Crime

Prosecution in Nana Appiah Mensah case awaits advice from A-G

An Accra Circuit Court hearing the case involving Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM 1) the Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Ghana Limited, has adjourned the...

17 persons arrested over alleged involvement in Western Togoland militia training

A total of 17 persons have been arrested in connection with an alleged Western Togoland Millita training in the Hohoe municipality of the Volta...

Criminals are posing as hawkers – Police alerts motorists

The Accra Regional Police Command has issued an alert, warning motorists about criminals who pose as hawkers or persons jogging but who attack unsuspecting...

Man drugs uber driver

The Cantonments police in Accra have arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly stealing an Uber vehicle from a driver after drugging him. Suspect Edward Sena,...

Ankaful Hospital accounts safe missing

A metal safe securely locked with some unspecified amount of money, fixed into a concrete wall at the Account Office of the Ankaful Psychiatric...

Kidnappers kill leader for fleeing with ransom

Two suspected kidnappers have revealed why they decided to tie up their gang leader, Raymond Enahon, and abandon him in a bush at...

Accused coup plotters denied bail for the second time

An Accra High Court has denied eight (8) coup suspects bail for the second time. The High Court presided over by Justice George Buadi in November...

Man grabbed for allegedly swindling victims of GH¢102,000

A 32-year-old man, who allegedly swindled five people of GH¢102,000.00, has been arrested by the police at Weija in Accra. Samuel Owusu, according to the...

NHIA suspends 2 health facilities for forging financial claims

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has stripped two health centres of their accreditations to operate on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) for...

Man arrested for robbing 2 Germans

A 25-year-old man has been arrested by the police for allegedly robbing a German woman and her daughter at Oshiyie beach, near Weija, in...

Court to rule on bail application for treason case today

An Accra High Court on Thursday fixed December 20 to deliver its ruling on a bail application put in by seven out of 10...

Five Chinese arrested for selling indomie

The Kaneshie District Court on Monday turned down a bail application of five Chinese nationals including a woman, who are being held for engaging...

Video: High profile persons caught breaking road rules

Some high profile persons have been caught breaking road rules and regulations on the East Legon tunnel road. READ THIS: 7 reasons why your...

Rape is not a chief palace matter – Executive Director of Divine Torch Foundation

The Executive Director for Divine Torch Foundation has asked parents to report rape and criminal issues to the Police and not seek to settle them...

Coup plot trial: State prosecutors abusing their powers – Defence lawyer

A defence lawyer in the trial of persons accused of plotting to overthrow the government has accused state prosecutors of abusing their prosecutorial powers. Victor...

Woman kidnapped in Tamale found

The Northern Regional Police have found Jennifer Selome who was allegedly kidnapped about a week ago in Tamale, the Northern regional capital.  According to the...

Thieves steal safe containing money for Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital

Thieves have ripped out a heavy metal safe containing an undisclosed amount of money from a concrete wall within the administration block of the...

Police CID invites NDC’s Sammy Gyamfi over alleged cybercrime

The Cyber-crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has extended an invitation to the National Communications Officer of...

Ghanaian convicted for $3m romance fraud in US

A resident of Virginia identified as Henry Asomani has been convicted by a US court after being found guilty of a $3 million scam. The scam ripped...

Nigerian church set ablaze over buried body of 1-year-old child

Protesters have set ablaze a church in Akure city, south-west Nigeria, following unconfirmed rumours that the body of a missing one-year-old child had been...

Woman, 58, murdered by unknown assailants at Awutu Ahentia [Photos+Audio]

A 58-year-old woman, identified as Lydia Andoh, has been murdered by unknown assailants at Awutu Ahentia in the Awutu Senya West district of the...

22 Fulanis killed at Mampong, Nsuta this year – Association of Fulanis

It has emerged that about 22 nomadic herdsmen, mainly of Fulani descent, were killed at Asante Mampong and Nsuta areas of Ashanti region in...

La General Hospital to carry out mass burial of 27 unclaimed bodies

The Management of the La General Hospital says it intends to carry out mass burial of 27 unclaimed bodies by December 23, this year. A...

Nigerian held for fraud granted bail

A Nigerian who allegedly defrauded a businessman of GH¢5,000.00 under the pretext of supplying him bags of oil well cement at a cost of...

2 Fulani highway ‘robbers’ nabbed

Two suspected armed robbers believed to be Fulani nomads have been arrested on the Nakpei-Prang road in the Bono East Region. Abdul Rahman, 27, and...

Prampram chief’s killers still not prosecuted, family wails

Killers of a Prampram chief have still not been prosecuted since his death last year, according to his family members. The late Mankralo of Prampram,...

BBC Eye’s Sex for grades: Guilty lecturer finally sacked

The University of Abuja in the Nigerian capital has dismissed one of its lecturers, Boniface Igbeneghu, over sexual harassment after he was captured in...

Father chops off daughter’s leg during confrontation with wife

A father missed his target and chopped off the leg of his 21-month-old baby girl at Kojo Armah, near Agona Swedru, in the Central...

Uncle kidnaps, kills 7-yr-old nephew after collecting ransom

A four-man kidnap syndicate has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a seven-year-old boy. The boy, Abdulmalik Musa, was killed after...

Maj. Mahama case: Court dismisses bail application of Assembly Member

An Accra High Court hearing the case of the alleged murderers of the late Major Maxwell Mahama has dismissed a bail application for one...

Unemployed man convicted for stealing insecticide

The Enchi District Magistrate Court on Monday imposed a fine of 1,200 Ghana cedis on a 21-year-old unemployed man who broke into an agrochemical...

Who is your lawyer? – Court quizzes Kasoa Cop Killer

The Kaneshie District Court on Monday demanded to know the actual lawyer of Eric Kojo Duah, the man who allegedly shot and killed two...

Policeman shoots driver’s mate

Lance Corporal Frank Amoako has been placed in police custody by the Western Regional Police Command for allegedly shooting a driver’s mate...

Listen: Man who raped pregnant woman put before court

Lukeman Sanche, a 25-year-old accused of raping a seven-month-old pregnant woman, is to be put before court today, Monday, December 16, 2019. The alleged rape...

Robbers attack hospital; rob patients, staff of valuables

A gang of robbers have been arrested following an invasion into a private hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria in an attempt to steal. The three...

Police arrest five suspected illegal gun manufacturers

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested five people for allegedly manufacturing local weapons in a special operation at Assin Brofoyedur in the Assin...

One arrested over killing of female teacher in Walewale

Police in Tamale have confirmed the arrest of one person in the murder case of a female teacher in Walewale. Two other persons have...

Police woman, fireman duped by trader

A 40-year-old resident of Asuofia Asamang, Kumasi, is in the grip of the police for defrauding a couple who are both servicemen to the...

Listen: Police investigate Potsin Junction highway robbery

The Ghana Police Service has commenced investigations into a robbery attack which occurred on Wednesday at Gomoa Potsin Junction on the Winneba-Kasoa highway. According to the Dominase...

Listen: Man, 25, arrested for allegedly raping pregnant woman

A 25-year-old man, identified as Fuseni Lukeman Sanche, has been arrested for allegedly raping a pregnant woman at Tijo in the Mion district...