Crime

Mad man caught with 5 human heads and two phones

A man, believed to be completely mad, has been arrested by residents of his community who suspected him of being a ritualist. The man was nabbed around...

South Tongu Assembly places ¢10,000 bounty on heads of Assemblyman’s killers

The South Tongu District Assembly in the Volta Region has placed a ¢10,000 bounty on the heads of killers of Mr Marcus Mawutor...

Sogakofe protest: 3 people hit by stray bullets

A protest by some residents of Sogakofe in the South Tongu District of the Volta region, turned bloody when stray bullets hit three people, Monday.  RELATED...

This story of the gruesome murder of the late Assembly Member will break your heart [audio]

The sister of the late Assembly Member for Sogakope South electoral area has narrated the sorrowful murder of his brother, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli. Speaking...

Police rule out contract killing in murder of Assemblyman at Sogakope [Audio]

Corporal Prince Dorgbetsey, Public Relations Officer of the Volta Regional Police Command, has said investigations would soon commence into the late arrival of the...

Wife of slain Assemblyman offered assailants GH¢ 30K to save husband’s life [audio]

It has emerged that wife of murdered Assemblyman for Sogakope South electoral area, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli, offered GH¢ 30,000 to assailants to save the...

Police arrest 29 suspected criminals in Baatsona swoop

The Baastona Divisional Police have arrested 29 suspected criminals including seven seven females in a dawn swoop at Baatsona, a suburb of Accra. The swoop...

34 UCC students arrested on KNUST campus

Thirty-four students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) were on Saturday, 29 February 2020 arrested on the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University...

Man to die by hanging for stealing Techno phones

An Ado Ekiti High Court has sentenced a middle-aged man, Isa Abdulkareem, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Mosunmola Abodunde, while delivering...

Angry Sogakofe residents blame Assemblyman’s murder on police [Photos]

Residents of Sogakofe South in the Volta Region have blocked a part of the main road going through the town in protest of the...

Sogakofe South Assembly Member shot dead

Unknown assailants have shot and killed the Assembly Member for Sogakofe South in the Volta region, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli at his residence in the...

Auditor-General’s fate to be decided soon; find out when [video]

The fate of Auditor General, Daniel Domelovo regarding a contempt of court case brought against him, will be decided by an Accra High Court...

Court admits Ofosu Ampofo’s audio recording interview into evidence

The Accra High Court on Thursday admitted the controversial audio recording in the trial of Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Mr Anthony Kwaku Boahen, Chairman...

Transgender thief avoids prison because she can’t be sent to a female or male jail

A transgender thief has avoided jail because she didn't have the paperwork to prove she is a woman and couldn't be sent to a...

The man who had 2 children each with his wife, wife’s mother and wife’s sister

The year was 1989, the day January 21, a District Court at Kpando found one Glah and another guilty of the offence of conduct...

Maj. Mahama Trial: Video evidence to be shown in open court

An Accra High Court has admitted a video recording of how Major Maxwell Adam Mahama was allegedly murdered by the 14 persons now on...

Video: Two suspected Fulani kidnappers nabbed

Two suspected Fulani kidnappers have been arrested at Digma by a joint security team in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah region. ALSO READ: MP’s...

Photos+audio : Ex-convict arrested for stealing 15 fowls in one week

An ex-convict is in the custody of the Awutu Ofaakor Police in the Central region for allegedly stealing 15 local fowls within a week. The...

MP’s step-son allegedly rapes SHS student [audio]

The step-son of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cape Coast North and Deputy Works and Housing Minister, Barbara Ayisi, has been arrested at Ghana...

Blow-by-blow account of how ‘slay thief’ stole from two hair shops in one day [Audio]

Beatrice Allotey, owner of Shika Hair Shop at Dome Pillar 2 in Accra has given a blow-by-blow account of how one Portia Asare stole...

Police arrest parents for injuring 6-year-old daughter [photo]

A husband and wife, Mawuli Adzani and Doris Adzikah have been arrested by the police at Akatsi in the Akatsi South District of the...

Suspects in Ruth Eshun murder case denied bail

Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a nurse at Sewua Health Center in the Ashanti Region, have been denied bail by...

51-year old nabbed over possession of cocaine

Fifty-one year old Oppong Kwaku Owusu, is facing prosecution after he allegedly expelled 100 pellets of some powdery substance suspected to be cocaine. This follows...

Court orders arrest of NPP’s Hajia Fati

A Bench Warrant has been issued against New Patriotic Party (NPP) loyalist, Hajia Fati. The court order issued today, Wednesday, February 26, 2020, by...

Kumasi Abattoir: Violent clash over ‘Chief Butcher’ position injures dozens

Twelve persons sustained various degrees of injuries at Alabar in Kumasi when two factions at Kumasi Abattoir clashed over the election of a Chief Abattoir. It took...

Martin Amidu declines to investigate ‘thievery and corruption’ allegations in galamsey fight

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has declined a petition by the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) to investigate alleged acts of thievery...

3 arrested for allegedly robbing foreign diplomats [photos]

Three men who allegedly undertook a series of robberies against some diplomats and high profile individuals in the country have been arrested by the...

Man murders brother and commits suicide

A 53-year-old man, Batori Gbari who stabbed his 56-year-old elder brother to death has also committed suicide. Police sources from the Upper West Regional...

Woman, 85, murdered at Kasoa over land dispute

Unknown assailants have murdered a woman, 85, identified as Edoe Torgbui, over land dispute in a village called Patron near Odupong Ofaakor in the...

Niger National jailed for attempting to register for Ghana card

The Ofaakor Circuit Court, presided over by his Lordship Ebenezer Osei Darko, has jailed a man from Niger who allegedly attempted to register for...

Land guards lock classrooms at Gomoa Sinbrofo

Classrooms of the various basic schools at Gomoa Sinbrofo in the Central region are reported to have been locked by land guards in the...

Mahama appointee threatened at gunpoint

A former government appointee in the erstwhile John Mahama administration, Mr Ben Dotsei Malor has disclosed an unfortunate incident that befell him on Sunday...

Gomoa Sinbrofo residents flee from land guards

Gomoa Sinbrofo, a farming community with a population estimated to be a little over 1,000 in Gomoa West in the Central region, is reported...

Man jailed 20 years for impregnating daughter

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced 42-year-old man to 20 years’ imprisonment in hard labour for impregnating his own daughter. The convict, Daniel Kwame Baah,...

Man’s lip chewed over GHC 1 worth of ‘Akpeteshie’

A 42-year-old man only identified as Paul has had his lips chopped off by his friend Francis Darkoh over one cedi tot of...

‘Sex for Grades’ reporter gets journalism honours

The BBC's Kiki Mordi has been awarded the inaugural People Journalism Prize for Africa for her ‘Sex for Grades’ documentary. Taking to Twitter after receiving...

Man kills brother and hangs himself

A man has allegedly killed his elder brother at Kanyini in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West region after which he has committed suicide. The...

Meet the prisoner who lost his teeth from his wife’s slaps [Video]

A prisoner at the Sekondi Central Prison, identified as Enoch Baidoo, has narrated how he lost three of his front teeth from a slap...

UCC’s Oguaa Hall week celebration turns into another blood bath (VIDEO)

A hall week celebration at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Saturday dawn turned bloody and led to the destruction of some property. According to...

Armed robbers kill quarry engineer, injures another [photos+audio]

A Chinese engineer with Executive Stone Quarry at Gomoa Ojobi in the central region has been shot dead. One other person is said to be...