Crime

Two killed in renewed clashes at North-East Gonja

Two persons have been confirmed dead at Naa-Kuraa, a suburb of the North East Gonja District of the Savannah Region following renewed clashes over...

Indomie seller bathed with acid at Kasoa on 31st night

Even before the residents of Kasoa in the Central region could finish celebrating God's goodness of making them see the year 2020, they have...

Winneba District Police MTTD Command records 77 Motor accidents in 2019

Nineteen (19) people made up of two women and 17 men were killed while 171 sustained various degrees of injuries through motor accidents in the Winneba...

Trader jailed for having sex with a minor

A Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced Yakubu Moro, a 25-year-old trader to a 10-year jail term for defiling a 14-year-old girl at Agbogboloshie...

Court adjourns case of 18 suspected separatists arrested in Bimbila

The Yendi Circuit court has remanded into prison custody all 18 suspected separatists who appeared before it, Monday.  They are to reappear on January 9, 2020. The court which...

Man found dead with head and arms cut off

A man has been found dead with his head and arms cut off on the grounds of an derelict house, it is reported. The gruesome...

MoMo vendor shot dead at Bole [Photo]

Unknown assailants have shot dead a Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor at Chorebang, a suburb of Bole in the Savannah region. According to relatives of the deceased,...

Two arrested over torture of 70-year-old woman

The Sawla District Police have arrested two men for torturing a woman believed to be in her 70's at Jintilpe, a village in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba...

Court remands five persons with 35 sacks of suspected cannabis

Five persons who were arrested by the Western Naval Command with 35 sacks of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis have appeared before a...

YouTuber jailed for insulting king

A Moroccan YouTuber was sentenced on Thursday to four years in prison for “insulting the king” in a video broadcast on social networks, his...

Talented young pianist, 27, ‘gassed to death’ in shower

A talented young pianist was “gassed to death” while taking a shower on a romantic Christmas holiday in Budapest. Musician Elina Valiyeva, 27, was found...

Student jailed and fined over drugs

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 22-year-old student, who was caught with five wrappers of cannabis to one-month imprisonment. The Court also ordered Charles...

Three die in Christmas Day morning accident

Three people died on the spot while several others sustained injuries in the morning of Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25, 2019, when two minibuses...

Police declare leader, member of secessionist group wanted

The Ghana Police Service has declared wanted one Hope Mortey and Charles Kwami Kudzordzi, a member and leader respectively of the HomeLand Study Group...

Student jailed one month over drugs

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 22-year-old student, who was caught with five wrappers of cannabis to one-month imprisonment. ...

Mankessim shooting: Chief, queen mother remanded

The Paramount Chief of Mankessim, Osagyefo Amanfo Adu IV and the Queen mother of Mankessim, Nana Amba Amissah III, have been remanded into police...

Pastor defiles 10-yr-old girl, sick sister during deliverance

A pastor identified as Kenneth Onyeali has been arrested by the Imo State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl and her 16-year-old...

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...