Crime

'I did not know it was unlawful to display a gun' – Accused

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a farmer for possessing a firearm without authority. Mohammed Adawoode pleaded guilty to the offence and said that the...

Girl ‘set ablaze’ during WASSCE prayers, dies from injuries

A prayer session for spiritual support during the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), took a wrong turn when a girl was strangely...

Two charged for fighting over electricity bill

Two persons who engaged in a fight over electricity bills, resulting in injuries, have been put before an Accra Circuit Court, each charged with...

Court to decide on alleged 'Sexy Pastor'

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...

FDA seizes thousands of unregistered Tramadol tablets

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has referred 21 over-the-counter chemical sellers to the Pharmacy Council for stocking and selling high doses of Tramadol. Nora...

Major Mahama murder case adjourned again over jury selection

An Accra High Court hearing the case of 14 persons accused of murdering Major Maxwell Adam Mahama today failed to empanel a seven-member Jury...

Kasoa baby death: Obiri Boahen to sue doctor today

Private legal practitioner and Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, says he will sue the St. Gregory Hospital...

Man begs court for forgiveness after allegedly murdering his father

Kelvin De-Graft Quist, the 29-year-old school dropout who allegedly butchered his father to death at Okorase Junction 10 in the Akropong North municipality of...

PHOTO: Chief arrested for fraud

The Zambrama Chief at the Ga West Municipal Assembly has been arrested by the police for allegedly defrauding a mobile money merchant of GH¢7,000. Nana...

Commonwealth Games visa scandal: BNI release two suspects on bail

Two staff of the National Sports Authority (NSA) who have been implicated in the running saga of the visa racketeering for fake journalists and...

Three arrested for robbery at Gambaga

Gambaga police have arrested three suspected armed robbers after they allegedly robbed one Limuna Agoligo of Gh¢2000 and his motorbike at Gbentiri in the East Mamprusi...

Fake Somanya commander grabbed

Police in Somanya, the Municipal capital of Yilo Krobo in the Eastern Region, have arrested a young man (name withheld) for allegedly impersonating the...

Journalist dies after attempting abortion

A 23-year-old woman, Mary Owusua, has met her untimely death after allegedly drinking mixed coke with sugar solution in an attempt to abort her...

Landlady Locks Up Tenant’s Wife And Two Month Old Baby

Residents around Community 20 Methodist Church in Tema had to struggle to process the fact that a landlady, Mrs. Dinah Ayemeduh, locked up her...

Man butchers father at Okorase

A 29-year-old unemployed man, Kelvin Quist Agbenyega, is currently in the grips of police for allegedly butchering his father to death at Okorase in...

SHS student commits suicide after being jilted

A final year student of Techiman Senior High School (SHS) has reportedly committed suicide after he was jilted by his girlfriend. Sources close to the...

Five held for allegedly kidnapping man

Five persons have been put before an Accra Circuit Court charged with conspiracy to commit crime, kidnapping, and assault. Ibrahim Akinlabi, a Musician, Daniel Bruce...

Kwabenya cellbreak, two get 66 months

Two persons involved in the case in which some armed men freed inmates at the Kwabenya Police Station after an attack on the station,...

Damango: Nurse accused of raping European tourist to face Midwifery Council

A Nurse at the Damango Government Hospital who is being accused of raping an European tourist on admission at the health facility is set...

The Multimedia Group pushes for justice for assaulted reporter

The Multimedia Group says it will push for justice for its reporter who has suffered a fractured skull following an assault by the police. After...

3 prison officers beat shop attendant at Kasoa, got him locked up

A 35-year-old shop attendant at Kasoa New Market is nursing his wounds after he was reportedly beaten by three Prisons Officers last Friday. Kwame Sekyere...

Nurse arrested for raping patient on admission at Damongo

A nurse at the Damango Government Hospital has been arrested by the Damango police for allegedly raping a 28-year old Italian national. Ernest Green, 24...

I’ll walk away and shut up forever if I witness a murder again – JB murder witness

When you witness a murder, a robbery, or both; the advice from a key witness in the case of the murder of the late...

Man, 23, jailed for raping 64-year old blind woman

The Nsuta Circuit Court presided over by Her Honour, Lydia Osei Marfo, has sentenced Kofi Duku, 23, mason to 20 years imprisonment for having...

2 arrested for attempted robbery in Somanya

Two persons are in the grips of the Somanya police for attempting to rob a resident of the area. The suspects Griffins Blessed and Richard...

50-year old man remanded for defiling 9-year old

The Goaso Circuit Court in the Brong Ahafo Region, has remanded a 50- year -old man, Awudu Saani, for allegedly defiling a 9-year-old class...

PHOTOS: Driver carrying 7 bags of “weed” leaves vehicle on seeing police

Police in Asesewa in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region have impounded an Opel Astra caravan loaded with seven bags of...

PHOTOS: One in coma, 12 others injured in Kasoa accident

One person is currently in coma and 12 others sustained varying degree of injuries in a an accident that occurred on Friday dawn at...

AUDIO: Aeronautic Engineer's had gunshot wounds – preliminary autopsy report shows

The Ghana Police Service says it has no intentions of covering up circumstances sorounding the death of the 34-year-old aeronautic engineer who was killed...

Farmer sets pregnant wife ablaze

A 30-year-old farmer, Asumah Conlan, has been arrested for allegedly burning his eight-month pregnant wife to ashes at Oda, near Sankore in the Asunafo...

I fear for my life; I’m being maltreated – J.B. Danquah informant

An informant in the J.B. Danquah-Adu murder case has alleged that he was picked up and beaten by some men suspected to be in...

5 suspected robbers dead in crossfire with police

Five suspected armed robbers have been shot dead by the police in Accra. The five were hit in a crossfire with the police in the early hours...

AUDIO: 3 arrested over Awutu Oshimpo murder of 90-year-old man

The Awutu Breku District police have arrested three people suspected to be involved with the murder of a 90-year-old man at Awutu Oshimpo number...

90-year-old man set ablaze over land dispute at Awutu Oshimpo

The assailants set ablaze the 90-year-old man at midnight while he was asleep in his room Police have confirmed the incidence, saying they...

Student remanded for defiling 13-year-old girl

A 22-year-old man charged with defiling a 13-year-old girl at the beach near the Independence Square has been remanded into police custody by the...

Two drivers’ mates jailed for stealing

A Kumasi circuit court has sentenced two drivers’ mates to three years imprisonment each for stealing assorted items worth GH?4, 000 at Sepe Buokrom,...

JHS students pull pistol and dagger on headteacher

The Koforidua Police are looking for Master Philip Asare, a pupil of Ellen White SDA School at Soredae and his friend who pulled a...

PHOTO: Man sets stepmother and 5-month-old baby ablaze

A 25-year-old man is alleged to have set his stepmother and her five month old baby on fire at Shai Hills in the Greater...

Policeman kills mobile money thief as two others flee with cash

Chief Inspector Ebenezer Kannor is reported to have gunned down a suspected mobile money thief. According to a report by MyNewsGH.com, two others however made...

Bukom Banku arrested for assaulting Assemblyman

Bukom Banku, known for assaulting people at will, is in the custody of Jamestown police for yet another assault case He has assaulted...