Crime

Kenkey seller arrested over murder of pregnant woman

Police in Suntreso, Kumasi have arrested a 25-year-old kenkey seller for stabbing a pregnant woman to death at Aburaso in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District. Adwoa Bawumia,...

Woman, 2 others nabbed attempting to buy baby

Sale of babies, as rare as it may sound, has found its way into a slum in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region. A...

Social Welfare to prosecute persons handling rape cases at home

Madam Emma Adom, Director for Social Welfare and Community Development in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region, has said her outfit would...

Unemployed granted GH¢20,000 bail over causing harm

A Cape Coast Circuit Court has granted a GH¢ 20,000 bail with two sureties to a 20 year-old unemployed man for causing harm to...

Woman in police grips for stabbing pregnant woman to death

Police in Suntreso, Kumasi have arrested a 25-year-old kenkey seller for stabbing a pregnant woman to death at Aburaso in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District. Adwoa Bawumia,...

Woman, 2 others nabbed for attempting to buy baby

Sale of babies, as rare as it may sound, has found its way into a slum in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region. A...

Man jailed 10 years for impregnating co-tenant’s daughter

An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday sentenced a 22-year-old unemployed to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for impregnating a 15-year-old daughter of a...

Teacher convicted of multiple sex crimes begs judge for castration instead of prison

A former Pensacola, Florida, teacher who pleaded guilty last year to sex offenses involving students begged a judge last week to consider ordering him...

Why bereaved family wants Prampram District Police Commander fired

Family of the late Samuel Katernor (Shaba) is asking the police administration to consider the firing or immediate transfer of District Commander for Prampram,...

Student jailed for attempting to blackmail his police girlfriend

A Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a 24-year-old student, Francis Aggrey, to three years imprisonment for attempting to blackmail his girlfriend, a policewoman. Francis...

‘Galamseyer’ allegedly stabbed to death [Video]

 A member of the Ntortroso Watchdog Committee, Kofi Asiedu, has allegedly stabbed a 43-year-old galamseyer, John Sarfo, popularly known as Nigeria man, to death. Kwadwo...

77-year-old man hacks nephew to death in his sleep [Video]

A 77-year-old man, Kofi Asamoah, has reportedly hacked his 41-year-old nephew to death in his sleep at Apinkra in the Bosomtwe District of the...

Police officer’s ‘advice’ to father of girl gang-raped will shock you [listen]

Family of 14-year-old girl allegedly gang-raped by three men at Agona-Ahanta in the Western Region, have expressed their displeasure at the release of the...

Farmers beat forest guard to pulp at Sefwi [Photos]

Two farmers who are yet to be identified have beaten to pulp, a 32-year-old forest guard with the Sefwi Juaboso District in the ...

Man allegedly releases cobra to kill sleeping wife

A man in Kerala, India killed his wife by letting loose a cobra in her room after failing with a viper once before, the...

Murdered Ofankor tenant had two children [Video]

Benjamin Otchere, the tenant brutally gunned down by his 'landlord' at Ofankor in the Greater Accra Region, had two children, Reverend Grace Adusei, auntie...

Revealed: Ofankor ‘killer-landlord’ doesn’t own property [Video]

It has emerged that the “landlord” who shot and killed a tenant at Ofankor, Mr Victor Stephen Nana Kamkam, isn’t the true owner of...

Seven-month-old pregnant woman stabbed to death

A seven-month-old pregnant woman, Akosua Atta, 22, has been stabbed to death at Abura in Atwima Kwanwoma District of Ashanti Region. The deceased was said...

Manhunt for 2 coronavirus patients in Tamale

The Northern Regional Health Director, Dr John B. Eleeza, has disclosed to DGN Online that the regional health directorate is in search of two...

Family reacts to Ofankor alleged ‘killer landlord’s’ claim that he shot tenant in self-defence [video]

Family of Benjamin Otchere, the tenant allegedly shot and killed by his landlord at Ofankor in the Greater Accra Region, for allegedly...

Landlord who allegedly killed tenant over ‘refusal’ to vacate room charged

 Victor Stephen Nana Kankam, a landlord, who allegedly murdered his tenant at Ofankor Spot M in Accra, has been arrested and charged.  Reports indicate that...

How landlord allegedly fired multiple shots to kill tenant at Ofankor

Police Commander for Achimota-Mile 7, DSP George Asare, has recounted how a landlord shot his tenant who sustained multiple injuries leading to his death.  The...

Ofankor ‘killer landlord’ remanded as police move to test him for Covid-19

An Abeka District Court Presided over by Her Worship Mrs Adwoa Akyaamaah Ofosu has remanded the landlord who shot and killed his tenant for...

Quick feet save man in Ofankor landlord shooting case [Video]

A second person would have also lost his life in the Ofankor landlord shooting case but for quick feet, sister to the deceased tenant,...

Ofankor alleged ‘killer landlord’ had served notice of his intention – Deceased’s sister [Video]

Sister to the tenant who was allegedly murdered by his landlord at Ofankor, Linda Okyere, has said days before her brother was shot and...

PNC National Chairman to face CID over party cash

The National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, has been written to by the party’s National Treasurer over his “deliberate failure”...

Police nab cemetery workers with human heads

The Ondo State Police Command, on Monday, confirmed the arrest of four men, who were allegedly caught with human heads. The suspects, who were said...

Boyfriend jailed for sharing nude videos of his girlfriend

The Circuit Court in Accra, presided over by His Honour Mr Emmanuel Marvin Essandoh, has sentenced a 24-year-old Francis Aggrey, to three years in...

Landlord allegedly shoots and kills ‘musician’ tenant at Ofankor [photo]

A landlord has allegedly murdered his tenant for refusing to vacate a room he has rented to him. Victor Stephen Nana Kankam, according to police...

Landlord guns tenant down over refusal to quit his house [Videos+Photos]

A landlord, Victor Steve Nana Kamkam has allegedly shot and killed his tenant, Benjamin Okyere at Ofankor ‘Spot M’ here in Accra. The Mr Kankam’s...

Robbers shoot woman for refusing to part with money

A lady in her late twenties was on Saturday shot by robbers in broad daylight at her shop located on Afikpo Street, Abakaliki, Ebonyi...

Nigerian woman in court for impersonating Ministers

A Nigerian woman has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for impersonating some Ministers of State to defraud prospective job seekers on social...

Why Abronye DC wants a full public investigation into Mills’ death [read]

The Bono Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, has honoured an invitation from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of...

Bishop Obinim flaunts $100 notes [photos]

Founder of International God’s Way Church Daniel Bishop Obinim flaunted $100 notes to celebrate his release from police custody. This is to prove to his...

Two jailed 20 years for stealing assorted items

Two unemployed men who broke into a businessman's room and stole assorted items at Mempeasem near Cape Coast have been jailed 10 years each...

20-year-old highway robber arrested at Sawla [Photos]

A 20-year-old robber, Yakubu Musah, has been shot by the Sawla police patrol team at Gbangbandori on the Sawla-Wa highway in the Savannah region. Checks...

Driver remanded for stealing mobile phone

A 33-year-old driver, who stole a mobile phone at Atwima-Mim in the Ashanti region, has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit...

Police probe Atta Mills’ death

There are strong indications that the Police Administration would probe the circumstances that led to the death of the then sitting President, Professor John...

Nigerian who impersonated Oppong Nkrumah, Ayorkor Botchway granted bail

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by His Honour Emmanuel Essandoh has granted bail in the sum of GHC12,000 to a Nigerian woman...

Former footballer hot for biting former girlfriend’s nipple

Former Asante Kotoko defender, John Kuffour, has been granted bail of Gh¢50,000 for biting of the nipples of his former girlfriend.   The Ejisu...