Crime

Ghanaian pastor ‘murdered’ in Cameroon; family accuses military

A Ghanaian missionary, Apostle Isaac Attoh, has been murdered by soldiers in Cameroon.The deceased, formerly of Destiny Impact Ministry at Barn Yard in Accra,...

Two Nigerian women accused of human trafficking remanded

Two Nigerian women who recruited six girls from Nigeria into prostitution in Ghana were on Monday remanded into Police custody by a Cape Coast...

7 Manso Nkwanta robbery suspects shot at close range?

Zongo Chiefs in Kumasi say autopsy examination performed on four of seven suspected armed robbers gunned down by police indicate they were shot at...

Ghana Micro-Finance Institutions Network condemns police brutality (AUDIO)

The Ghana Micro-finance Institutions Network has condemned the act of brutality meted out to a nursing mother at the Shiashie branch of Midland Savings...

GRA staff jailed 12 years

Fuseini Hamza, a staff of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for stealing GH¢2,430,774.30.The Tamale High Court, presided...

Midland suspends 5 workers, to compensate woman

Five members of staff of the Midland Savings and Loans Company who witnessed the assault of a customer of the company at one of...

Man arrested for allegedly killing ex-girlfriend

The police at Awutu Bereku in the Central Region have arrested a 37-year-old man, Isaac Bonnie, for allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend, Mary Tetteh.The incident...

Toronto shooting: woman and gunman dead, 13 injured

Two people have died and 13 others have been injured after a shooting attack near a restaurant in the Canadian city of Toronto on...

Suspect storms court with wee

An accused person facing trial at the Hohoe Circuit Court for allegedly possessing weapon unlawfully did the unthinkable by appearing before the court on...

Video: Protect citizens, don’t assault them– Akufo-Addo to police

The president says he is sad at the news of a police officer assaulting a woman at a branch of the Midland Savings and...

Police stray bullet kills bullion van driver

A policeman accompanying a bullion van Saturday accidentally shot and killed the driver of the van in his attempt to ward-off mourners who had...

Killing 7 people in Manso Nkwanta “amounts to execution” -Boako

The shooting to death of seven community members by the police in Manso Nkwanta in the Ashanti Region “amounts to execution” Dr Gideon Boako...

Amnesty International condemns police assault of nursing mother

Amnesty International has condemned a brutal assault of a nursing mother by a policeman at the Midland Savings and loans.The Director of Amnesty International, Robert...

IGP boycotts Zongo meeting

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, yesterday boycotted a crunch meeting with aggrieved members of the Zongo Community at the Central Mosque...

Asawase violence enters day two as gunshots disperse angry crowd over fatal police shooting

Anger and tension in Asawase in the Ashanti region entered day two as police fire and tear gas to disperse a spontaneous crowd protesting the...

Police officer could be sacked for assaulting nursing mother – Dery

The Police Officer who assaulted a nursing mother at Midland Savings and Loans could be dismissed from the Police Service, Minister of Interior Ambrose...

Do away with mistrust and provide information – Police

Police Superintendent Asare Bediako, the Sekyere East District Commander, has appealed to the people in the area to do away with the perceived police...

Teacher jailed for stealing from a bank

A teacher who falsified the signature of St Luke Catholic Hospital at Apam and unlawfully withdrew GH¢14,500.00 from its account at Gomoa Community Bank...

PHOTOS: Meet the policeman who assaulted a nursing mother

A video has gone viral on social media about a policeman assaulting a nursing mother in a banking hall.It is not clear yet what...

14 peacekeeping policemen interdicted for sexual misconduct

Fourteen out of the forty-six police personnel who were repatriated from South Sudan for alleged sexual misconduct have been interdicted by the Ghana Police...

HOT VIDEO: Policeman beats woman mercilessly in a bank

An armed police officer has been captured on video ruthlessly assaulting a woman in a bank despite the mother holding a little child in...

Ashanti shooting incident: IGP pleads for more investigation time

Inspector General of Police is pleading for more time as police begin investigations into the killing of seven suspected armed robbers in the Manso...

PHOTOS: Mobile money operator gunned down by robbers

Suspected armed robbers have allegedly shot and killed a mobile money operator at Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra...

Send Afoko to hospital; Court orders Prisons Service

The Accra High Court hearing the murder trial of Gregory Afoko has ordered the Ghana Prisons Service to send the accused to the Korle...

Six Akatsi robbery suspects grabbed

Six men, believed to be members of an armed robbery gang that murdered a motor rider and took away his bike in June this...

PHOTOS: Zongo Chiefs condemn rampaging Asawasi youth

Zongo chiefs have condenmed attacks on police and journalists by irate youth who also blocked some roads in the Kumasi city during a demonstration,...

PHOTOS: Jilted lover kills girlfriend

A 30-year-old man, Isaac Bonnie, has been arrested by the Awutu Breku Police for allegedly killing his lover at Gomoa East District in the...

Kasoa: Hairdresser raped and killed by armed robbers at Opeikuma

A 25-year-old hairdresser, Ama Bonsuwaa, has been raped and murdered by armed robbers at Opeikuma, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central Region.According to...

Heavy police presence in Kumasi as Asawasi youth go on rampage, attack Manhyia Gov’t Hospital

Some youth in Kumasi are allegedly on a rampage, pelting stones and setting public facilities on fire.Local reports say their actions have resulted in injuring a police...

23-year-old mother commits suicide in front of her 3-year-old daughter

A 23 years old mother has been found dead beside her 3-year-old daughter in their at home in Cheshire.Police report the unfortunate incident happened following...

PHOTOS: Two Nigerians arrested with narcotic drugs concealed in ‘kako’

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested two Nigerian Nationals for attempting to traffic narcotics through the General Post Office in Accra.A press release...

AUDIO: Stop lying to us – Family of alleged robber tells police

The family of one of seven alleged armed robbers gunned down by police in the Ashanti region has accused the Ashanti Regional Police of...

VIDEO: Man curses AMA taskforce for alleged overcharging

A commercial (trotro) driver has cursed the Accra Metropolitan Assembly taskforce for allegedly charging him GHc150 instead of GHc40 for a road offence.He says he...

Court jails unemployed seven years for defilement

Ben Dorgbetor, 22, unemployed, has been jailed seven years by an Aflao Circuit Court for defiling a Kindergarten two pupil, aged six.He pleaded guilty.Mr....

Police yet to identify suspected robbers killed

The Ashanti Regional Police Command is yet to identify the seven alleged robbers gunned down by the police in a shootout at Poano, in...

PHOTO: 3 allegedly rob Chinese master, set house ablaze

Personnel of the Commercial Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested three persons suspected to have attacked and robbed their Chinese...

3 of Manso ‘armed robbers’ my campaign team members -Asokore MCE (AUDIO)

The Municipal Chief Executive for Askore-Mampong, Alhaji Alidu Seidu has disclosed that three of the seven suspected armed robbers killed in a shootout at...

Obuasi: Snail-hunting teens shot after they were ‘mistaken’ for thieves

Police in Obuasi have arrested a man who claimed he mistook four boys who had gone on snail hunting as robbers, and shot them.Two...

Fulani herdsman allegedly kills his 70-year-old wife

The Police at Prang in the Pru West District of Brong-Ahafo Region seeking to arrest a Fulani herdsman, Umaru Gariba, alias Burger, who allegedly...

Three before court for beating up a cabbie

Three persons have been given a GH¢20,000.00 bail with one surety each by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly beating up a taxi driver.All...