Crime

Defunct Beige Bank CEO’s trial adjourned over misunderstanding with lawyer

The Economic and Financial Crime Division of the High Court in Accra has adjourned the trial of former Chief Executive Officer of defunct Beige...

Police on manhunt for 2 for stealing $1,600 at Accra Mall

The Police are looking for two people for allegedly stealing an amount of 1,600 dollars from a forex bureau at the Accra Mall. The two...

Man arrested for alleged fraud at SHS placement centre

A man claiming to be an agent for the Ghana Education Service (GES) has been arrested by the Police at the Free Senior High...

Armed robbers steal credit union cash

Armed robbers have broken into the Holy Family Credit Union at Ashtown in Kumasi and made away with an amount of GH¢64,800. The runaway hoodlums,...

10 people arrested in Chereponi communal clashes

Police at Chereponi in the North East Region have arrested 10 suspects after a communal clash at Wenchike last week. The clash was said to...

JHS graduate battling for his life after alleged military brutality

A 19-year-old Junior High School (JHS) graduate, Kwame Aidooo, is battling for his life after alleged military brutality at Gomoa Mprumen in the Gomoa...

Former MASLOC boss to be tried in absentia

The Accra High Court has ordered that a former CEO of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, will be tried in...

Refer Opuni’s trial to Chief Justice

Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has urged Justice Clemence Honyenuga (rtd) to refer the case of former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board...

Alleged National Security operative in custody over alleged ‘galamsey’ and robbery

An alleged National Security person cited in a gold scam and robbery case has been arrested for a galamsey-related offence. Together with two others Kelvin...

Nigerian politician arrested with almost $500,000 on election eve

A Nigerian politician has been arrested for alleged money laundering after being caught with $498,100 (£414,000) in cash a day before general election. The wads...

Police on manhunt for man who defiled, impregnated his 2 nieces at Agona Swedru

Agona Swedru District Police Command has launched a manhunt for one Kobina Appiah for allegedly defiling and impregnating his own family members. The 32-year-old Kobina...

21-year-old ex-convict returns to jail for stealing GHS 3,050, phone

A 21-year-old ex-convict, Dawudu Isahaku, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for breaking into a resident's room to steal GHS 3,050 and a...

Shop attendant arrested for locking up ECG staff

A 24-year-old shop attendant has been arrested by the Police for locking up a monitoring staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in...

Defunct Beige Bank CEO siphoned over 10,000 deposits – Witness tells court

A Chartered Accountant with accounting and auditing firm, KPMG, Julius Ayivor, has told the Accra High Court that the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...

Afoko’s trial ends after 8 years

The trial of Gregory Afoko, a farmer who has been charged together with Asabke Alangde, has ended after eight years following the alleged acid...

Boxer, 14 others arrested for improper waste disposal, open defecation

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has arrested 15 people for dumping refuse at unauthorised places and indulging in open defecation contrary to Section 56(a) and (b)...

I never discussed coup d’état with anyone – Mac-Palm tells Court

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Citadel Hospital, Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, has told the High Court in Accra that he had never...

Woman narrates how lover doused her with acid for refusing blood covenant

A woman, identified as Martha Kakari Asiamah, has been left with permanent scars after her jealous lover doused her with acid. Madam Asiamah said her...

SHS graduate allegedly stoned to death at ‘galamsey’ site near Denkyira Obuasi

A 22-year-old Senior High School (SHS) graduate, Evans Wireko, has been stoned to death at a 'galamsey' site by some persons at Fobinso near...

One dead, 3 injured after gunshots at funeral

One person has been killed after gunshots were fired at the funeral grounds of a late taxi driver, Owusu Banaahene, at Gyankobaa, in the...

Immigration Service reacts to officer’s involvement in alleged extortion

Management of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) says it has taken note of a widely circulated incident in which a group of persons, including...

45-year-old tiler in court for allegedly sleeping with mentally challenged lady

A 45-year-old tiler has appeared before an Adentan Circuit Court for allegedly having sex with a 22-year-old mentally challenged lady at Pure Water, near...

70-year-old man arrested for raping 25-year-old woman

A 70-year-old man is in the grips of the Bimbilla police in Nanumba North municipality in the Northern region for allegedly raping a 21-year-old...

Man stabs brother to death over yam

A 40-year-old man and farmer, Bilikangma Kitimor, has allegedly stabbed his junior brother over yam setts at Bladjai in the Kpandai District of the...

‘Self-acclaimed’ chief arrested over alleged recruitment fraud

The Abura Dunkwa Circuit Court in the Central Region has granted a GHC6,000 bail to a self-acclaimed Chief of Abura Dunkwa, Nana Okromansa Ofosu...

School placement challenges will be resolved – Free SHS Secretariat assures parents

The Deputy Coordinator of the Free SHS Secretariat, Nana Afrah Sika Mensah, has assured that all challenges associated with the Computerised School Selection Placement...

Mankessim murder: Police conclude investigations, await advice from AG

The Ghana Police Service has completed investigations into the killing of Georgina Asor Botwe, a 25-year-old prospective student nurse at Mankessim. The police are,...

West Hills Death: Docket, pathologist report forwarded to AG for advice

Police prosecutors have told the District Court at Sowutuom that the duplicate docket and pathology report of the deceased in the West Hills Mall...

Dozens of dissolved Qnet workers arrested in a swoop in Koforidua

Police in Koforidua have arrested 60 independent representatives (IRs) and workers of online networking marketing company (Qnet) dissolved by Court for operating a Ponzi...

I didn’t kill Adams Mahama – Accused cries in court

Asabke Alangdi, the second accused person charged with the murder of the then Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji...

Man battling for his life after attack by unknown assailants at Awutu Bereku

A man, believed to be in his 30s, is unconscious after unknown assailants inflicted cutlass wounds on him at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu...

Man and son arrested for killing bull in Savannah Region

A 58-year-old man, Langa Jakpa and his 31-year-old son, Langa Mahama, have been arrested by the Tuna police in the Sawla District of the...

Three arrested over alleged sale of drugs at James Town

The James Town Police have arrested three persons alleged to have engaged in the sale of drugs to young people at James Town, Accra....

Nkawkaw: Man kills father for not accepting his lover

A 35-year-old man is in police grips for killing his biological father for challenging his right to marry the woman of his choice. Abdul Wadudu...

Afoko murder trial: Second accused reveals why he fled to Ivory Coast

The second Accused person in the alleged acid incident which led to the death of New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Upper East Regional Chairman, Adams...

Two arrested for human trafficking in Ashanti Region

The police in the Ashanti Region have arrested two persons believed to be behind the trafficking of foreign nationals to engage in begging in...

Man beaten to death for stealing plantain at Ajuamko Bisease

A 40-year-old man, Kwame Essel, has been beaten to death for allegedly stealing plantain from a farm at Ajumako Bisease in the Ajumako Enyan...

Man beaten to pulp for stealing from accident victims at Gomoa Akwamu

A man, believed to be in his late 30's, has escaped lynching after stealing a mobile phone at Gomoa Akwamu in the Gomoa Central...

Man’s neck slashed over fruit juice price

A young man has been wounded and hospitalised following a hot argument he had with a drinking spot attendant over the price of a...

Police officers disguise themselves as prostitutes to arrest criminals – IGP reveals

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has revealed the extent to which his administration is going to fight crime while ensuring...