Crime

Man kills wife over dinner delay

Police in India say they have arrested a 60-year-old man who fatally shot his wife for serving his dinner late. Ashok Kumar came home drunk...

NDC thugs kill one at Sankore

A 30-year old unemployed man from Sankore in the Asunafo South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region, Kwaku Addai, was on Saturday reportedly killed by...

24 suspected robbers nabbed for allegedly terrorising travellers

Twenty-four suspected highway robbers believed to be the masterminds of a number of robberies on major highways across the country have been busted by...

Decongesting Ghana's prisons: Judge wants fines for some convicts

An Appeals Court Judge, has called on interest groups in the legal system to do more in pushing for non-custodial sentences. Justice Clemence Hornyenugah believes...

Trial of Chinese illegal miners to begin on July 12

An Accra High Court has adjourned the case involving En Huang aka Aisha Hung and four other Chinese for their alleged involvement in illegal...

19 charged for killing Major Mahama

At last 19 persons, including one woman, have been charged by the state over the murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama at Denkyira-Obuase in...

Farmer, 50, jailed 20 years

The Techiman Circuit Court has sentenced a 50-year-old farmer to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling, impregnating and eloping with a 13-year-old. Father...

PHOTO: Snail seller who raised 'alarm' on Major Mahama discharged by Court

The snail seller, who raised the "alarm," that the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama was a suspected armed robber, was Thursday discharged by the Accra Central...

EOCO asks Deputy EC boss, Accountant to proceed on leave

The Economic and Organised Crimes Office has written to the EC demanding that two officers of the commission be made to proceed on leave. EOCO...

Major Mahama's death: Court discharges 13 suspected killers

An Accra District Court has discharged thirteen (13) persons accused of murdering Army Major, Maxwell Adam Mahama. The 13 were part of a group of...

Tenant stabs co-tenant over electricity bills

A revenue officer at Kintampo Municipal Assembly, only identified as Fred stabbed his co-tenant, Stephen Boakye, during a heated argument over electricity bill in...

Notorious car thief arrested

A 33-year-old man identified as Samuel Atta Boison has been arrested by the Kwesimintsim District Police Command near Takoradi for allegedly stealing a car...

Mason jailed 12 years for robbery

A mason from Rubber site in the Prestea Huni/Valley District has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by a circuit court in Tarkwa for...

Jilted husband commits suicide

A 40-year-old fuel attendant at Weija in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, who was deserted by his wife after he...

PHOTO: ‘Juju’ fails robber…in K’si

A hardened criminal, who wears talismans to withstand gunshots to escape arrest, was shot dead by the police during a fierce gun battle on...

Man sodomizes boy in bush

Residents of Pelungu in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region were hit by shocking news of a man sodomizing a mentally unstable...

Man 29, arrested for selling infant-baby at GHC5000

The Wassa Akropong Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly attempting to sell his infant baby for GHC5000 to a buyer at...

Police gun down notorious robber in Aboabo during gunfight

Police in Aboaba Akorem in the Ashanti Region capital, Kumasi, have killed a suspected armed robbery gang member during a shoot-out on Monday. The suspect, identified...

Man hacked to death at Somanya

A man believed to be in his 20’s was found dead at Nuaso -Odjadornya in the Lower Manya Krobo municipality in the Eastern region. The...

Chief's son flees after stabbing man to death

Police at Chereponi in the Northern region are on a search for an unemployed son of a sub-chief, Ibrahim Kofi, who allegedly stabbed a...

Please return my ‘stolen’ handbag – NSMQ Mistress begs ‘thief’

Dr. Elsie Effah Kaufmann, quiz mistress of the National Science & Maths Quiz (NSMQ) has pleaded with the unknown person(s) who ‘stole’ her handbag...

Immigration officer in court for alleged GH¢ 31,000.00 fraud

The trial of an immigration officer, who is alleged to have defrauded a Sunyani-based teacher of GH¢ 31,000.00 commenced on Tuesday at the Sunyani...

Hot Audio: Man stabbed to death at a drinking spot 

Police at Chereponi in the Northern region are on a search for an unemployed son of a subchief, Ibrahim Kofi, who allegedly stabbed a...

Two fulani men convicted for stealing cows

Two Fulani men caught with a stolen cow have been convicted by the Asante-Mampong District Magistrate Court. Ahmed Issah, a herdsman, and Abdul Malik, farmer,...

VIDEO: Suspected thief of quiz mistress’ handbag caught on camera?

A video of the final stages of the NSMQ appears to show the suspected thief who allegedly stole the handbag of the quiz mistress,...

NSMQ Quiz storms Ministries Police Station

The National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) mistress, has stormed the Ministries Police Station in Accra to officially launch a complaint of her missing...

Wanted criminal arrested in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested a wanted criminal Yaw Boateng, 37 years old known as Ogu alias Ajangugya who was declared wanted...

Muslim chief arraigned for various charges

An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday remanded One Adam Fuseini Walla, allegedly for unlawfully discharging firearms, attempting to commit crime, cruelty to animals and...

PHOTO: 2 Nigerians arrested for robbery

The police in Accra have arrested two Nigerians who allegedly attempted to rob their compatriot of an amount of GH¢30,000 at Tudu, a suburb...

About 220 galamseyers nabbed in Ashanti Region

About 220 illegal small-scale miners in the Ashanti Region who were operating despite a ban on the activity, have been arrested by the Ashanti...

Female teacher arrested for bonking student in car

A female substitute teacher has been arrested and charged with alleged sexual contact with a 17-year-old student in Missouri. Loryn Barclay, 24, has been charged with...

No case for Akua Donkor robbers

Lawyers for two of the four persons who allegedly robbed Akua Donkor, founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), have served notice to file...

‘Justice for All’ beneficiary caged for 20 years

A metal fabricator, who was released from prison under the Justice for All Programme (JFAP) in 2015, was yesterday jailed 20 years with hard...

Man, 29, jailed 30 years for defiling girl, 13

The Agona Swedru Circuit Court, has handed a 30-year jail term to Awal Mohammed Haji, a 29-year- -old unemployed for robbery and defilement of...

Pastor in court for fraud

An Accra-based pastor has been put in the dock at the Accra Circuit Court “8” for allegedly defrauding a female church member of GH¢400,376.00. Pastor...

PHOTO: 6 Nigerian rapists busted

Six Nigerians are in the grips of the Nungua police for allegedly luring a Muslim lady into their room, forcing her to eat soaked...

PHOTOS: The Denkyira Obuasi parade: 25 faces of pain and fear as murder trial begins

Some 26 residents of Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region, made a long contemplative walk over a short distance into a District Court in Accra...

Supreme Court overturns ruling seeking to compel NIB to pay over $120m

The Supreme Court has overturned an earlier ruling by the Appeals court that compelled NIB to pay over 120 million dollars in Judgment debt. The...

34 Mahama ‘killers’ discharged, rearrested

An Accra District Court on Wednesday 21 Jun, discharged 34 suspects standing trial in connection with the murder of Major Maxwell Mahama at Denkyira...

Police officer shot by suspected robbers in Ashanti Region

Suspected armed robbers have shot and wounded a police officer at Akwansrem in the Ashanti Region. Lance Corporal Kwaku Mensah, who was stationed at Anwiankwanta...