Crime

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...

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...