Crime

Pastor, wife jailed for sexually assaulting 7 members

He abused children and adults for over 20 years after convincing the victims to take part in “spiritual bathing to cleanse them of evil...

5 Apam SHS students in Police custody over alleged assault on classmates [Photos]

Five students of Apam Senior High School (SHS) in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region are currently in custody at the Apam...

Missing BVRs can be used for illegal registration – Asiedu Nketia

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised concerns about the missing Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits at the Electoral Commission (EC). The party said...

Ghana Water Company staff locked up, assaulted for disconnecting defaulter

A staff of the Ghana Water Limited in the Ashanti South unit has been physically assaulted by a customer for disconnecting water supply to...

Thief passes out at crime scene after drinking 3 bottles of whisky

In a bizarre and somewhat comical incident, a daring burglar’s criminal escapade took an unexpected turn after he was busted at the crime scene. The...

Akufo-Addo commissions Nana Agyemang Prempeh I International Airport

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday, May 10 commissioned the Nana Agyemang Prempeh I International Airport in Kumasi. He was accompanied by dignitaries including...

Footballer, 3 others remanded over murder of 2 policemen at Trasacco

A footballer and three others have been remanded over the murder of two Policemen at Trasacco in Accra. The suspects are Mohammed Alhassan, 46, a...

Father, son remanded for allegedly killing relative

The Adentan Magistrate’s Court in Accra has remanded a father and son in police custody for conspiracy to commit crime and murder. The plea of...

Sales girl jailed for stealing over GH₵21K

A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Bono Region has sentenced Laadi Sulemana, a salesgirl to six months in prison for stealing. When the case...

Forestry Commission taskforce allegedly destroys Chief’s farm, beats workers

Asante Akyem Agogo Gyasehene, Nana Agyei Frimpong, has alleged that a taskforce from the Forestry Commission destroyed his crop farm and assaulted his workers. According...

Three arrested for disrupting voter’s registration exercise at Tepa

Three people have been arrested for engaging in a fight and causing a temporary disruption of the limited voter registration exercise at Tepa in...

Millennium City: Police block one-week memorial service for slain soldier

The family of a soldier who was shot and killed in front of a police station at Millennium City has been denied permission to...

Elder brother mistakenly shoots his brother in Bole

An elderly brother known as Kwasi has allegedly inflicted gunshot wounds on his 17-year-old younger brother while hunting for bush meat. The incident occurred at...

Court declines ‘Sexy Don Don’s request to subpoena Ursula, 3 others

The High Court in Accra has declined a request from lawyers of Daniel Asiedu, who has been accused of the death of the late...

Stray bullet kills teenager as police clash with civilians at Dambai

Kwaku Sey, 19, a resident of Dambai Lakeside, was allegedly shot dead on Sunday, May 5, following clashes between Police and angry youth at...

Court convicts student for issuing dud cheque

An Accra Circuit Court has convicted a 30-year-old student for issuing a dud cheque with the face value GHC50,000.00 to the Customer Service Manager of GOIL. Henry...

Kasoa teen killers face judgment as Jury returns verdict today

The fate of the 15-year-old juvenile and 18-year-old young offender who are standing trial for the murder of 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdella at Kasoa...

Man sets himself ablaze after alleged attempt to kill wife fails [Video]

A man has reportedly set himself on fire after a failed attempt to kill his wife at Abeka in the Greater Accra Region. https://youtu.be/3NY7fmZ7J74   The incident...

Armed men rob Sethi Brothers in Tema

Ten heavily armed robbers have made away with an undisclosed amount of money after attacking the premises of Sethi Brothers Ghana Limited in the...

Chief arrested for allegedly spraying acid on residents

The Chief of Achiase in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Nana Oduro Sanamoah Yeboah, has been arrested for allegedly spraying acid on...

Mechanic remanded over alleged possession of forged land documents

The Accra Circuit Court Nine has remanded a 56-year-old mechanic for allegedly possessing forged land documents. Atta Alhassan was denied bail because he was arraigned...

Two nurses nabbed for illegally supplying Tramadol

Three individuals, including two men who claimed to be nurses at Walewale Government Hospital and Kumbungu health centre, were caught red-handed illegally distributing tramadol...

I heard more than 10 shots – Eyewitness recounts killing of 2 off-duty officers

Residents of Block Factory at East Trasacco in Accra say they are living in fear after two off-duty policemen were shot and killed by...

Abesim murder case adjourned to May 27

An Accra High Court has adjourned to May 27, 2024, the case of Richard Appiah, a footballer accused of killing two minors and putting...

Investigators storm murder scene of 2 policemen at East Trasacco

A team from the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has cordoned at Block Factory, East Trasacco, following the fatal shooting of two Police officers. Adom...

Police arrest 2 suspects for stealing SUV

Two yet-to-be-identified persons have been arrested for stealing a Toyota RAV 4 SUV near Buokrom in the Ashanti Region. According to eyewitnesses, the suspects gained...

Police Inspector detained for cutting off pregnant wife’s hand

A Nigerian police inspector has been detained for allegedly cutting off his pregnant wife’s hand over N3000, equivalent of GHS 30. The police man committed...

Shooting of military officer: Aggrieved Kasoa residents express worry over bad media reports

A group calling itself Concerned Residents of Kasoa in the Central region has expressed worry over the negative media reportage about their area. This follows...

Armed robbers attack MoMo agent in broad daylight at Tumu

Five unknown armed men allegedly attacked and robbed a mobile money vendor at Zongo, a suburb of Tumu in the Sissala East Municipality at...

Kasoa: One arrested over shooting of military officer

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspect connected to the shooting of a military officer at Kasoa in the Central Region. The military officer,...

Latest update on Kasoa military officer’s killing over land dispute

The Millennium City District Police Command has arrested one Benlord Ababio, also known as Nana Ben, the suspect in the killing of a military...

Chop bar owner fingered in 3 murder cases denies involvement

A chop bar owner alleged fingered in three murder cases has denied her involvement in the crime. She was named as the mastermind by 35-year-old...

Cryptocurrency exchange founder jailed for money laundering

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to money-laundering charges last...

Military officer shot dead over alleged land dispute

A military officer, believed to be in his late 30s, lost his life in a violent altercation over land rights at Kasoa Millennium City. Two...

19-year-old shop attendant convicted for stealing an iPhone

A 19-year-old shop attendant has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbing a student of an iPhone II valued at...

26-year-old JHS dropout sentenced to 15 years for robbery

The Old Tafo Circuit Court in the Ashanti region has sentenced 26-year-old Junior High School dropout, Kwabena Asiedu, to 15 years in prison with...

Army Major convicted for smuggling guns to Ghana

A federal jury has convicted a United States Army Major, Kojo Owusu Dartey, who has been found guilty on multiple charges related to smuggling...

Mobile money sales boy accused of over GH¢1.3m theft

Richard Okai, a 26-year-old mobile money sales boy, has been accused of stealing about GH¢ 1,385,910.3. His case is before an Adentan Circuit Court, but...

Driver and teacher in court over GH¢1million fraud

Bright Kwashie, a 32-year-old driver, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a businessman of GH¢1,058,600. Kwashie allegedly collected the money...

 Nurse who poured boiling water on husband jailed

A nurse at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Emergency Burns Unit Red Zone, Zeinab Muhammad Ali who poured boiling water on her husband has been...