Crime

Teacher remanded over anal sex with JHS student

A 30-year-old teacher who had anal sex with a 12 year old boy on three occasions at New Achimota, has appeared before an Accra...

Scraps stealing syndicate busted in Kumasi

Five suspected robbers believed to belong to a scraps stealing syndicate operating in some parts of the country, have been arrested.The suspects whose names...

Two grabbed for car snatching

Two persons who allegedly robbed a taxi driver of his Toyota Vitz vehicle after slashing his left arm with a broken bottle have been...

Illegal Transshipment killing fisheries sector – Canoe Fishermen

Canoe fishermen and CSOs in the fisheries sector have condemned activities of some trawlers in illegal trans-shipment popularly known as ‘Saiko’ in Ghana’s waters....

Nigeria: 717 rape cases recorded from January to May 2020 – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu says 717 rape incidents have been reported to the police across the country from January-May this year alone. The...

25-year-old rapes, murders brother’s wife

The police in Zamfara state have arrested a 25-year-old man, Aminu Bala, who allegedly raped and murdered his elder brother’s wife, Hauwau Iliyasu. The state police...

Two second-hand clothes dealers granted bail for robbery

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Her Honour Afia Owusua Appiah has admitted two second-hand clothes dealers to bail in the sum...

Burglars break into Wa Covid-19 isolation centre

Reports indicate that thieves have made away with a mattress and a 32-inch television set after they broke into the Wa Municipal Covid-19 isolation...

GIS Border patrols intercept 141 gallons of fuel at Aflao

The Aflao Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has foiled attempts by some criminal syndicates to smuggle 141,25-litre gallons filled with petroleum...

141 gallons of smuggled fuel intercepted at Aflao by GIS border patrols team

The Aflao Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service in the Ketu South District of the Volta Region has intercepted 141 gallons of fuel...

Man chops off fingers of 11-year-old nephew over GHS20

Residents of Zorkor Gambolga in the Bongo District in the Upper East Region were left dumbfounded when a man severed the middle and the...

NAM 1 is back and this is why he is trending

Nana Appiah Mensah, Chief Executive Officer of defunct gold dealership firm Menzgold, is back in business. His return, however, has got a lot of...

Police arrest 2 over bitten p3nis

Two Nigeriens have been arrested by the Neoplan Station police in Accra for allegedly biting off the penis of their compatriot in an appalling...

Family demands justice after police chase ends in death of 65-year-old mother

A family in the Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region is demanding justice after a police chase of a commercial mini-bus (trotro) ended in...

Opuni trial: Court directs defence to move application for stay on June 18

An Accra High Court hearing the case of Dr Stephen Opuni, the former CEO of COCOBOD and two others has adjourned hearing of an...

State of emergency declared in Nigeria over surge in rape cases

Following a surge in cases of rape and violence against women and children, Nigerian governors have declared a state of emergency. There have been concerns over how...

Woman recounts how daughter was gang-raped at Kokrobite [Video]

A-50-year-old woman, identified as Maame Nyarkoah, has recounted the struggles of her daughter who was gang-raped while menstruating. According to the frustrated mother,...

22-year-old auto mechanic remanded for robbing a student

A 22-year-old auto mechanic (Fitter) who attacked and robbed a student at Esaase in the Atwima-Nwabiagya North District, has been remanded into police custody...

Dompoase accident: Road Safety Authority lauds court for jailing driver

Management of the Ghana Road Safety Authority has lauded the sentencing of one of the drivers involved in the fatal accident at Dompoase. The driver,...

Driver in court for physically assaulting hairdresser

Kojo Aduboah a driver, popularly called Kojo Afro, has been granted bail; the sum of GHC2,000.00 with two sureties for allegedly subjecting one Mrs....

24 arrested at Ada over ‘wee’

Police at Ada are interrogating 24 persons arrested in a swoop last week at Ada Foah, Big Ada, Gorm and Ocanseykorpe over some criminal...

Two remanded over NIA stolen laptops

Two persons have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing 15 HP Pro book laptops belonging to the National Identification Authority (NIA). Frank...

Landlord wants tenant out over sex agreement

A landlord and his female tenant are at the crossroads over a sexual agreement that has gone bad. Rainbow Radio reported that the landlord, whose...

Social media instigator trial adjourned to June 24

The case of Bless Amedegbe, the man who instigated the public on social media to burn the house of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo...

Two suspected robbers killed, others on the run in Kumasi

A gun battle between suspected armed robbers and a police patrol team on Tuesday night at Santasi, a suburb of Kumasi, led to the...

Teenager freed after killing man who attempted to rape her

Nigerian prosecutors have decided not to press charges against a 15-year-old girl detained after killing a man who had attempted to rape her. Police said...

Kumasi: Two suspected robbers killed, others on the run

A gun battle between suspected armed robbers and a police patrol team on Tuesday night at Santasi, a suburb of Kumasi, led to the...

Driver in Dompoase accident that killed 35 people jailed!

A Circuit Court in Cape Coast in the Central Region has sentenced Mark Mireku, the driver involved in the Dompoase accident which claimed the...

Arrested Apostle Agyei has tramadol in his urine – Police drug test results claim

An alleged drug test conducted by the police on self-acclaimed pastor, Apostle Kwabena Owusu Agyei of the Hezekiah Apostolic Prayer Ministry reveals an abuse...

Ernesto Yeboah charged!

Leader of Ghana’s leftist movement, Ernesto Yeboah, has been charged with the offence of failing to notify the police of a special event. He has...

Truck driver kills policeman

A Sergeant in the Ghana Police Service, Tabon Takaazine, has been killed by a truck. He was said to have signaled a Rhino truck driver...

Sekondi court remands suspects in defilement case

A Sekondi gender-based violence court has remanded two accused persons alleged to have defiled a 14-year-old girl at Agona Nkwanta in the Ahanta West...

‘Wee’ discovered on Apostle Kwabena Agyei planted by National Security operatives – Sammy Gyamfi

National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, believes the marijuana discovered on the person of Apostle Kwabena Owusu Agyei was...

Minority condemns Rambo-style arrest of Apostle Kwabena Agyei

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has condemned the Rambo-style arrest of self-acclaimed pastor, Apostle Kwabena Owusu Agyei for his libelous statements against President Nana...

Man sues State for GH¢5m over death of his wife 20 months after marriage

On April 28, 2018, then 34-year-old publisher, Mohammed Mustapha, said his marital vows to his 30-year-old sweetheart Akua Nyarko Osei Bonsu. The famous vow “till...

Thieves break into EC office to make away with vital gadgets

Some suspected thieves have broken into the Electoral Commission (EC) office at Kodie in the Affigya Kwabre South Constituency in the Ashanti Region and...

Thief ordered to say last prayer amid deadliest drill [Video]

A middle-aged man's decision to steal ended in tears for him after he was apprehended and given the deadliest drill of his life. Though it...

Arrest of Apostle Agyei: Sign of intolerance and totalitarianism – Sammy Gyamfi

National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has aired his dissatisfaction about the arrest of Apostle Kwabena Owusu Agyei. The Apostle...

2 suspected robbers gunned down in Kumasi

Two suspected armed robbers who were members of an AK-47-wielding gang have been gunned down at  Atasamanso New Site in Kumasi. It follows a gun...

Boxer held for abusing minor sexually discharged

Ebenezer Mawuli Ayivor, a boxer who was accused of defiling an 11-year-old girl at Otordzo, near Dansoman has been discharged by an Accra Circuit...