Crime

Suspect dies in police cell

A 43-year-old man has died while in the custody of the Mile Seven Police in the Greater Accra Region, barely 24 hours after his...

Lady sets siblings ablaze over inheritance

Tragedy struck in the early hours of Tuesday morning as a lady identified as Imole Shoronke, allegedly set her elder sister and her kids...

Galamsey: Five Chinese nationals arrested

Five foreign nationals have been arrested in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti region for their alleged engagement in illegal mining activities. The sustainable...

Father, accomplice jailed 13 years for trafficking two sons

A father, who sold his two sons to a fisherman for the business of fishing, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment in hard...

Man rapes daughter, 13, at her workplace

A 45-year-old man, Akanji Oluwaseyi, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police, for allegedly forcefully having carnal...

Police grab 47-year-old woman for selling ‘weed’

A police patrol team has arrested a 47-year-old woman for peddling dried herbs suspected to be cannabis at Zenu Atadeka.The acting Regional Crime Officer...

Hohoe District Police records 55 offences during Christmas

A total of 55 criminal offences have been recorded in the Hohoe Municipality from December 24, 2020, to January 2, this year. The offences range...

Tesano Police arrest motorbike robber

Imoro Shaibu has been arrested by the Tesano Police for allegedly attacking and robbing a man of his motorbike. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia...

Side chick kidnaps 3-month-old baby of lover

A mistress, identified as Temitope Adeniyi is on the run after allegedly kidnapping her lover's 3-month-old baby. Temi, as reported by Kemifilani, is said to...

Man arrested for killing older wife at Akyem

A 35-year-old, Samuel Gyekye is in police grips for allegedly murdering his wife, Abena Owusua, 42. Suhum District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Joseph Owusu confirmed...

Ablekuma Central shooting case adjourned again!

The Accra Circuit Court 4 has adjourned the case in which a National Security operative is alleged to have shot indiscriminately at the Ablekuma...

Man, 33, allegedly killed during fight over gold

A 33-year-old man Matthew Gyekye has allegedly been hit to death over gold. Police reports indicate that on Saturday, January 2, about 11:40 am, the...

Walewale police on manhunt for six highway robbers

Police at Walewale in the North East region are on a manhunt for a gang of six highway armed robbers. They are believed to have...

NDC MPs to face court on Monday over protest march

Minority Leader of Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, and some ten other NDC MPs will be in court on Monday, January 4, 2021. This follows a lawsuit...

Stonebwoy’s bodyguards, driver arrested!

The Abuakwa Divisional Police Command in Ashanti region has arrested four bodyguards and a driver of Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, for assaulting another driver. The musician...

Ritualist arrested for cutting private part of girl, 6

The police in Bauchi State in Nigeria has arrested a 20-year-old man, Adamu Ra’uf, for allegedly cutting off the private part of a six-year-old...

Armed robbers attack travellers at Walewale

The night patrol team at Walewale was called by the station master, Inspector Amos Bour, to the scene of an ongoing robbery in the...

Armed robbers shoot driver, bolt with cash

A 25-year-old driver, Osei Gideon has been shot by armed robbers who also bolted with a huge sums of money in the North East...

NDC Constituency Secretary attacked! [Photos]

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Constituency Secretary for Awutu Senya East, Amadu Tuarik has been attacked. According to reports, the Secretary and other executives were in...

Undertaker gets five years for stealing

The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old undertaker to five years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing a ‘pressure pump cocoa spraying...

‘Drug lords’ break jail at Abokobi-Ayimensah on New Year’s day

Two suspected remand prisoners in the custody of the Abokobi-Ayimensah Police in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region broke out of...

Driver fined for negligently causing harm

The Kaneshie District Court on Wednesday fined a driver, Philip Awuku over careless and inconsiderate driving and negligently causing harm. Awuku who pleaded guilty to...

GES staff found dead in his chair at New Juaben South

A Staff of the Ghana Education Service at New Juaben South Municipal Education Directorate in the Eastern Regional Capital has been found dead at...

Ghanaian man kills Ethiopian employer in Italy

A Ghanaian man has killed his Ethiopian employer in Italy after a dispute over an unpaid salary. The suspect, 32-year-old Adams Suleimani, who confessed to...

Two suspected robbers shot dead in gun battle

A gun battle between police in the Ashanti region and some suspected robbers has resulted in the death of two of the suspected robbers. The...

Murder of Mfantseman MP: Suspects refused bail

An Accra Circuit court has refused to grant bail to the eight suspects who were arrested in connection with the robbery of the late...

Court remands trio for alleged robbery of Keta MP-elect

Three persons have been remanded by a Ho Circuit Court for the alleged robbery and assault on the Member of Parliament-elect (MP), for Keta...

State challenges High Court’s decision to stop Amewu’s swearing-in

The State has filed a case at the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Ho High Court that granted an injunction against the...

Another journalist receives fresh life threats

A broadcast journalist with State Broadcaster, GTV, Abdul Hayi Moomen, says his life is at risk after threats from some unknown men. According to a...

Uneasy calm in Techiman South as families of slain supporters call for justice

There is uneasy calm at Techiman in the Bono East region as families of the NDC supporters gunned down by security personnel during the...

Oppong Nkrumah reacts to threats against journalists

The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has charged the security agencies to deal with threats and attacks against journalists. It follows recent incidents of...

Cocoa beans thief busted again on Boxing Day for stealing Milo, slippers, cash and more

The Nkurakan police has arrested 28-year-old Kwesi Owusu, an ex-convict for ransacking a provision shop in the Eastern Region on Saturday, December 26, a...

Police must investigate death threat against Manasseh, others – GJA

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has received disturbing reports of death threats issued against freelance investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, from someone believed to...

Talking loosely in public can make you a target to criminals – Police warns

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has warned the citizenry against talking loosely, particularly, about money issues in public. Speaking on JoyNews’ The Law Sunday, Public Affairs Officer...

Pensioner granted ¢200K bail over fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a ¢200,000 bail with two sureties to a pensioner for allegedly defrauding a retired teacher of ¢85,000 under...

Investigate Kennedy Agyapong – NDC to CID

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has demanded that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service investigates Kennedy Ohene Agyapong for threats...

‘Susu’ manager jailed for stealing GH¢46,444 from 61 customers

A 32 year old “Susu” Manager who misappropriated GH¢46,444.00 belonging to 61 customers has been sentenced to four months imprisonment by an Accra Circuit...

Court rescinds arrest warrant for Power FM presenter

An Accra High Court has rescinded a bench warrant it issued for the arrest of Oheneba Boamah Bennie, a presenter of Power FM, an...

Car snatcher’s reason for robbery will shock you

A 23-year-old Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka student, Dare Williams, shocked the police with his reason for a robbery. According to reports by Instablog9ja,...

Most men didn’t believe I was raped – Victim

Novatus and Oyango are victims of sexual violence. They have not only had to come to terms with this violent act but have also...