Crime

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...

Takoradi: Woman in latest fake kidnapping jailed

A 29-year-old woman, who faked her kidnapping in Takoradi in the Western Region, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment with hard labour. Joan Krah’s...

Takoradi kidnapping: Court orders suspect to undergo pregnancy test

A Takoradi Harbour Circuit court, presided over by Michael Ampadu, has ordered that a pregnancy test be done on Joana Krah before convicting her. On...

One shot dead in chieftaincy clash at Prampram

Unknown assailants have shot one person dead at Prampram in the Greater Accra Region. The deceased has been identified as Nii Otu Sei Klo,...

Takoradi: Apremdo Divisional Stool raises concerns over fake kidnapping reports

The Apremdo Divisional Stool of Ahanta Traditional Council has noted with grave concerns, bizarre incidents of fake kidnapping reports being recorded in the Western...

Akua Donkor reveals how she survived assassination attempt

The Founder and Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor, has opened up on how she survived an assassination attempt in her life....

Twists and turns: Justice Dotse fights off Opuni bias claims

Supreme Court Judge Justice Jones Dotse has fought off claims that his impartiality is in question, barely hours to the Supreme Court delivering a...

Farmer jailed 20 years for defiling two siblings

A 45-year-old farmer has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for defiling two siblings at Akyem Abordom near Kade in the Eastern Region. The convict,...

Treason: We don’t want to fail, it must happen – Dr Mac Palm

The brain behind alleged high treason, Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm, was on Monday heard in an audio recording cautioning some of the accused members...

Islamic clerics arrested at Nambagla released after a month in custody

The Islamic clerics arrested at Nambagla in the Savelugu Municipality have been released after almost a month in the custody of National Security Operatives.  National Secretary...

A/R: Police declare war on workplace robberies

The Ashanti Regional Police have declared war on workplace robberies with a statement that it has strong leads that will see to the arrest...

Takoradi: Woman in latest fake kidnapping case pleads guilty; to be sentenced on Tuesday

Joana Krah, the 29-year-old woman arrested recently in Takoradi in the Western Region for allegedly faking her abduction will be sentenced on Tuesday, October...

My mother-in-law asked me to poison my step children – Woman tells court

Ms Christina Jacob told a Makurdi Upper Area Court that her mother-in-law asked her to poison her step-children. Testifying in a divorce petition, Ms Jacob said that...

Akatsi Police arrest suspected gays

Police at Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region have arrested two young men suspected to be homosexuals.Chief Superintendent Joseph Atsu...

Major Mahama’s murder: l lost a tooth from severe beatings from Police – Suspect

One of the alleged murderers of Major Maxwell Mahama on Monday told an Accra High Court that, he lost a tooth as a result...