Crime

Driver who beat police officer narrates ordeal behind bars

Francis Buabeng, the driver who together with his mate, beat up a uniformed police officer at Mallam has narrated his ordeal behind bars. Starting with...

Video: Robbery plan backfires for employee who attempted to rob employer in Accra

The decision by an employee who planned to recruit people he thought were into armed robbery to rob his employer in Accra, Ghana, has...

Listen: BNI to chase those re-bagging foreign rice as local rice

Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has hinted that his outfit, together with the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), will soon...

Teacher accused of defrauding woman of GH¢60,000

A teacher who allegedly swindled a woman of GH¢60,000 in Appeadu near Kumasi has been arraigned in court. Yaw Boateng, 49, is accused of defrauding...

Lecturer who demanded sex in order to give good marks jailed

A 69-year-old lecturer who demanded sex in exchange for marks has been handed a 3 year jail sentence in a court judgement passed...

Basic school leavers top 2018 list of convicts in Ghana

Basic school leavers have topped the list of persons jailed in various prison facilities in the country for 2018, according to the Prisons Service’s...

Audio: Akua Donkor reacts to Supreme Court ruling

Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor, is dissatisfied with the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss her writ against President Nana Akufo-Addo and...

EOCO disowns MASLOC boss

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO),  has disowned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Stephen Amoah, over...

Akua Donkor slapped with GH¢10k over suit against Akufo-Addo, Bawumia

A seven-member panel of Supreme Court justices, presided over by Justice Jones Dotse, has dismissed a writ filed by leader of the Ghana Freedom...

23-year-old arrested for throwing faeces at passersby

A 23-year-old man has been arrested after being accused of throwing faeces at five people on three different occasions. He allegedly threw liquefied faeces which he held...

Listen: Why police officers still take bribe: IGP’s take

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has given a diagnosis of the growing police unprofessional conduct on the road including the acceptance of bribes. READ:...

Couple found dead in their matrimonial home

A shoemaker, Kweku Barfo, 34, and his trader wife, Rosina Arthur 26, were last Thursday found dead in their matrimonial home at Winneba. Chief Superintendent...

Audio: IGP justifies use of water cannons on law students

The decision by the police to use water cannons to disperse law students who were protesting to demand reforms to legal education in Ghana...

Police battle ready for criminals before, during and after Christmas – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has promised a crime-free country before, during and after the Christmas festivities. To demonstrate his commitment, the Ghana...

Video: Man shoots wife and commits suicide

A man, identified as Kwadwo Oppong Owuo, has reportedly committed suicide after allegedly shooting his wife, Yaa Sophia who is in a critical condition...

Church members attack Local Authority Task Force over building permit [Video]

Officials of the Tema West Municipal Assembly have been allegedly attacked by some church members of the Anointed Chapel International in the Tema West...

Mother allegedly sells day-old baby for GHC 4,609

The Lagos State Police arraigned 34-year-old Chineye Nwankwo before an Ikeja Magistrate Court on Monday, November 25, for allegedly selling her one-day-old baby for...

Robbers kill 45-year-old trader

A 45-year-old trader is reported dead after he was allegedly robbed of unspecified amount of money and shot by robbers, in Kataa, in the...

GRA, COCOBOD sued over VAT

The Ghana Revenue Authority and its Commissioner-General, Ghana COCOBOD and its CEO have been sued by some Agricultural companies over the imposition of Valued...

Woman allegedly kills granddaughter over hatred for son-in-law

A 42-year-old woman, Temitope Akinola, has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State police command in Nigeria for allegedly killing her 2-day-old granddaughter. According to spokesman...

Soldier, 2 others nabbed for impersonating anti-galamsey team

A military man has been apprehended for posing as a member of the Operation Vanguard team fighting illegal mining across the country. Private Bawa Kobore,...

Trader remanded for biting off finger of policeman

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a trader for allegedly biting off the forefinger of General Sergeant Kwame Abu, a policeman when effecting his...

Police deployed to Pai Katanka after 3 killed at funeral grounds

Calm has returned to Pai Katanka in the Oti Region after clashes on Saturday over suspected chieftaincy dispute. Three people were reportedly shot dead, while...

Man confesses to attempting to sell daughter for GHC 50,000

A 27-year-old man has confessed to attempting to sell his daughter but says she did so as a result of hardship. Frank Abisah, the suspect,...

Soldier, accomplices grabbed for impersonating Operation Vanguard team

A soldier and two accomplices suspected to be posing as Operation Vanguard personnel, harassing and extorting money from civilians at Sekyere Atiwa West District,...

Chief killed by speeding bus [Audio]

A chief of Awutu Awin-Taso in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, Nai Akufu, has been killed in a fatal road...

Ekumfi robbery: One suspect grabbed [Photos]

One suspect believed to be among the gang that attacked motorists on the Ekumfi Essakyir highway in the Central region has been arrested. It...

Chieftancy dispute leaves 3 dead, other in critical condition

Three natives of the Pai Katanka traditional area in the Oti Region have been reportedly shot dead over chieftaincy disputes. According to the Paramount...

C/R: Security beefed up at Ekumfi after highway robbery incident

The Central Regional Police Command has deployed a reinforcement team to Ekumfi Essakyir in the Central Region following a highway robbery that led to...

Mechanic in court for defiling two sisters

A 29-year-old Pumping Machine repairer, who defiled two sisters, aged four and eight, has been granted a GHC20,000.00 bail with three sureties by a...

Shoemaker commits suicide, wife also found dead in same room at Winneba

A 32-year-old  shoemaker, Kweku Baffoe and his wife, Rosina Arthur, have been found dead in their room on Thursday at Wuonsom, a suburb of Effutu Municipality...

Domestic abuse victim alerts police with fake pizza order

A woman in a domestic violence situation managed to call 911 without the perpetrator realising, by pretending to order a pizza. Officers in Oregon city, Ohio, praised...

Photos: Sawla SHS teacher remanded for raping student

A Bole Magistrate court has remanded into police custody a 34-year-old teacher in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the Savannah region for allegedly raping a second-year student of...

Driver shot dead in Ekumfi highway robbery [Audio]

A driver, only identified as Arhinful, has been shot dead in a highway robbery that occurred at Ekumfi in the Central Region around 4:00...

Students expelled for having s3x in lecture hall

Two students of the Edo State Polytechnic in Nigeria have been expelled for allegedly having s3x in one of the lecture halls. The expelled students,...

Arrested Council of State Member granted bail

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) on Wednesday granted bail to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of defunct Ideal Finance Company, Nii Kotei...

Mom of 6 throws her day-old-baby boy into soakaway

The Ogun State Police Command in Nigeria has arrested a 30-years old woman, identified as Risikat Olabintan, for throwing her one-day-old baby boy into...

Sawla SHS teacher arrested over alleged rape of student

A teacher at Sawla Senior High School (SHS) in the Savannah Region has been arrested by the Sawla Police over rape accusation by one...

13-year-old held captive over father’s failure to pay bride price

A 13-year-old girl at a village in Chereponi in the North East Region has been detained and allegedly turned into a sex slave because her...

Another suspect in Budumburam cops killing freed

Another suspect standing trial for the killing of two police officers at Budumburam in the Central Region, has been discharged. Michael Osofo Ani was discharged...