Crime

Sending me back to Ghana worse than being jailed in the UK – Kweku Adoboli

The former Ghanaian UBS banker, Kweku Adoboli who was jailed in the United Kingdom (UK) for fraud, says deporting him to Ghana is a...

Blind woman raped, impregnated, left with HIV

Imagine being blind, raped and in the process, got pregnant and after giving birth, you get to know you and your new-born baby have...

Baker, 34, defiles girl, 13

A 34-year-old baker has been remanded in custody by an Accra Circuit Court for having carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl at Madina New...

Photos: Ghanaian Ringleader of fraud gang jailed in UK

The ringleader of a fraud gang who splashed out on designer watches, expensive shoes, and mobile phones in a £400,000 bank card scam has been...

Photo: Gang of 5 robbers grabbed for robbing GHC270k from Indians

Five suspected armed robbers have been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command.The suspects Dickson Kumadzro, 42; Kwaku Atatsi, 22; Adjevi Yao, 35; Kofi...

7 armed robbers grabbed at Afram Plains

Seven suspected highway robbers believed to be part of a gang terrorizing residents of Ekye-Amanfrom at Afram plains in the Kwahu South District in...

Audio+Photos: Teacher inflicts bodily harm on pupil for running errand for another teacher

Mother of a JHS 2 pupil of K4 Junior High School, Charity Donkor, is demanding answers for why her daughter was beaten by a...

Man in court for obstructing presidential convoy

An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday granted a bail in the sum of GH¢20,000.00 with a surety to Seth Nana Amowi, who allegedly crossed...

Electrician gets four years for pouring acid on woman

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an electrician to four years’ imprisonment in hard labour for pouring acid on a food vendor, which caused...

Photos: Man arrested with cocaine in Assin Fosu

A 24-year-old man, Isaac Arthur, a native of Gomoa Tarkwa in the Central region, has been arrested by the Assin Fosu Divisional Police Command...

14 teacher trainees in police custody over licensure exam leakage

At least fourteen teacher trainees who sat for the just ended teacher licensure examinations are currently in police custody for their roles in the...

AUDIO+PHOTOS: Man allegedly shot by police over land dispute

A 30-year-old man, Elias Ojoo has been left paralysed after he was allegedly shot by a policeman in the Ga West District of the...

PHOTO: Woman 56, hot after issuing fake cheque

An Accra Magistrate Court has issued a warrant for the immediate arrest of a trader and self-employed woman, Marabel Darko, 56, for issuing a...

GCB staff, one other charged for stealing GH¢1.158 million from bank

Two persons, including a banker at the Takoradi branch of the GCB Bank, have been put before an Accra circuit court for conspiring with...

PHOTO: Two Nigerians jailed ten years for sex trafficking

The Koforidua Circuit Court “B” presided over by Her Honour Mercy Adei-Kotei has jailed two Nigerian sex traffickers operating in Asokore in the New...

PHOTO: Police vehicle runs over ‘Okada’ rider killing him instantly

A 23-year-old Okada rider, only known as Sulemana, met his untimely death Tuesday morning at Mallam Junction when a police vehicle ran over him.The...

(AUDIO): Over 1000 people commit suicide annually – Mental health authority

The Mental Health Authority says each year 1,500 Ghanaians die by committing suicide, with a staggering 1.5 million more contemplating suicide.Aside the shocking figures,...

Kintampo wee toffee ladies arrested

The Kintampo Divisional Police Command in the Brong Ahafo Region has arrested two women for allegedly possessing and dealing in substances suspected to be...

Baker remanded for alleged anal sex

A 34-year-old baker, who allegedly had anal sex with a 13-year-old girl at Madina, has been remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit...

PHOTO: Arrested man claims to be involved in two 2013 murders

The police have arrested a man suspected to be involved in a number of high profile robbery and murder incidents in the Tema area....

Ghanaian who spent £400k designer haul in card scam jailed

The ringleader of a fraud gang who splashed out on designer watches, expensive shoes, and mobile phones in a £400,000 bank card scam has...

Court fines businessman for biting soldier’s lip

The Ashaiman Circuit court presided over by Mr. Gabriel Mate - Teye, has fined a businessman, Richard Agbenyegah, 2,400 Ghana Cedis for assaulting a...

Carpenter jailed 20 years for robbing 30 Ghana Cedis

A thirty- two years old carpenter, Ali Mohammed, has been jailed 20 years for shooting and robbing an Okada operator 30 Ghana Cedis in...

Tailor jailed 10 years for defiling seven-year old girl

A tailor believed to be in his early 30’s has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for having sex...

Customs officer killed in Burkina Faso, Police on alert for suspects

A customs officer who was at post in Burkina Faso has been killed following an attack six unidentified men.The customs post was also robbed...

Police impound gallon of wee bitters in Eastern Region

The drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Eastern Regional Police Command has impounded a gallon of “Wee bitters” and 12 slabs of dried leaves...

Notorious robber nabbed at Aflao

Julius Gbede, 23, alias “Bible,” said to be a notorious criminal, has been nabbed at his hideout at Agblazuime, a village on the Ghana-Togo...

‘White man’ flies down to arrest ‘sakawa’ boys who duped him of GHC 83 million

The police of Imo State in Nigeria, have arrested some fraud boys who defrauded a Danish man identified as Jeanette Brunsma, of €15,000 (GHC...

Hunter mistakes colleague for ‘fat grasscutter’; shoots him dead

A 26-year-old hunter has been gunned down by his colleague who mistook him for a healthy grasscutter at Femeso in Adansi North District of...

Audio: Mother of 9-yr-old girl who was defiled by teacher cries for help

Mother 9-year-old girl who was fingered by her teacher at new Kasoa Ofankor in the Central Region, Abena Badu is calling for help from...

Couple, two others held for narcotics supply

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a couple and two others, for allegedly supplying a quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.Abraham...

22-year-old jailed seven years for sexually molesting minor

A Circuit Court in Accra on Thursday handed down a seven-year jail term to Prince Aboagye, 22-year-old unemployed for having sex with an eight-year-old...

Unemployed man arrested for robbery and assault

The Police in Sunyani has arrested an unemployed young man, Samuel Antwi Boasiako, a resident of Baakoniaba, a suburb of Sunyani, for robbing and...

9-yr-old defiled by her teacher struggling to walk

A nine-year-old girl in the Central regional town of Kasoa is struggling to walk after she was alleged to have been sexually assaulted by...

Man murders wife over suspicion of infidelity

A 40-year-old man, Yaw Mensah, has allegedly murdered his wife, Adwoa Frimpongmaa after he suspected her of having extramarital affair.A co-tenant alerted the landlord after...

‘Bible’, ‘Stone’ arrested at Aflao over notorious crimes

Julius Gbede, 23, alias “Bible,” said to be a notorious criminal, and on the police wanted list since 2015, has been nabbed at his...

Life in Ghana prison is like living in hell – Ex-convict

Apart from your freedom that is denied you, life in Ghana prison is like living in hell, says ex-convict, Emmanuel Odoom.“The food you are...

KNUST student found dead on campus

A second-year Business Administration student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been found dead in his room at the...

Taxi driver arrested for attacking woman with machete

Police in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region, have arrested a taxi driver who reportedly assaulted a woman in her home with a machete...

Court fines two okada riders for breaking traffic regulations

The Wenchi Magistrate Court has fined two Okada riders GHC 1,800.00 each for the violation of the road traffic regulations.The accused Persons are Adams...