Crime

Police impound taxi cab conveying 5 stolen goats

The Police in the Central Region have impounded a taxi cab with five live goats which were abandoned by suspected thieves during an inspection...

Police arrest all-female counterfeit money gang in Kumasi

A special operation by the Ghana Police Service has led to the arrest of 15 women, who are part of a gang printing and...

Security man found dead on Neem tree in Bolgatanga

A Ghana Education Service security man at the Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School (BOGISS) in the Upper East Region has allegedly committed suicide. Reports indicate...

Rawlings reacts to murder of George Floyd by Minnesota police officers

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has reacted to the killing of George Floyd by four police officers of Minnesota. The former president, in a tweet,...

Man, 25, in police grips for inflicting cutlass wounds on farmer [Photos]

A 25-year-old herdsman, identified as Yahaya, is in the grips of the Damongo police for inflicting cutlass wounds on a 27-year-old farmer at Sumpini...

Kennedy Agyapong drags Obinim to EOCO over GH¢1.6m tax

The woes of embattled pastor Daniel Obinim, founder and leader of International God’s Way Church (IGWC), do not appear to be over as the...

Man in critical condition after police car knocks him at Kasoa [Video]

A 40-year-old man identified as Selorm Seshie is in a critical condition after a Kasoa Police Patrol vehicle reportedly knocked him down. The incident happened...

‘My husband didn’t want to have children with me’ – Woman shot in her sleep tells court

Benita Dankwa, the eight-month pregnant woman who was allegedly shot by her husband, is convinced her better half perpetrated the act because he did not...

How this woman’s face changed completely after exiting a salon [photos]

A 27-year-old woman, identified as Memuna Malik, is battling suicidal thoughts after she suffered an acid bath in a salon at Riyad in Saudi...

George Floyd: Protesters set Minneapolis police station ablaze

A police station in Minneapolis has been set alight during a third night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man in...

Fishermen tie suspected thief and drown him in Volta lake

The Asesewa District Police Command in the Eastern Region have arrested two (2) out of six (6) fishermen for allegedly drowning a suspected fishing...

Social media user who instigated attack against Akufo-Addo granted bail

Bless Amedegbe, the man who instigated the public on social media to burn the house of President Akufo-Addo and also kill police officers enforcing...

Pregnant woman’s ‘killer’ remanded

The Asokwa District Court has remanded into police custody a woman who allegedly killed her pregnant colleague at Aburaso in the Atwima Kwanwoma District...

Obinim to pay GHS1.6m tax liability as court throws out his appeal

An Accra high court has dismissed an application in which Bishop Daniel Obinim, the Head Pastor of International Godsway Church is challenging the decision...

Coronavirus: Ashaiman police being tested after inmates test positive

Officers at the Ashaiman Police command are undergoing tests after 11 more inmates tested positive for Covid-19. Two weeks ago, 54 inmates were randomly tested...

Kenya: Journalist who committed suicide laid to rest

Former K24 journalist, George Kori, who committed suicide was buried on Wednesday in Elburgon. The body of the late Mr Kori was found dangling from...

Manhunt for man who used Oppong-Nkrumah’s name to dupe people

National security operatives are still on a manhunt for Nigerian Facebook fraudster, Prince Joel, for impersonating public officers and duping some Ghanaians worth thousands...

Hit-and-run driver arrested for causing multiple car accident

A mid-morning accident along Mombasa road on Thursday caused traffic snarl heading out of town. The accident that occurred next to Vision Plaza involved three...

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...