Crime

Asamponhene’s killing: Close confidant arrested

A man identified as a close confidant of the Otumfuo's Asamponhene, Nana Kwadwo Afoduo who was killed on Sunday has been arrested. His arrest comes...

Otumfuo’s direct relative, Asamponhene assassinated!

The Asamponhene of Kumasi has reportedly been killed by some armed men. Known as Nana Oheneba Kwadwo Fodour, he was reportedly stabbed whilst travelling on the Ejura...

Three jailed 144 months for stealing

Three friends, who conspired and robbed a student in his house at Domiabra-Dadiaso in the Suaman District, have been convicted to serve 144 months by the...

3 houses burnt down in renewed clashes in Savannah Region

Renewed tribal clashes in the Savannah Regional community of Lukula has left three houses burnt and police fleeing the scene. The Saturday morning clashes began in...

Photo: Two fake PDS workers busted in Kyebi

Two people, who allegedly posed as workers of Power Distribution Services (PDS), are in the grip of the Kyebi Divisional Police command in the...

Man says he still loves woman who struck him in his head

After he told the magistrate to jail his 51-year-old ex-girlfriend, a 45-year-old man explained, “I still love her, I don’t fraid to say so,...

2 granted GH¢20,000 bail for robbing marketing officer

An Accra circuit court has granted GH¢20,000.00 bail to two traders with two sureties each, who should be public servants, for allegedly robbing a...

Savannah Region: One dead, four injured after communal violence

At least one person is feared dead and four others wounded after communal violence broke out Thursday evening between two rival groups at Lakula...

More suspected killers of Policewoman smoked out

Two more suspects believed to have played various roles in the murder of the policewoman in the Northern Regional capital of Tamale a fortnight...

The devil tempted me to finger her – convict

A 28-year-old carpenter, who was sentenced by an Accra Circuit Court for indecent assault, said it was the devil that tempted him to finger...

We regret not killing ‘kidnapper’ when he was first arrested – Takoradi missing girls’ families

The families of the three Takoradi kidnapped girls say the greatest mistake they’ve made is not killing the Nigerian suspected kidnapper believed to be...

Musician in court over theft

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 26-year-old musician for allegedly stealing items and cash belonging to a soldier and his family. The amount allegedly...

Bragging bribe-taking policeman in trouble

A policeman allegedly captured in a video recording bragging about taking bribes has been charged for extortion. Sergeant Augustine Owusu-Ansah was charged with extortion, contrary...

Father grabbed by Police for incest

A 31-year-old father, who allegedly had sexual intercourse with his 13-year-old daughter, has been arrested by the Swedru Divisional Command of the...

Read suicide note left by banker on Facebook before he died

A 46-year-old banker has committed suicide hours after he left a note on Facebook. The man, identified as Ibeakanma Onyechere, was found dead at his Victoria Island...

Photos: 2 caught illegally mining inside pit

A combined team of Police and Forestry Commission has arrested two illegal miners who have been operating in the Desiri Forest in the Mankraso...

Footballer gets nine years for sodomy

An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday sentenced a footballer to nine years imprisonment for having anal sex with a six-year-old boy.Solomon Brown, 19,...

Ordeal of 4th missing Takoradi girl’s family

The family of 19-year-old Ruth Abakah, who has been missing in Takoradi since July 29, 2018, has been torn apart as her...

Man punished to weed for defecating in classroom

A 30-year-old man has been forced to weed for allegedly defecating in Sewfi Nyetina D/A Primary School in Bibiani Ahwiaso Bekwai in the Western...

Audio: Reagent for T’di girls’ DNA test to be imported – Forensic expert reveals

Head of Forensics Department at the University of Cape Coast, Dr Richmond Afoakwa is shocked at the four weeks deadline given to conclude the...

2 arrested with AK47 in Bunkpurugu

Police in the Bunkpurugu District of the North East Region have arrested two persons with an AK 47 rifle and a magazine with...

Photos: Thieves snatch car in front of IGP

Four suspected car snatchers were on Wednesday arrested at Gomoa Okyereko in the Central region. The four were apprehended when they threw out the driver...

Kumasi: REGSEC clamps down on prostitutes, patrons

The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) is embarking on an exercise to clamp down on prostitutes and their patrons because it is illegal...

Convict remanded for escaping from prison

A 20-year-old convict who escaped from prison has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Michael Johnson Abbey. Thomas Frimpong,...

Menzgold CEO to address expectant customers after ‘needed rest’

Customers of defunct gold dealership Menzgold have been assured that they will soon hear from the embattled Chief Executive Officer of the company following...

Just in: Police discover 4th set of human remains in T’di

Police investigators have discovered a fourth set of human remains in a well at Nkroful new site at Takoradi in the Western Region, online...

Man in court for groping Ghanaian air hostess

A 31-year-old man, who was on a flight from Los Angeles to Dubai when he assaulted a Ghanaian air hostess and behaved ...

Nam 1’s bail conditions reviewed

An Accra Circuit Court has ruled that persons who have pledged to take responsibility if Menzgold Chief Executive Officer, Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known...

Police brief families of missing girls on latest findings

The police have formally informed the families of the three missing girls from Takoradi about their latest finding with regard to the investigations they...

More people convicted for human trafficking offences

Ten people were sentenced to prison for human trafficking offences in 2018, statistics from the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social...

T’di kidnappings: Families want DNA test done abroad

Families of the three girls missing in Takoradi are demanding an independent forensic analysis of human remains retrieved by the police from a cesspit...

17 inmates freed from Koforidua prisons under ‘Justice for All programme’

Seventeen remand prison inmates at the Koforidua Central Prison, in the Eastern region have been discharged through the 'Justice for All programme.'...

REGSEC commends Securities for the discovery of the human remains

The Western Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has commended the Regional Police Commander and all the securities for not relenting on their efforts...

Attorney General bounces Woyome

Embattled businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome appears to have finally accepted defeat in his unsuccessful legal battles to avoid or at least ...

T’di kidnappings: Third suspect arrested in Nigeria

A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of the three Takoradi girls, online news portal mynewsgh.com has reported. The suspect, identified...

Police urges public to be calm pending lab exams in Taadi girls’ kidnapping

ACP David Eklu, Director General for Public Relations of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) has urged the public to remain calm as laboratory investigation...

Pastor allegedly sleeps with three women for spiritual cleansing

When a 29-year-old pastor of the Adom Power Ministry, Daniel Abisah, alias Ogya Bofuor, arrived at Akrodie in the Asunafo South District of the...

Takoradi: Police meet families of missing girls, serve notice for DNA samples

Representatives from the Western Regional Police Command have met with the families of the three girls kidnapped in Takoradi. This meeting comes a day after...

Tadi missing girls: We know God will expose suspects – Family (Video)

Family members of the three Takoradi missing girls, following police reports of retrieval of human remains from the house of one of the suspects,...

Audio: Man’s lover bites off ex-girlfriend’s lip over money

A woman, believed to be in her 30's and lover of a man identified as Aliwaye Rabiu, has allegedly bitten the man's ex-girlfriend's lower...