Crime

Man arrested for raping 14-yr old girl

A man believed to be in his 20s has been arrested for defiling a 14-year-old girl in his room at Larteh in the Eastern...

Farmer assaults wife, kills himself at Sankore

A 41-year-old farmer, Akwasi Agyeman has assaulted his wife, Akosua Brago, and subsequently committed suicide over fears of a reprisal attack at Sankore in...

Man jailed five years for stealing GH¢ 66,076

Gabriel Kofi Honny, unemployed, was on Monday sentenced to five years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for stealing GH¢ 66,076.00 belonging to Dreamsen...

51 remand prisoners released under JFA programme in Brong-Ahafo

A total of 51 prison inmates on remand at the Sunyani Central Prison and Duayaw-Nkwanta and Kenyase Prison Settlement Camps in the Brong-Ahafo Region...

Police exchange gunshots with armed robbers at Omenako

There was a gun battle between a group of armed men and personnel from the Ghana police service at Omenako near Suhum on the...

Robbers’ Lawyer robbed

A lawyer representing two armed robbers was robbed of his belongings while on his way to court. Yaw Dankwa was travelling in a taxi to...

Errand boy gets 13 years for defilement

Ishmael Oblitey, a Canopy Erector, who defiled a ten year old girl at Korle Gonno in Accra was on Thursday sentenced to 13 years...

Two teenage robbers jailed 30 years

Two robbers who attacked three women at Abokobi, near Accra, and made away with items worth GH¢7,000 were on Wednesday jailed 15 years each...

Delta Force 13 sentenced

The 13 members of the Delta Force vigilante group in Kumasi have been sentenced to a fine of GHc1,800 each or in default, serve...

PHOTOS: Armed robber gunned down by security man

A security man at a Goil filling station at Gomoa Buduatta Junction on the Kasoa Winneba road in the Central region Wednesday shot and...

House help charged with unlawful entry and stealing

Dorcas Ekuam, a trader and a house help on Tuesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with unlawful entry and stealing household items...

EOCO arrests two persons for alleged romance fraud

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested two Ghanaians for allegedly engaging in trade-based money laundering and romance fraud. The suspects, Moro Musah...

Stanbic Bank teller jailed 10 years for stealing ¢287,000

The Wa Circuit Court has sentenced a former teller at the Wa branch of Stanbic Bank to 10 years imprisonment with hard labor for...

Miner jailed for defiling and impregnating JHS student

A Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a 31 year-old small scale miner to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling and impregnating a...

6 cops caught on video taking bribes

Six police officers have been summoned to the Police Intelligence and Professional Standards (PIPS) Bureau of the Ghana Police Service to answer charges of...

Hot Audio: Police arrest suspected armed robber for car snatching

Police in Bawjiase District of the Central Region have arrested a 35-year-old suspected armed robber, Aboagye Tetteh, for allegedly inflicting multiple knife wounds on...

Farmer murders sister-in-law over mushroom

A 49-year farmer, reported to have murdered the sister-in-law following a dispute over mushroom, has been arrested and detained by the Juaso police. Justice Addo...

2 Volta GHS staff arrested for forgery

Two persons who are said to be working at the Volta Regional Health Directorate (VRHD) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have been arrested...

Wassa Akropong: Chinese ‘killer’ will face the law – Deputy Minister assures

Government is assuring of justice following the killing of a 29-year-old Nana Buah by a Chinese illegal miner at Wassa Akropong in the Western...

Health service staff in custody for forgery

Two workers of the Ghana Health Service in the Volta Region have been picked up by the Police in Ho for forgery. Bright Paul Yebbi,...

2 Nigerians arrested for selling ‘dangerous’ drugs at Ashaiman

The Ashaiman District Police Command has arrested two Nigerians for dealing in what they believe to be harmful drugs without a licence. According to a...

Family invades court over bail to accused driver

Court proceedings at the Suhum Circuit Court was on Thursday disrupted by bereaved family members over a bail granted to an accused driver who...

Juju man remanded into Prison Custody

The Apam District Magistrate Court has remanded a 45 year old man, Mallam Yaa Wudada into prison custody for allegedly killing people for rituals...

Photos+Hot audio: Land guards gun down 2, three missing at Fetteh Kakraba

Two people are reported to be in critical condition at Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital whiles three others missing in a bush at Fetteh-Kakraba...

Three armed robbers caught on CCTV jailed 75 years

It was a heartbreaking experience for Hafiz Ali’s father after he witnessed his son being jailed 25 years by the Accra Circuit Court for...

DJ in court over possession of boiled wee

A Disc Jockey who was allegedly found with a quantity of boiled leaves and dried ones suspected to be cannabis sativa on Wednesday appeared...

Wassa Akropong: Chinese ‘killer’ remanded for alleged murder of Ghanaian

A Takoradi District Court on Tuesday remanded a Chinese man into police custody for allegedly shooting and killing one Nana Buah, 29 at Wassa...

How I was raped by a Catholic Priest – Woman narrates

Rape is a bitter pill which no woman or man would want to experience (Yes, men are raped too). A number of women on the...

Police arrest 2 for stealing, slaughtering pregnant cow

Two butchers at the Bolgatanga abattoir are in the grips of the Bolgatanga East Police at Zuarungu for allegedly stealing and slaughtering a pregnant...

Chinese national allegedly kills Ghanaian

Riots sparked at Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western region after a Chinese allegedly shot and killed a resident...

Remand prisoner jailed three years for escaping from custody

A 25 year-old remand prisoner has been handed a three-year prison sentence by the Juaso Circuit Court for attempting to escape from lawful custody. Solomon...

Serial Fraudster Busted

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has finally apprehended Bridget Enchill Obeng, allegedly notorious car fraudster. She is said to...

Man granted GHC 900,000 bail for defrauding Kofi Adams

An Accra Circuit Court has granted businessman, Arnold Kwadwo Asante bail in the sum of GH 900,000 for allegedly defrauding the National Organizer of...

PHOTOS: Fake soldier arrested by Nsawam Police

Police in Nsawam in the Eastern region has apprehended a 32-year-old self-styled soldier for allegedly defrauding some residents. The suspect, Anthony Nana Wiafe defrauded his...

Man, 30, jailed for defiling girl, 10, in Achimota Forest

Thirty year old Kwame Mensah will spend 20 years in hard labour in jail for taking his libido to another level and defiling a...

Self-acclaimed prophet fined GHC3,120 for stealing

A 52-year-old self-acclaimed man of God and prophet has been fined Gh¢3,120.00 by the Tarkwa District Court Two for stealing Gh¢540.00 belonging to a...

Immigration boss cited for contempt

An Accra High Court has granted an application filed by Indian businessman, Ashok Kumar Sivaram, praying the Court to commit Kwame Takyi, the Controller...

Farmers suspected to be armed robbers escape lynching at Kokornu

Police in Akropong in the Eastern region are investigating a potential hate crime in which three farmers were nearly lynched by residents of Kokormu,...

Audio: Chainsaw operator defiles 14 yr-old girl

A chainsaw operator Yaw Operator has allegedly defiled a 14 – year old class 6 pupil at Assin Fosu in the Central Region. According to...

KNUST student commits suicide

Police in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, have launched an inquiry into the death of a level 100 BA Geography and Rural Development student...