded in new schools

The two teenagers stripped naked and paraded on the streets of Akuapem-Adawso in the Eastern Region have been enrolled in new schools with the...

High Court to rule on ACP Agordzo’s interdiction in 2022

The General Jurisdiction 4 Division of the High Court will on January 14, 2022, rule on the interdiction of ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo. The Senior...

Ghanaian surgeon who took millions of dollars for surgeries he never performed gets 7 years sentence in US

Moses deGraft-Johnson, a one-time jet-setting heart surgeon, who walked away with millions of dollars for medical procedures he never performed, has been sentenced to...

4 notorious robbery suspects busted at Weija

The police have arrested four suspected notorious robbers who operate within Weija in the Ga South Municipality of Accra and its environs. The suspects have...

Boy, 11, found dead with brain missing

Suspected ritualists have killed an 11-year-old boy in Bauchi State, Nigeria and made away with his brain.  The incident happened on Saturday, November 20.  According to...

Three arrested for killing, beheading 9-year-old boy for rituals

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested three suspects including a herbalist who allegedly murdered a nine-year-old boy for rituals. The suspects confessed to killing...