Crime

Motor rider shot dead at Akatsi

Zanu Mandela, a popular motor rider in the Akatsi South Municipality, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen near Holy Childhood Academy at Akatsi.The deceased,...

I will discharge Nyantakyi if you don’t call your witness to testify – Judge warns

High Court Judge Justice Marie Louise Simmons has served notice of discharging former Ghana Football Association President Kwasi Nyantakyi if the state fails to...

Coach who assaulted female referee remanded

The Tamale District Magistrate Court has remanded Coach Iddrisu Suheiru Napari into police custody.The case has been adjourned to Monday, June 26, 2023.The first...

Sherigu-Fulani disturbances: 18 accused discharged, others granted bail

A Bolgatanga Circuit Court has discharged 18 out of the 61 persons standing trial in the matter involving the Sherigu community and the State...

Six more Western Togoland secessionists convicted

Six more persons standing trial for being members of a prohibited organisation dubbed the Western Togoland Restoration Front (WTRF) have been found guilty by...

Husband of woman impregnated by pastor breaks silence

John Baah, a husband whose wife is pregnant for a pastor at Awutu Bereku, has revealed that his wife accused him of using love...

Chaotic scene at Nkurakan as police officers are rescued from angry mob

The timely intervention by the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Eastern Regional Police Command prevented the youth of Nkurakan from lynching some personnel...

Police inspector charged with murder pleads not guilty

Ahmed Twumasi, an inspector with the Kumasi Central Divisional Command, is facing a murder charge after allegedly shooting his girlfriend in Kumasi.Twumasi, who maintains...

Woman, 31, burns daughter over missing ‘akpeteshie’ cash

The Kato Police have apprehended a 31-year-old woman on charges of burning her 12-year-old daughter with a hot iron.The incident took place after the...

Court suspends Kasoa ritual murder trial

The substantive trial of the case in which two boys are standing trial for allegedly killing a 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdallah at Lamptey, a...

Man arrested for shooting mother to death during fight with wife

An attempt by an 80-year-old woman to separate a fight between her son and the wife has resulted in her death.She was reportedly shot...

Two arrested for stealing motorbikes at Soma

Two motorbike mechanics, Shibu Issahaku aged 18, and Awaana Maxwell, 19, have been arrested by the Tuna Police for stealing three motorbikes at Soma...

Jilted lover allegedly kills girlfriend

A jilted lover has allegedly killed his girlfriend at Trom, a suburb of Koforidua in the Eastern region.The gruesome incident occurred on Saturday,...

Philanthropist at Larabanga found dead, residents suspect foul play

The sudden death of a popular philanthropist at Larabanga in the West Gonja Municipality in the Savannah Region has shaken many homes in the...

AG closes ex-MASLOC boss’ case

The Office of the Attorney General has closed its case in the trial of former Chief Executive Officer of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre...

Akatsi South: Motor rider jailed two years for exposing private video of ex-girlfriend

A 24-year-old commercial motor rider at Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region, Gilbert Asemuasa, has been sentenced to two years...

Man, 50, allegedly shoots himself dead

Yaw Asare alias Yaw Akuapem, believed to be in his 50s, has allegedly shot himself dead at Enye Nyame Den in the Atwima Mponua...

Teenager allegedly kills 70-year-old man at Baleofilli

The Baleofiili community in the Wa West district of the Upper West Region has been thrown into a state of mourning, following the gruesome...

24-year-old evangelist jailed for rape and theft

A 24-year-old evangelist, Sampson Kidisil, has been sentenced into eight months imprisonment by the Nkwanta Magistrate court for stealing a motorbike and raping students....

2 arrested for mining close to Offin River

Two persons have been arrested for mining illegally on one of the tributaries of the Offin River which serves the Barekese Dam in the...

1 dead, 4 arrested, chief and assemblyman on the run in Daboya disturbance

Four suspects were arrested at about 2 am on Friday, June 16, by National Security operatives at Daboya in the North Gonja District in...

Six-day-old baby allegedly stolen at Teacher Mante

A six-day-old baby girl has allegedly been stolen at Nana Boame, a suburb of Teacher Mantey in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region....

Heavy security at Ghanasco after Kukuo youth destroyed fence wall

A joint police-military team has been deployed to Ghana Senior High School following threats by the youth of Kukuo in the Tamale metropolis to...

Akatsi South: Motor rider, one other sentenced to 15 years each for robbery

Agbovi Harrison, a 20-year-old motor rider, and Hlortsi Raphael, 23, an auto mechanic, have been sentenced to 15 years each in hard labour by...

Ex-convict arrested for stealing exhibit motorbike at police station

An ex-convict, Mohammed Osman, is back in police grips again for stealing a motorbike at a police station at Bole in the Savannah Region.Mr...

Former Assemblyman for Nogokpo found dead in his room

Residents of Yelibato, a community near Nogokpo in the Ketu South Municipality in the Volta Region, are in a state of shock following the...

Two friends arrested for stealing iPhone

Two friends have been arrested by Tuna police in the Sawla District of the Savannah region for stealing an iPhone from a provision shop.The...

12 arrested for selling unlicensed medicine, aphrodisiacs

About 12 persons were on Wednesday arrested for selling unlicensed medicine and aphrodisiacs at different spots at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra.This was...

Alleged Coup: Court revokes bail conditions of female accused over ‘not convinced’ conducts

The High Court in Accra has revoked the bail conditions granted to Warrant Officer Class II, (WOII), Esther Saan Dekuwine over what the Court...

Cocoa farmer kills wife during argument

A cocoa farmer at Wiredukrom, a farming community in the Mpohor District of the Western Region, who allegedly killed his wife during an early...

Driver whose car hit NPP chairman arrested

The driver of a Daewoo truck which crashed into the motorbike of the Bono East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ibrahim...

Man butchers wife, 25, over divorce threats at Mpohor

A young man in his early 30s is currently in the grips of the Mpohor District Police Command for butchering his wife after threatening...

Bank staff arrested for stealing over GH¢1.2 million from customers’ accounts

A contract staff of one of the major banks in Ghana has been arrested by security agencies for allegedly stealing close to GH¢1.2million...

Former Community Policing Assistant busted in attempt to steal electricity cables

A former Community Policing Assistant (CPA) who was stationed at the Koforidua Central Police Station has been arrested by residents of Daasebere Estate in...

Parliament to probe killing of five suspected landguards at Bortianor

The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Andrew Amoako Asiamah, has assigned the Defence and Interior Committee to conduct an investigation into the killing of...

Woman sentenced for raping 8-year-old boy

A wave of outrage has swept across Tanzania following the revelation that a middle-aged woman has been found guilty of raping an eight-year-old boy,...

Calm returns to Nkrankwanta after youth ransacked Immigration office

Calm has returned to the Nkrankwanta community in the Dormaa West District of the Bono Region following the destruction of office items belonging to...

Saglemi Housing Trial: Defence to study witness statements filed by State 

An Accra High Court has adjourned the trial involving Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing and four others...

Four arrested in connection with viral video on abuse of female victim

The Police have arrested four suspects at Kupelga in connection with the viral video in which a female victim is seen being subjected to...

Kpando: Second suspect involved in firearm brandishing during football match arrested

Police have arrested Selorm Buta alias Dangotey, the second suspect in connection with the possession of firearms without lawful authority during a football match...