Crime

NPP govt supervising thievery at TOR – Chief Biney

The Deputy National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Hamilton Biney, has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party government of supervising thievery. Chief...

Woman docked for allegedly attempting to bite off neighbour’s finger

A 38-year-old woman, Ada Umiebulue, was on Tuesday docked in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly attempting to bite off a neighbour’s finger. The...

Bank worker, accomplice nabbed for robbery

Men of the Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday arrested a worker with the Abestone Microfinance Bank, Abeokuta, Dare Olagoke, for allegedly arranging with...

Two security personnel killed, patrol vehicles burnt as gunmen attack office [Photos]

Yet-to-be-identified armed hoodlums have attacked the office of a neighbourhood watch group in the Enugu State of Nigeria. Two security personnel including a vigilante commander identified...

4 shot, dozens injured as farmers clash with herdsmen

Four persons have allegedly been shot in a clash between farmers and herdsmen at Salamkope near Gudupe village in the Afram Plains South District...

French Church s3xual abuse: 216,000 children, mostly boys, were victims of clergy – Inquiry

Some 216,000 children - mostly boys - have been sexually abused by clergy in the French Catholic Church since 1950, a damning new inquiry...

Man in police grips for inflicting cutlass wounds on son

A 31-year-old palm wine tapper at Assin Amanbete Larteh, Isaac Kwame Tetteh, is battling for his life after his father inflicted cutlass wounds on...

New born twin babies found dead in public toilet

Some Ghanaians are on a manhunt for a mother, who dumped her newborn twin babies in a public toilet at Nkrankwanta in the Bono...

Credit Officer jailed two years for stealing, two others fined

Henry Adotey Allotey, an Account officer of Kalmoni Group/Japan Motors, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for stealing GHC73,000 belonging to his employer....

Thief captured on CCTV stealing GHS 150,000, multiple phones from shop [Watch]

A thief, who broke into a shop, is in troubled waters as a Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) has exposed his deeds. After sneaking into the shop,...

Police arrest 2 suspected kidnappers while picking ransom money

The Police Command in Ogun have arrested two suspected kidnappers, Mohammed Abubakar, 42, and Clinton Niche, 18, while trying to collect ransom money at...

Man, 46, allegedly kills wife and commits suicide

Residents of Obinim Okyena in the Shama Municipality of the Western Region have been thrown into a state of shock after they woke up...

E/R: Woman, 27, beheads husband

A 27-year-old woman has allegedly beheaded her husband under bizarre circumstances at Tei Glover, a farming Community near Akyem Bosuso in the Fanteakwa South...

Keta MP attacked by robbers for 3rd time

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Keta, Kwame Gakpey, has allegedly been attacked by armed robbers. Narrating the incident, the legislator said his brother called...

Five armed robbers arrested at Afiadenyigba

The Ghana Police Service has arrested five robbery suspects at Afiadenyigba in the Volta Region. Police sources indicate the gang was picked up on...

CCTV captures moment lady was robbed in broad daylight [Watch]

Closed-Circuit Television ( CCTV) has exposed a thief who snatched a lady's phone in broad daylight. The incident, which is believed to have happened in...

Jealous man allegedly shoots wife’s lover dead

A man, identified as Kampii Ningpen Yennu, is in police grips for allegedly killing his wife's lover. The jealous man is said to have shot...

Man who impersonated top gov’t appointee to defraud foreigners nabbed

A Kwara State High Court has sentenced a self-styled ‘Alfa’, Jamiu Isiaka, to 28 years in jail for impersonating presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina to...

Policeman confesses to numerous murders in suicide note

A former police officer has been identified as one of France’s most notorious wanted serial killers after he pointed to his guilt in a...

Woman mourns 11 members of her family who have been murdered

A Facebook user, Sallie Peace Daniel, is mourning members of her family including her little cousin, Patrick, who were killed by bandits in last...

Suspected homos3xuals escape mob attack after being caught in public toilet

Two suspected homosexuals escaped a mob attack after they were allegedly caught having sex in a public toilet at the Mile Three Park, Port Harcourt,...

Nine arrested with cannabis at Akyem Asuom

The Akyem Asuom District Police Command at Kwaebibirim in the Eastern region has arrested nine suspected criminals including a woman, with large quantities of...

2 nabbed for robbery

Two young men are in the grips of the police for robbing a commercial motorbike rider in Kudzeagbakorpe, a community near Dzodze in the...

6 arrested for illegal mining at Birim North and Asante Akyem districts

Six individuals have been arrested for illegally mining at Birim North and Asante Akyem districts of the Eastern and Ashanti Regions respectively during a...

Residents partner police to arrest two robbers

The Police Administration has commended the people of Tadzewu in the Ketu North Municipal Area of the Volta Region for partnering the Volta Regional...

Suaman NPP members vandalise party office [Video]

Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters in the Suaman constituency in the Western North Region have vandalised their party office at Dadieso over the...

Prostitute jailed for biting customer’s tongue during s3x

An Upper Area Court in Makurdi on Thursday sentenced a commercial sex worker, Dooshima Anems, to four years imprisonment for biting customer’s tongue during...

Robbers attack pharmacy, mobile money agent and ECG prepaid vendor

Suspected armed robbers have attacked a pharmacy shop, a mobile money operator, and an Electricity Prepaid vendor at Akuapem Mampong in the Akuapem North...

Man arrested for assaulting pastor who allegedly made love advances towards his wife

The police in Edo state have arrested a couple who allegedly assaulted a pastor for making love advances towards the wedded woman. The two are...

Prominent Nigerian shot dead in the face

A prominent Nigerian doctor has been gunned down when he returning from a commemorative lecture in honour of his late wife – a government...

Footballer hot over Police Commander’s fake Facebook account [Photo]

The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old footballer, Fenuku Frank Junior, for alleged recruitment fraud. The suspect was arrested at Zongo Junction...

Armed robbery not on the rise – ACP Kwesi Ofori

The Acting Director-General of the Ghana Police Service’s Public Affairs Directorate, ACP Kwesi Ofori, has rubbished claims that armed robbery is on the rise...

Student allegedly killed by roommate’s boyfriend

A first-year female student at Laikipia University's main campus, in Kenya, has been killed by a man alleged to be her roommate's boyfriend. ...

Man allegedly beats 2-year-old son to death

A man, identified simply as Vwede, has absconded after beating his two-year-old son to death in Bayelsa State. The incident happened along Imiringi road in...

Siblings arrested for robbery in Bolgatanga

The Upper East Regional Police Command has arrested two brothers suspected to be robbers in the Bolgatanga Municipality. The suspects, Ayine Awunnore, also known as...

One dead as residents torture suspected cooking pots thieves

Two suspected thieves have been tortured by a mob at Betom, a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality in the Eastern Region. One of the...

A/R: Two robbers shot dead, one arrested, others on the run

The Anti-Robbery Task Force of the Ashanti Regional Police Command in an intelligence-led operation has shot two suspected armed robbers who later died at...

396 suspected criminals arrested; 792 motorbikes impounded

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested some 396 suspected criminals with 792 motorbikes impounded. This was after swoops were carried out in various parts...

Taxi driver who confessed to ritual killings on TV granted bail

Felix Ansah, a taxi driver, who allegedly confessed to killing many people for ritual purposes, including burying a pregnant woman at Ashaiman, has been...

Gun-wielding robbers storm Bridget Otoo’s shop

Popular television presenter, Bridget Otoo, has cried out after gun-wielding men raided her cement shop. The two assailants, who were said to be on a...