Crime

Man arrested for possession of bag of marijuana

The police has arrested a man for attempting to abscond after being nabbed for possession of dried leaves suspected to be marijuana.The incident occurred...

Father jailed 10 years for burning daughter’s genital region with hot cutlass

The Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a 47-year-old man to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for assaulting his 13-year-old daughter after accusing her...

118 inmates escape from Nigerian prison after heavy rainfall

118 inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre after a downpour on Wednesday night, April 24, caused extensive damage to the facility.This...

Charles Adu Boahen breaks silence on brother’s murder

Former Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen has found his voice following the gruesome murder of his brother, Dr Christopher...

Beige-Bank trial: Receiver did not engage financial department before collapsing bank

David O. Sogbodjor, former Finance Manager of the defunct Beige Bank has told the High Court trying the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) that the receiver during...

Two sentenced for stealing over 1,000 bags of rice

The Tema Circuit Court has sentenced two persons involved in the stealing of 1,146 bags of rice valued at GH₵846,000.00 to various terms of...

Farmer arraigned for threatening pastor after ‘stealing’ 13 bags of rice

A 39-year-old farmer accused of stealing 13 bags of rice belonging to a pastor whom he threatened to kill has been arraigned.Kwabena Seidu, alias...

‘Galamsey’: 5 Burkina Faso nationals jailed 20 years each

The Wa Circuit Court has handed down a 20-year prison sentence to each of the five Burkina Faso nationals convicted of engaging in illegal...

J.B. Danquah Adu’s murder: Court orders Sexy Dondon to open his defence

An Accra High Court ordered Daniel Asiedu, aka Sexy dondon, the man being held over the murder of the late legislature, J.B. Danquah Adu,...

Shop attendant, 22, convicted for stealing over GH¢39k

A 22-year-old shop attendant, who stole GH₵39,385 from a Telecommunication shop has been fined 100 penalty units (GH¢1,200) by an Accra Circuit Court.The convict...

Court issues arrest warrant for former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe

The High Court in Accra has issued an arrest warrant for convicted former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre...

Man remanded for sharing ‘lover’s nude videos

A 31-year-old Nigerian national, Paul Efeturi Niboro alias Paul Kwame Niboro has been remanded into prison custody by the High Court.This comes after he...

Content piracy: Deceptively deadly face of organised crime

Illicit online platforms offering cut-rate access to films and TV series are often fundraising channels for syndicates involved in everything from child porn to...

Dead body in a sack discovered in front of church at Afrangua

Residents of Afrangua near Saltpond in the Mfantsiman Municipality of the Central Region woke up to discover the remains of a man believed to...

How an iPhone exposed alleged robbers

Three persons who allegedly robbed a Quantity Surveyor at his residence at Anyaa and made away with his mobile phone and other electrical gadgets...

JB Danquah murder trial: Court warns ‘Sexy Dondon’

The High Court in Accra has ordered Daniel Asiedu alias Sexy Don Don, who is standing trial in the murder of J.B Danquah late...

Missing penis: Siblings remanded

Two siblings have been put before the Awutu Bereku District Court on charges of two counts of conspiracy to commit crime, publication of false news and assaulting...

Court grants mason bail for assaulting driver

The Ashaiman District Court has granted bail in the sum of Gh₵ 6,000.00 with one surety to Bernard Awaga, a 32-year-old mason, for assaulting a driver at...

 Prison officers allegedly assault taxi driver at Assin Atonsu

Some Prison Service officers have allegedly assaulted a 53-year-old taxi driver identified as Essien Antwi at Assin Atonsu in the Central Region. The prison...

Two arrested in connection with murder of US National in Central Region

The Ghana Police Service has made a breakthrough in the investigation into the death of a United States national in Nyinasen near Cape Coast,...

Fake soldier granted GH₵150K bail

The Obuasi Circuit court presided over by His Honour Mark Deboro Tairima has granted 26-year-old Eric Opoku a GH₵150,000 bail with three sureties.This follows...

Court remands mason over theft of 222 bags of cement

A 32-year-old mason has been remanded by the Pakyi District Court over an alleged theft of 222 bags of cement valued GH¢17,516.00, belonging to his employer.Emmanuel Sebeh...

9 suspects remanded after clash with police in Assin Fosu

Nine suspects have been remanded into police custody by the Assin Fosu District Court presided over by His Worship Abdul Majid Illiasu.They were remanded...

Driver who caused train accident jailed

The Juapong Circuit Court has jailed Abel Dzidotor, a 41-year-old driver who abandoned his truck on the Tema-Mpakadan railway, resulting in a train accident....

Armed robbers attack Akroma mining company, Chinese worker shot

Armed robbers have attacked the Akroma Gold Mining Company located in Esaase, within the Kwawu West Municipality of the Eastern region.The robbers who...

Agona Kwanyarko: One arrested in connection with shooting incident over GH¢500 debt

The Agona Kwanyarko Police has arrested one suspect in connection with a shooting incident that occurred at Agona Kwanyarko over GH¢500 debt.The suspect...

EC officials, student remanded over stolen laptops, BVR kits

The Dansoman Circuit Court has remanded into police custody three Electoral Commission (EC) workers and a student accused of stealing laptops and Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits...

Court fines man GH₵600 for fake penis-shrinking claim

The Ashaiman District Court has fined Edmund Dela Adrah, a 21-year-old student, a sum of GH¢600 for falsely claiming that a passer-by has caused his...

Thieves break into Methodist Church, bolt with musical instruments

Thieves have raided the Methodist Church of Ghana at Asuboni White house in the Kwahu West Municipal of the Eastern Region.They made away with...

Husband allegedly kills wife in Adaklu Tevikpo

A farmer, Kwame Ayew has allegedly shot his wife dead at Adaklu Tevikpo in the Volta Region.The deceased whose name has only been...

Mason allegedly drinks weedicide over divorce threat

A man believed to be in his 40s has died after allegedly drinking paint and weedicide after his wife threatened to divorce him.The...

One shot dead, another injured after landguards invade Obeng-Man

One person has been shot dead with another person hospitalised after landguards reportedly invaded Obengman in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra...

Student of University of Energy and Natural Resources killed in robbery attack

A student of the University of Energy and Natural Resources(UNER) in Sunyani has been killed in a robbery attack at Boffourkrom in the Sunyani...

Woman found dead at Ekumfi beach with body parts missing

The body of a woman believed to be in her early 30s has found at the beach at Ekumfi Ekumpoano in the Ekumfi District...

What judge said before sentencing ex-MASLOC CEO

A Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe on Tuesday expressed concerns about how the educated elites have rather become more...

Man remanded for robbing former Second Lady

A self-styled businessman is standing trial at the High Court in Accra for allegedly orchestrating and committing the robbery of high-profile personalities and elites...

13 persons in court over possession of narcotic drugs

An Accra Circuit Court has admitted 13 persons to a GH₵50,000.00 bail each with one surety for allegedly possessing a plant substance suspected to...

Trader remanded for murder, use of offensive weapon

The Kwamekrom District Court has remanded a 38-year-old trader, Tetteh Mawusi aka Joy Mawusi into prison custody for alleged murder and use of an...

Dr. Christopher Adu Boahen murder: Case adjourned to May 9

The case of Mark Forson, the houseboy accused of murdering Dr. Christopher Adu Boahen, the son of the late Professor Albert Adu Boahen, has...

4 jailed for robbing Catholic parish, assaulting priest

Four men have been handed a substantial sentence of 21 years by a Zimbabwean court for robbing a catholic mission and a series of...