Crime

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.   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=543 A 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...

NACOC seizes truck transporting 12,600 compressed cannabis slabs

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has successfully intercepted a truck carrying a significant load of 12,600 slabs of compressed cannabis near Dodi, close to...

Adams Mahama murder: Convicted Asabke to stand trial again with Afoko

Asabke Alangdi, the man convicted and sentenced to death for conspiring with Gregory Afoko to murder former New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Upper East Regional...

Latest on bribery case against Juaben MCE nominee

The criminal case against the Municipal Chief Executive aspirant for Juaben, Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka, has been adjourned to January 23, 2024. The Office of...

Kikibees CEO’s murder: Autopsy report reveals cause of death

The autopsy report of the late CEO of Kikibees, Bennet Agyekum-Adoma has indicated that his death was caused by excessive alcohol intoxication and a...

Police arrest 10 at Winneba protest for pelting officers with stones

Three police officers were left bleeding after some residents of Winneba stoned them during a demonstration. The victims were rushed to Winneba Trauma and Specialist...

Judge sacked over misconduct in divorce case

The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has dismissed the Jasikan Circuit Court judge, Alfred Kwamena Asiedu, over what is described as his...

Ex-US Ambassador charged over spying for Cuba

A former US diplomat who served as Ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with working as an agent of the Cuban government for more...

Aisha Huang was prosecuted for crimes committed in 2015 and 2017 – Deputy A-G

A Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has clarified the reasons behind the relatively lenient prison term and fine imposed on Chinese illegal mining kingpin,...

78-year-old ex soldier jailed 12 years for defilement

A 78-year-old ex-soldier, John Kwashie Ocloo has been jailed 12-years for defilement. He was found guilty of defiling a 12-year-old girl at Teshie Nungua Estates...

Agona: Notorious thief shot dead while stealing cocoa beans

A 26-year-old notorious thief, known as Alhaji, has been shot dead after he was allegedly caught stealing cocoa beans. This unfortunate incident occurred at Agona...

Aisha Huang jailed

Illegal mining kingpin, Aisha Huang has been convicted of mining offences. The 'galemsey queen' was sentenced to jail for 4 and half years in...

Ghana card: How NIA boss caused the arrest of his nephew

The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, has recounted his role in the arrest and conviction of his...

Tension in Sagban over death of woman accused of witchcraft

There are reports of tension in the Sagban community in the Yonyoo District of the North East region over the death of a woman...

Man jailed 48 months for car theft

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a businessman to 48 months imprisonment for stealing a 2015 Model Toyota Corolla Saloon car valued at GHC127,000....

Forex Bureau robbery foiled at Ablekuma

An attempted robbery at the Global Exchange Forex bureau in Ablekuma Anyaa of the Greater Accra region was foiled by quick-witted staff, preventing a...

Four more suspects arrested in connection with Sampa shooting incident

Four more suspects have been arrested in connection with the violent disturbance during the installation of a Paramount Chief at Sampa in the Bono...

Police officer arrested for defrauding MTN agent to settle betting debt

A police officer attached to the National Visibility Unit at Police Headquarters, General Constable (G/Const) Ernest Agyemang Darko, has been arrested for defrauding an...

Funsi market vehicle robbed, driver shot

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