Crime

Identity, details of man killed in crash with KNUST bus uncovered

The driver of an SUV involved in a fatal collision with a shuttle bus transporting Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) students,...

Motor rider, pillion sentenced for failing to wear crash helmet

A motorbike rider and his pillion who failed to wear crash helmets have been sentenced by the Kaneshie District Court. Joshua Kumessa, the rider, in...

Businessman charged with fraud and forgery of KMA letters remanded

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody a businessman accused of defrauding two persons of $27,000 under the pretext of securing them...

Fetish priest arrested over son’s murder, burial

Afealete Dzreke, a fetish priest believed to be in his 50s, has allegedly shot and killed his son at Dzuefe-Hamekpoe, a farming community within...

Kwawu Bepong chaos: 46 more suspects arrested

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has arrested forty-six more persons in connection with attacks on the Bepong chief's palace and some Police officers at...

25 arrested after residents clash with police in Kwawu Bepong

25 people have been arrested in connection with an attack on police officers at Kwahu Bepong in the Eastern Region. The deadly clash which claimed...

Traditional ruler shot dead, wife kidnapped

Armed men have shot dead a traditional ruler, and kidnapped his wife plus one other person in south-western Nigeria, authorities say. The attackers stormed the...

House help accused of killing 83-year-old employer moved to prison

The Asokwa District Court has approved a police request to transfer 22-year-old house help, Marku Kuame, from their custody to prison. This move comes as...

Afoko retrial: Don’t rely on your memories, take notes – Defence lawyers urge jury

Defence lawyers in the case in which Gregory Afoko is standing retrial for the murder of New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Upper East Regional Chairman,...

Man inflicts cutlass wounds on wife for alleged cheating at Sefwi Wenchi

A 51-year-old farmer, Yaw Takyi has allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on his wife, Martha Takyi. He accused her of infidelity after 25 years of marriage...

Sand winner to serve two years for stealing 37 cattle

A 38-year-old sand winner who stole 37 cattle valued at GH₵37,000.00 has been sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour by an Accra...

Drinking spot operator in court for allegedly possessing narcotic drugs

A 52-year-old drinking spot operator who had in his possession quantity of dried leaves suspected to narcotic drugs has appeared before an Accra Circuit...

Nurse, 26, stabbed multiple times by ex-boyfriend

A 26-year-old nurse has been stabbed multiple times by her ex-boyfriend after a fight in the Pramso suburb of Sweduru in the Bosomtwe District. Kwasi...

Latest update on JB Danquah killer’s case

Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, the presiding judge in the case in which Daniel Asiedu is facing a jury trial for the murder of Joseph...

5 persons in court for stealing fish

A Chief Magistrate Court in Nigerian on Wednesday, ordered the remand of three fishermen and two businesswomen at the correctional centre for allegedly conspiring...

Major Mahama case: Families of convicts appeal for reduction in sentence

The families of the 12 suspects sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in the killing of Major Maxwell Mahama are pleading for clemency....

Major Mahama’s murder: Mother sends strong message

Veronica Bamford, the mother of the late Major Maxwell Mahama, has cautioned that no government should grant a presidential pardon to any of her...

Five businessmen jailed 60 years

Five businessmen who were arrested at the Kotoka International Airport in 2019 over the importation of 2,200 grams of cocaine have been convicted and...

Driver in court for performing oral act on 12-year-old at Twifo Eduabeng

A 43-year-old driver appeared before the Twifo Praso District Court for allegedly licking and fondling the vagina of a 12-year-old girl at Twifo Eduabeng...

Why 12 of Major Mahama’s murderers were jailed for life and two were acquitted

Almost seven years after the murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, a seven-member jury on Monday returned a unanimous verdict of guilty against a...

Queen mother in court over GH₵93k enlistment scam

A queen mother, Jewel Oquaye Prempeh, who allegedly collected GH₵93,000 to enlist 15 applicants into Ghana’s security Services and other institutions but failed, has...

Carpenter jailed 10 years over sex

The Gender Based Violence Court has sentenced a 23-year-old carpenter to 10 years imprisonment for having sex with a 13-year-old girl at Ashalaja in...

Soldier in trouble over alleged GH₵136K recruitment scam

A 36-year-old military officer has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly collecting GHC136, 000 from 22 persons with the assurance of enlisting them into...

Man, 27, arrested for allegedly attempting to kill 11-year-old girl for rituals

A 27-year-old man identified as Clifford has been arrested for allegedly attempting to kill an 11-year-old girl for rituals at Senya Beraku in the...

Mason, 30, kills lover, poisons two children at Asuoso

A 30-year-old mason, identified as Shadrack is on the run after allegedly murdering his girlfriend and two children. The victims have been identified as 25-year-old...

NPP primaries: Police probe assault on Citi News reporter in Yendi

The Northern Regional Police Command has commenced probe into Yendi MP, Farouk Aliu Mahama's alleged attack on Citi TV/FM correspondent Mohammed Aminu M. Alabira. This...

Businessman on GH₵50k bail over visa fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH₵50,000 bail with two sureties to a businessman who allegedly defrauded a woman of $5,000 under the...

Driver jailed 15 years for defiling minor in church

A 27-year-old driver who had sex with a 14-year-old girl in a church at Sowutuom has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. Appearing before the...

Fraud: Ex Black Stars player Prince Tagoe ordered to pay $40K

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered Prince Tagoe, a former Black Stars player, to pay GH₵10 per dollar in the auto fraud case. Tagoe has...

Major Mahama’s murder: 3 to challenge life imprisonment verdict

Lead counsel for three of the 12 individuals convicted and sentenced to life in imprisonment for the killing of Major Maxwell Mahama, says his...

Two jailed 45 years for robbing banker at gunpoint

Benjamin Aboagye, aka Rapture, has been sentenced to 35 years imprisonment by an Adentan Circuit Court for robbing a banker at gunpoint at Pantang,...

Nigerian Ex-Beauty queen wanted for alleged drug trafficking

Nigerian authorities have declared an ex-beauty queen wanted over her alleged involvement in drug trafficking. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said that Aderinoye...

NPP primaries: One arrested as police hunt for others over violence in Yendi

One person has been arrested with the police on a manhunt for others in connection with electoral-related violence in Yendi during the New Patriotic...

Walewale: Six including 6-year-old injured as gunmen attack bus

A passenger vehicle traveling from Missiga in the Upper East Region to Kumasi has been attacked by gunmen. This has resulted in the hospitalisation of...

Full judgment on coup plotters’ case

The Accra High Court has released the official document in which it found six persons who were standing trial for an alleged coup plot...

2 jailed for stealing electrical cables

Two men who broke into an empty house at Sokode-Etoe, near Ho in the Volta Region, and made away with the fitted electrical cables...

Robbers attack passengers on Yeji road; bolt with ambulance [Video]

https://youtu.be/hTQgw7WdhtE About seven passengers are in critical condition following a robbery attack around Jamasi near Mampong in the Ashanti region. The incident reportedly...

Salugu attack: Youth drop names of suspects

Residents of Salugu in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region have expressed dismay over what they perceive as the police's failure to...

Gospel singer accused of ordering lover’s murder

South African Gospel singer Kelly Khumalo ordered the murder of her then-boyfriend, football star Senzo Meyiwa, a court has been told. Mr Meyiwa was...

Man arrested over fake meters at Kasoa

The police in Kasoa have arrested Shadrach Agoya, 35, for allegedly transporting fake electrical meters. Chairman of the GPRTU Kpando Station in Kasoa, Issah...