Crime

‘Police beaters’ convicted

The commercial bus driver and his conductor who assaulted a police officer on the Weija road have been convicted of fine and slapped with...

Court dismisses application to release ACP Agordzo

The push by lawyers for top police Officer ACP Benjamin Agordzo to have him released has failed as the Kaneshie District court dismissed their...

Police arrest 11 ‘Western Togoland’ separatists

Police have arrested eleven members of a group that purported to declare independence for the Volta Region and other parts of the country. A manhunt...

Family of slain NPP Treasurer demands justice after fake informant drama

The family of the slain Treasurer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Takoradi Constituency of the Western Region says they are appalled...

How children are taught math by ISIS

The staggering brutality of ISIS, what the terrorists called the "management of savagery," was meticulously recorded and posted on the internet to morbidly fascinate the world...

Pathologist gives horrifying account on state of Maj. Mahama’s body at crime scene

There was dead silence at an Accra High Court on Tuesday as Specialist Pathologist, Dr Lawrence Edusei gave a horrifying account of the state...

National Security uncovers 74 locally manufactured guns at Kagara

A joint operation by security agencies under operation 'Kundanlgou', headed by National Security has led to the seizure of 73 locally manufactured long barrel...

Court remands two over robbery at Winneba

A District Magistrate Court in Winneba presided over by Mr. Charles Oheneba-Kufour has remanded into prison custody two men allegedly accused of their involvement...

40 unregistered, uninsured motorbikes seized in swoop

Police in South Tongu District of the Volta Region have swooped on owners of 40 unregistered and uninsured motorbikes in the area. The exercise which...

Coup Plot Allegations: ACP Agordzo denied bail again

Coup suspect, ACP Benjamin Agordzo, has, once again, been denied bail by an Accra High Court. This follows opposition by state prosecutors to an application...

Mpraeso District Police arrest two armed robbers

The Mpraeso District Police have arrested two armed robbers believed to be part of a gang that rob passengers on the Adawso and Kotoso...

Spiritual gold deal goes sour as herbalist defrauds couple of GH¢94,000

A 31-year-old herbalist, Hassan Talha, popularly known as Alhassan, has been jailed for defrauding a couple to the tune of GH¢94,000 on the pretext...

Police on manhunt for uncle who defiled niece since she was 6 years

A 10-year-old girl has come out to accuse her uncle of defiling her since she was six-years-old. According to Abi , her uncle, whose name was...

Informant in murdered NPP Treasurer’s case remanded for deceit

Investigations into the murder of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Takoradi constituency treasurer has taken an interesting turn following the arrest of the informant,...

Listen: Why family of man killed by police wants body buried at police headquarters

The family of a man, allegedly brutalised and killed by two police personnel at Adomfe in the Ashanti region, wants their late son buried...

Man arrested for allegedly murdering brother

Mr Christopher Kucham, a resident of Dambai-Lakeside in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his younger...

Man electrocuted while attempting to steal transformer

A middle-aged man suspected to be a thief has been electrocuted while trying to steal a transformer in Abuja, Nigeria. His lifeless body...

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...