Crime

PHOTOS: Court sentences 26 foreign galamseyers

A Koforidua circuit court has sentenced 26 foreigners arrested for engaging in illegal mining in the Atewa forest of the Eastern region. The foreigners, mainly...

Thieves break into Ofoase Omanhene’s palace

Thieves have broken into the palace of the Omanhene of Ofoase in the Asante-Akim South District of the Ashanti Region, and made away with...

Photos: Akua Donkor robbers jailed 60 years

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced three persons accused of robbing founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madame Akua Donkor, to a total...

Fake soldier in GH¢71,000 scam

The Weija Police have apprehended a 35-year-old self-styled soldier for allegedly defrauding 14 people to the tune of GH¢71,000 under the pretext of enlisting...

PHOTO: Man arrested for allegedly defrauding Customs Division applicants

A 35-year-old man who allegedly used WhatsApp to defraud people on the pretext of helping them to secure employment with the Customs Division of...

No arrests hours after 'gunmen' set Okpoegonno church auditorium on fire

Police are yet to apprehend assailants who set the auditorium of the Believers House of Worship ablaze following a land dispute between the church and...

Any armed robber who attacks me will get only yams – General Mosquito

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said any armed robber who attacks him will not get a penny. Johnson Asiedu...

Sexy Cop rapes recruit

A-39-year old police instructor at the National Police Training School in Accra is in the web of the law for allegedly raping a recruit...

PHOTOS: Three arrested for fighting Roads Minister

Three persons have been arrested after they tried to fight the Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako Attah when he ordered them to...

Farmer on remand for harming grandson

A Tarkwa Circuit Court has remanded a 48 year-old farmer for allegedly causing harm to his 13 year-old grandson, whose left leg has been...

Photos: Police man arrested with weed

A police officer has been busted with large quantities of the substance suspected to be Indian Hemp at the Gomoa Simbrofo Junction on the...

Mason jailed for breaking into Eagle Production House

A mason who broke into the Offices of Eagle Production House, an entertainment outfit and made away with several items totalling 50,000 dollars has...

Hot Audio: Journalist assaulted for questioning Police officer

A journalist with the Skyy Media Group in the Western regional capital, Takoradi has been assaulted by a police officer for questioning why the...

Pregnant 16-year-old girl assaulted by police loses unborn child

A 16-year-old girl who was assaulted by a police officer at Begoro in the Eastern region has lost the unborn child. The girl – identified...

Seven boys gang defile 15-year-old girl in Eastern Region

The Suhum Police has launched manhunt for seven suspects for gang-defiling a 15-year-old girl. Mother of the Victim accompanied by her lodged complaint at the...

Seamstress fined 480 Cedis for refusing to vaccinate dogs

The Tarkwa Magistrate Court One has fined a seamstress from Nkamponase in the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipality 480,00 cedis for refusing to vaccinate her dogs. The...

Dismissed Police Officer in court over recruitment scam

dismissed Police officer who collected GHC91,000 cedis from 44 people under the pretext of enlisting them into the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Armed Forces...

Aflao police arrest robbers

The police in Aflao on Thursday arrested five armed men who allegedly shot and robbed a mobile money dealer at First Lowcost, Aflao. The suspects...

Discharge Bulldog over murder charge – lawyer tells court

Defence counsel for Lawrence Nana Asiama Hanson, aka Bulldog, Chief Executive Officer for Bull Haus Entertainment, has prayed an Accra District Court to discharge...

Upper West, Brong Ahafo regions hit by shortage of police officers

A massive transfer of police personnel out of the Upper West Region without replacement has caused a shortage of officers in the region that...

Unemployed gets five years for theft

An Aflao Circuit Court has sentenced a 42-year-old unemployed, Martin Mawuli Worda, to five years imprisonment for theft. Worda was convicted on his own plea. Prosecuting,...

‘Good Samaritan’ burnt to death

A Good Samaritan who tried to rescue a lady from maltreatment she faced at the hands of her boyfriend has died from burnt wounds...

Errand boy on the run after stealing GH¢600,000

Police in the Eastern Region is on the hunt for a man suspected to have stolen GH¢600,000 in cash from a man he stays...

WAEC chases exams fraudsters

West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released over 100 personal contacts of persons who promised to change results of candidates who failed their examination. Social...

Man butchers mother in farm

A 34-year-old illegal miner Kofi Amankwah has hacked his mother to death at Wassa Dadieso in the Western Region. This follows a misunderstanding between the...

Driver arrested in possession of arms, ammunition

A taxi driver, who was arrested by the police for possessing sophisticated arms and ammunition, was remanded in police custody by the Accra Circuit...

Several homes raided in Tamale, 3 arrested over stolen items

Helmeted police with riot gears and loaded guns on Sunday dawn raided houses at Sakasaka in Tamale in search of stolen items. The search lasted...

Two killed in Togo in protests against 50-year ruling dynasty

Two protesters were killed and 13 others wounded in Togo on Saturday when security forces opened fire to break up demonstrations against the ruling...

Farmer on remand for raping mother of four

A Tarkwa circuit court has ordered a 38 year-old farmer, Musah Alaaba to be remanded for allegedly raping a mother of four at Eshireso,...

Man jailed for sucking daughter’s breast and “fingering her”

A 38-year old taxi driver has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for sucking the breast of his 13...

Indian hemp smokers take over Tema school – Residents

Users of banned substances notably Indian hemp, have taken over the Republic Road Basic School at Community Four, residents of Republic Road and Horticulture...

Hunter in police custody for killing colleague

A hunter who mistook a colleague for game and shot and killed him in the process, has been remanded in police custody at New...

PHOTO: Nigerian stabs man to death

The Police at Sowutoum in the Ga Central Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have arrested a 48-year-old Nigerian for allegedly stabbing a man...

Residents butcher suspected armed robber at Akokwaso

32-year-old suspected armed robber Francis Eddy has been butchered by some residents at Akokwaso a suburb of Jacobu of the Amansie Central District of...

Woman ‘steals’ baby boy

An unemployed woman is before the Weija Circuit Court for allegedly stealing a baby boy. Mrs Abena Appiah was charged with stealing a baby but...

Court acquits mason over defilement

A 47-year old mason, who was accused of defiling a nine year old girl at Pantang Village has been acquitted and discharged by an...

JB murder trial: docket forwarded to AG

The prosecution in the case involving two persons allegedly involved in the murder of the late J. B. Danquah Adu, Member of Parliament (MP)...

PHOTO: Two students in court over nude pictures of 14-year old girl

Two students have appeared before an Accra circuit court for allegedly publishing nude pictures and videos of a 14- year-old girl on Instagram –...

PHOTOS: Ex-convict butchers girl, 13, to death

An ex-convict attacked and killed a 13-year-old girl Monday at Namasim near Nalerigu in the East Mamprusi district of the Northern region, the police...

Beautician in court for distributing photoshopped nude images of actress

A beautician who out of jealousy doctored and distributed the nude images of her boyfriend's former girlfriend has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. The...