Crime

Welder gets 12 years for possessing 'wee'

A 31-year-old welder, who operates along the Ghana-Togo Border at Aflao has been jailed 12 years in hard labour by an Aflao Circuit Court...

PHOTOS: Alleged killer of Alajo mechanic charged with murder

The businessman accused of the murder of a mechanic at Alajo, a suburb of Accra have been arraigned before court and charged with murder. Police...

Salesperson in court for theft

Cephas Quame Nfodzo, 29, a salesperson, has appeared before a Ho Circuit Court presided over by Madam Priscilla Dikro for stealing goods worth GHC...

Two remanded over Wiamoase shrine gold theft

Two men arrested over the theft of gold valued at GHC174,116.00 from a shrine at Wiamoase, in the Sekyere South District, have been ordered...

Girl 13, beats friend to death over boyfriend

A 13 year old girl, Faustina Korankye has beaten her 14 year old friend named Maa Abena to death at Asamang in the Afigya...

PHOTO: Meet the friends who outwitted the gods to steal gold from shrine

Two friends dared the gods to steal gold ore worth GHC116, 000 from a shrine at Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region. Nineteen-year-old Kwabena Mensah connived...

Taxi driver gets 12 years imprisonment for defiling class five pupil

A 33 year-old Taxi driver, Nana Francis Ejako has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in hard labour by an Agona Swedru Circuit Court...

Man in trouble over alleged killing of friend

A 23-year old unemployed, alleged to have stabbed a friend to death at Obogu in the Asante-Akim South District, was on Thursday arraigned on...

Trotro mate remanded for defiling 13-year-old girl

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody one Atoquaye Quaye, a resident of Chorkor and a bus conductor for allegedly defiling a...

Two friends defy the gods to steal gold from shrine

Two friends dared the gods to steal gold ore worth GHC116, 000 from a shrine at Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region. 19-year-old Kwabena Mensah connived...

PHOTO: Police nab "serial confident trickster"

A man is in the grips of the police for allegedly defrauding several women under false pretences as a doctor. The Police say the suspect, Faith...

Man gets 20 years for robbery

Baba Musah, a two-year-old armed robber based at Awona Nkwana in the Western Region, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the Tarkwa...

Hot audio: Former DCE faces jail for assaulting George Andah

Former District Chief Executive (DCE) for Awutu Senya West in the Central region risked being jailed if he fails to sign a bond of...

Man fined ¢1,000 for stripping woman

An Agona Swedru District Magistrate Court has slapped a 1,000 cedi fine on a man who manhandled another woman and stripped her naked in...

SHS student jailed for robbery

The Prestea Magistrate Court has sentenced Sylvester Armah, a Senior High School (SHS) student in Prestea to one and half years imprisonment for robbery. He...

An ex-convict gets 20 years for robbery

Baba Musah, a 21-year-old notorious armed robber based at Awona Nkwana in the Western Region, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the...

19-year-old boy butchers 4 men

A 19-year-old boy has butchered four men with a sharp machete, causing serious injuries to them. Emmanuel Adi aka Oboy Emma, the suspect, also butchered...

SHS student jailed for robbery

The Prestea Magistrate Court has sentenced Sylvester Armah, a Senior High School (SHS) student in Prestea to one and half years imprisonment for robbery. He...

Woyome celebrates progress at African Court after ICC 'setback'

Embattled businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome is celebrating progress of his suit he filed at the African Court in Tanzania tagainst the government of Ghana on...

Canadian travel alert existed since Mansa Musa era – Bryan Acheampong

Minister of State at the presidency, Bryan Acheampong has described as unfortunate the Minority’s resolve to create fear and panic in the country. According to...

Major Mahama Trial: Police search for thirteen more

The prosecution in the murder case of Major Maxwell Mahama has told the Court that they are on a manhunt for 13 more suspects...

5 inmates escape from Ofankor police cells

Five Cell inmates on Thursday escaped from custody at the Ofankor Police Station in Accra around 5pm. They escaped through the roof in the toilet. The...

23 private security men busted

A total of 23 private security men from 11 private security firms in Accra have been arrested by the police for using unapproved uniforms...

We’re saddened by Jihad Chabaan’s jail sentence – Marwako

Marwako Restaurant says it is saddened by the sentencing of one of its supervisors, Jihad Chabaan to nine months imprisonment for assaulting an employee,...

5 arrested for dumping refuse at Kwame Nkrumah interchange

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has arrested five for dumping refuse at unauthorized places at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange area which is contrary to...

Four jailed for dumping waste at unauthorized place

Four tricycle riders arrested for dumping waste at an authorized place have been sentenced to one month imprisonment each by the Kumasi Magistrate Court. They...

20 Major Mahama ‘killers’ to spend one month in Nsawam

The Accra Central Magistrate court has adjourned the murder case of Major Mahama to 7th September for the Attorney General’s advice. The 20 accused persons...

University lecturer sentenced to death for killing husband over property (photos)

A Kenyan University lecturer has been sentenced to death for murdering her husband in a row over family property. Sheila Wanjiku Kibinge, said to be...

Lawyer for Mawako pepper man to appeal sentence

Lawyers for Mawarko Abelempke branch manager will be challenging the decision of an Abeka District Court sentencing Jihad Chabaan to nine months in prison...

Family of assaulted Marwako worker happy with judgement

The brother of assaulted Marwako Restaurant caterer, says justice has been served his sister, Evelyn Boakye after the High court handed a nine-month jail term to...

Uber driver threatens passenger with spiritual attack

A driver with private Taxi firm, Uber has been arrested after sending threatening messages to a passenger. The suspect identified as Abbas told his victim...

Marwako supervisor to appeal jail sentence

Jihad Chaaban, the Lebanese supervisor who has been jailed for assaulting one of his employees has instructed his lawyers to file for an appeal...

Medical doctor arrested for stealing hospital property

The Medical Superintendent of New Abirim Government Hospital Dr. Osei Bonsu has been arrested for allegedly stealing items belonging to the hospital. The items were...

Marwako 'pepper man' found guilty of assault

The Abeka District Court in Accra has found the Abelemkpe Branch Manager of Marwako Restaurant, Jihad Chaaban guilt of assault and causing harm. According to...

Fisherman jailed 10-years for defilement

A 19-year-old fisherman, Edward Quansah who defiled a four-year-old girl was on Monday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Circuit Court in Cape...

Breaking News: Marwako Pepper Man jailed

Abelemkpe Mawarko branch manager Jihad Chabaan, who is standing trial for assaulting a caterer at the restaurant, has been found guilty of assault and...

Two in court for robbery

Two persons were on Tuesday, August 1, remanded by an Accra Circuit Court on the charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, attempting to...

Court sentences man to 12 years imprisonment for manslaughter

A 24-year old man standing trial in a manslaughter case has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by the Kumasi High Court Four, presided...

Hospital staff arrested for allegedly stealing GH¢50,000 worth of medical equipment

Medical Superintendent of the New Abirem Government Hospital, Dr Alexander Osei Bonsu, has been arrested for allegedly stealing medical equipment valued at GH¢50,000 belonging...

2,228 slabs of marijuana impounded on UG site

The Eastern Regional police have impounded 33 fertilizer sacks containing 2, 228 slabs of compressed substance suspected to be Indian hemp at Kpong ready...