Crime

Illegal miner arrested for stealing from his boss

A 27-year-old illegal miner, Evans Dakubo has been arrested for allegedly stealing GH6,000.00 at Kui a galamsey community in the Bole District of the...

Court remands driver accused of snatching taxi

A 32-year-old driver, who conspired with his wife to rob a driver of his Mazda Damio taxicab valued at GHS30,000.00 has been remanded into...

Acting MD of Kuapa Kokoo in GH¢4m bail over alleged embezzlement

The Asokwa District Court in the Ashanti region has granted a GH¢4 million bail to the acting Managing Director and the Operations Manager of...

Pastor, three others arraigned for assaulting alleged ‘witch’

Pastor Peter Ofori was arrested for allegedly assaulting 63-year-old Francisca Dzisi and branding same a witch, on November 25, 2022. After investigations, it was found...

3 suspected robbers burnt alive at Moseaso

Three men suspected to be armed robbers have been burnt alive at Moseaso in the Wassa Amenfi West of the Western Region. The incident happened...

7 tipper truck drivers arrested over axel load tax at Okyereko

A joint police and National Security operatives have arrested seven tipper truck drivers at Gomoa Okyereko in the Central region. The team from...

Unknown assailants attack NDC Parliamentary candidate

Unknown assailants have reportedly attacked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Bawku Central Parliamentary candidate, lawyer Ustarz Jibreel Sa-ad. The incident occurred on Thursday, April...

Tiwa Savage escapes alleged kidnap attempt, suspects arrested

Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage has confirmed escaping from a security breach at her residence. This comes after reports went viral, on Friday, that some men...

Mobile phone thief forced to hit the gym after clearing gutters [Video]

https://youtube.com/shorts/FSGEv7hNqcE?feature=share Irate youth of Ayigbe town in the Weija Gbawe Municipality have apprehended 25-year-old man Yaw Abraham who stole a mobile phone. The incident reportedly...

Gold Mafia: Money launderer claims Akufo-Addo is his friend and lawyer

A gold trader exposed in Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia investigative documentary has alleged that President Akufo-Addo is his friend and lawyer. Al Jazeera’s latest investigation,...

Man shot after running into robbery operation at Kasoa Akweley

A 26-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was shot in his waist by armed robbers at Kasoa Akweley New Town in...

 Driver, fined Gh¢14,400 for biting police man’s finger at Assin Fosu

The Assin-Fosu district court fined a 24-year-old commercial driver an amount of Gh¢14,400.00 or will serve nine months in prison for biting the fingers...

Trader remanded over ¢147k GIS recruitment scam

A 47-year-old trader who is accused of collecting GH¢147,000 under the pretext of recruiting 27 persons into the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) but failed,...

Man in critical condition after violent attack at Akropong Zongo

A 24-year-old man has suffered severe facial injuries and is battling for his life at the hospital after three people attacked him with machetes....

FDA arrests 9 persons in possession of unregistered products

Nine persons have been arrested by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in some parts of Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital for selling unregistered...

Man, 25, sentenced for defiling friend’s 4-year-old daughter

A Jasikan Circuit Court has sentenced a 25-year-old man identified as Stephen Kwame Asamoah to 12 years imprisonment for defiling a four-year-old girl in...

Three suspects who escaped from Nkwanta police cells jailed

Three accused persons who escaped from the Nkwanta Police cells but were re-arrested from their hideout have been jailed. The three are to serve two...

Woman robbed in broad daylight at Kasoa while returning from bank

A 28-year-old woman, Naana Abban has been robbed in a daylight robbery at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central region....

Lady murdered in a fight over a man, 3 in police remand

Three people have been remanded in police custody for the alleged murder of a 28-year-old lady at Dwinase near Kokotro in the Bekwai Municipality...

Three including 2 women allegedly murder 27-year-old lady

The Bekwai Magistrate court has remanded three persons for their alleged involvement in the murder of 27-year-old Vida Ennin at Dwenase in the Bekwai...

17-year-old, another remanded into police custody for robbery

The Tema Circuit Court A has remanded a 17-year-old and a 25-year-old into a juvenile cell and police custody, respectively, for allegedly robbing a...

Driver’s mate jailed 8 years for defiling minor in guest house

A 21-year-old driver's mate has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for having sex with a 13-year­ old girl...

Uber driver caught on camera attempting to rape young drunk female passenger

A new disturbing video shared online shows a male driver trying to rape a young drunk female passenger. But his efforts were thwarted by a...

 Police on manhunt for robbers who attacked money collection point at Anyinase

The Police are on a manhunt for a robbery gang who attacked a cash collection point at Anyinase near Essiama in the Western Region.  The...

My Lord I want more food – Slain soldier ‘killer’ begs court

One of the six suspects standing trial in connection with the murder of Trooper Sherrif Imoro at Taifa, a suburb of Ashaiman in the...

Trader, 41, remanded for duping top policeman

A 41-year-old trader, Jeffrey Owusu, has been remanded by the Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly duping a Deputy Commissioner of Police, (DCOP), of...

Ashaiman soldier murder suspect granted GH¢150K bail on health grounds

The Ashaiman Circuit Court has granted a GH¢150,000.00 bail with three sureties, two of which must be justified to Ibrahim Abdul Rakib, one of...

Five robbers gang-rape woman, 25, at Gomoa Ojobi

A 25-year-old woman is battling for her life after five armed robbers attacked and raped her in her house at Gomoa Ojobi in the...

Prison officer allegedly inflicts cutlass wounds on herdsman at Ejura

A 45-year-old herdsman, Abdullai Yaro is battling for his life at the St. Luke Hospital in Kasei in the Ejura-Sekyeredumasi Municipality of the Ashanti...

Police probe death of Assembly man after car crash

Police in Somanya in the Eastern region are investigating the death of Eric Narh Aglazo, Assembly member for Sra electoral area, who was killed...

 Parents witness lynching of 35-year-old son after crushing 4 to death

A mob has lynched a 35-year-old man, OlorunFemi Tope, after he reportedly crushed four persons to death in an accident at ljoka area of...

Boy, 12, escapes lynching for breaking into shop to steal

A 12-year-old boy narrowly escaped lynching after he was caught red-handed stealing in a shop at Agona Swedru in the Central region. The boy who...

‘Facebook rapist’ who faked death arrested in Tanzania

A rapist and murderer who escaped a South African prison by faking his own death has been arrested in Tanzania. Thabo Bester was at large...

6 arrested, 2 officers interdicted over Kumawu police attack

Police have arrested six persons for attacking a police officer at the Wono Akotsosu snap checkpoint in the Kumawu District of the Ashanti region. Preliminary...

Groom killed after bride’s ex gifted them sound system rigged with explosives

Police in India have arrested a man after he allegedly gifted a music system rigged with explosives, which killed the new husband of his ex-lover, according...

Two Nkwanta South jailbreakers re-arrested

Two more suspects who escaped from cells at the Nkwanta Police station in Oti region have been re-arrested. The two are robbery suspect, Mohammed Kadir...

Man, 43, stabbed to death at Sehwi Anhwiam

A 43-year-old man, Kwadwo Affum, has been stabbed to death at Sehwi Anhwiam in the Sehwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region. The incident...

Oforikrom MP hands over police station and quarters to police administration

The Member of Parliament for Oforikrom Constituency in Ashanti Region, Dr Emmanuel Marfo, has constructed and handed over a police station with a six-bedroom...

Man stabs elder brother to death over shirt and trouser

A 20-year-old man, Halifa Hamza, has stabbed his elder brother, Usman Hamza, to death with a pair of scissors in Kurna of Kano State,...

Nkwanta South jailbreaker attempts suicide

One of the suspects who escaped from police cells at Nkwanta South in Oti region has attempted suicide after he was re-arrested. The suspect, 20-year-old...