Crime

Woman accused of beating 3-year-old girl to death faces court

A 31-year-old woman is in the grips of the Dansoman police for allegedly beating her lover’s three-year-old daughter to death. The suspect, Evelyn Oduro, lived...

Lady kidnaps ex-lover for refusing to marry her

The Police Command in Kano on Wednesday paraded four suspected kidnappers among whom was a 23-year-old lady, Maryam Mohammed alias Hajiya, the mastermind of...

Musician who offered Kasoa slay queen $100 to twerk n*ked speaks

A lot of accounts have been given following the death of Ama Broni, a Ghanaian Slay Queen who passed on at an event venue...

Robbers kill driver at Gbani near Walewale leaving residents in fear

Residents of Gbani near Walewale in the North East Region say they are living in fear following the killing of a driver in the...

5 on remand, Odikro of Adubinso Biaa on the run over lynching

Five people are in prison remand while an Odikro of Adubinso Biaa is on the run following the murder of a 28-year old man...

105 people arrested in Tema for not wearing nose mask [Photos]

Some 105 suspects have been rounded up by the Tema Regional Police Command for non-compliance of the government's directives on the wearing of nose...

Robbers shoot MoMo vendor, bolt with cash

Unknown robbers have shot a paralysed yet hard-working Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor at Miaso Kwahu in the Eastern Region. Reports indicate the armed men attacked...

Health workers nabbed as EOCO rescues two babies from traffickers

Two babies have been rescued and a baby trafficking syndicate busted after a collaborative investigation by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and...

Scrap dealer in court for stealing heavy duty equipment

A scrap dealer has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly dismantling and stealing an automatic sieving and aggregate machine valued at...

Ahmed Suale’s family to petition Int’l bodies for help with investigations

The family of the late journalist, Ahmed Suale, says they will petition international bodies to help with the investigation of his murder and ensure...

Taxi driver accused of killing his son at Nobekwa

A 41-year-old man, Anthony Okyere, alias Elder Anthony, has been accused of murdering his nine-year-old son at Nobekwa near Kukuom in the Asunafo South...

Armed robbers attack GCB van, kill police officer [Video]

Residents of Nyakumasu in the Adansi Asokwa District are in a state of shock after unidentified armed robbers attacked a GCB bank van. The suspects...

Four-year-old boy shocks mother for injuring his baby brother

A four-year-old boy has reported his mother to the Donyina Police in the Ashanti Region for injuring his younger brother. “Just this Saturday, my four-year-old...

Police begin investigations into Wulugu lynching

Police in the North East Region have begun investigations into the lynching of a 27-year-old at Wulugu. The victim, Sanugu Abdulai, a truck driver’s assistant,...

GJA, others mark Ahmed Suale’s second anniversary

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Monday said the delay in serving justice by arresting and prosecuting the killers of Ahmed Suale, an investigative...

Mfantsiman MP robbery case: Police await 3 reports

A Circuit Court in Accra hearing the robbery case of the murdered Mfantsiman Member of Parliament (MP), has adjourned the matter to February 8,...

Former Chief Justice reacts to Muntaka’s judge bribery allegation

Former Chief Justice of Ghana, Madam Sophia Akuffo, says she is upset about wild accusation by Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase Muntaka Mubarak...

Collins Dauda’s Nananom FM robbed after being shut down by govt

A local radio station in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region, Nananom FM, has been robbed by unknown persons. Thieves, who broke into...

Tanker driver’s mate mistaken to be an armed robber lynched at Wulugu

Residents of Wulugu in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region, following a robbery attack in the community on Sunday, January 17,...

Pastor kills daughter, 9, for ‘being a witch’

A pastor of Heavens Kingdom Palace Ministry International is reported to have killed his nine-year-old daughter after accusing her of witchcraft. Gideon Boakye, 28 years...

Court dissolves 15-year-old marriage as wife says she used juju to “tie husband spiritually”

A woman, who confessed that she used black magic to "tie her husband spiritually to milk him dry", has lost the marriage eventually. Reports say...

Jomoro NDC clears air on Fantana’s mother’s citizenship status

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Jomoro Constituency has reacted to media reports that the newly elected NDC Member of Parliament for the...

Police lock-up Finder reporter for filming altercation between policeman and driver

A policeman with the Motorbike Unit of the Legon Police Station yesterday afternoon detained a reporter of The Finder newspaper for recording videos of...

GBC journalist robbed!

A private car belonging to Abdul Hayi Moomen, a journalist working with GBC, Ghana’s state broadcaster, has been broken into and some valuables made...

Akatsi Police intercept vehicle loaded with marijuana

Police at Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region have intercepted a vehicle carrying large quantities of dried leaves suspected to...

Judge bribery allegations: Sam George attacks Ghana Bar Association

Samuel Nartey George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, has fired a salvo at the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) over their demand to...

Notorious abortion ‘doctor’ jailed four years

The Suhum Circuit Court, presided over her Ladyship Diana Adu Asare, has sentenced a notorious abortion perpetrator, David Darko to four years imprisonment. The 40-year-old...

Four arrested for stealing church instruments

The Akyem Ofoase Police command in the Eastern Region has arrested four young men for allegedly stealing church instruments. The suspects are 30 year-old driver,...

Suspected armed robbers shoot taxi driver dead!

Unknown assailants have shot dead a taxi driver, identified as ‘Culture’, at Mmoatiakrom near Dunkwa-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central...

Tiler before court over motorbike theft

A twenty-two year-old tiler, has appeared before a District Magistrate court at Enchi for allegedly stealing a tricycle belonging to a teacher. The accused, Samuel...

Ablekuma Central shooting incident: Suspect granted bail

The Accra High Court has granted ¢200,000 bail with three sureties to the accused National Security officer standing trial for his involvement in the...

Priest arrested with human head

Osun State Police Command has arrested a cleric, Tiamiyu Yusuf, for possession of human head. The said body part, he said, was bought for a...

Prisons Service calls for increased feeding grant for prisoners

The Ghana Prisons Service has called on the government to, as a matter of urgency and on humanitarian grounds, increase the daily feeding allowance...

Soldier in court over alleged sexual intercourse with a minor

A 30-year-old soldier has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly having multiple sex with a 14-year-old girl at Burma Camp, Accra. Corporal Offei...

Ghanaian businessman cries as imported iPhones worth GH¢700,000 turn out to be empty boxes

Chief Executive Officer of Igoods Ghana Limited, a Ghanaian company that deals in iPhones, was duped of a whopping GH¢700,000.00 by a supplier he...

Court adjourns Ofosu-Ampofo, Boahen trial

The Accra Commercial High Court 1, has adjourned the trial of Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Anthony Kwaku Boahen to February 2, 2021. This follows a...

Two arrested for attempting to smuggle narcotics into Ankaful Prison

The Police in Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality have arrested two persons who attempted to convince a Prison officer to smuggle suspected narcotic...

Govt taskforce arrests 7 illegal Chinese miners; seizes 10 excavators [Video]

Government’s Environmental Sustainability taskforce has arrested seven Chinese nationals and seized 10 excavators as it moves to save forests invaded by illegal...

Speeding driver kills girl; family demands justice

The family of a 10-year-old, who was killed by a speeding driver on the Aduman–Aduamoah road in the Afigya Kwabere District of the Ashanti...

Man shoots girlfriend to death at Akyem Nkronso

A young man, believed to be in his early 30s, has shot his girlfriend to death at Akyem Nkronso, a suburb of the Abuakwa...