Crime

My husband is a serial liar, not trustworthy, woman tells court

A mother of two, Alimot Idris, on Tuesday, prayed a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her eight-year-old marriage to her husband, Idris,...

Rawlings provides assistance to arrest murderers of Assemblyman at Sogakope

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has waded into the brutal killing of Assemblyman for Sogakope in the Volta region, Marcus Adzahli and other crimes committed in...

Lotto operator in Kumasi arrested over outrageous commission

An alleged fraudster, Fordjour Richard, who operates 'The Rulers' has been arrested in Kumasi by the Ashanti Regional Police command. He has been paying an...

Coup plot case referred to High Court

The Kaneshie District Court has committed 10 persons to stand trial at the High Court. RELATED STORIES: I am being vilified because of what I...

Fake traditional executioner remanded

A mason, who posed as one of the traditional executioners, aka ‘abrafuo’, during Omanhemaa’s final funeral service in Sunyani last week has...

ACP Agordzo fumes in 10 minutes speech at District Court

Senior police officer, ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo, for 10 minutes spoke at the Kaneshie District Court when it offered him an opportunity to speak....

Coup plot trial: Why I galvanised ACP Agordzor and others – Coup prime suspect speaks

The prime suspect in the alleged coup plot, Dr Frederick MacPalm, has described as preposterous the allegations leveled against him. He insists he had...

Minister appeals for information to arrest Sogakokpe Assemblyman’s killers [Audio]

Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, is appealing to residents within Sogakope and the Volta Regional enclave to make information that can lead to...

I am being vilified because of what I know – Senior Military Officer speaks in coup trial

I am being vilified because of what I know - Senior Military Officer speaks in coup trial

Coup plotters allegedly planned to capture and kill Akufo-Addo – State Prosecutors

State prosecutors in the case of the attempt to overthrow the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government have revealed in court that the coup plotters...

Man jailed wrongfully for 15 years regains freedom

An accounts clerk of a school in Accra who was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old pupil of the school...

Court revokes Painter’s bail in defilement case

An Accra Circuit Court on Monday revoked the bail granted to Clifford Ahzia, a 22-year-old painter, who is accused of defiling a female between...

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...