Crime

Two children dead after being shot in farm at Kintampo

The Kintampo Divisional Police Command has started investigations into the death of two children at Krabonso-Adiambra in the Kintampo South District of the Bono...

Ghana records 80 armed robbery cases in 10 months – WANEP

From January to the end of October this year, the West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP)’s Early Warning system has recorded captured 80...

Police shoot and kill man who stabbed officer at Doboya

A 32-year-old man and a native of Daboya in the North Gonja District of Savannah Region, Abudulai Mustapha, is said to have been shot...

Illegal miner jailed 22-years for defiling 3-year-old girl

The Bekwai Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has sentenced a 26-year-old man who defiled a three-year-old girl to 22-years imprisonment with hard labour. Akwasi Adu...

Armed robbers attack passengers travelling from Kumasi to Tatale

Five armed robbers suspected to be Fulanis wearing masks with raffles and cutlasses attacked 22 passengers travelling in a sprinter bus with registration number...

Kasoa police killers’ case adjourned to November 19

The case of Eric Kojo Duah and Michael Osafo Anim who are being held for allegedly killing two police officers on the Kasoa-Buduburam road...

Mother and son remanded for allegedly killing granddaughter

A 19-year-old trader from Fosu-Newtown who allegedly conspired with his mother to kill his two year-old daughter was on Friday remanded into prison...

Ghanaian “Sakawa boys” who preyed women for over £240,000 cash sentenced in UK

A gang of "cruel" men who preyed on women for cash through a dating scam have been jailed. The fraudsters extracted more than £240,000 from...

Mentally deranged man shot by police officer

A man suspected to be mentally deranged has been shot by a police officer on guard duty at Akyem-Tafo GCB bank branch. The man was alleged...

Video: SWAT team ‘disables’ two men as over 70 residents flee Ankwaso town

Two people have reportedly been shot during a confrontation between the police and the people of Ankwaso in the Amanfi Central District of the...

Collapsed building kills 2 at Abura Asebu Kwamankese

A collapsed building has killed three people at Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District in the Central Region. The collapse, adomonline.com gathers, is as a result of a...

Audio: Man who abused 6-yr-old heads for court

The 62-year-old man who abused a 6-year-old boy under his guardianship will be arraigned before the court on Tuesday, November 12, 2019. Richard Frimpong, the...

Washing bay attendant rams car into two at Takoradi

A 29-year-old washing bay attendant, Thomas Quansah, has rammed a car into two persons causing major injuries to them. The victims are currently in a...

Audio: St. Mary’s Boys dormitory attack: One arrested

One person has been arrested in connection with the robbery attack in one of the dormitories of St. Mary’s Boys Senior High School on...

Lawyer for alleged coup plotters reveals why his clients procured guns

A Defence lawyer in the trial of persons accused of plotting to overthrow government has revealed to an Accra High Court that attempts were...

Alleged coup plotters refused bail

An Accra High Court has refused a bail request by defence lawyers in the trial of persons accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The court...

Audio: Man who dipped 6-yr-old boy’s hands into boiling water in police grips

A 62-year-old man who allegedly dipped the hands of a 6-year-old boy under his guardianship into boiling water is currently in the grips of...

Dormitory attack leaves 2 St Mary’s students hospitalised

Students in St. Mary's Boys Senior High School have been thrown into a state of shock following a robbery attack in one of their...

Herbalist jailed for attempting to escape from lawful custody

The Juaso Circuit Court has sentenced a 29-year-old herbalist to six months imprisonment for attempting to escape from lawful custody. Akwasi Ofori, who pleaded guilty to the...

Court dismisses ‘no jurisdiction’ challenge by ACP Agordzo’s lawyers

The Kaneshie District Court has dismissed the case presented to it by lawyers for Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo, challenging the court over its...

Watch: I see you all, I see you – says ACP Agordzo as he is led into court

Some relatives of the top police officer, including his wife, turned up in their numbers amidst heavy police deployment at the Kaneshie District Court...

Watch: How Bawumia’s home was burgled

The Ghana Police Service has arrested four people suspected to be part of a gang that robbed the private residence of the Vice President,...

Audio: Lawyer for ‘murdered’ Adomfe driver suspects police cover-up

The lawyer for a 33-year-old driver, Kofi Ampoma, who was allegedly beaten to death by police at Adomfe in the Ashanti region has expressed...

Couple critically wounded in gun attack at Ada

A couple has been critically injured at Kasseh, a suburb of Ada in the Greater Accra Region after unknown gunmen attacked them in their...

Bawumia’s house burgled; 4 suspects arrested

Police in Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality have arrested four people suspected to have burgled the house of Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. READ:...

One arrested over shooting of printing press owner

One person has been picked up by the Bole Divisional Police command following the shooting of a 29-year-old printing press owner, Kanodia Haruna. The victim was allegedly...

Listen: AG to begin prosecution of Kwesi Nyantakyi

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Gloria Akuffo, says her office will soon commence the prosecution of former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA),...

Photos: Printing press owner shot multiple times in wife’s presence

A 29-year-old printing press owner, Kanodia Haruna is currently battling for his life at the Bole District Hospital following gunshots wounds he sustained from...

JB ‘killer’ exposed

The suspect in the gruesome murder of the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, J. B. Danquah-Adu, was yesterday exposed by his accomplice when...

ACP Agordzo’s lawyers accuse State prosecutors

Lawyers for ACP Agordzor, have accused State prosecutors of attempting to deny their client bail by referring the matter to the Kaneshie District Court which according...

ACP Agordzo remanded in BNI custody

The Assistant Commissioner of Police detained for his alleged involvement in a coup plot, ACP Dr. Benjamin Agordzo has been remanded into BNI...

Lady beats her younger sister to death for bed wetting

A 13-year-old girl, Precious Omenka, has allegedly been beaten to death by her half-sister in Lekki, Lagos state in NigeriaAccording to TheNation newspaper in Nigeria,...

My client is exposed to ‘unnecessary danger’ – Lawyer of JB Danquah’s ‘killer’

A High Court in Accra has ordered Prison Service personnel who escort Daniel Asiedu, a murder suspect to court to ensure that he gets...

19-year-old mason gets 10 years for robbing SHS student

A 19-year-old mason who attacked and robbed a student has been sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labour by a Circuit Court...

Attempted coup plot: Dr Agordzor is victim of witch-hunt – Kpebu

The arrest and detention of an Assistant Commissioner of Police linked to “an elaborated plot to destabilise the state,” have been christened witch-hunt. Speaking on...

BNI blocks visiting access to ACP Agordzor’s wife, children – Lawyer claims

Counsel for the senior police officer who has been charged with treason for his alleged involvement in a coup plot says his client's...

3 Awudome burglars busted

Three persons, suspected to be part of a syndicate that has been breaking into traders shops at the Awudome Cemetery area in Accra, have...

‘No Road, No Vote’ demo in Swedru: 23 to face trial

Twenty-three persons are set to be screened and arraigned before the court on Tuesday morning over the "no road no vote" demonstration that rocked...

Man, 38, remanded over market fraud

A 38-year-old unemployed man, who conspired with two others to dupe a trader of her GH¢50,000.00 under the pretext of securing her a market...

Coup plot: ACP Agordzor charged with treason

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dr Benjamin Agordzor, has been charged with abetment to commit treason for his alleged involvement in a coup plot. ACP...