Crime

Three ex-convicts jailed 18 months for stealing cassava worth GH₵1,800

The Agona Nsaba Magistrate's Court has sentenced three ex-convicts to six months in hard labour each for stealing cassava worth GH₵1,800 from Emmanuel Fenyn,...

Driver’s mate jailed 10 years for robbery

An Accra Circuit court has sentenced a 19-year-old driver’s mate to 10 yens in prison for robbery. Nathaniel Adjei robbed a businesswoman of her three...

7 arrested over shooting incident at Sampa

The Ghana Police Service has arrested seven people for firing indiscriminately during the installation of a Paramount chief at Sampa in the Bono Region. According...

Ghana Card: NIA staff convicted for registering unqualified applicant

The police have issued a bench warrant for the search and arrest of an alleged Fulani herdsman, Amadu Seeta, for acquiring a Ghana Card...

Two injured in robbery incident at Yeji

Two persons were reportedly injured after a robbery incident on the Yeji Atebubu highway in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region. Per...

MoMo vendor found dead over GH₵15K debt at Awutu Bawjiase

A 30-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor, Francis Larbie, has reportedly committed suicide over a GH₵15,000 debt at Awutu Bawjiase in the Awutu Senya West...

SHS student jailed 14-years over GH₵59K electrical cable theft

Mohammed Maazu Gariba, a third-year student at Saviour Senior High School (SHS)-Oseim, has been handed a 14-year prison sentence by the Koforidua Circuit Court...

10 ‘galamseyers’ arrested, 2 excavators burnt in Anwiaso East Forest Reserve

The Rapid Response Unit of the Forestry Commission on Wednesday, conducted an operation in the Anwiaso East Forest Reserve, at Manse, near Diaso in...

Nkwanta South: Over 30 schools closed

More than 30 schools in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region remain closed weeks after ethnic clashes in the area. The violent confrontations...

OSP, other bodies to investigate suspected money laundering against Cecilia Dapaah

The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has announced a collaboration with state agencies to probe suspected money laundering against former Minister of Sanitation and Water...

Driver bags 6 years imprisonment for stealing

The Bole District Magistrate Court has sentenced a 24-year-old driver, Yahaya Mohammed, to six years in prison. Mohammed was charged with conspiracy to commit the...

Major Mahama trial: Verdict delayed as case is adjourned

The verdict on the Major Maxwell Mahama trial was delayed again by the seven member jury presiding over the case a the Accra High...

Court remands 19-year-old man for threatening his mother

The Gbetsile Circuit Court has remanded Joshua Narh, a 19-year-old, unemployed, in custody for threatening his mother, Doris Narh, a 44-year-old, with a knife...

Man remanded after lover dies from failed abortion

The Assin Fosu District Magistrate court presided over by his worship Abdul Majeed Illiasu, has remanded Emmanuel Addo into police custody for allegedly killing...

Man lynched after stabbing 2 at Gomoa Akotsi

A 34-year-old Nigerian, Ukechuku popularly known as "Nose Mask" has been lynched by angry residents of Gomoa Akotsi in the Central region after he...

Top police officer, another granted bail for unlawful possession of narcotic drugs

The Gbetsile Circuit Court has granted bail in the sum of GH₵ 200,000 to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nasiru Amadu and No. 51836...

Man butchers friend at Millennium City

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Kofi Richard popularly known as "Ofon Nye Owuo" for killing his friend at...

Man, 27, arrested after botched ritual killing at Ayanfuri

A 27-year-old illegal miner, Baba Haruna, has been arrested at Ayanfuri in the Central region following a failed ritual killing. Baba, said to be...

Man fined GH¢40K for illegal sand winning, building without permit

Peter Kobia, unemployed has appeared before the Amanfro District Court last Thursday, charged with winning sand without per­mit, building without permit and threat of...

Two more killed in Nkwanta South conflict

Two more people have been killed in the ongoing conflict at Nkwanta South in the Oti region. One of the deceased have been identified...

Welder fined GH¢6,000 for stealing

The Gbetsile Circuit Court has fined a welder, Emman­uel Baffour, GH¢6,000 for stealing two half steel plates, one wheelbarrow, and an angle bar on...

Ex-policeman convicted over George Floyd’s murder stabbed in prison

Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in the murder of George Floyd, is reported to be in a stable condition after he was stabbed...

51-year-old carpenter remanded for fraud  

The Gbetsile Circuit Court in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, has remanded Benjamin Akpabla, 51, a carpenter, into custody for knowingly...

Woman in critical condition after brutal attack by unknown man at Gomoa Mamfam

A 36-year-old woman, Elizabeth Wongah is battling for her life after unidentified man attacked her with a metal. This incident occurred at Gomoa Mamfam, near...

Six arrested for alleged fraudulent fundraising for ‘sick’ individuals in Accra and Kumasi

The Department of Social Welfare, in collaboration with the Legon Police, have apprehended six individuals accused of soliciting funds under false pretenses for purportedly...

23-year-old murders teacher ‘out of curiosity’

A South Korean court has given a life sentence to a true crime fan who told police she murdered a stranger "out of curiosity". Jung...

Okomfo Anokye tree-cutting suspect still in custody over GH¢20,000 bail

Solomon Nkansah, the suspect accused of cutting down the historic Okomfo Anokye tree in Feyiase, remains in police custody over his inability to meet the GH¢20,000 bail conditions. Despite...

‘Coup’ plotters face judgement in January

A High Court in Accra has set January 24, 2024, to deliver its judgement in the case of nine (9) persons accused of plotting...

UGBS student dead after armed robbery attack on UPSA-UGBS stretch

A Master's student of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) has been reported dead after a robbery accident on Tuesday night. According to reports,...

Businessman granted GH₵50K bail for allegedly stealing cement

An Accra Circuit Court has granted GH₵50,000.00 bail to a businessman, who allegedly appropriated quantities of cements valued GH₵134,644.00 belonging to another businessman. Mr...

Armed robbers attack traders at Jeffisi market 

 Six masked armed men reportedly fired warning shots at the Jeffisi market in the Sissala West District and robbed some of the traders. The...

National Security impounds smuggled vegetable oil, owner arrested

National Security operatives yesterday impounded a truckload of smuggled gallons of vegetable cooking oil from Togo into the country by land. The truck, with registration...

Two in court for alleged assault on Ga South Assembly taskforce

Two individuals, David Kobia and Peter Kobia, are facing charges for allegedly assaulting the Ga South Assembly Taskforce in Dunkonah, a suburb of New...

Couple inflict wounds on themselves over sex at Awutu Bawjiase

A couple have inflicted wounds on themselves after the wife denied the husband sex at Awutu Bawjiase in the Awutu Senya Wast District of...

Curfew imposed on Nkwanta South after shooting incident

The Minister for the Interior has by the Executive Instrument imposed curfew on Nkwanta Township in the Oti region. The duration of the curfew, which...

Two teachers jailed 6 years each for forging Judicial Service receipt

Two teachers, who forged Judicial Service official receipts, have been sentenced to six years imprisonment each by an Accra Circuit Court. Lordfred Heward Mills,...

North East: 3 dead, others injured over chieftaincy dispute in Wanchiki

Three persons have been reported dead following a reignited chieftaincy dispute in the Wanchiki community in the Chereponi district in the North East Region....

NDC Secretary beaten to pulp [Photos]

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Secretary for Domeabra-Obom Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Daniel Nii Sackey Aidoo is currently battling for his life....

Police arrest ‘Demons’ who threatened violence, robbery in viral video

The Ghana Police Service has made a swift arrest of two gangsters who identified themselves as 'Demons'. The duo, leaders of the Aputuogya Gangsters were...

Sales executive held for stealing drugs

A sales executive accused of stealing pharmaceutical drugs worth GH¢3,760,162 has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Edward Danso Wiafe, a former Sales Executive of East...