Crime

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...

Thieves challenge trader over missing GH¢97k

Two members of an alleged gang of thieves have challenged a trader’s claim that GH¢97,000 of his trade capital was stolen at the Rawlings...

Police probe viral video on abuse of female victim

The Police have commenced investigation into a viral video believed to have originated from the Upper East Region. The video captured a female victim being...

Woman, 32, allegedly stabs her boyfriend to death over misunderstanding

A 32-year-old woman has allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death at Ayigya Zongo in Kumasi of the Ashanti Region. The suspect, Jennifer Appiah, also known...

Man to buy new mattress, paint room after he was caught with another man’s wife

A middle-aged man, Emmanuel Adjei, has incurred the wrath of Berekum traditional authorities after he was caught with another man's wife, Aisha Yakubu. Reports...

BPS demands immediate probe into police shooting at Bortianor

The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) is calling for an immediate and independent probe into a shooting incident at Bortianor last Thursday involving officers...

Tema High Court registrar sacked

A notice of dismissal dated Wednesday, June 7, 2023, and signed by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Cynthia Pamela Addo, advised people from dealing with...

Nungua: ‘Wife killer’ to make third court appearance

The suspect accused of killing his 25-year-old wife, Eunice Ameh Narh, with a machete at Nungua will today appear before the court for the...

Police arrest gun-wielding suspect who threatened violence during football match at Kpando

The police have confirmed the arrest of suspect Kofi Godsway for possession of firearms without lawful authority during a football match at Kpando in...

Man pleads guilty to illegally shipping firearms from US to Ghana

A Columbia man has pleaded guilty to illegally shipping firearms out of the US via the Port of Baltimore, according to the Maryland U.S....

Two construction workers standing trial for excavator theft

Two construction company workers, William Tweneboah, a security man and Godfred Amoh, welder, are currently standing trial at the Nsuaem/Kyekyewere Circuit Court for allegedly...

‘Spiritualist’ on trial for allegedly defrauding client of GHȼ85,000

A spiritualist cum herbalist, Jibril Musah, is currently standing trial at the Nsuaem/Kyekyewere circuit court for allegedly defrauding a trader to the tune of...

Man who gave woman HIV during unprotected sex jailed for grievous bodily harm

A man who infected a woman with HIV during unprotected sex has been jailed for causing grievous bodily harm. Daniel Shaw, 43, from Leeds, failed...

4 suspected kidnappers arrested in Cape Coast

Four suspected kidnappers have been arrested by the Police at their rented residence at Ntranoa, near Ankaful, in Cape Coast. One of the suspects who...

Farmer jailed for defrauding teacher with job offers

The Jasikan Circuit Court has sentenced a 46-year-old farmer, Mohammed Salisu, to five years imprisonment in hard labour for defrauding a teacher with promise...

Two in custody for assaulting ECG Officials

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody two persons who allegedly assaulted two officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at...

District Court grants bail to 21 suspects over attack on Daboya Police Station

Twenty-one suspects who were arrested for their involvement in an attack on the Police Station in Daboya, located in the North Gonja District of...

Saglemi project: High Court gives Alhaji Yakubu 48 hours to show up 

The High Court in Accra has given Alhaji Ziblim Yakubu, a former Chief Director of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, 48...

Police arrest 2 friends of suspect in SHS girl murder

Authorities from the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service have taken into custody two individuals who are friends of Osei Michael, the...

Suspected thief lynched at Sehwi Hwenampori after failed mission

A man, believed to be in his late thirties, has met his death at Hwenampori, a suburb of Bibiani in the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai...