Crime

2025 NSMQ: Kumasi Academy crushes St. Louis and Bunkpurugu SHTS to qualify for one-eighth stage

After crashing out at the one-eighth stage to Keta SHTS in 2024, Kumasi Academy returned to this year’s NSMQ preliminaries with vengeance on their...

Police investigate ‘unnatural’ death of Senegalese goalkeeper in Kumasi

Police in the Ashanti region are investigating circumstances leading to the death of a 20-year-old Senegalese national in Kumasi. The remains of Cheith Toure, a...

Self-styled prophetess jailed 5 years for stealing  

A 45-year-old self-styled prophetess has been sentenced to five years in prison by the Asante Akropong Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District...

No document suggests OSP is dragging its feet on Ofori-Atta’s extradition – Senanu

Anti-corruption campaigner Edem Sananu has dismissed recent media reports alleging that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is delaying or refusing to cooperate...

OSP amends charges against Mustapha Hamid, others after fresh evidence emerges

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has amended its charges against the former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha...

Mason, 50, killed; body parts missing

A gruesome suspected ritual murder has shattered the calm of Domeabra Old Town in the Ga South Municipality, leaving residents terrified and calling for...

Adu-Boahene trial: Mildred Donkor played no role in alleged theft – Lawyer

Counsel for the discharged third accused person in the ongoing criminal case involving former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu Boahene,...

Doctor arrested for allegedly killing wife months after wedding

The family of 28-year-old dermatologist Dr Kritika Reddy, allegedly murdered by her husband Dr Mahendra Reddy, through precisely administered IV injections which induced an anaesthesia...

NSA scandal: Assibey Antwi, Gifty Oware to appear in court today

Former Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Osei Assibey Antwi, and his deputy, Gifty Oware, are scheduled to appear in court today,...

Ahmed Suale murder: Court discharges Daniel Koranteng following A-G’s advice

In a significant development in the protracted investigation into the 2019 murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the Madina District Court has formally discharged...

Fisherman remanded over theft of GH¢50,800 and two mobile phones

The Dansoman Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a fisherman for allegedly stealing GH¢50,800 and two mobile phones from a businessman’s vehicle in...

Court convicts former police officer for false pretense

The Ashaiman District Court has convicted 54-year-old Kofi Boakye Frimpong, a former public officer, for falsely pretending to be a police officer in active...

Criminologist applauds police for arresting Wa serial killer

A lecturer and criminologist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Jones Opoku-Ware, has praised the Ghana Police Service for...

 Suspect confesses to killing 15 people as Police probe security man’s murder in Wa

Two suspects have been taken into custody following the murder of a night security guard, with one of them reportedly confessing to the killing...

Two nannies arrested for allegedly drugging twin toddlers in East Legon

The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) under the Airport Divisional Police Command in Accra has arrested two nannies accused of giving sleep-inducing...

Two jailed 15 years each for robbery and rape at Okushibli 

The Tema Regional Police Command has secured the conviction of two men involved in a violent robbery and rape incident that took place along...

Galamsey: Wontumi, Akonta Mining manager granted GHC10m bail each in Tano Nimri case

The High Court in Accra, presided over by Justice Ruby Aryeetey, has granted bail to the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party...

Goldbod taskforce arrests two foreigners, four Ghanaians over illegal gold trade

The Ghana Gold Board Taskforce has apprehended an American national, Smart Philander, a Moroccan, Nina Elfseky, and four Ghanaians for their alleged involvement in...

A-G slaps Wontumi, Akonta Mining with six charges over galamsey

The Office of the Attorney-General has filed a six-count criminal charge sheet at the High Court (Criminal Division) in Accra against the Ashanti Regional...

Customs officer in court for allegedly extorting GH¢2,000 from traveller at KIA

A Customs Officer has appeared before the Adenta Circuit Court for allegedly extorting GH¢2,000 from a businessman at Terminal 3 of the Kotoka International...

Man arrested for brutal cutlass attack on brother-in-law at Akyem Afosu

A 25-year-old barber, identified as Williams Gboke, is battling for his life at the hospital after he was brutally attacked by his brother-in-law, a...

 Behenase murder: Family rejects body over GH¢12,000 autopsy fee dispute

  The family of a 52-year-old woman who was allegedly murdered at Kwahu Behenase has refused to take custody of her body, citing an inability...

Woman, 52, killed in alleged witchcraft attack at Kwahu Behenase

A 52-year-old woman, identified as Yaa Atua, has been killed in Behenase, near Kwahu Fodoa in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to over 4 years in prison

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been sentenced to four years in prison on federal prostitution charges. In addition to the 50-month sentence, Diddy will have five...

 GAF reacts to arrest of two soldiers in botched mining site robbery  

  The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has confirmed the arrest of two of its personnel for their alleged involvement in an attempted extortion and robbery...

Police probe death of 8-year-old girl in Dzodze

The Ketu North District Police Command has launched investigations into the death of an eight-year-old girl, allegedly linked to assault by her father at...

Seized truckload of suspected Indian hemp arrives at Police HQ with half as sawdust 

A Hyundai 5-ton truck loaded with over 100 sacks of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp has arrived at the Eastern Regional Police...

Police foil mining site robbery; four including two in military uniform arrested 

Police in Prestea of the Western region have arrested two men in military uniforms and two civilian, after an alleged attempt to rob LongShine...

Romance fraudsters of Ghanaian descent jailed over money laundering in UK

Five men have been jailed after exploiting people through romance fraud and stealing more than £2m in a money laundering operation. There were 40 confirmed...

Queen mother seeks justice for late daughter and grandchildren allegedly murdered in Tuba

Nana Akosua Sakyibea I, queen mother of Abotakyi Akuapim, says she needs justice for her daughter and two grandchildren, who were allegedly murdered in...

Two men jailed three months for dumping refuse at Accra Post Office

Two men, Albert Okai and Amoako Darko, have been sentenced to three months in prison with hard labour for unlawfully dumping refuse at the...

Former FBI director James Comey indicted on two charges

A federal grand jury in Virginia has indicted former FBI Director James Comey on two charges related to his testimony to Congress. Mr Comey, who...

Woman, 50, convicted of defrauding seven people

A 50-year-old unemployed woman, Benedicta Kwakye, also known as Esi Mary, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa...

We are coming for you – CID boss warns criminals

Commissioner of Police (COP) Lydia Yaako Donkor, Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), has issued a stern warning to criminals, declaring that the...

Police probe suspected murder of security guard in Wa

The Ghana Police Service in the Upper West Region has launched a full-scale investigation into the suspected murder of a night security guard in...

Police arrest 10 suspected armed robbers in major operations

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 10 suspected armed robbers in a coordinated operation across the Ashanti, Central, and Sunyani regions. Inspector-General of Police (IGP)...

Man who killed lover, 2 children at Tuba arrested after year-long manhunt

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested Samuel Amoah, popularly known as Biggie, in connection with the killing of...

Ngleshie Amanfro police demand logistics, personnel to combat rising robbery menace

The Ngleshie Amanfro District Police Command is sounding the alarm over a rising wave of armed robbery attacks in the area and is urgently...

Kukurantumi: Police beat and dragged deceased suspect on the ground – Chief alleges

Barimah Owusu Frimpong, the Adonteng Mmratohene of Akyem Kukurantumi, has confirmed reports that the suspect whose death triggered violent protests in the town was...

Chief gives blow-by-blow account of Kukurantumi clash [Audio]

  The Adonteng Mmratohene of Akyem Kukurantumi, Barimah Owusu Frimpong, has confirmed that the young man whose death sparked violent clashes with police was severely...