Crime

Produce evidence of death and cremation of Chinese illegal mining suspects – Court orders Prosecutor

Magistrate of the Sefwi Wiawso District Court, Eric Baah Boateng has ordered Chief Inspector George Asante Noye, a prosecutor in a case of the...

Ex-police officers sentenced to nearly 20 years in Mississippi torture case

Two former Mississippi police officers have been sentenced to a total of 37 years for their role in torturing two black men in their...

Kikibee CEO’s death: Court discharges girlfriend

Mam Yandey Joof, who is standing trial over the death of Benett Agyekum Adomah alias Kikibee, has been discharged by the Madina District Court. Joof, a hotelier and girlfriend of...

JB Danquah’s murder: I lost my marriage because of my son – Mother of accused

Madam Juliet, the mother of Vincent Bossu, the second accused person who was acquitted and discharged in the murder of the late Abuakwa North...

Murder of Prof. Adu Boahen’s son: Police arrest one suspect

The Ghana Police Service has arrested Mark Forson, a suspect in connection with the murder of son of the late Ghanaian celebrated historian, Professor Albert...

Armed robbers kill son of Professor Adu Boahen

Armed robbers are reported to have attacked and killed the son of the late Ghanaian celebrated historian, Professor Albert Adu Boahen. The deceased, identified as...

Highway robber killed in gun battle with police; others on the run

The police in Banda Nkwanta have killed one armed robber. According to the police situational report, the police received information that there was...

Police arrest suspect for personation and possession of police uniform unlawfully

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspect identified as Hassan Avorgah for personation and possession of a Police uniform without lawful authority. The culprit...

Prisons Service on manhunt for Chinese escapee

The Ghana Prisons Service says it is pursuing a Chinese convict who escaped from custody after luring two prison officers with a KFC meal...

Fake policeman who dragged suspect to station arrested

The Nima District Police Command on March 17, 2024, arrested a young man identified as Hassan Avorgah, 24, on charges of deceiving a public...

Four robbers sentenced to 20- years imprisonment each

Four robbers, Prosper Amegashie, Jamel Ahmed, Bilal Mohammed, and Martin Victor Agba, have each been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for robbing an okada...

Thousands of fake passports, driver’s licenses, other national IDs uncovered

The technical partners of the National Identification Authority (NIA), in charge of producing the Ghana card, have uncovered thousands of fake national IDs. According...

Scrap dealer denied bail over alleged stabbing of security guard

A 27-year-old scrap dealer and herbal medicine peddler, Abdulai Sanusi, has been denied bail by the Tema Circuit Court ‘B’ for allegedly stabbing Vincent...

Court remands three persons who assaulted fire officers on duty

The Kwadaso Circuit Court has remanded three persons into Police custody for allegedly attacking and assaulting fire officers on duty at the Race Course...

Court issues arrest warrant for woman who allegedly insulted Okyenhene

The Ayensuano District Court in Coaltar has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of one Gertrude Oppong for disobeying an order to appear...

Four busted by EOCO over sophisticated mobile money and sim swap fraud

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested four people allegedly involved in a "sophisticated mobile money and sim swap fraud scheme." EOCO...

Boy, 8, escapes kidnap, suspected ritual killing at Kasoa

An eight-year-old class five pupil has been rescued from 'sakawa' boys at Kasoa Blue Top in Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central region....

Man arrested for allegedly stealing rental car

The Achimota Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 33-year-old man for allegedly stealing a Toyota Corolla worth GH¢100,000 from a car rental...

Policeman allegedly mutilates woman’s ear with pliers 

The Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has condemned an alleged incident involving a police officer stationed at Tema Community 8, said to have cut off...

Court to start trial of three accused of embezzling church’s credit union cash

An Accra Circuit Court will on March 18, 2024, begin the trial of three persons accused of embezzling GH₵382,221 depositors’ funds of a church’s credit union. The accused...

Man arrested for allegedly stealing rental car

The Achimota Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 33-year-old man for allegedly stealing a Toyota Corolla worth GH₵100,000 from a car rental company in Accra. Andrew...

Attempted murder: My former guard shot at me, tied my wife to toilet seat – Witness tells jury

Businessman, Emmanuel Amoah Quartey has told the High Court in Accra and the jury how his former security guard stormed their house, tied his...

CCTV exposes prison officers aiding a Chinese prisoner’s escape

Two prison officers have appeared in an Accra Circuit Court on charges of assisting Wang Xiao, a Chinese convicted prisoner at Nsawam Medium Prison,...

JB Danquah’s trial: Ursula Owusu’s name pops up in court

Ablekuma West Member of Parliament (MP) Ursula Owusu-Ekuful was the subject matter of defence lawyers' cross-examination of the investigator on Monday in the ongoing...

Ashanti Region: Five arrested for attacking Fire Service officers at racecourse

Police in the Ashanti Region have apprehended five people in connection with an alleged assault on fire officers responding to a fire outbreak at...

CEO in court over alleged fraud

The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Northern Youth for Peace and Development, Prince Nardi Adams, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding...

4 students of Comboni arrested for vandalising property at SOGASCO [Photos]

Four students of Comboni Vocational Technical School have been arrested by the Sogakofe District Police Command for allegedly vandalizing the main gate of Sogakope...

Ashaiman: Victims of military brutality demand adoption of committee report

About 250 victims of the military brutality which occurred in Ashaiman are asking parliament to adopt the report of the Committee on Defence and...

Fisherman, 54, allegedly impregnates 14-year-old girl

A 54-year-old fisherman at Eikwe-Krisan in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region is on the run after allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old...

Ahmed Suale: Fatimatu Abubakar sends SoS message

Information-Minister-designate, Fatimatu Abubakar, charged investigative agencies to expedite their inquiry into the gruesome murder of journalist, Ahmed Suale. According to her, she has received...

Cecilia Dapaah’s stolen money: Court remands six into prison custody

The High Court in Accra has remanded Patience Botwe, one of the two former housemaids of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah and five...

Accused lady chained him during ‘kinky sex’ – Prosecution on Canadian boyfriend murder case

A seven-person jury has been informed that Safina Mohammed, a 23-year-old biological science student, has been accused of killing her boyfriend, Frank Osei, who...

Sales boy remanded into police custody for alleged stealing

The Ashaiman District Court has remanded Gideon Oduro, a sales boy, into police custody for allegedly stealing an amount of Gh₵30,000 belonging to his...

I was raped in high school by someone I trusted

Nine years ago, my life changed. I became a part of the statistic that one in nine girls is raped or sexually assaulted before they turn...

More than 280 Nigerian pupils abducted

More than 280 Nigerian school pupils have been abducted in the north-western town of Kuriga, officials say. The pupils were in the assembly ground around...

One dead, 4 in critical condition after community watchdog clashes with suspected thieves

A 26-year-old man, Michael Kyei, has been shot dead with four others sustaining gunshot wounds at Onyemso in the Kwahu East District of the...

Damongo: Two injured in violent clash over chieftaincy dispute

Saint Anne Hospital in Damongo, Savannah Region, is attending to two victims of a recent gun battle involving youth groups affiliated with the Damongo...

US-based Ghanaian woman allegedly pushed to death by boyfriend

A US-based Ghanaian, Brittany Boateng has allegedly being pushed to death by her boyfriend in Chicago, Illinois. Brittany aged 29 according to reports was...

Notorious thief found dead in cemetery at Mankessim

The Baifikrom community near Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region was thrown into shock and horror as the lifeless body of...

Western Togoland Secession trial: Soldier, 3 others jailed

Four more members of the Western Togoland Restoration Front and Homeland Study Group who were seeking to secede Volta Region from Ghana have been...