NAM 1 granted GH¢500m bail
Chief Executive Officer of defunct Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, has been granted bail to the tune of GH¢500 million with four sureties,...
NAM 1 pleads not guilty to 39 charges of fraud, money laundering
Chief Executive Officer of defunct gold dealership firm Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM 1, has pleaded not guilty to all 39...
Three arrested for allegedly planning to launch Wagner-backed military group
The Western Regional Police Command is prosecuting three youth arrested in Diabene, Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, who are suspected of having ties to Russia’s Wagner mercenary...
Court defers sentence of couple over GH¢1.6 million fraud
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a couple into police custody for a double sale of their four-bedroom property at East Legon to two...
Court orders Legon student charged over boyfriend’s murder to report to CID
The High Court in Accra, presided over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh has ordered embattled first-year (Level 100) student of the University of...
Houseboy who allegedly murdered businesswoman sold her car for GH¢100,000
It has emerged that John Allister, the houseboy accused of killing his madam and stealing her Kia Sportage, sold the car for GH¢100,000.According to...
One arrested in connection with murder of lady, 18, in uncompleted building
The district police have arrested one person in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Georgina Agyemang at Anwia Nkwantah in the Bekwai Municipality.The lifeless...
Five ‘galamseyers’ jailed 125 years for mining in River Ankobra
Five illegal miners locally referred to as galamseyers who were caught mining in the Ankobra river without authority have been sentenced to a total...
Lady, 18, found dead in uncompleted building at Anwiankwanta
The lifeless body of an 18-year-old apprentice identified as Georgina Agyeman has been discovered in an uncompleted building at Anwiankwanta in Bekwai Municipality of...
Families of three persons killed in Savannah region demand justice
The families of three persons who were allegedly killed by the police in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the Savannah Region are demanding justice from...
Former Lighthouse pastor charged for stealing freed
Pastor Lawrence Nii Narku Odonkor, former pastor of Lighthouse Chapel International (Akyem Oda branch), who was accused of stealing over GH¢7,000 belonging to the...
Two arrested in connection with murder of businesswoman
The Police, through a targeted intelligence-led operation on September 14, 2023, arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a 35-year-old woman identified...
Three grabbed for selling SIM cards registered in the names of others
Three mobile phone operators have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly selling pre-registered assorted SIM cards to the public at Kwame Nkrumah...
GWCL arrests meter thief at Nyanyano
The Accra West Region of Ghana Water Company Limited(GWCL) has arrested Marvis Godwin, a Nigerian, for stealing a customer’s water meter at Nyanyano in...
Immigration Service reacts to alleged extortion at inland checkpoints
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) says it has received reports about alleged extortion by some officers stationed at the inland checkpoints, especially the...
Custom officer arrested for demolishing public toilet
The Akuapem South Municipal Security Council has allegedly arrested an officer of Customs Excise and Preventive Service identified as Daniel Adjei for unlawfully demolishing...
Electrician, 24, convicted for defiling JHS pupil
An electrician who allegedly lured a 14-year-old girl into a guest house and had sex multiple times with her has been sentenced to 10...
Man inflicts cutlass wounds on boy, 17 over marijuana
A popular marijuana seller has reportedly inflicted cutlass wounds on a 17-year-old okada rider at Kasoa Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of...
Two arrested for attempting double voter registration in Wa
Two people have been caught for attempted double registration at the ongoing limited voter registration exercise by the Electoral Commission (EC) in Wa.Ben Alaglo, the Wa...
Scrap-dealer jailed for theft, causing damage at Ghana Armed Forces premises
A scrap dealer who stole a quantity of iron rods from the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has been convicted by an Accra Circuit Court....
Businessman in court over 16 auctioned vehicles
A businessman who allegedly collected GH¢117,500 from a building contractor under the pretext of securing 16 auctioned vehicles but failed, has appeared before an...
Fetish priest inflicts machete wounds on ex-girlfriend
A jilted fetish priest identified as Togbe Gadefia has attacked his ex-girlfriend with a machete at Asamankese in the Eastern region.The victim, Rakia Huseini,...
Man, 40, allegedly defiles 10-year-old girl to death
A 40-year-old man, Kwabena Larbi, has allegedly defiled a 10-year-old girl to death at Ohene Akura in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern...
Forestry Commission impounds 21 trucks of stolen wood
The Bono Regional Forestry Commission has intercepted 21 trucks loaded with stolen wood from various reserves in the enclave.Out of the 21 trucks,...
3 businessmen in trouble over GH¢621,000 fraudulent oil deal
The Accra Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of three businessmen over an alleged GH¢621,000 fraudulent oil transÂaction.Alhaji Iddrisu Ibrahim,...
Student jailed 12 months for swindling businessman
The Nkwanta District Court has sentenced Anyebas James, an undergraduate, to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour, for defrauding a businessman in Nkwanta South...
18-year-old boy found dead at Gomoa Buduatta
An 18-year-old boy has been found dead at Gomoa Buduatta in the Gomoa East District of the Central region.The lifeless body of the boy,...
Court issues bench warrant for 3 businessmen over GH¢621K fraud
An Accra Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of three businessmen over an alleged GH¢621,000.00 oil fraud.They are Alhaji...
Radio presenter arrested for allegedly defiling daughter
A popular Sunyani-based radio presenter is in the grips of the Police for allegedly having anal sex with her 11-year-old biological daughter.The suspect, Clement Oti,...
Court remands 28-year-old man over alleged $37,000 theftÂ
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 28-year-old man who allegedly stole US$37,000 meant to be used to set up a block factory. Michael...
Illegal miner arrested for defiling 9-year-old girl at Akrokere
The police have apprehended a 24-year-old illegal miner for allegedly defiling a little girl at Akrokere in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti...
Pregnant woman, 11 others flee police custody
Some twelve Nigerian suspects including a heavily pregnant woman have reportedly escape from police custody.They were said to have been arrested separately, but have...
Customs uncovers falsification of documents by shipping companies, agents
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) has uncovered the activities of two shipping companies and clearing agents involved in the alleged falsification...
Nursing mother, 21, found dead at Koforidua
The family of a 21-year-old nursing mother, Regina Asamoah, killed by an unknown assailant at Koforidua Asokore in the Eastern region, is calling for...
GHS interdicts three Bolgatanga Hospital staff over drug theft
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has interdicted the three members of the Upper East Regional Hospital’s staff involved in massive thefts of government drugs....
Cryptocurrency boss jailed for fraud
A Turkish cryptocurrency boss and his two siblings have been jailed for 11,196 years each for defrauding investors of millions of dollars.Faruk Fatih Ozer,...
Immigration Service intercepts over 5 tonnes of Indian hemp
Personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service’s Nyive Sector Command in the Volta Region have intercepted 80 slabs of substances suspected to be Indian hemp.The...
Two arrested for robbery at mining company in Bogoso
The police has arrested two robbery suspects for attacking a mining company at Bogoso, in the Western Region on Friday September 6, 2023.The suspects,...
Strong legal frameworks make fight against economic crimes easier – EOCO Boss
The Executive Director of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (Mrs) has underscored the need for strong legal...
40-year-old man drowns at Mankessim
A 40-year-old tricycle rider, Suleman Abubakar, has drowned in the Okyi river at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region.Residents discovered...