Crime

Man, 21, allegedly killed at Nyamekrom; residents living in fear

Residents of Nyamekrom in the Adansi Asokwa District of the Ashanti region are currently living in fear over the murder of a 21-year-old man...

Mother goes naked, curses police over killing of 2 sons at Bortianor [Photos]

A mother has invoked curses on the Ghana Police Service over the killing of five suspected landguards at Bortianor in the Ga South Municipality....

Twins allegedly stab friend to death at Berekum

A Berekum-based twin brothers are on the run after allegedly stabbing their 16-year-old friend, Alhassan Sulemana to death in a pub. The incident reportedly occurred...

Latest on Ablekuma bullion van attack

Four people of interest have so far been arrested in connection with the Ablekuma bullion van robbery which claimed the life of General Lance...

Five suspected Pokuase murderers arrested

Five persons are in the grips of the Police for their roles in the murder of an unidentified person believed to be in his...

Prosecute 420 suspects in loan app fraud – Cyber Security Authority urged

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has urged the Cyber Security Authority to prosecute the  420 suspects engaged in loan app fraud. The Chamber has asked for...

Another suspect arrested in connection with Ablekuma bullion van attack

The Police on Saturday morning arrested another suspect in connection with a bullion van robbery attack at Ablekuma that led to the death of...

Pastor, 3 others sentenced to 7 days imprisonment

The Bolgatanga District Court has sentenced the Head Pastor of the Jesus Spanner Miracle Church in the Bongo District, Atogpeelige Akongyaane, and three other...

Driver, mate remanded for trafficking narcotic drugs after accident

The Jasikan Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody, Raphael Agbele, a 42-year-old driver, and Daniel Sakyi, a 26-year-old student for trafficking 410 parcels...

SHS student jailed for defiling class six pupil

A 23-year-old Senior High School (SHS) form two student, identified as Seth Nayo, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in hard labour for...

Closed season: Assemblyman, two others arrested for non-compliance 

The Police and Navy team from the Fishing Enforcement Unit (FEU), Marine Headquarters in Tema, has arrested some three persons for engaging in prohibited...

Policeman found dead in bizarre state at check point

A police sergeant has been found dead in a bizarre state while on duty at a checkpoint at the Bia-Tano Forest in the Ahafo...

Final year OPASS science student allegedly lynched

A final year science student of Ofori Panin Senior High School (OPASS) in the Eastern Region has been lynched in Koforidua by unknown assailants....

Lawyers for cop who shot girlfriend in Kumasi fail to show up in court

A Kumasi High Court failed to take the plea of a Police Inspector standing trial for the alleged murder of his girlfriend at Adum...

Distribution of nude pictures: Agradaa, three others to stand trial 

The Police say Patricia Asiedua aka Nana Agradaa and three others will stand trial at the High Court for allegedly distributing visual recording of...

Stop wasting taxpayers’ money needlessly to prosecute Gyakye Quayson – Mahama’s aide to A-G

The Special Aide to former President John Dramani Mahama has asked the government to stop wasting the taxpayers’ money to prosecute Assin North MP,...

Over 400 arrested for cybercrime activities

The Police have arrested over 400 people in a swoop for their various roles in cybercrime activities using online loan apps. This was in a...

Opuni trial:  Aboagye Tandoh takes over as new judge

The trial of former Ghana Cocoa Board(COCOBOD) boss, Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni and two others who are standing trial for allegedly causing financial loss...

Man, 64, arrested for impregnating stepdaughter at Ofoase Ayirebi

Three persons have been arrested by the Oda Divisional Police Command in connection with the alarming teenage pregnancy cases at Ofoase-Ayirebi in the Eastern...

BNI, GRA uncovers GH¢500m tax fraud

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) in collaboration with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) spearheaded a historic operation that resulted in arresting executives of Wan Heng...

Ghana’s former Minister’s son jailed in US for fraud

Son of Ghanaian former Minister, Inusah Fuseini, has been convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for fraud in the United States. The sentencing...

Man lynched over alleged murder of 70-year-old woman

Police at Asante Bekwai in the Ashanti region have commenced investigations into the murder of a 70-year-old woman, Veronica Ampofowaa, on her farm. Madam...

Welder in custody for stealing makeup box

A 27-year-old welder, who allegedly stole a makeup box and its contents valued GH₵5,300.00, has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court. Isaac Bortey Bortier...

Fire Service reacts to report about officer beating court bailiff

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) says disciplinary action has commenced against one of its officers, Emmanuel Ayitah Quansah, who beat a court bailiff...

Chief, 2 others arrested over destruction of 33,000 rubber trees

The police have arrested an Odikro of Gyabenkrom and two others for allegedly destroying more than 33,000 mature rubber trees on a plantation belonging...

Oyibi Chief remanded over alleged fraudulent sale of land

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody Solomon Boye Borquaye, aka Nii Aboabo, the Chief of Aboabo Oyibi, over the alleged fraudulent...

Pastor, five others in police grips for manhandling five-week-old baby

A pastor and five other members of his church are in the grips of the police for allegedly manhandling a five-week-old baby during church...

Government spends GH¢1.80 per prison inmate daily

The Director-General of the Ghana Prison Service, Isaac Kofi Egyir, has disclosed that the institution spends GH¢ 1.80 to feed each prisoner daily. He made...

Man found dead in bush with head missing in Oti region

The body of an unidentified beheaded man has been found in a bush at Ntewusae, a farming community in the Krachi West Municipality of...

Security guard jailed 15 years for stabbing woman with fork

A security guard, Alhassan Abdul Rahuf, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for unlawfully entering a woman's home...

Murderers of Akua Denteh sentenced to 12 years imprisonment

The Tamale High Court on Tuesday sentenced two women to 12 years imprisonment each over the murder of Madam Akua Denteh, the 90-year-old woman,...

Woman found dead with body parts missing at Assin Dansame

A 50-year-old woman has been butchered at Assin Dansame in the Assin North District of the Central Region. It is unclear who murdered the deceased...

Man on the run after sending ex-lover’s nude to church’s WhatsApp group

The Lagos state police command is on the trail of a businessman, Amarah Kennedy, for allegedly circulating nude photos of two widows he dated...

Evangelist, prophetess jailed 11 years for stealing GH¢265k   

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced an evangelist and a prophetess to a total jail term of 11 years for stealing GHC265,000 from a...

Man, 22, allegedly shot dead at Chinese mining site

A security official of Chinese illegal miners has allegedly shot to death a 22-year-old young man, Kwaku Etsi, at Hiawa, a community in the...

Fetish priest jailed for defiling 6-year-old girl

A 25-year-old fetish priest, John Afedzi, who defiled a six-year-old girl at Twifo Ampekro in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District of the Central...

Three SDA nursing trainees suspended over leaked sex tape

The management of Kwadaso SDA Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Ashanti Region has taken disciplinary action against some of its students. This was...

Abesim murder case: Accused fit to stand trial – Court rules

A Kaneshie District Court will start committal proceedings against Richard Appiah, the footballer who allegedly murdered two minors at Abesim and froze their body...

Farmer found dead at Tei Nkwanta

A farmer, Ebenezer Tettey-Wayo, 41 years of age, has allegedly committed suicide at Tei Nkwanta near Koforidua in the Eastern Region. The victim was...

Man found dead in river at Assin Bereku

A man in his early forties was allegedly killed and dumped in River Brupan at Assin Breku in the Assin North District of the...