Crime

Uncle stabs nephew multiple times at Awutu Bereku

A 32-year-old man, Richard Ayi-quaye, has sustained severe injuries after his uncle stabbed him multiple times at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West...

Opuni Trial: High Court dismisses motion for stay of proceedings

An Accra High Court hearing the trial of Dr Stephen Opuni, a former Chief Executive of COCOBOD and two others has dismissed a plea...

Accident at NPP office: Driver, mate fled scene – Fire Service

ADO1 Alex Nartey with the Ghana National National Fire Service (GNFS) Public Relations Department, has given further details about the accident at the New...

Baby thief grabbed at Kasoa America Town

A 27-year-old woman has been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional DOVVSU Command for allegedly stealing a six-month-old baby girl at Kasoa American Town in...

16 drug peddlers including 3 women arrested at Boti

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested 16 suspected drug peddlers in the Boti area of the Yilo...

Doctor sentenced to life in prison for rape

The head of a top Nigerian cancer clinic has been sentenced to life in prison for raping his wife's teenage niece. Dr Olufemi Olaleye...

Kasoa teenagers buried 11-year-old boy alive – Investigator tells court

The investigator in the case in which two teenagers are standing trial for allegedly murdering an 11-year-old boy for money ritual at Kasoa has...

Kumasi killer cop trial starts November 13

The trial of Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, a policeman charged with murder of his girlfriend, Victoria Dapaah commonly known as Maa Adwoa at Adum is...

Three injured in fuel station robbery at Somanya

Two individuals are battling for their lives at the Yilo Krobo Municipal Hospital in Somanya after sustaining gunshot wounds during a robbery attack at...

Woman found dead with body parts missing at Awutu Senya East

A young woman believed to be in her 20s has been found dead at American Town in the Awutu Senya East District of the...

Ghanaian woman arrested in Taiwan for overstaying visa for 34 years

A Ghanaian national suspected of illegally staying in Taiwan for an estimated 34 years has been arrested, after officers noticed her “acting suspiciously” when...

Man jailed 20 years for defiling baby

A 31-year-old man, who defiled a one-year, seven-month-old baby at Madina Social Welfare, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour by...

Woman arrested for defrauding NDC members

The Akasti South Police in the Volta Region is holding a staunch member of the opposition National Democratic Congress, (NDC), Caroline Gifty Tsikata, 39,...

Musician remanded for kicking girlfriend’s genitals over phone messages, pictures

A musician who allegedly violently stamped his girlfriend's right leg and kicked her in the genitals after discovering pictures of her with another man...

Teen father allegedly poisons his 10-day-old son at Assin-Praso 

The Police at Assin-Praso, in the Assin North District of the Central Region, have intensified the search for a teen father for allegedly poisoning...

One arrested over shooting of anti-galamsey taskforce commander

One more person has been arrested and is in custody at the Kibi Divisional Police Command in the Eastern Region following the shooting of...

Chief arrested over alleged attempted sodomy of 17-year-old boy

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested the chief of New Akrofuom, Nana Kwaku Amoah, in the Adansi Asokwa district for allegedly attempting to...

Man ‘murdered’ on his farm at Agona Nyakrom Abrokro

Residents of Abrokro, a suburb of Agona Nyakrom in the Central Region, are living in fear following the gruesome murder of a 45-year-old man...

 Judge shot and killed outside his home

Maryland police are hunting for a suspect in the killing of a judge, who was shot outside his home and later died in a...

Court jails unemployed man 15 years for stealing

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced Abdul Rahman Awal, unemployed, to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing assorted items worth GH₵47,500. He...

One dead, 2 injured in clash involving Pankrono, Adabraka Zongo youth

One person has died with two others injured in a clash between the youth of Pankrono and Adabraka Zongo in the Ashanti Region. ...

Police complete investigations into alleged killing of employer by house boy

The Ghana Police Service says it has completed investigations into the case of a house boy accused of murdering his madam at Sokoban-Apaaso in...

Notorious thief, 21, jailed for stealing

A 21-year-old tractor operator has been sentenced to 23 months imprisonment for stealing a 24-inch Television set, four laptops, Kente cloth, Tramadol tablets, a...

Two women jailed for trafficking, forcing 4 girls into sex trade 

Two women alleged to be sex workers wept uncontrollably when the Tarkwa Circuit Court sentenced them to 17 years in prison in hard labour,...

Woman, son arrested over killing of farmer

A 57-year-old woman, Akua Kesewaa, and her 26-year-old son, Emmanuel Aboagye, are being investigated by the Oda Police for the lynching of a 56-year-old...

Anti-galamsey taskforce commander shot in Eastern region

The Commander of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners Task Force, Patrick Don-Chebe has survived gunshots by galamsey operators during their routine...

Man jailed 3 years for sharing ex-girlfriend’s nude pictures  

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an unemployed man to three years in prison for sharing naked pictures of his ex-girlfriend with his friends...

Man remanded for attempted murder, robbery, sexual assault

The Accra High Court re­manded in prison custody, a private security man, accused of alleged attempted mur­der, robbery, and sexual assault. Pius Anundoabil Ayoma, 23,...

Nkwanta: Police commence investigation into suspected murder

The Police have commenced an investigation into a suspected murder case after skeletal remains and blood stains were discovered at Tuobodom, a suburb of...

One person killed as robbers attack Block Factory at Appolonia City

The Police have launched a manhunt for a group of robbers who attacked a block factory at Appolonia City, a suburb of Oyibi in...

Man weeps after life sentence for stabbing 19-year-old [Video]

Michael Tetteh, a factory hand has been sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing Patrick Gyasi, an okada rider with a broken bottle during a...

Five Nigerians jailed for exhuming skull ‘to get rich’

Five men have been jailed for 12 years each in Nigeria after they were convicted of exhuming a human skull. They had planned to...

Relatives of Ejura robbery suspects demand their immediate release

Relatives of two suspects arrested by police at Ejura in the Ashanti Region are demanding their immediate release, denying reports linking them to a...

Major Mahama trial: Prosecution orally addresses jury

The prosecution in the trial of the alleged murderers of Major Maxwell Mahama has commenced addressing the seven-member jury in the case. The prosecution,...

Family of woman murdered by house help calls for expedited hearing

The family of the 35-year-old businesswoman who was killed by her house help at Sokoban in the Ashanti region has called on the Attorney...

GIS arrests 31 alleged prostitutes, human traffickers in Western region

The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), has arrested 31 alleged prostitutes and human traffickers within the region.  The suspects were arrested...

Momo merchant jailed for impersonating Police commander

A mobile money merchant, who impersonated a public officer has been sentenced by an Accra Circuit Court. Richard Sie impersonated the Oti Regional Police Commander,...

Police rescue kidnapped chief

The Police have rescued the chief of Kubease, Nana Ottupre Kwagyan, who was allegedly taken by unknown men in the Kwahu East District of...

Court fines two goat thieves GH₵3,800 each

The Nkwanta South Magistrate court has fined two goat thieves GH₵3,800 each or in default serve six months imprisonment. This was when the duo,...

House help remanded over theft

A 27-year-old house help, who allegedly stole $16,000.00 belonging to Mdaihli Fadlelah, his boss, has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court. ...