Crime

20 Burkinabés arrested after entering Ghana illegally

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has confirmed the arrest of 20 Burkina Faso nationals at the Babile inland post near Lawra in the Upper...

Man jailed 2 months, gets 10 strokes for stealing laptop

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State on Wednesday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Alkasim Abdullahi, to two months in a correctional facility for...

Court sentences three to 75 years in jail for robbery

The Ofaakor Circuit Court, presided over by His Lordship, Ebenezer Osei Darko, has sentenced some three persons to 75 years in jail for robbing...

Beware of carjackers – Police to public

The Accra Regional Police Command has issued a public alert, especially to taxicab drivers, about the activities of carjackers in the metropolis. The police in...

Man, 41, arrested for impersonating as Canadian Army Officer

The Ghana Military Police has arrested 41-year old Bernard Ayeh of Adjiringanor, a suburb of Accra, for allegedly personating as a Canadian Army Officer. The...

Police kill notorious armed robber and rapist at Yeji

A notorious armed robber and rapist at Yeji in the Bono East region has been shot dead by the police. Identified as Ernest Akorli, alias...

Woman arrested for wrapping marijuana as pregnancy

Luck eluded a 42-year-old trader from Nkonya, Mavis Adubea, when dried leaves, suspected to be marijuana molded in tablets and wrapped around her belly...

Minister jailed 20 years for embezzlement

Former Ivorian Prime Minister, Guillaume Soro, has been given 20 years jail term for embezzlement. Mr Soro, who is vying to be president of Ivory Coast, was...

Three Burkinabes arrested for entering Ghana illegally

Three Burkinabes, who allegedly entered Ghana illegally, have been arrested at Babile in the Upper West region. The three men were busted en route to...

Driver’s mate gets five years for threatening his mother

A 20-year-old driver’s mate, who threatened to kill his mother for refusing to give him ‘chop’ money has been sentenced to five years imprisonment...

Kaneshie police arrest two armed robbers

The Kaneshie police have arrested two suspected armed robbers for allegedly robbing a woman at Awudome in Accra on Saturday. The suspects, James Annan and...

Notorious armed robber who raped and killed 20-yr-old lady shot dead at Yeji

A man, who the police have described as notorious armed robber, has been shot dead at Kwayease, a suburb of Yeji in the Bono...

Driver’s mate gets five years for threatening his mother

A 20-year-old driver’s mate, who threatened to kill his mother for refusing to give him ‘chop’ money, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment...

Suspected thief lynched and deserted in Central Region; residents live in fear

A man, believed to be in his 30s, has been killed at New Estate in the Central region, as reported by the area's Assembly...

Gunshots as confusion rocks mining site at Anyinam

Armed personnel reported to be operatives of Operation Vanguard at the weekend invaded a mining concession belonging to one Ibrahim Mohammed to flush out...

Highway robber busted

An armed robber, who together with four others, robbed travelers on the Kpando-Nkonya highway has been arrested by the Police less than 24 hours...

Two cargo vehicles with coronavirus passengers intercepted in Oti Region

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) last week intercepted two cargo vehicles that had onboard a total of 67 passengers, out of whom 17 tested...

Two men clash over SHS girl, one hospitalised

A 21-year-old Student has been remanded by the Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ for inflicting a deep wound on the face of his rival over...

Tema robbery: 7 charged with stealing after scrambling for ‘stolen money’

The Tema Regional CID has arrested seven (7) persons for their involvement in the scrambling of the stolen cash in the Tema robbery incident. The...

Tema robbery: 7 people who scrambled for stolen cash arrested

The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested seven persons who scrambled for monies which spilled at the scene during a robbery incident last week. RELATED...

Two robbers busted after terrorising lady near Awudome Cemetery

Two armed robbers, who operate with motorbike, James Anna and Ebenezer Torto, have been arrested by the Kaneshie Police after attempting to rob a...

Unknown assailants inflict cutlass wounds on man [Photos]

A group of unidentified persons have inflicted multiple cutlass wounds on a-30-year-old man identified as Ebenezer Abenkah, aka Andea. ALSO READ: Prayer warrior dies while fasting...

29 West African nationals stranded at Abuakwa in suspected scam

Police at Abuakwa in Kumasi have arrested four people said to be linked to network marketing company, QNET, over suspected scam to which 29...

Man jailed 20 years for incest and defilement

A Koforidua Circuit Court B has convicted 39-year-old farmer, James Tetteh, on two counts of defilement contrary to section 101(2) of the criminal and...

Notorious robber Ataa Ayi’s full confession [Video]

In this video, Ghanaian journalist, Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, interviews Ghana's highest serving convicted prisoner, Raymond Ayittey, popularly known as Ataa Ayi. He talked about his...

Supreme Court plans online hearing of cases

The Supreme Court management said on Thursday that it was upgrading its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) system to enable it to begin virtual...

Lady who was beaten and stripped naked for stealing powdered milk breaks silence (Watch)

It would be recalled that some days ago, a viral video surfaced on social media where a young woman was being beaten and even...

Man arrested for putting up maid for sale

There has been a huge uproar on social media after a Syrian national based in Lebanon put a Nigerian maid up for sale. The man,...

Blow-by-blow account of how man was robbed of GH¢123k in Tema

Alhaji Masawudu, has narrated how he was robbed of GH¢123, 000.00 after withdrawal from the Tema Zenith bank branch on Thursday. According to him, he...

Tema robbery: How robbers’ phones may guide police investigations

The Tema Regional Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has retrieved two mobile phones from the two armed robbers who were on Thursday, April 23,...

Security analyst who predicted Tema robbery hints of cases in these areas

A security analyst with the Africa Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies (ACSIS), who predicted the Tema robbery incident, has hinted of similar cases...

Scientific lockdown decision explained

The role of credible data collected in the past three weeks when a partial lockdown was operational in some parts of the country informed...

Tema robbery: Witnesses steal scattered cash during gun battle

The businessmen, who had gone to a bank in Tema to withdraw GH¢123,345.00 before they were attacked by armed robbers, only managed to salvage...

Taxi driver found dead near Apam Junction [Photos]

A taxi driver, believed to be in his twenties, has been found in a nearby bush at Gomoa Ankamu near Apam Junction in the...

Angry residents disrupt Minister’s visit over lack of development

Residents of Dagbri-boari in the East Mamprusi municipality of the North East region, hooted at their Member of Parliament (MP), Hajia Alimah Mahama, when...

Two dead after robbers clashed with police [Video]

The Tema police have engaged in a shootout with two robbers on a motorbike leading to the death of one and another injured. The robbers...

33-year-old man killed at Mankessim

A 33-year-old man has been murdered and dumped on the roadside at Abonko, a suburb of Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central...

Fetish priest kills twin brother [photo]

The Ajumako Bekoso Police in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region have arrested a 21-year-old fetish priest, Atta Panin, for allegedly...

Poverty leads mother to dump baby by roadside [Photos]

A woman, identified only as Ruth, has abandoned her months-old baby by a roadside. Ruth revealed poverty led her to abandon the baby. In a note...

Thief beaten to death at Lingbinsi [Photo]

A suspected thief, Isaiah Abraham Sandowa, believed to be over 30 years of age, has been beaten to death at Lingbinsi village under North...