Crime

Ladder gives clue in Jirapa Dubai CEO’s murder

Forensic police are weighing up the value to put on a ladder they found leaning on the wall of the Royal Cosy Hill Hotel,...

Six students allegedly gang-rape 15-year-old at Bechem PRESEC

The mother of a 15-year-old form one student of Bechem Presbyterian Senior High School (PRESEC) who was allegedly gang­ raped by six final-year students...

Court remands man who stole over GH₵200K to cure ailing mother

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 30-year-old man accused of stealing GH₵292,534 belonging to his employer. Henry Hoyle is said to have told...

‘Trotro’ driver stabs passenger over 50 pesewas

A 51-year-old ‘trotro’ driver, Michael Oppong, has been remanded into Police custody by the Ashaiman Circuit Court for stabbing a passenger with a knife over 50 pesewas...

NACOC seizes 4,734.34kg varieties of Tramadol tablets

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted several capsules and tables of tramadol at the Tema Port. A total of 1,035,000 tablets and capsules...

Ghana Prisons Service breaks silence on inmate’s escape

The Ghana Prisons Service has confirmed the escape of a Chinese inmate who was receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The...

Man absconds after impregnating minor

A 14-year-old girl has become a teenage mother after she was allegedly defiled by a man who has since absconded. The primary 6 pupil...

Upper West Regional Minister reacts to Jirapa Dubai’s CEO murder

The Upper West Regional Minister, Hafiz Bin Salih, has described the death of the owner of Cossy Hill Hotel popularly known as Jirapa Dubai,...

One person killed, 5 injured in New York subway shooting

One person has been killed and five others injured in a shooting at a subway station in New York City, authorities in the United...

Demand action from police, judiciary over assault on journalists – Oppong Nkrumah to GJA

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to increase pressure on the Ghana Police Service and the Judiciary...

Anger and shock as police probe Jirapa Dubai CEO’s death

Residents of Jirapa in the Upper West Region together with the family of respected entrepreneur and CEO of the Royal Cosy Hills Hotel, are...

MoMo vendor shot in Walewale

A mobile money (MoMo) operator was shot Monday evening at Walewale in the North East Region. The victim, identified as Rabiu, has since been...

Jirapa Dubai CEO murder: Search for killers must cover family and friends – Criminologist

A Criminologist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Jones Opoku-Ware has suggested that investigations into the murder of the owner...

Chinese inmate at Nsawam escapes while receiving treatment at Korle Bu Hospital

A prison inmate, said to be a Chinese national has escaped while receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The inmate, who...

Kasoa ritual murder: I never planned with first accused to seek spiritual help – 2nd accused

The 18-year-old teenager in the alleged Kasoa ritual murder case has denied State Prosecutors assertions that he planned together with 15-year-old juvenile to seek...

Man who murdered 74-year-old stroke patient sentenced to 50 years

A 20-year-old man, Abdullah Mohammed, who allegedly killed a 74-year-old stroke patient, Alice Kakari, after robbing her home, has been sentenced to 50 years...

Death of Jirapa Dubai CEO: Two more suspects grabbed

Two additional suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of the Cossy Hill Hotel popularly known as...

How 20-year-old robbed and killed stroke patient, 74 at Kasoa [Watch]

A Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) footage of how 20-year-old Mohammed Abdullah allegedly killed a 74-year-old stroke patient after robbing her in her three-bedroom house in...

Four Jirapa Dubai workers arrested in connection with CEO’s murder

Four more suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Eric Johnson, the owner of Cosy Hills Hotel popularly known as Jirapa...

1 arrested as police commence investigations into death of Jirapa Dubai CEO

The Ghana Police Service has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Eric Johnson, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cossy Hill...

Owner of Jirapa Dubai resort reportedly stabbed to death

The owner of the Royal Cosy Hills Hotel, nicknamed Jirapa Dubai, in the Upper West Region, Eric Johnson has passed on. Reports indicate that, Mr...

Armed robbers attack mining company, shoots over five Chinese at Akyem Akokoaso

At least five Chinese nationals have been shot, with three left in critical condition in a brazen armed robbery attack on a mining site...

Kasoa: Man remanded for allegedly killing 74-year-old stroke patient during robbery

20-year-old Mohammed Abdullah has been remanded by the Ofaakor Circuit Court for allegedly killing a 74-year-old stroke patient after robbing her in her three-bedroom...

Two siblings remanded for verbally assaulting public officers

The Ashaiman Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody two siblings, Safianu Osumanu and Aishatu Osumanu, for verbally assaulting four public officers at the premises of the Ashaiman...

Farmer jailed for mistaking hunter for game

A 55-year-old farmer, Isaac Donkor, who mistook a hunter for a game, shot and killed him, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment and...

Man fatally shot, body dumped at Kasoa High Tension

A 30-year-old man has been shot by unknown assailants at the Kasoa High Tension in the Awutu Senya East constituency of the Central Region. According...

Security man remanded for unlawful entry and stealing men’s clothing

Kofi Gyan, a security man who is being held for theft, implicated himself when he told an Accra Circuit Court that what he took...

Herdsman who inflicted cutlass wounds on farmer remanded

The Bole District Magistrate Court on Thursday remanded into police custody a herdsman who inflicted cutlass wounds on a farmer at Seripe. The incident...

Mankessim murder: Court adjourns case, set to institute panel

The Cape Coast High Court Two has adjourned the murder case involving a 25-year-old Georgina Asor Botchwey over the illness of one of the...

Hotel owner allegedly killed at Mallam

Hotel owner, Kwasi Amankwaa popularly known as Rasta has allegedly been murdered in cold blood. This unfortunate incident happened on Thursday February 8 at Mallam...

Motorbike thief who escaped from police custody re-arrested

A 25-year-old motorbike thief, Ibrahim Mohammed Kunja, who escaped from police custody in Bole has been re-arrested and sentenced. Ibrahim has been sentenced...

Farmer granted GH¢10k bail for offensive statement

A 35-year-old farmer standing trial at the Enchi District Magistrate Court for allegedly making an offensive statement about Nana Kojo Meah III, Chief of Boinso,...

Tarkwa-based contractor fined for issuing a dud cheque

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has fined Joseph Owusu, 51, a contractor, GH¢3,600 or in default five years imprisonment for issuing five dud cheques.  This was...

Cyber Security Authority warns against Valentine’s day scams

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has warned individuals against malicious cyber actors who often use the Valentine's Day celebration to defraud unsuspecting victims. An amount...

Kasoa ritual murder: I don’t know anything about Ishmael’s death – 18-year-old speaks

The 18-year-old teenager who has been charged together with a 15-year-old juvenile has told the High Court in Accra that “I do not know...

Amasaman accident: Truck driver arrested

The driver of the truck involved in a crash on Monday with a Sprinter bus around the China Mall stretch of the Amasaman-Nsawam road,...

Bawku conflict: We’re no longer safe – Upper East Regional House of Chiefs

The Upper East Regional House of Chiefs says residents are now living in fear following the recent surge in violence in the Bawku municipality...

Herdsman inflicts cutlass wounds on farmer

A farmer has been left with severe cutlass wounds following an altercation with a herdsman at Seripe, a farming community in the Bole district...

Nigerian pastor arrested over allegedly swindling followers of $1m

A Nigerian pastor has been arrested over allegations he fraudulently got people to part with their money. Theo O Ebonyi, well-known in Benue state, is...

Woman found dead with body parts missing on Odumase-Asesewa road

A yet-to-be identified woman has been found dead near the Otorkporlu Bridge, off the Odumase-Asesewa road in the Eastern Region. The deceased believed to...