Crime

Lawyer jailed for fraud

Two persons including a lawyer, Dominic Owusu Sekyere, have been sentenced to total of 12 years imprison by the Accra Circuit Court for defrauding...

Operation Vanguard affects Afoko trial

The Accra High Court hearing the case involving Gregory Afoko, accused of murdering the former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party...

Police officers who sold AK47 rifle to civilian at Weija interdicted

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has directed that three police officers who are alleged to have sold an AK47 rifle to a civilian...

OFFICIAL: DOVVSU records rape cases everyday

National Coordinating Director for Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), Chief Superintendent Owusuaa Kyeremeh has revealed that rape cases are recorded on daily...

Taxi driver remanded over Narcotics

A taxi driver, Nathan Otoo has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court into Police custody for possessing narcotic drug. The accused pleaded not guilty...

Woman jailed for throwing her baby on refuse dump

The Kade District Magistrate Court presided over by Madam Felicia Anane- Antwi has sentenced a 26-year-old woman to 24 months imprisonment with hard labour...

British-born Ghanaian stabbed to death in London

A 21-year-old man Kwasi Anim-Boadu, believed to be of Ghanaian descent, has been stabbed to death in the United Kingdom. Anim-Boadu was stabbed at Finsbury...

Three police officers arrested for renting out AK47 riffles to armed robbers

Listen to an eyewitness account below:Three police officers stationed at the Weija District Police Command have been arrested by the Greater Accra Regional Police...

British-born Ghanaian stabbed to death in London

A 21-year-old man Kwasi Anim-Boadu, believed to be of Ghanaian descent, has been stabbed to death in the United Kingdom. Anim-Boadu was stabbed at Finsbury...

Driver caught on CCTV stealing over GH¢28,000 jailed 5-yrs

The driver of a lawyer, who was caught on a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Camera installed in a lawyer’s chambers, stealing an amount of...

Two remanded for spraying powdered pepper into victim's eye and stealing his motorbike

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two persons into Police custody for conspiracy to commit crime and robbery. David Kofi Ahovi, a Mason and Michael...

PHOTOS: Farmer kills wife and commits suicide over food

A 35-year-old farmer, Emmanuel Awugye, has reportedly committed suicide by hanging after allegedly killing his 32-years-old wife, Ama Baduwaa, in the Ashanti region. The incident...

Robbers snatch Mercedes Benz at Adenta

Twenty-nine suspects including two ladies have been held in a targeted police swoop at a well-known drinking spot behind the Ashaiman District Police Headquarters...

Afghanistan: Kabul voter centre suicide attack kills dozens

A suicide attack at a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 31 people, officials say. More than 50 others...

Two mobile money agents shot dead by suspected robbers

Two mobile money agents have been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Pelungu market in the Upper East region. The incident occurred today ...

Deadly bank robbery leaves two dead at Nabdam

Two persons have been shot dead by armed men who allegedly robbed a branch of the First Allied Bank at Pelungu in the Nabdam...

Landlord stabs tenant over rent arrears

A landlord at Bibiani in the Western region has allegedly stabbed his tenant over rent arrears. Narrating the incident on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow...

Lawyer’s driver jailed five years for stealing

The driver of a lawyer, who was exposed by the closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Camera, installed in a lawyer’s chambers when stole an amount...

Boy, 4, shot by his 6-year-old brother at Somanya

A six-year-old child has died after his brother shot him in his head at Somanya in the Eastern Region on Thursday. The deceased, Alex Ologo...

Interpol Arrests Ghanaian Millionaire

Police have rounded up a young Ghanaian millionaire, Ibrahim Daouda popularly known as Ibra One, over allegations of money laundering and fraud. Ibrah One, who...

2018 WASSCE: Three more arrested at Tamale for impersonation

Three suspects including a minor were arrested in Tamale for impersonating candidates of this year’s ongoing West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. The suspects...

Two teenagers flogged by Obinim for fornication ‘missing’

The Police say they are having difficulties in locating the two teenagers who were flogged on live TV during a church service in 2016...

Video: Ghanaian, 30, flees US over rape accusation

An Uber driver charged with raping a passenger earlier this month was able to walk free because officials failed to notify immigration agents about...

Driver sentenced for knocking down and killing woman, 85

A commercial driver was on Tuesday fined GH¢1,920.00 by an Accra Circuit Court for knocking down and killing an 85-year-old woman on the spot He...

Teenager remanded for trading in tramadol

A 19-year-old electronics repairer suspected to be involved in narcotic trading has been remanded into prison custody by the Juaso Circuit Court. Justice Boansi who...

Girl, 13, found dead with slit throat

A 13-year-old girl has been allegedly killed at Yawkwei near Juaso in the Asante Akyem South District of the Ashanti Region. The father of the...

13 students arrested for writing WASSCE on behalf of candidates

Some 13 students have been arrested by the Akyem Oda police for writing the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) on behalf...

Court issues bench warrant for arrest of Bukom Banku

An Accra Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Braimah Kamoko popularly known as “Bukom Banku,” for failing to appear...

AUDIO: Five arrested for alleged murder of Aeronautic Engineer

Five suspects are in the grips of the Eastern Regional Police Command for their alleged involvement in the murder of the astronaut engineer at...

PHOTOS: Police pick vital lead on slain journalist's murder

Bekwai police investigating the murder of slain journalist who worked with DESS FM in the Ashanti Region have picked vital leads for possible arrest...

No deaths occured in students’ clash – Management

Management of the University of Ghana, on Tuesday, confirmed that no one died as a result of clashes between the students of the University...

Man killed for failing to pay GHC 8.00 Akpeteshi debt

A 60-year- old-man, Joseph Mensah, known as Blogger has been beaten to death for failing to pay an amount of GHC 8.00 owed a...

Two remanded for attacking and stabbing driver’s mate

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into custody a scrap dealer at Abossey Okai for allegedly stabbing a driver’s mate on his left rib...

Fake Peduase Security Guards remanded

A circuit court in Akuapem-Akropong in the Eastern Region has remanded into police custody, two of the eight suspects who were arrested by security...

BECE candidate referred to Komfo Anokye after alleged ‘gang rape’

Medical officers at the Afari Community Hospital in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region have referred a 17-year-old final year student of...

Photo: Bekwai-based journalist stabbed to death in her room

A 30-year-old Journalist has been stabbed to death at Bekwai in the Ashanti region. The deceased, Potia Ama Agyeiwaa Kodie, who works with DESS FM...

Court fines man for illegal possession of examination paper

A community police personnel stationed at Bogoso in the Prestea Huni/Valley Municipality has brought trouble on himself for using his mobile phone to snap...

Pastor who kissed teenager during ‘deliverance session’ awaits judgement

An Accra Circuit Court will on May 18 decide the fate of Pastor Edmund Karikari Adjei, who allegedly fondled and kissed an 18-year-old girl...

Sunyani: Police denies speculations of mysterious deaths

The Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Command has refuted speculations by the general public concerning alleged strange deaths in Sunyani. Some residents of Sunyani had claimed that killings were...

I had sex with my step mother the day Ebony died – boy confesses

20-year-old Kwame Tawiah has confessed to sleeping with his father's wife but says it happened only once - the day Ebony died His father,...