Crime

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...

Driver stabs passenger to death

A commercial vehicle driver, Appau Atto, 30, is in the grips of the police at Akwadum, in the Eastern Region, for allegedly stabbing three...

Young dad kills himself after ‘feeling lonely’ during covid-19 lockdown

A 21-year-old father of one has killed himself after feeling lonely and neglected during the lockdown over coronavirus. The British man, whose family is from Lampeter,...

Six fined for partying during lockdown

An Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Ms Afia Owusua Appiah, has fined six people a total of GH¢86,400 for attending a birthday party...

Coronavirus: WHO worker killed while collecting samples

A World Health Organization (WHO) driver has been killed in a conflict-riven region of Myanmar while out collecting Covid-19 monitoring samples. Pyae Sone Win Maung...

Man steals car at West Hills Mall

Weija police have arrested a 26-year-old man for stealing a car at West Hills Mall. The suspect, identified as Samuel Klutse, stole the car...

Police officers arrested for buying alcohol during lockdown

The ban on alcohol has been giving South Africans chest pains, and it appears even the police officers are trying to get their hands...

Chinese dies after retaliatory attack by irate youth

One Chinese died, while two others sustained varying degrees of injuries when they were allegedly attacked by some irate youth of Nsuem Number Two...

Food vendor sentenced for preparing food near a public toilet

Georgina Osei, a food vendor in Hohoe has been sentenced to a fine of GH¢720.00 by the Hohoe Magistrate Court for preparing food near...

Two wedding guests arrested for violating coronavirus restrictions

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested two guests at a wedding ceremony at Kukuo, a suburb of Tamale, for violating social distancing protocol. The...

1 dead, 3 injured over police-robbers gun battle

A gun battle between police and some alleged robbers have resulted in the death of one suspect with three others injured. The suspects; Amadu Sumana,...

7 Nigerians grabbed for holding party at Teshie

The police at Teshie have arrested seven Nigerians for organising a party at Teshie today. According to the police, the suspects whose names were yet to be...

Ex-convict nearly lynched for stealing 11 fowls at Bereku

A 29-year-old man, who is as an ex- convict, Eric Arhin, was nearly lynched at Awutu Bereku after he was caught for...

Motor rider shot after forcing his way through security barrier

A motor rider was shot and wounded by a soldier after he run a security blockade at Dobro near Nsawam and attempted to speed...

Man, 22, arrested for cutting off wife’s hand for flouting his orders

Police in Yobe State, Nigeria have arrested a 22-year-old man for cutting off the hand of his wife from the wrist.  The man identified as Baari...

3 corpses stolen in a grave loot at Breman Jambra

Fear has gripped residents of Breman Jambra in the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa District of the Central region after three corpses were illegally exhumed...

Soldiers storm mosques, public gatherings in Covid-19 operation at Walewale

Soldiers have stormed mosques and other public gatherings as part of a Covid-19 operation at Walewale, in the North East region. The military operation, which...

Journalist reportedly shot as security forces raid Changli in Tamale

A journalist with Accra-based TV Africa has been reportedly shot during a joint security operation on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at Changli, a suburb...

Man brutalises lady for rejecting his sexual advances

Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a man, Muyideen Ajayi, for allegedly brutalising a lady, Ibukun Emmanuel, for refusing his sexual...

Lockdown diaries: Young girls arrested on their way to visit boyfriend [watch]

Some three teenage girls around the age of 17 were held by the police detailed at Abeka Lapaz in Accra to ensure compliance of...

134 arrested in dawn raid for brutalising female police officer in Tamale

Police sources at the Northern Regional Police Command have revealed that about 134 suspects were on Saturday dawn arrested in connection with the brutality of...

Female driver arrested for knocking down cop

A female motorist has been arrested by the East Legon Police for refusing to stop at a COVID-19 snap checkpoint, knocking down a police...

Soldier shoots 50 yr-old man at coronavirus checkpoint for using unapproved route

A military man on operation covid-19 safety duties has shot at a 50-year-old motor rider for allegedly using unapproved route at a barrier...

Coronavirus escapee captured in Wa

The Covid-19 carrie,r who escaped mandatory quarantine in the Upper West Region, has been arrested. ALSO READ: Too many empty past promises — Grace NorteyFemale police...

15-year-old girl narrates how father, his friends allegedly raped her [Watch]

The 15-year-old girl, whose father was arrested for allegedly raping her for two years and passing her to his friends, has spoken about her...

Today in History: Kotoka murdered in abortive coup

Today in History, exactly 53 years ago today, on April 17, 1967, Major General Emmanuel kwasi Kotoka who was a member of the ruling...

Pastor, 2 church workers jailed for flouting ban on public gathering

A pastor and two church workers have been sent to the Ho Central Prison to serve a four-year jail term each for flouting the...

Lockdown: 47 arrested for trying to flee Accra

Police personnel stationed at Adenta -Dodowa snap checkpoint have intercepted two commercial buses that were secretly conveying passengers from Accra to Dambai, in the...

Trader, 30, arrested over fake currency possession

A 30-year-old trader, identified as Christiana Amoako, is in the grips of the Nkawkaw Divisional Police command for possessing an undisclosed amount of fake...