Crime

Thieves sentenced for stealing Gh¢8,270 and mobile phones in Oti Region

The Nkwanta South District Magistrate Court has sentenced two thieves to 30 months in prison. This was after they were found guilty of stealing...

60-year-old woman shot dead over witchcraft accusation

A 60-year-old woman, Musah Azaratu Poanaa, has been shot dead by two young men in Janga, in the West Mamprusi Municipality for allegedly trying to bewitch a...

Limited voter registration: 2 arrested over double registration at Nsawam-Adoagyiri

The Nsawam Police District Command in the Eastern Region is currently holding two sympathisers of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for allegedly engaging...

Building contractor accused of defiling his stepdaughter freed

The Gender Based Violence Court (GBVC) has acquitted and released a building contractor accused of defiling his 14-year-old stepdaughter in Doboro, near Accra. Moses...

Jealous man stabs lover at Buduburam

A manhunt is underway for a suspect identified as Kobby who fled the scene after allegedly stabbing his partner, Ama Ghana at Buduburam, in...

Fake doctor robs patients at Takoradi hospital

A fake medical doctor is currently on the run after allegedly duping patients who were on admission at the Takoradi Government Hospital, popularly referred...

Man arrested for dishonestly selling land, others for ₵230k

A caretaker who is accused of selling his boss’ land at Lashibi for GH₵200,000 has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Samuel Mensah Addey, who...

Unknown gunmen shoot nine dead at Pusiga

At least nine people have been killed in an attack in the Upper East Region town of Pusiga in what is believed to be...

Cecilia Dapaah’s case: Accused persons unable to execute bail 

Lawyers for those arrested in the money-stealing case of the former Minister for Sanitation and water resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, have bemoaned the inability...

Police allegedly intercept illegal registrants

The Krachi East Municipal Police Command in the early hours of Wednesday, intercepted a 33-seater bus with ‘illegal registrants’ with the intention to acquire...

Motor riders shoots lady multiple times in Kumasi

A motor riding gang attacked a 25-year-old lady at Aprade Junction in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred on Wednesday,...

Five T.I Ahmadiyya SHS students arrested for stabbing 12 colleagues

Five students of Gomoa Potsin T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School (SHS) have been arrested for their involvement in a violent attack that led to...

Accountant on bail over dud cheque  

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail in the sum of ¢100,000 to an accountant for issuing a dud cheque.  Kwabena Asante Baafi is to...

Alleged ‘sakawa’ boy busted in attempt to buy used sanitary pads

A 25-year-old suspected cultist known in local parlance as 'sakawa' is in the grips of the Bawjiase District Police Command after being busted in...

Electrician found dead at Kasoa

A 27-year-old electrician identified as James has been found dead with his eyes missing at Kasoa new market in the Awutu Senya East Municipality...

Adoagyiri murder: Two suspects arrested, one at large

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Odehye Kwame Sarkodie at Adoagyiri in the Eastern region. The prime suspect Daniel Osei...

29-year-old man allegedly kills mother in Ahafo region

A 29-year-old man, Kwame Boateng has allegedly hacked his mother, Leticia Dufie to death. This unfortunate incident occurred at Wurumrumso, a farming community in the...

5 miners jailed 100 years for mining without authority  

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced five persons to a total of 100 years imprisonment in hard labour for mining without authority.   They are Sampson Mefe, Eric...

Limited voter registration: 25 foreigners, minors arrested

Twenty-five foreigners and minors have been arrested at the Suame Municipality in the Ashanti region in their attempt to register in the ongoing limited...

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...