Crime

Interior Minister condemns killing of Kusasi chief in Kumasi

Interior Minister and Member of Parliament for Asawase, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, has condemned the fatal shooting of Kusasi Chief, Naa Abdul-Malik Azenbe, in Kumasi. According...

Final-Year Wa AMASS student stabbed during dispute with colleague

A final-year student of Wa T.I Ahmadiyya Senior High School (Wa Amass) is in critical condition after being stabbed during a confrontation with a...

Two who tortured boy in viral child video granted bail

The Gender-Based Violence Court in Sekondi has granted bail to two men standing trial for the alleged assault of a 12-year-old boy in New...

Five injured as Dabokpa, Vittin Tech students clash; police recover weapons

Five students have reportedly sustained various degrees of injuries following a clash between Dabokpa Technical Institute and Vittin Technical Senior High School. This was disclosed...

Four suspects discharged in former GPHA manager’s murder case after 5 years

Four suspects who had been standing trial for the 2019 murder of Josephine Asante, former Marketing and Public Affairs Manager of the Ghana Ports...

House help arraigned over alleged GH¢80,000 fraud

The Amasaman Circuit Court has granted a GH¢100,000 bail with two sureties to a 53-year-old house help, Faustina Boatemaa, who is facing charges of...

Immigration intercepts suspected cyanide shipment along Black Volta

The Upper West Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has intercepted a large cache of chemical substances suspected to be sodium cyanide...

Self-acclaimed Ashanti Regional Chairman of Delta Force arrested

A man claiming to be the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Delta Force vigilante group, Francis Asante, has been arrested and is currently in...

Chief, minors charged with illegal mining at Akyem Gyadam

Ten people, including a chief and two minors, have been arraigned at the Koforidua High Court for allegedly mining without licence at Akyem Gyadam,...

Taxi driver jailed 12 years for luring teen with spiked drink before assault

The Dansoman Circuit Court has sentenced a 39-year-old taxi driver to 12 years' imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old girl in Accra. The convict, Francis Ammisah,...

NSB Scandal: Mildred Donkor asks for new lawyer to replace Atta-Akyea

One of the accused persons in the ongoing National Signals Bureau (NSB) scandal, Mildred Donkor, has declined legal representation by prominent New Patriotic Party...

Six arrested, 54 rescued in recruitment scam at Effutu

The Winneba Divisional Police Command has arrested six individuals linked to a recruitment scam that defrauded dozens of job seekers in Effutu, Central Region. The...

Bailiff jailed for forging judge’s signature

A 38-year-old bailiff, Kojo Budu Jackson, has been sentenced to four years in prison with hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court for attempting...

Forestry guard’s body discovered in bush after going missing for days

The body of a missing 37-year-old forestry guard, Daniel Obeng, has been found in a bush at Tutukpene in the Nkwanta South Municipality. Deputy Superintendent...

Three arrested, over GH¢140k recovered in foiled robbery at Nyanikrom

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with a daylight robbery near Shama Junction at Nyanikrom. The incident occurred on Wednesday,...

Why judge decided to separate twins sentenced for stealing motorbike

The Bibiani District Court has sentenced identical twins to 48 months’ imprisonment each for dishonestly appropriating an unregistered motorbike valued at GH¢13,000. The convicted persons,...

Man, 25, arrested in connection with robbery at Millennium City

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old suspect, Okolie Samuel, in connection with a robbery incident that occurred at Sector 5,...

Man allegedly kills daughter, injures son and commits suicide at Kato

Residents of Kato near Berekum in the Bono Region have been plunged into grief and disbelief following a tragic incident in which a father...

Burnt body of missing immigration officer found at Kwabenya [Photos]

The partly burnt body of a 38-year-old immigration officer has been discovered at Abuom Junction in Kwabenya of the Greater Accra region, five days...

Cyber Security Authority busts fraud syndicate in Dodowa

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA), in a coordinated multi-agency operation with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Police Cybercrime Unit, has dismantled a...

Man, 21, arrested in connection with killing of queen mother at Gbawe

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the shooting and killing of a queen mother during a naming...

Police probe killing of Bimbilla SHS student during fire festival

Police in the Northern Region have launched investigations into the tragic killing of Fatima Abukari, an 18-year-old student of Bimbilla Senior High School. She was...

Police secure warrant to arrest suspects in Attakrom-Amanfro fatal shooting

The Eastern South Regional Police Command has secured an arrest warrant for suspects involved in the fatal shooting of Daniel Amekudzi, which occurred during...

Man captured in viral video wearing police uniform arrested

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a man identified as Osei Kwame, popularly known as “Nsafufoo,” for unlawfully possessing and wearing a police uniform...

Accra Circuit Court remands nine over Nkwanta riots

Nine individuals, including one woman, have been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for their alleged involvement in the recent riots in Nkwanta, located...

Shop owner stabbed to death with scissors at Mile 11

A 33-year-old Ghanaian man, Samuel Yeboah, has been stabbed to death at Mile 11 in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Eyewitnesses...

One killed as notorious armed robbery suspects are arrested in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has apprehended a notorious armed robbery gang believed to be responsible for a string of violent home invasions across...

Ashie Moore sets records straight on alleged $2.2m fraud

The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore, has denied reports of an alleged $2.2 million fraud...

Woman arrested for possession of narcotics in Tema

The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested a 29‑year‑old woman, Sophia Amankwa, at Dogo Junction near Ada in the Greater Accra Region for possessing...

Eight arrested over Nkwanta South clashes

Eight individuals have been apprehended following a series of tragic incidents that left three students injured, one of whom has tragically died. The violence erupted...

Stray bullet kills Nkwanta SHS student in Oti Region

A student of Nkwanta Senior High School (SHS) in the Oti Region has died under tragic circumstances after being struck by a stray bullet...

Farmer punished for stealing assorted items from student

The Enchi District Magistrate Court in the Western North Region has fined Christopher Kaidabi, a 29-year-old farmer, GH¢3,000 for stealing assorted items valued at...

Two arrested over murder of former Dampong SHS headmaster

The Ashanti North Regional Police Command has arrested two people in connection with the murder of a former Headmaster of Dampong Senior High School...

Court fines two fishmongers for receiving stolen tilapia

The Amasaman Circuit Court has fined two fishmongers, Lady Ayawah and Faustina Kattah, 100 penalty units each, equivalent to GH¢1,200, for dishonestly receiving stolen...

SHS student found dead at Tomefa after taking exeat to visit grandmother

A teenage girl has been found dead in a stream at Tomefa in the Ga South Municipality after taking exeat from school to visit...

Five remanded over GH¢2.3m and $191,900 fake notes

Five people have been arrested in connection with the printing of fake GH¢200 and $100 notes, totalling GH¢2.3 million and $191,900, respectively. The accused, who...

Police arrest 8 at Ayanfuri over galamsey, illicit drugs

The Central North Regional Police Command has dealt a major blow to illegal mining (galamsey) and the associated drug trade in Ayanfuri, resulting in...

Policeman, 2 others in court for alleged robbery

A 26-year-old police officer, Lance Corporal Owusu Asante, and two civilians have been arraigned before the Berekum Circuit Court in connection with a suspected...

Five arrested in connection with robbery at mining site

The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with a robbery at a mining site in Dompim, located in the...

Headmaster arrested for detaining BECE candidates granted bail

The Headmaster of Big Six Educational Complex in Meduma in the Ashanti region, who was arrested for detaining two candidates of the 2025 Basic...