Crime

Ghanaian police oppressed – Majid Michel

Renowned Ghanaian actor and Evangelist, Majid Michel believes Ghanaian police are oppressed and should not be seen as the oppressors. On Wednesday, August 28, 2019...

Video: Killer of Kasoa police officers arrive at Police headquarters in Accra

Eric Kojo Duah, the prime suspect in the killing of two policemen at Kasoa Buduburam following his arrest at Adomi Bridge, Atimpoku in the...

Check out where Kasoa cops killer was fleeing to at the time of his arrest

Eric Kojo Duah, the prime suspect in the killing of two policemen at Kasoa Buduburam, was on Saturday morning arrested near the Adomi Bridge...

2 in court over Police recruitment scam

Two persons have been dragged before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding two individuals under the pretence of getting them enlisted in the...

Video: How Kasoa cops killer landed in police station

Some witnesses of the Kasoa shooting incidents, which led to the demise of two policemen - Sergeant Michael Gyamasi and Lance Corporal Awal Mohammed-...

Photos: Police arrest two highway robbers at Sawla

Two suspected armed robbers have been arrested by the Sawla police for their alleged involvement in a robbery at Yepala on the Sawla -Wa highway in...

Breaking news: Kasoa Budumburam Cop killer arrested

Suspected killer of two police officers, suspect Eric Kojo Duah, has been arrested. Suspect Duah was arrested while on his way to the Volta Region...

My husband’s killers must be shot dead, too – Policeman’s widow

The widow of one of the slain police officers at Kasoa Buduburam in the Central region is demanding that the killers of her husband...

Video: Timber operator gunned down, friend inconsolable

An unidentified man has allegedly gunned down a timber operator at Breman Amanfopong in the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa District of the Central region. Witnesses said...

Video: Tears flow as Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal is laid to rest

The atmosphere at the funeral service for Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal was that of grief and sorrow as mourners shed tears for the murdered...

Killing of policemen: Govt adopting measures to halt police killings – Dr Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the Ghana Police Service government is adopting effective measures to halt killings of policemen and the...

Audio: PPA boss likely to walk free – Lawyer hints

Lawyer of embattled Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenin Boateng Adjei says his client will be exonerated from corruption charges...

Video: The last moments of slain L/Cl Awal before his death

An intriguing video, detailing the last moments of Lance Corporal Awal Mohammed, one of the slain police officers at Kasoa Budumburam, has emerged. The amateur...

Lance Corporal Awal to be buried today

Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal, one of the Kasoa Motor, Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) policemen, killed while on duty on Wednesday at Kasoa Budumburam,...

Tailor, 56, defiles 11-year-old girl

The Hohoe Circuit Court has remanded Francis Tettevi, a 56-year-old tailor into police custody for the defilement of an eleven-year-old girl. Francis pleaded not guilty...

Video: Armed robbers take over Liberia Camp; chief calls for demolishing of the Camp

The Liberia Refugee Camp at Buduburam, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central region is now a den for armed robbers, Chief of Gomoa...

Killing of policemen: Interior Minister directs IGP to arm police officers [Video]

Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery and the Acting Inspector General of the Ghana Police Service, James Oppong Boanu on Thursday afternoon paid a visit to the bereaved...

Photos: Police impounds vehicle of police killers

The Kasoa District Police Command has confiscated the vehicle believed to have been used by the killers of the two policemen, Awal Mohammed and...

Six arrested for allegedly kidnapping traditional priest

Six persons are in the grip of the Wenchi Police Command in the Bono Region for allegedly kidnapping a traditional priest from Badu in...

Serial police killings: Mahama demands protection for officers

The 2020 Presidential candidate of the opposition NDC has demanded more protection for police officers following an increased rate of fatal attacks on the law...

Audio: Girl, 13, gives emotional account of how Kasoa policemen were shot dead

A 13-year-old girl, who witnessed the shooting of the two policemen at Kasoa Budumburam on Wednesday, in an interview with Joy News has narrated...

Audio: Stop the deceit – Bawumia’s spokesperson tells Nduom

Dr Gideon Boako, spokesperson for the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says claims by Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom that the...

Farmer, 40, commits suicide in his farm

A 40-year-old farmer believed to have committed suicide has been found hanging on a tree in his farm at ‘Water Works’, a farming community...

Audio: I’m tired of burying dead bodies – Buduburam chief cries

Chief of Gomoa Budumburam, Nana Kojo Essel II, has said his people are under self-imposed curfew due to persisted robbery attacks in the area. According...

My brother didn’t have even pepper spray – Brother of slain police officer cries

Brother of late Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal is certain the slain police officers would still be alive if they were armed. Sawaba Musa blamed the...

Police call for help as two colleagues are gunned down

The Ghana Police Service is calling for public support following the killing of two police officers at Kasoa. Director General of Police Public Affairs, ACP David...

Family of slain policeman wants body for burial

Family of slain police officer, Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal, wants his body released for speedy burial in accordance with Islamic customs. They believe his death...

IGP places GH¢10,000 bounty on cops’ killer

The acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has placed a GH¢10,000 bounty on the head of Eric Kojo Duah,...

21-year-old man in police grips for sodomy

Police Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit at Manhyia Division in Kumasi has arrested a man for allegedly sodomising a 12-year-old boy at Asem. The...

13 arrested over attack on police officers in Northern Region

The police in Tamale have rounded up 13 persons who allegedly attacked some police officers and damaged their vehicle while on duty at Libga,...

Unveiled: Faces of suspected Kasoa cop killers [Video]

A video has emerged of the faces of some three men suspected to be the killers of two police officers who were gunned down...

Video: Kasoa police killers arrested as 2nd officer dies

https://youtu.be/0d89JbrF8Jo The police officer was said to be battling for his life after he and a colleague were shot by suspected robbers at Kasoa Budumburam...

Video: Police officer killed at Akim Oda laid to rest

There was solemn mood at Asante Mampong as family members and sympathizers gathered to send Lance Corporal Asare, the police officer who was allegedly...

Photos+Audio: 3rd police officer gunned down in 2 weeks as another battles for his life

Some unidentified robbers have shot dead a policeman of the Kasoa Divisional Command leaving another in a critical condition at Kasoa Budumburam in the...

Audio: Woman, 27, found dead in lover’s room

A 27-year-old woman, who was in search of accommodation, has reportedly been found dead in her boyfriend’s room in Accra. According to her brother,...

Footballer remanded for allegedly possessing Indian hemp

The Nkawie Circuit Court has remanded an 18-year-old footballer into prison custody for possessing substances suspected to be Indian hemp. Abdul Majeed Hansen was arrested at Apatrapa...

Scam police recruiters remanded

The two men nabbed by police operatives for allegedly engaging in a recruitment scam into the police service have pleaded not guilty to three...

Father, 33, allegedly kills baby hours after birth

A 33-year-old man has been arrested by the Police in Akatsi at a village called Bekpo located in the Akatsi South District of the...

PPA boss to be hauled before GIPS Ethics and Professional Standards Committee

The Ghana Institute of Procurement and Supply (GIPS) says they will cause the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) boss to appear before the Institute’s Ethics and...

Woman jailed 2 years for pouring acid on business rival

The 33-year-old woman who poured acid on her business rival has been jailed two years with hard labour by the Akyem Swedru Circuit Court. Ms ...