Crime

Three in critical condition after robbery near Koluedor at Ada

Three persons, a man and two women are currently battling for their lives as a result of gunshot wounds they sustained following an armed...

Read lady’s touching suicide note she left for her family

A corps member in Nigeria identified as  Bolufemi Princess Motunrayo has been confirmed dead, after allegedly committing suicide by taking a poisonous substance.  The Kogi State...

Security man shot dead at Fuel station

A 45-year-old security man at the Nasona Oil fuel station at Nasuan near Yunyoo in the North-East Region has been shot dead by three...

Robbers tie hands of security guard, raid EC, GWCL offices at Effutu [Audio+photos]

Four armed robbers have reportedly raided offices of the Electoral Commission (EC) and Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) at Effutu in the Central region. Speaking...

Dog kills woman, attacks police officer

A woman was killed at a dog training centre in western Switzerland this week after her Malinois attacked her, prosecutors confirmed Friday, saying the...

Parents beat teen daughter to death for dating from different tribe

The Lagos State Police Command is investigating a case involving an 18-year-old girl, Amaka, who was allegedly beaten to death by her parents. The parents, Mr and...

Pastors allegedly poison prophetess to take over church

Colleagues of Prophetess Success Oni Onwaeze who was allegedly poisoned by her pastors in a bid to take over her church, have stormed social...

26-year-old in court for defiling teenager

A 26-year-old man is before the Bole Magistrate Court for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old Senior High School student. David A-em was arrested on Friday, January...

ACP Agordzo’s lawyers make another push for bail

Lawyers for alleged coup suspect, ACP Benjamin Agordzo, have filed additional documents to push for his bail. The senior police officer who has been in...

Kumasi killing: Prime suspect appears in court

The prime suspect in a shooting incident at a hotel in Kumasi that led to the death of a restaurant operator will make his maiden...

3 persons confess to stealing from GRA

Three persons have been arrested by the Kpetoe District Police for stealing from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Academy premises in the Volta Region. The...

J.B. Danquah’s ‘killer’ medically fit to stand trial – Court declares

An Accra High Court has ruled that Daniel Asiedu, one of the suspects standing trial for his alleged involvement in the murder of the...

Man electrocuted while vandalising transformer

A suspected vandal, Ibrahim Ojo, has been arrested while attempting to steal components of a transformer in the Araromi area of Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State. The...

Man kills father over cooked yam

An Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki, on Thursday, remanded in a correctional centre a 37-year-old man, Chibueze Iduma, for allegedly killing his...

JB Danquah ‘killer’ attempted to stab Prison officer

Daniel Asiedu, the suspect being held for the murder of J. B. Danquah Adu, former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North has allegedly attempted...

Opuni Trial: Court strikes out A-G’s affidavit on perjury motion

An Accra High Court hearing the trial of Dr Stephen Opuni, the former CEO of COCOBOD and Seidu Agongo, the CEO of Agricult Ghana...

Police bust kidnapper who demanded GH¢20,000 ransom in Yendi

The Ghana Police service has announced the arrest of a man who kidnapped and demanded a GH¢20,000.00 ransom for the return of a ...

Kumasi hotel shooting: Wife of key suspect being investigated by police

Wife of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) driver who shot and killed his girlfriend at a hotel in Kumasi is being investigated for her role in...

Court adjourns treason case to January 23

The Kaneshie District Court on Wednesday adjourned the alleged treason case involving some military officers, a medical doctor, a senior Police Officer, among others...

Police conclude investigations into alleged destabilization plot case

The prosecution in the case involving an alleged plot to destabilize the country has told a district court in Accra that the police have...

My husband pushed me into having an affair – woman tells court

An Ibadan-based fashion designer, Opeyemi Bakare, on Wednesday told a Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan that her husband of 13 years, Olawale, pushed her...

5 arrested over Ghana Card registration malpractices

Four officials of the National Identification Authority (NIA) and one other person have been arrested by the police for engaging in various registration offences...

National Security operative in court for alleged fraud

A National Security operative who has been accused of defrauding someone of GH¢25,000 under the pretext of securing him an auction car has been...

Police officer’s gun, ammo allegedly stolen under bizarre circumstances

An AK-47 assault rifle loaded with 20 rounds of ammunition, in the possession of a police officer stationed at a checkpoint at Yendi in...

Family of man murdered at Adomfe rejects autopsy report that says he died of hypertension

The family of a 33-year-old driver, allegedly murdered by some police officers at Adomfe in the Asante-Akim South Municipality in October 2019, has rejected...

Woman shot dead by boyfriend in hotel

Police have begun investigations into an alleged murder of a woman at the Ceder Cresent Hotel at Danyame, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Investigations indicate...

CID tasked to probe alleged theft of 400 tricycles at Northern Development Authority

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has been tasked to investigate circumstances under which some 400 tricycles were allegedly stolen from the Northern Development Authority’s...

Housewife flees after allegedly pushing co-wife, baby into well

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old housewife, Hauwa, for allegedly pushing her co-wife Zuwaira, 35, and her 18-month-old son, Gambo, into...

Ex-convict arrested for snatching phone

An ex-convict, Tunde Ajeigbe, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly snatching a phone from a passenger in a commercial...

How citizens assisted police in arresting ‘habitual’ phone snatcher

A father of one, who police describe as an unrepentant robber, has been arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the...

Two hospitalized after attack by landguards

Two persons have sustained gunshot wounds and after a group of armed men believed to be landguards attacked them on their land at Gomoa...

Ghanaian footballers arrested for drug possession

Two Ghanaian footballers, Twum Frank Ntini and Richard Dzifa Appiae, have been arrested and detained in Bangladesh for possessing illegal drugs. Twum, 27, and...

Two shot over land dispute at Fetteh Kakraba

Two persons have reportedly sustained gunshot wounds in an alleged dispute over a piece of land at Fetteh Kakraba in the Central region. Others including a police...

Two jailed 20 years for having sex with minor in a bush

Two persons who sexually abused a 13-year-old girl in a nearby bush at Ayi Mensah have been sentenced to a total jail...

Fulani herdsmen to support police in crime combat

Nomadic herdsmen in the Bono East have pledged their support to assist the police in combating crime in the area. This follows incessant robbery and...

Police nabs suspect behind President’s fake wedding video

The Department of State Service (DSS), paraded one Kabiru Mohammed over the fabrication and dissemination of a fake wedding video between President...

Pickpocket reveals what sustains his stealing powers

The Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has arrested a 25-year-old boy, Francis Monday, who sacrifices a cock every three days for the rings...

Baby dumped in public toilet rescued at Atebubu

A newborn baby dumped in a public toilet at Atebubu in the Atebubu-Amantin District of the Bono East region has been rescued. The baby,...

Secretary of Gbintri chief murdered

The Secretary to the Chief of Gbintri in the Mamprugu traditional area of the North East region has been murdered. Aremeyaw Nasigri was shot...

Journalist in court for impersonating Director of Communication at Presidency

A Koforidua-based journalist has been slapped with three counts of defrauding by false pretence for impersonating Director of Communication at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin. Joseph...