Crime

COVID-19: 2 Niger nationals quarantined in police cells test positive

Two nationals of Niger, who were on 5th April, 2020 quarantined in the 'custody' of the Accra District Police cells in isolation, have tested...

Soldiers storm Labadi beach, sack scores of patrons [video+photos]

Over 20 people have been sent back home by security personnel Monday morning when they arrived at the Labadi beach also known as the...

Drinking spot operator stabs customer to death at Wasipe

A drinking spot operator, Isaac Ofosu, 29, has allegedly stabbed his customer to death in Wasipe, a community in Bole district of the Savannah...

Domestic violence cases surge in Africa amid Covid-19 lockdown

Some African countries are reporting of an increase in domestic violence cases during a period of lockdown to deal with coronavirus. With couples forced to...

Covid-19: Persons arrested for holding party, church service in Volta region [listen]

Over 40 people have been arrested in Dzodze in the Volta region for holding a party at a swimming pool. Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa,...

Police arrest 29 in Mosque

The Accra Regional Police Command today arrested 29 persons in a mosque at Nyamekye Darkuman in Accra for breaching the social distancing protocol. According to...

Stay away from all beaches – Police warn

The Ghana Police Service on Sunday warned henceforth any person found at any beach in Ghana will be arrested as part of measures to...

GES sacks Tamasco ‘rapist’ teacher

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has sacked Razak Alhassan, aka Starboy, a sports teacher who allegedly raped a 16-year-old student of ...

Ghanaian boy with special needs killed by van in the US

A 13-year-old Ghanaian boy has died in Georgia, USA after he was hit by a minivan in Gwinnett County. Local police say Jecolia Karikari-Prempe, a...

Pastor who fled after allegedly killing 5 people arrested

Pastor Henry Ezidinma of Arena GoodNews Church, Bayelsa State, Nigeria has been apprehended after allegedly killing five people in a hit-and-run accident. It’s reported that...

Lockdown: Soldier in detention for shooting policewoman

A military man in Tema is currently in detention after allegedly firing at a policewoman at a checkpoint whilst enforcing the COVID-19 lockdown at...

Fake nurse busted by Nkwanta police for fraud

A 19-year-old unemployed man, who allegedly posed as a nurse working at the St. Joseph's Hospital in Nkwanta South of the Oti region, has...

Man’s manhood bitten in roadside attack

The penis of a man has been bitten in a roadside attack at Oyoko in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern region.The...

Drivers swerve coronavirus security barricade

Some commercial and private drivers plying the American House - Madina road have created remote routes to avoid security barricades mounted at the Social...

Coronavirus: 8 pastors in court for flouting lockdown directives

Eight pastors who flouted government’s directive on public gatherings and went ahead to hold church services were, on Monday, granted GH¢10,000.00 bail each...

Man assaults 20-year-old stepdaughter to death for ‘disrespecting’ him

A man has physically assaulted his stepdaughter to death at a farming community in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region. Emmanuel Devor, popular known...

NCCE director arrested for allegedly producing fake hand sanitisers

A director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti region has been arrested...

Man shoots five people dead for ‘making too much noise’ amid coronavirus lockdown

A doctor's husband shot five people dead for making too much noise outside during the coronavirus lockdown in Russia, police say.  Anton Franchikov, 31, berated a group of...

Fetish priest arrested over lockdown extortion in Kumasi

A fetish priest and three others, who posed as officers enforcing movement restrictions in Kumasi, have been arrested by the police. The three are...

Double jeopardy: Police officer serving 20 years jailed again!

A High Court in Koforidua has sentenced a police officer who is already serving a prison sentence of 20 years for robbery to additional...

Ashaiman MP demands justice for constituent soldier accidentally ‘murdered’

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman Constituency, Ernest Henry Norgbey, is demanding for justice to be served for a constituent who was allegedly shot and killed...

COVID-19: Man dies in struggle with soldier over gun

The Ghana Armed Forces says it is investigating an incident that occurred at Ashaiman, near Tema on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in which a...

Lockdown: GAF investigates alleged killing of civilian by military officer

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) says it is investigating an incident that occured at Ashaiman on Sunday, April 5, in which a civilian lost...

Lockdown: Radio Station manager accuse female soldier of assault

General Manager of Kumasi-based Zuria FM is alleging assault by a military team engaged in enforcement of the lockdown. Yussif Abdul Ganiyu,who is also a...

I killed my mother-in-law to save my marriage – Suspect

A lady, identified as Rosemary Osegba claimed she hacked her mother-in-law to death to save her marriage, following her arrests in Nassarawa State. The...

Lockdown: 14 Kasoa defiant residents remanded

The Awutu Ofaakor Circuit court has remanded into police custody 14 persons for defying the lockdown directives. These persons were arrested in Kasoa after several...

Fraud Alert: Registrar-General’s Department warns public against fraudsters

The Registrar-General's Department has cautioned the public, particularly, its clients against persons said to be demanding money for business registration renewals and the filing...

Immigration Service stops 44 foreign nationals attempting to flee Ghana

Officials of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have arrested 44 foreign nationals who attempted using unapproved routes from Tatale in the Northern Region to...

Techiman fake lawyer jailed

A 34-year-old man, Iddrisu Yahya, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment after pleading guilty to deceit of court by impersonation. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Bishop Titi-Ofei...

Lockdown Diaries: Military man begs passengers in trotro to stay home [watch]

Fact-checking viral video from the lockdown exercise pic.twitter.com/nVP0vZZGn9— Ministry of Information (@moigovgh) April 2, 2020 There has been news of some security operatives beating...

Kennedy Agyapong escapes assassination attempt as gunmen storm his house?

Some unidentified gunmen are reported to have stormed the house of Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong. They were said to...

DCE accuses police of assault in locked-down Kumasi [watch]

A video of an altercation between a District Chief Executive (DCE) for Afigya Kwabre South and a police officer in Kumasi, has caused an...

Listen: Police hunt for fake video circulators

Copyright © 20 The Ghana Police service is on a manhunt for people sharing videos unrelated to the coronavirus lockdown. Director of Police Public Affairs, Superintendent...

Ghana Police releases videos of security brutality unrelated to lockdown [watch]

The Ghana Police Service has released video footages of some security officers brutalising civilians in the country. The Service on their Twitter page said such...

Lockdown: Defiant residents to face court today [audio]

The Ghana Police Service has revealed it will from today, April 1, 2020 put some defiant people before court for flouting the government's lockdown...

Covid-19 Lockdown: Interior Minister’s strong caution to security officers abusing citizens [listen]

Interior Minister, Ambrose Derry, is assuring security officials who abuse citizens as part of efforts to enforce the restrictions imposed by the president will...

Ashanti Regional Police threaten to deal ruthlessly with lockdown offenders

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has threatened to deal ruthlessly with residents who fail to comply with the lockdown directives for the next 13 days. Public Relations...

Coronavirus: 2 cargo trucks carrying passengers intercepted [photos]

The Ashanti Regional Police has impounded two cargo trucks carrying over 40 passengers each including children, bound for Walewale in the North...

Coronavirus: 28 courts to sit on lockdown breaches

Some 28 courts have been designated to deal with breaches that may arise from disregard for the President’s restrictions during the two-week lockdown in...

Coronavirus: This is how long you could be in jail for breaching lockdown laws

Members of the public have been urged to respect the restrictions imposed by President Akufo-Addo as a breach of the directive may result...