Crime

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...

Papavi ‘rebels’ cagged

Some 21 persons arrested in the Volta Region at the military training ground of secessionist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation, were yesterday remanded by...

Police kill suspect in firefight

Personnel of the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Police Headquarters yesterday shot and killed a suspected armed robber at Ntuaso in the Eastern...

Man in court for selling marijuana-laced toffees to children

A 26-year-old unemployed man who allegedly made toffees from cannabis and sold them to school children has been remanded into prison custody by the...

Customs intercepts smuggled cocoa beans

Customs officials from Ave-Havi Station of the Aflao Command of Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have intercepted 53 rice bags of...

NCA, GRA, KelniGVG bust SIM Box fraudsters at Tema

A SIM Box syndicate operating at Community 11 in Tema in the Greater-Accra Region has been busted in a combined operation by officials of...

Man beats wife to pulp after DNA denies him paternity of 3 kids

A man has beaten his wife mercilessly after a DNA test proved that he’s not the biological father of three kids he thought were...

Court frees suspect in treason trial

The Kaneshie District Court on Thursday discharged Mr Gershon Akpa, a weapon mechanic who is one of the ten persons accused of treason on...

Man gets 10 years for sodomy [Video]

A 49-year-old man, who forcible had sex with a 19-year-old junior high school one pupil, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. ALSO READ: Man allegedly...

Lady arrested while attempting to kidnap her bestie’s mum

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a woman, Paulina Santos, of Azuba community in Lafia, who was allegedly scouting for criminals to kidnap...

Coup Plot Trial: State prosecutors detail roles of each coup plotter

State Prosecutors have filed documents, detailing the specific roles ten (10) persons played in an alleged plot to overthrow state. This is the Bill...

Drama in court over Mahama’s video

There was controversy over the tendering of the video detailing the gruesome murder of Major Maxwell Adams Mahama by a mob in May 2017. In...

Unemployed jailed for attempted arson

An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday sentenced Victor Nii Baah Banor 33-year-old unemployed who nearly burned down a room belonging to a family member...

Father impregnates teenage daughter

A 42-year-old scrap dealer has been arrested by the police for allegedly impregnating his 14-year-old daughter. According to the police, the suspect identified as...

EOCO freezes accounts of Council of State member

The assets of Council of State member, Nii Kotei Dzani, who founded the now-defunct First Trust Savings and Loans and Ideal Finance,...

Coup plot trial: Kpando chiefs call on gods to intercede for Dr Mac-Palm [watch]

A Sub-Divisional Chief of Kpando Dzoanti in the Kpando Municipality of the Volta region, Fia Adjei III, has appealed to the government to grant...

Five robbers arrested at herbalist’s house

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested five suspected robbers who hid in their herbalist’s house after an operation. The suspected robbers were...

Leaked tape trial: Court throws out Ofosu-Ampofo’s application

An Accra High Court has dismissed an application filed by lawyers for National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, that sought to put...

Fire kills former assembly man, 12 year-old son at Domeabra [Photos+Audio]

A father and his 12-year-old son have been confirmed dead after fire engulfed their home at Domeabra, a suburb of Nkawkaw in the Eastern...

Okada rider murdered at Abokobi [listen]

A 35-year-old man, identified only as Godsway, has been killed by some unknown assailants at Ashongman-Abokobi in the Ga East District of the Greater...

GES warns students involved in sex scandals

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has described as distasteful recent sex scandals involving some Ghanaian female second-cycle students, which had gone viral on social...

Police warns ‘land guards’

The Accra Regional Police Command has issued a warning to so-called land guards to look for something gainful to do or else, they would...

Father impregnates 14-year-old daughter at Anyah

The Anyah District Police in Greater Accra is investigating a case of incest against a 42-year-old father who is said to have sexually abused...

Man allegedly sodomises 19-year-old five times, pays him GH¢15 for each [listen]

The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVSSU) of the Kasoa Divisional Police Command, have arrested a 49-year-old Adamu Tawiah, for allegedly sodomising a 19-year-old...

Men who kidnapped and sexually abused two missing girls at Gbawe arrested [video]

Two girls both aged 15, reported missing by the Ghana Police Service a week ago, have been found at Gomoa Nyanyanor in the company...

Revealed: How military officer tried to foil secessionists’ raid [audio]

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Hopeson Adorye, has revealed that a military officer whom he did not name leaked information to...

Prof. Gyampo, Butakor accept suspension

Professor Ransford Gyampo and Dr. Paul Butakor have accepted a respective six and four months suspension handed them by management of the University of Ghana. Legal...

Police arrest suspected robber, accomplice at Abokobi

A man described by the police as a notorious robber and land guard who terrorises land owners, potential land owners and residents of Abokobi...

Oil cement fraudster granted bail

A man who posed as a staff of the West African Pipeline Company to allegedly dupe a National Security Operative of GH?5,000.00 has been...