Crime

Assembly member busted in GH¢18,000 police recruitment scam

The Ajumako Police Command has arrested the Assembly Member for the Atwereboanda Electoral Area, Joseph Dankwa in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the...

Former GWCL employee arrested for stealing iron pipes

A 52-year-old man who resigned from the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in 2022, Abraham Asare, has been arrested by the police in Larteh-Akuapem...

Police exhume body of woman killed by son over GH¢500

The police have exhumed the remains of a 60-year-old retiree from the Ghana Highway Authority allegedly killed by her son, Gideon Asomani.Mercy Oforiwa's...

OSP releases list of criminal trials since August 2021

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has released a list of individuals who are standing trial for corruption and corruption-related offences since August...

2 firemen arrested, others on the run over alleged killing of 27-year-old man

Two male officers of the Ghana National Fire Service in Damongo in the Savannah Region are in Police custody over the death of a...

Mother wrongly jailed for 20 years over the death of her 4 children has convictions quashed

An Australian mother who spent two decades in prison after she was wrongly found guilty of killing her four children had her convictions formally...

218 illegal miners arrested – Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission has arrested 218 persons illegally mining in forest reserves across the country.Out of the number, 24 have been prosecuted and jailed,...

Caterer jailed 20 years for sodomy

The Tarkwa Circuit Court in the Western Region has sentenced a 36-year-old caterer, Isaac Tweneboah Koduah to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for...

Teenage boy who threatened mother with knife granted bail   

The Gbetsile Circuit Court has granted bail in the sum of Gh₵50,000 with three sureties to Joshua Narh, a 19-year-old unemployed, who threatened his...

Menzgold: Prosecution bets on 11 witnesses in Nam 1’s case

The prosecution in the trial in which the CEO of Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM1 and two of his companies have...

CCTV footage captures thief breaking into Spintex residence to steal PS5 and laptop

CCTV footage has captured a thief breaking into a residence at Spintex in Accra, and absconding with a PlayStation 5 and a laptop.The...

Car snatcher jailed 25 years

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 25-year-old trader to 25 years imprisonment in hard labour for car snatching.Frank Obeng, alias Khalifa, denied conspiring...

I am even ready to commit the same offence – Caterer jailed 20 years for rape

The Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced Isaac Tweneboah Koduah, a 36-year-old caterer, to 20 years imprisonment in hard for unnatural carnal knowledge.He pleaded guilty...

Over 2,000 traffic offenders convicted, fined GH¢2m

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has achieved notable success in its efforts to improve road safety.Between January...

Driver’s mate jailed for robbery

A Circuit Court at Gbetsile near Tema has sentenced a driver’s mate, Ibrahim Abu, to four years imprisonment with hard labour for crossing one...

Fetish priestess arrested for allegedly defrauding bereaved families

Florence Amo, a fetish priestess, has been apprehended by the Eastern Region Police for allegedly defrauding multiple bereaved families by falsely claiming responsibility for...

CCTV captures ‘fake doctor’ who stole at Dodowa Government Hospital

A shocking incident unfolded at the Dodowa Government Hospital when a thief under the guise of a doctor stole some items in the hospital.The...

Bekwai Circuit Court remands 3 Chinese and 7 Ghanaian illegal miners

The Bekwai Circuit Court has remanded three Chinese and seven Ghanaian illegal miners.This was after the Bekwai Forest District of the Forest Services Division...

Court sets date for treason trial verdict  

The High Court trying nine persons accused of attempted overthrow of the government has set January 24, 2024, for its verdict. On that day,...

Court fines resident for building without permit

The Somanya Magistrate Court has convicted Justice Agyei Boadi, a resident of Wawase in the Yilo Krobo municipality for building without a permit. Â He...

Chief arrested for possession of M16 rifle

A chief in the Northern Region has been arrested for allegedly wielding an M16 assault rifle with six fully loaded magazines at the Ambariya...

Narcotics Control Commission intercepts truck loaded with cannabis

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted a truck loaded with 180 sacks of substances suspected to be cannabis at Dodi, near Akosombo in...

Aisha Huang: We shouldn’t be seen as targeting foreigners – Kwabena Donkor

The Member of Parliament for Pru East, Dr Kwabena Donkor, has called for the prosecution of the accomplices of galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang after...

US-based man dies after suspected poisoning at his birthday in Takoradi [Video]

https://youtu.be/NMRM8rcyDHc?t=543A 34-year-old Ghanaian-US based man, Albert Kwao Adeabah, has tragically died after suspected food poisoning at his birthday celebration with friends at Takoradi in...

Court fines Asamoah Gyan GH₵1m for malicious prosecution

The High Court has ordered Asamoah Gyan, former Black Stars captain, to pay GH¢1,000,000 to Ghanaian journalist Osarfo Anthony, following a lawsuit of malicious...

Man found dead near river in Kumasi

The Abuakwa Police in Kumasi of the Ashanti Region, are investigating the death of a man, in his middle 40s suspected to have been...

Chinese national, 6 others arrested for mining in Oda forest reserve

A Chinese national and six Ghanaians have been apprehended by the Bekwai Forestry Commission for engaging in illegal mining known in local parlance as...

Miner in court over land fraud  

A 48-year-old Miner has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a school principal of GH₵286,500.  Hope Korbla Patamia collected the amount...

Two jailed for robbery in Wa

A Wa circuit court has sentenced two persons accused of robbery to a combined prison sentence of 33 years.The accused, Ibrahim Kassim, 30, and...

Saglemi trial: Court accepts Speaker’s request to excuse Collins Dauda

A request from the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to the Accra High Court (Financial and Economic Division), seeking an excused duty for Collins...

Spokesperson for The New Force, Shalimar Abbiusi arrested

Spokesperson for The New Force political movement, Shalimar Abbiusi has reportedly been arrested.According to reports, she used a forged document to obtain a resident...

Housekeeper jailed for stealing $16,000 from employer

The Accra Circuit Court One has sentenced a 27-year-old housekeeper to two and half years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing $16,000 from his...

Man jailed for ‘mistakenly’ robbing lover at gunpoint

The Wa Circuit Court has sentenced two persons accused of robbery to a combined prison sentence of 33 years.Ibrahim Kassim, 30 and Salifu Dauda,...

Man, 26, allegedly confesses to killing, burying mother

26-year-old Gideon Kojo Asomani Addo, initially arrested for iron rod theft at Koforidua-Kyekyewere near Nyamekrom in Eastern Region, has confessed to killing and burial...

Kikibee CEO’s murder: Girlfriend granted GH₵200K bail 

An Accra High Court has granted GH₵200,000 bail with one surety to the alleged girlfriend of Benett Agyekum Adomah alias Kikibee.Mam Yandey Joof, a...

Traditional priest to serve a day in prison for harming unemployed woman

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a traditional priest to one-day imprisonment for causing harm to an unemployed woman at Teshie in Accra.  Michael...

Armed robbers attack passengers in Wa

Six suspected armed robbers have attacked and robbed several passengers of their monies and other valuables when they were returning from the Funsi market...

Computer engineer fined GH¢840K for double sale of land at Tse Addo

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a comput­er engineer to a fine of GH¢840,000 for making a con­flicting grant of land at Tse Addo...

Bodies exposed as grave looters invade Takoradi cemetery

Residents of Takoradi and its environs in the Western Region, are living in fear following reports of grave looting in the area.Reports indicates several...

Herdsman allegedly abducted in West Gonja while asleep

The family of a 33-year-old man allegedly whisked away while in bed by some unknown well-built men at Sori Number One, a farming community...