Crime

Court unanimously dismisses appeal of former principal officers of UEW

The Appeals Court in Cape Coast has unanimously dismissed all 13 grounds of appeal filed by six former principal officers of the University of...

Immigration Service arrests 54 foreigners at Bawku

The Ghana Immigration Service at Berekum has arrested 54 Niger nationals over illegal entry when the country's borders remain closed. Chief Superintendent Carl Dogbegah said...

Juaboso: Cutlass-wielding man dies from his own cutlass

One person has been butchered, another hospitalized as family members clash at Juaboso Bonsu-Nkwanta. The deceased, 51-year-old Joseph Aye Tossah, was murdered by his biological...

Prefect arrested for organising twerking competition on school’s blind side

Police have arrested an entertainment prefect of the Nalerigu Nursing and Midwifery college for violating Covid-19 rules. The student leader is said to have allegedly...

Co-tenant arrested over murder of construction worker at Kuntenase

A co-tenant of the 37-year-old construction worker, Godfred Oppong, who was shot dead at Kuntenase in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region has...

Stray bullet kills 75-year-old at Gomoa Nyanyano

A 75-year-old man has met his untimely death after a misunderstanding ensued at an installation of a chief at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Central...

Man inflicts deep cutlass wounds on mother and daughter, three others

Residents of Adomako in the Ashanti Region witnessed a bloodbath when an unidentified man unleashed attack on them, Sunday. The suspect, believed to be in...

Auto electrician jailed for stealing laptop, mobile phone

The Enchi District Magistrate’s Court has sentenced an auto electrician to 24 months imprisonment in hard labour, for stealing an HP laptop and itel...

Police arrest fake gold dealers

Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) have arrested eight foreigners in a sting operation in Munyonyo, a Kampala suburb. Daily Monitor understands that the...

Construction worker shot dead at Kuntanase

A construction worker has been shot dead by an unknown gunmen at a site at Kuntanase in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region. The...

Nurse, 25, gunned down in robbery; 2 others in critical condition

A 25-year-old nurse (name withheld) has been killed in a robbery attack at a village near Wenchi in the Bono Region. One other person is...

Newborn baby dumped in dustbin at Suame

Residents of Suame Maakro Police House have been thrown into a state of shock after discovering the lifeless body of a newly born baby...

Man arrested for attempting to bury pregnant wife alive

A 49-year-old Nigerian man, Phillip Tersso, has been arrested for attempting to bury his wife of 10 years, Mary, alive after finding out that...

Fake police officer arrested for extortion

A fake senior police officer has been arrested at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region for extorting money from people to...

One killed during riot over land boundary dispute

One person has died from gunshot wounds after a violent clash between the Adwumakase Kese and Bomfa communities in the Ashanti Region. The two peri-urban...

Susu collector beats wife with metal over too many night calls

A 63-year-old Susu (Rotating Savings) collector, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly battering his wife with a piece of metal for...

Police suicides: IGP engages psychologists to work on officers

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has bemoaned the recent suicide incidents among some officers of the Ghana Police Service. He said the incidents...

Man, 51, arrested over GRA recruitment scam [Photo]

A 51-year-old self-acclaimed contractor is in the grips of the police for allegedly defrauding two people of large sums of money with the promise...

I know what to do – 18-year-old tells court after judgment

An 18-year-old driver’s mate, who has been jailed for attempted rape, promised the court to change from his old ways after being handed his...

Woman arrested for having s3x with 13-year-old boy

A yet-to-be-identified Greendale woman has been arrested after she was caught red-handed having sex with a 13-year-old boy at the teenager’s parents’ home in Houghton Park,...

Man abducts neighbour’s two kids for ‘child labour and pleasure’

The police in Imo State have arrested a 32-year-old man, Chibuzor Awurumibe, for allegedly kidnapping his former neighbour's two kids. The abducted children have been identified...

Nungua: JHS student and his gang attack teacher over homework

A final year student of Kroma 2 JHS at Nungua, a suburb of Accra has, together with his gang, attacked a teacher for punishing...

Notorious robber, ex-convict jailed 39 years for robbery and rape

Prince Adu a.k.a Dracula, 27, a notorious armed robber and an ex-convict, has been caged again for 39 years in hard labour for robbery...

Farmers allegedly inflict cutlass wounds on cocoa clerk

Two Farmers, only identified as Solo and Kwabena VI, have allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on one Kwabena Tawiah, a Cocoa Clerk. The incident occurred at...

Gambia massacre: Good news at last as probe into execution of 44 Ghanaians begins

Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC) will hold hearings at its current session, which began on February 22, 2021, on the 2005 massacre...

Driver’s mate sentenced for attempting to rape pastor’s daughter

A driver’s mate, who sneaked into the room of a Pastor’s 13-year-old daughter, fondled and attempted to rape her, has been sentenced to 36...

Missing ‘okada’ rider found dead, allegedly buried by client [Photos]

The search for a missing commercial motor rider has finally ended after his body was discovered in a shallow grave at Asenema Ebeye. According to...

Three busted in attempt to snatch vehicle

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested three persons who attempted to snatch an uber driver's vehicle on the N1 highway. The incident is reported...

Boyfriend sets lover ablaze; one relative dies [Video]

A 22-year-old man, whose name was given as Wisdom, has set his girlfriend ablaze after a quarrel ensued between the two.  Reports have...

Soldier shot dead by private security guard

A guard attached to a private security company has shot dead a UPDF soldier in Mbarara City. Police on Tuesday identified the soldier as Lance...

Boy, 19, allegedly sodomises four-year-old girl at Kasoa

A four-year-old girl is in ill health after a 19-year-old young man, Kwabena Dodzi, allegedly sodomised her in an uncompleted building. The mother of the...

kidnappers shock police officers with detailed confession

Members of a five-man gang of kidnappers, which included a lady, have been arrested for luring their victims to their untimely death after meeting...

Police arrest robbers who killed ambulance driver at Asesewa

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested one of the armed robbers suspected to have killed an ambulance driver at Asesewa near Koforidua. Martin Tei...

Death of 13-year-old girl: Family suspects rape and murder

The family of 13-year-old Akua Georgina has challenged reports she allegedly committed suicide in their compound at Konongo-Odumasi. The victim was found hanging by a...

Inusah Fuseini in police grips

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, is currently in the grips of the Criminal Investigations Department to assist in investigations...

Police officer arrested for shooting into crowd on Accra-Tema Motorway

A police officer, who allegedly fired his pump action gun into a crowd of mourners and thereby injuring one person on the Accra-Tema Motorway,...

Four more people arrested in connection with Yong Dakpeme Yili chieftaincy clash

Four more people have been arrested in connection with the Yong Dakpeme Yili chieftaincy clash. The four were arrested at a hide-out in the remote...

Suspected thief beaten to pulp at Assin Fosu

A middle-aged man has been beaten to pulp in a botched robbery operation. The young man, whose name was only given as Issah, a native...

SHS teacher remanded for defrauding pastors at Offinso

The Offinso Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has remanded a 48-year-old teacher, Isaac Danso, into police custody for allegedly defrauding two pastors of an...

Police arrest notorious armed robber in Ho

The Ho Police have arrested a notorious armed robber, who has been on the Police wanted list for several years, in an operation. Prince Adu,...