Crime

Mentally ill man allegedly kills Wa businessman

The police in the Upper West Region capital are on a manhunt for the alleged murderer of a 35-year-old businessman at Dobile, a suburb...

Duffuor, Asiama and 7 others granted GH¢60m bail

A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, and eight others standing trial over the collapse of uniBank have been granted a GH¢60...

Ofosu-Ampofo, Boahen’s trial adjourned to February 19

The Accra High Court has adjourned the trial of Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Anthony Kwaku Boahen, both Chairman and Deputy Communications Officer of the National...

Security man in trouble over verbal assault on MP [photo]

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH¢30,000.00 bail with three sureties to a security man who allegedly verbally abused Madam Elizabeth Afoley Quaye,...

Drinking Bar Operator jailed for noise making

The Nkawie Circuit Court has convicted a drinking bar operator who repeatedly played loud music from morning to dawn at her pub to disturb...

Herbalist jailed five years for possessing human parts

A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced Isaac Mensah, a 24 year old traditional medicine practitioner (Herbalist) to five years imprisonment in hard labour...

Ghana Health Service reacts to nurse’s murder

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Tuesday said it has received with shock the sad news of the murder of one of its dedicated...

Police guard accused of shooting resident in former Minister’s house

A policeman on guard duties at the home of former Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, is reported to have allegedly shot and injured...

Two girls missing at Mallam, Gbawe

Two schoolgirls have been reported missing at and Gbawe, in the Greater Accra Region. According to a report from the Accra Regional...

Man accused of defilement tests HIV negative but victim tests positive

A 40-year-old cleaner is in the grips of the law following an accusation that he has defiled a 12-year-old girl at...

Police on manhunt for two who gang-raped 16-year-old

Police at Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region are on a manhunt for two of three suspects who...

Menzgold customers granted bail

A Madina District Court presided over by His Worship Richard Delali Anku has granted bail to 92 aggrieved customers of gold dealership firm, Menzgold. The...

Farmer gets 20 years for impregnating physically challenged minor

A 35-year-old Farmer who defiled and impregnated a 15-year-old physically disabled girl has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the Tepa Circuit Court...

Alleged Coup plotters fight for bail again

Seven persons accused of being part of an alleged coup plot have made a third attempt to get bail. The seven are part of a...

Purchasing clerk in court for fraudulent breach of trust

A purchasing clerk, aged 46, facing a charge of fraudulent breach of trust at the Enchi District Magistrate court was on Monday granted bail...

Fear grips residents of Klagon following disappearance of a teenager

Residents of Klagon in the Tema West municipality say the disappearance of a 15-year-old boy, Benjamin Tetteh Ocloo from the area has left them...

Passengers cause arrest of an errant driver

Passengers on board a Toyota Hiace car with registration number WR 1481 – 17 on Saturday, February 8, 2020 caused the arrest of an...

Man accused of defilement tests negative of HIV but victim tests positive

A 40-year old cleaner is in the grips of the law following an accusation that he has defiled a 12-year-old girl at North Legon,...

Popular cult leader, 11 others arrested

Lagos State Police Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants has arrested a suspected notorious cult leader, Maliki Bello, and 11 other cultists who...

Notorious criminal on wanted list arrested

The Upper East Regional Police Command has arrested a man described as a notorious criminal who has been on the wanted list of the...

Murdered nurse’s husband bought her car she never sat in [Audio]

Kwadwo Arhin, husband to late Ruth Eshun has revealed that a vehicle he bought for his wife was never used by her. A grief-stricken...

Ruth Arhin’s murder sparks fear among nurses [Audio]

The Association of Community Health Nurses has appealed to authorities to protect its members following the rape and murder of Ruth Eshun, a nurse...

Murdered nurse’s husband breaks silence

Husband of Ruth Eshun, the nurse who is suspected to have been murdered at Sewua, in the Ashanti Region, has appealed for speedy investigations into the...

Farmer kills wife and shoots himself at Pieso

A 26-year-old faRmer, Mensah Kpogo Gamali, has shot and killed his wife at Pieso near Aboso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality. He also allegedly shot...

Ghanaian soldier who defiled biological daughter over 6 years to do 20 years in jail

A serving soldier who defiled his nine-year-old daughter until she attained the age of 15 has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard...

Murder of nurse in Sewua: Police arrest one suspect

The social media campaign being embarked on by friends of a nurse, Ruth Arhin, who was allegedly raped and murdered appears to be yielding...

Missing Excavators: Arrested persons to be dealt with if found culpable – Information Minister

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has assured of justice delivery in the over 500 missing excavators. According to the Minister, police investigations have already...

Opuni Trial: Witness names farmers who drank liquid fertiliser

Dr Yaw Adu-Ampomah, the third prosecution witness in the trial of Dr Stephen Opuni, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of COCOBOD and...

19-year-old Nigerian nabbed for murder

A 19-year-old Nigerian is in the grip of the Amasaman police following the death of one out of nine Nigerian young men he brought...

Court incarcerates driver for defiling 10-year-old girl

An Accra Circuit Court on Friday sentenced Anthony Nii Aryee, a 52-year-old driver to ten years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a ten-year-old...

Techiman fake lawyer remanded in police custody

The Techiman Circuit Court has remanded the 34-year old self acclaimed lawyer, Iddriss Yahaya into police custody to reappear on Thursday February 13.In an...

Soldier jailed 20 years for incest

A serving soldier who had bouts of sex with his nine-year-old daughter until she attained the age of 15 has been sentenced to 20...

CID intensifies probe over missing excavators

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has intensified its investigations into the six persons who were arrested over missing illegal...

Koku Anyidoho reports fake Facebook account to police

The Founder and Chief Executive of the Atta Mills Foundation, Mr Koku Anyidoho, has filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime Unit...

Thieves raid police MTTD Commander’s office in Tema

Suspected thieves on Thursday allegedly broke into the office of the Commander of the Tema Regional Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department...

Tension at Buglana following chieftaincy dispute

There is tension at Yong in the Tamale Metropolis District of the Northern Region after a youth group visited the Buglana Palace to present a petition...

Alajo coup plot: Court orders Police Hospital to submit medical report on Dr Mac-Palm

The Police Hospital has been ordered by an Accra High Court to submit to it a medical report on the condition of...

Koku Anyidoho makes complaint to police

The Founder and Chief Executive of the Atta Mills Foundation, Mr Koku Anyidoho, yesterday filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime Unit of the...

Man stabbed to death by suspected robbers in Kumasi [photos]

An unidentified man, believed to be in his late 30s, was stabbed to death Thursday dawn by suspected armed robbers at Tarkwa-Maakro in Kumasi. Residents...

Thieves raid police MTTD Commander’s office in Tema

Suspected thieves have allegedly broken into the office of the Commander of the Tema Regional Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department, (MTTD), and made...