Crime

Ejura probe: Kaaka’s family ‘snubs’ committee

The family of the late social media activist, Ibrahim ‘Kaaka’ Mohammed, will not participate in the ongoing public inquiry into circumstances that led to...

Driver jailed 7 years for defiling 14-year-old pupil

A 21-year-old driver has been handed seven years imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old Junior High school pupil at Maame Dede, a suburb of Adeiso...

Togolese arrested for allegedly possessing firearm, offensive implements

The Nungua Police have arrested a Togolese for allegedly possessing a firearm and offensive implements. Tony Hounjeoe was arrested together with a black backpack containing...

Robber killed in gun fight

A 26-year-old robber has been shot dead following a fierce gun battle between some suspected hoodlums and policemen at Bensri Mile 9 near Obuasi...

Man, 22, chops off his boss’ head [Photo]

Residents of Sefwi Amoakrom in the Bia West District of the Western North Region, have been thrown into a state of shock after a...

Farmer found dead in a river at Asiakwa [Photo]

A man, believed to be in his late 50’s, has been found dead in the Twafo River at Asiakwa in the Eastern Region. Residents say...

Man, 43, lynched for shooting his wife at Sehwi Nsawora

A man, believed to be in his 40s, has been lynched at Sehwi Nsawora after allegedly shooting his wife at Sehwi Sika ne Asem...

Security man denies involvement in JB Danquah’s murder

Stephen Apraku, a security man stationed at the house of J.B. Danquah Adu, the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, on the night...

Man who tied 6-yr-old grandson to tree over missing ¢50 granted bail

The New Abirim Magistrate Court has granted bail to three persons for conspiring and tying a six-year-old boy to a mango tree for allegedly...

Ex-convict jailed 14 years for stealing pepper

The Asamankese Circuit Court has sentenced a 35-year-old ex-convict to 14-years imprisonment for stealing Guinea pepper (ɛfɔm wisa) worth GH¢1,200. The convict, Adams Danteni Shaibu...

Man arrested for intentionally infecting his wife, stepdaughter, 12 others with HIV

A man, identified as Bolaniran Orimolade, alias Bola Bebo, has been arrested for infecting his wife, stepdaughter, and 12 other women with HIV.According to...

Meet the ex-convict who poses as beggar to rob motorists [Photo]

Achimota Police have arrested an ex-convict for allegedly posing as a beggar to attack and steal a Lenovo laptop from his victim along the...

Kaaka’s murder: Ejura MCE speaks on arrest of ‘bodyguards’

The Ejura Sekyeredumase Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mohammed Bamba Salisu, has disassociated himself from some two persons arrested in connection with the death of...

Husband allegedly murders wife over misunderstanding at Breman Asikuma

A 34-year-old man, Kwasi Kumi, who allegedly murdered his wife, aged 39, after a misunderstanding that ensued between them on Tuesday, has been arrested...

6 arrested as Baatsona Police rescue 10 trafficked Nigerians

The Baastona police have rescued 10 Nigerian nationals from their traffickers at Coastal Estates down on the Spintex road. On 06/07/2021 at about 4:00pm, an...

Teacher shot dead, driver injured in robbery on Atebubu- Kajaji road [Photos]

A 27-year-old teacher has been shot dead with one other injured in a robbery incident at Premuase in the Sene East District of the...

Feyiase murder: Three remanded, police hunt for two more suspects

Three suspects have been remanded into police custody by the Kuntenase Magistrate Court over the murder of driver and headteacher, Israel Agyei Manu, at...

Father pleads with judge to sentence son for stealing turkey

A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to six months in prison after his father prayed the court to deal with him for stealing turkey. The...

Assembly Member suspects foul play in death of man at Pankrono-Estate [Video]

Assembly Member for Pankrono-Estate in the Tafo Municipality of the Ashanti Region is suspecting foul-play following the murder of a middle-aged man in the...

Two jailed for forgery, abetment

The Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced to two years in hard labour, Charles Amoah, a roofing sheet agent and Evans Nyantakyi, an estimator. The Court...

Three arrested as Police retrieve stolen motorbikes [Photo]

The Police in Bawku of the Upper East region has arrested three persons in connection with motorbike robberies in the area. The suspects have been...

Soldiers who beat civilians at Wa in trouble

All military personnel in Wa barracks who were on duty on July 1 when some of them brutalised residents, with the exception of the...

Revenue collectors were attacked by irate youth at Ejura – A/R Police Command

The Ashanti Regional Police Command, before the Ejura Killings Committee, claimed some irate youth after the death of Kaaka, a social media activist, went...

Court varies bail terms for alleged coup plotter

The Accra High Court has varied the bail conditions for one of the 10 persons accused of plotting to overthrow the government and destabilise...

Robbers snatch Police Officer’s phone in dramatic fashion [Watch]

If you think you have heard the most bizarre of stories in Ghana regarding crime and the upsurge in same, wait till you are...

Pastor, gang arrested for selling millions worth of counterfeit money

A pastor, Sebastine Dabu, 48, and his cohorts, have been arrested by operatives of the Niger State Police Command for allegedly trying to sell...

Man kills aunt for making his manh**d rise spiritually

A Nigerian man is in police cage for allegedly killing and beheading his aunt over alleged spiritual attack. Lindaikejiblog reports that Christian Edem-Eyo allegedly murdered...

Soldier kicked out of military for stealing colleague’s ATM card

A British Army soldier has been kicked out the military after nicking a colleague's bank card - to buy FIFA points for his Xbox. Private Lewis Billam...

President assassinated at home

Haiti's President, Jovenel Moïse, has been killed in an attack in his home in the nation's capital, according to the country's interim Prime Minister. Claude...

Grandfather arrested for tying six-year-old boy to mango tree over GH¢50

Three persons have been arrested by the Police in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region for their involvement in the inhumane treatment...

Ejura Murder: Detailed account of how suspects in murder of social media activist were arrested

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested three persons for the murder of social media activist, Ibrahim Mohammed, also known as Kaaka Macho whose...

Ejura murder: Who killed Kaaka Macho; for what?

The murder of Ibrahim Mohammed, also known as Kaaka Macho, sparked chaos at Ejura, leading to the death of two others and six more...

Man, 32, jailed 15 years for car snatching

 A man, who robbed a taxi driver of his Toyota Vitz vehicle after slashing his arm with a broken bottle, has been sentenced to...

Obuasi Police gun down robber, another arrested

The police at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have killed an armed robber and arrested another in an operation on the Obuasi-Hia road in...

I sent troops to Ejura based on intelligence – Ashanti Regional Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, before the Ejura Killings Committee, has testified he sent the military to Ejura upon earlier intelligence. He says...

Thieves break into Takoradi Harbour District Court

Clerical and other electrical gadgets at the Takoradi Harbour District Court in the Western Region have been stolen. Staff, who went to work on Monday morning, discovered...

Filling Station robber arrested

Police have arrested one Iwejuo Anthony alias Chibona, who together with others attacked and robbed Pacific Filling Station at Krokowhe near Ashalaja in the...

Feyiase Bolt driver’s murder: Suspect makes shocking confession

The main suspect in the murder of a 33-year-old headteacher of Atonsu-based Rogel Montesorri Basic School says he was motivated by the quest to get...

I saw Macho Kaaka’s brother drag his body into the dark – Woman makes shocking revelation

An Ejura Sekyeredumase woman has shockingly recounted how she witnessed the murder of social media activist, Macho Kaaka. According to her, the incident occurred around...

Baby thief grabbed at Tamale Teaching Hospital

A woman, believed to be in her early 40s, has been caught by officials at the Gynaecology Unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital in...