Crime

O’Reilly SHS stabbing: Court remands accused for two weeks

The La District Court has remanded a final-year student at O'Reilly Senior High School (SHS), who fatally stabbed a classmate, for two weeks. The student,...

23-year-old student arrested for kidnap, murder of friend in Nigeria

A 300-level student of Philosophy at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State in Nigeria, Ayomide Adeleye, has been arrested over the kidnap and...

Man nabbed for allegedly killing sister, lover and friend

In a tragic turn of events, a 300-level student from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Christiana Idowu, who was kidnapped between...

Awutu Bereku shooting: Court remands suspect

The Awutu Ofaakor District Court has remanded the suspect, Akwesi Lartey Junior, who mistakenly shot one person at Awutu Bereku on Tuesday. This was when...

Galamsey on River Pra: 4 Arrested, changfan machines, boats destroyed

Four persons have been arrested in an exercise by the Twifo Atti Mokwa District Assembly in the Central Region in a clamp down on illegal...

Presidency reacts to alleged attempt to seize GIS land

The Jubilee House has debunked reports of an alleged attempt to take over land belonging to the Ghana International School (GIS). The Presidency has described...

3 chainsaw operators in court for illegal logging

Three chainsaw operators have appeared before the Fiapre Circuit Court in the Sunyani West Municipality for illegally harvesting 45 pieces of Cidrella trees valued...

Man who damaged ‘Big Six’ monument referred for psychiatric evaluation

The man accused of vandalising the 'Big Six' monument at the Airport Roundabout in Accra has been referred to the hospital for a psychiatric...

O’Reilly SHS stabbing: GES to conclude investigations in two weeks 

The Ghana Education Service(GES) has expressed hope to conclude investigations into the fatal stabbing incident at O'Reilly Senior High School (SHS) within two weeks. The...

One arrested in connection with Awutu Bereku shooting incident

The Ghana Police Service has arrested one person, Nai Akwasi Lartey, in connection with a shooting incident at Awutu Bereku in the Central region. The...

GNECC condemns O’Reilly SHS incident, demands immediate action

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has expressed deep concern over the recent tragic incident at O'Reilly Senior High School (SHS). The deceased, 18-year-old...

NDC member reportedly shot during coronation at Awutu Bereku

The Awutu Senya East Municipality branch of the National Democratic Congress is demanding for justice for its member who was shot during a coronation...

Suspected goat thief burnt to ashes at Awutu Kwame Kwei

An 'Okada' rider suspected to have stolen a goat has been burnt to ashes at Kwame Kwei in the Awutu Senya West District of...

O’Reilly SHS headmistress ‘flee’ as family of late student goes berserk at meeting 

The headmistress of O'Reilly Senior High School (SHS) Nadia Lartechoe Annan on Wednesday reportedly fled for her life at a meeting following the tragic...

Kasoa: Man arrested for stealing flag hoisting pole from Immigration office

A 35-year-old man, Yaw Francis, has been arrested by the Kasoa Police after allegedly stealing a flag hoisting pole belonging to the Kasoa Immigration...

Bolga: Soldier detained over rape accusation

A soldier has been detained over an accusation of raping an 18-year-old hotel attendant. The incident reportedly happened on Monday at about 3:pm at...

Four Ghanaians guilty of smuggling £4.5 million worth of cannabis hidden in sacks of gari

Four men have been found guilty of smuggling £4.5 million worth of cannabis hidden in sacks of gari powder from Ghana to south Essex. The...

My son was stabbed 3 times in the chest – Father of O’Reilly SHS student [Audio]

The father of a final year student of O’Reilly Senior High School(SHS) who was stabbed to death by a colleague has expressed pain over...

Student who stabbed colleague at O’Reilly SHS arrested

A final-year student from O'Reilly Senior High School (SHS) has been arrested by the Police for allegedly stabbing a fellow student to death, leaving...

Thieves vandalise ECG’s GH₵100K transformer at Asutuare junction

The Tema Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has lost a 100KVA transformer worth GH₵100,000 to thieves who vandalized and made away...

O’Reily Senior High School student stabbed to death

An 18-year-old student from O'Reilly Senior High School in Accra has reportedly been stabbed by a colleague following an argument over whose father is...

Two shot as robbers raid Northern Ashanti Mines

Two people have been seriously injured after armed men raided the Konongo Odumase Concession of the Northern Ashanti Mines Co. Ltd. The armed thugs looted...

Scrap dealer in court for stabbing carpenter in chest

Mohammed Salifu, a 30-year-old scrap dealer, who stabbed a carpenter in the chest at Makola Market, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Salifu is...

Chinese national shot dead in Amansie South district

A 52-year-old Chinese national has been shot dead at Manso Watereso in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region. The deceased, Yao Xian, was...

Dispatch rider jailed 10 years for abetting robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a dispatch rider to ten years in prison for aiding and abetting robbery in La, Accra. Lord Mensah was...

17 persons granted GHC50,000 bail each over illegal sand winning

An Accra Circuit Court has granted GHC50,000 bail each to seventeen drivers who allegedly undertook sand-winning operations without a license at Agbazu, near Amasaman. They...

Trader fined for possessing locally manufactured pistol, cartridges

An Accra Circuit Court has fined a 26-year-old trader GHC9,600 for illegally possessing a locally manufactured firearm and three live cartridges. Prince Atakora alias Kofi...

Bekwai Circuit Court: Two ex-convicts jailed 34 years for robbery, rape and causing harm

A 20-year-old ex-convict Akwasi Agyemang has been sentenced to 25 years in prison with hard labour by the Circuit Court in Bekwai, Ashanti region...

Policemen who allegedly robbed ‘okada’ rider remanded

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two off-duty police constables in custody after they attacked an okada rider and stole GH₵3,700. General Lance Corporals Philmon...

Two ex-convicts jailed 34 years for robbery, rape and causing harm

The Circuit Court in Bekwai in the Ashanti region has sentenced a 20-year-old ex-convict to 25 years in prison with hard labour for robbery. The...

Police secure conviction of five armed robbers in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Police Service has secured the conviction of five armed robbers involved in a series of robbery and carjacking incidents in the Ashanti...

Two Police Constables remanded for robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two off-duty Police constables in custody after they attacked an Okada rider and stole GH¢3,700. General Lance Corporals Philmon...

Police arrest 10 suspected landguards in East Legon

Ten suspected landguards at Adjirigano have been apprehended by the East Legon Police in Accra. The suspects, named Harry Otu Hesse, Khalid Adnam, Tahiru Yakubu,...

Self-proclaimed healer found with 24 human skulls

A Ugandan man allegedly found with 24 human skulls may have been using them for human sacrifice and could face life in prison, the...

Salesman in court for allegedly embezzling employer’s GH₵1,491,282

A 25-year-old salesman has appeared before an Adentan Circuit Court charged with funnelling GH₵1,491,282 from his employer’s mobile money accounts. Richard Okai, aka Kobby, pleaded...

Two motorbike thieves set ablaze at Gomoa Dasum

Two unidentified men, believed to be in their late 30s, have been lynched and set ablaze after allegedly stealing a motorbike at Gomoa Dasum...

EOCO sweeps 4 awards at Internal Audit Agency conference

On Thursday, August 22, 2024, the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) received special recognition from the Internal Audit Agency (IAA) for exemplary leadership...

Security man jailed 4 years for aiding theft

A 45-year-old security guard who conspired with two others to steal from his employer's warehouse on Graphic Road in Accra has been sentenced to...

Three remanded for stealing onions, electrical appliances and others at Wenchi

The Wenchi Magistrate Court presided over by His Wardship Issah Abdul Wahab has remanded three persons into police custody for stealing. The accused persons are...

Man in possession of EC’s BVD arrested at Nsawam [Video+Photos]

https://youtu.be/4DN2MOurXAg A man in possession of the Electoral Commission's (EC) Biometric Verification Device (BVD) has been arrested at Nsawam in the Eastern region. The suspect has...