Crime

Court sentences 40-year-old over death threat  

A Jasikan Circuit Court has sentenced a 40-year-old man, Sampson Kwame Asong, to five years imprisonment for threatening to kill a drinking spot owner...

Three remanded for robbing “Afrochella” fan of her iPhone X

Three persons including an ex-convict who robbed a tourist of her mobile phone valued at GHS3,000 at El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra have appeared...

Two remanded over GH¢900K robbery

Two suspected robbers have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for conspiring with two others to rob a businessman of his GH¢ 900,000...

One injured, property vandalised as Gausu youth clash

Fear has gripped the entire Gausu community in the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region following violent attacks on some youth by a group...

Fake cop, 3 others allegedly hijack, steal tanker transporting petrol

A man dressed in Police uniform, accompanied by two plain clothes men, have allegedly hijacked and stolen a tanker vehicle fully loaded with fuel...

Police investigate murder of mother and son

The Millennium City Police Command has commenced investigations into the circumstances that led to the death of a mother and son at Green Estate,...

Caprice robbery: Accused pleads not guilty to charges

Four out of the five accused persons arrested in connection with the Caprice robbery incident in Accra have pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against...

Walewale residents live in fear over robberies

Residents of Walewale and its environs in the West Mamprusi municipality in the North East Region are living in constant fear following incessant armed...

Nana Agradaa fails to appear in court

The Police on Wednesday prayed an Accra Circuit Court to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of Patricia Asiedua aka Nana Agradaa, a...

DVLA interdicts 4 staff implicated in ‘Money Over Human Lives’ documentary

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has interdicted four members of staff who were implicated in Corruption Watch's Francisca Enchill's ‘Money Over Human...

Headmaster shot in the eye while easing himself in bush at Ekumfi

A 35-year-old assistant headmaster of Ekumfi Akra Methodist Basic School is battling for his life after he was shot in a bush near a...

Man, 28, found dead by roadside at Assin Dominase

Fear and panic have gripped residents of Dominase in the Assin South District of the Central Region following the murder of a 28-year-old man.The...

Man sues police over arrest

The head of the Huahi Royal Family of Boadi in the Ashanti Region has filed a suit against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) over...

ECG uncovers fake meters usage in Krobo area; perpetrators arrested

The Krobo District branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has uncovered fake meters and direct power connections in their system which was...

Beige Bank case: Court to conclude Case Management Conference today

Founder and CEO of the defunct Beige Bank, Michael Nyinaku, is expected back in court today, January 11, 2023, as the court is set...

‘World’s most wanted human trafficker’ arrested

An Eritrean national described as one of "the world's most wanted" human traffickers has been arrested in Sudan after an international manhunt led by...

Driver’s mate sentenced to 10 years imprisonment

The Ashaiman Circuit Court has sentenced Enoch Ofori, a driver's mate to 10 years imprisonment in hard about for robbery.The court presided over by...

Scrap dealer jailed 3 years for stealing water taps

A 50-year-old scrap dealer who stole two water taps from a National Security Bungalow to enable him to buy food has been sentenced to...

Unaccounted gold export: Ghana lost $1.1b in 2 years

Ghana lost a total of $1.1 billion through unaccounted gold exports between 2019 and 2021, investigations by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO)...

Farmer, 43, shoots friend dead at Tepa-Mabang

A 43-year-old farmer, Akwasi Noshi, is on the run after allegedly shooting his friend dead at Tepa-Mabang in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality of...

Businessman discharged from gun trafficking trial

Michael Akwasi Sakyi, a businessman who was standing trial alongside two military officers and civilians has been discharged by an Accra Circuit Court after...

Woman accuses ex-husband of sodomising their son

A middle-aged woman is accusing her ex-husband of sodomising their ward.Mary Yeboah alleges her ex-husband, Kwaku Darko, sodomised their child who was a year...

Police arrest 2 of 16 suspects in connection with disturbance during NDC congress

The Ghana Police have arrested two people wanted in connection with the violent disturbances that occurred during the NDC’s National Youth and Women’s Congress...

Assemblyman, 3 others arrested for possession of suspected narcotic substances

An assemblyman and three other accomplices have been arrested for unlawful possession of over 104 bags of substances suspected to be narcotics at Lolonya...

Kasoa MoMo robbery case: Family demands body of suspect who died in police custody

The family of Godfred Okai, the suspect who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the mobile money robbery at Kasoa, has demanded the...

Man lynched for murdering ‘Okada’ rider he hired

A man suspected to have killed a colleague 'okada' rider at Asiri in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region has been lynched.Information...

Mobile Money vendor shot at Buduburam reported dead

A 28-year-old mobile money vendor who was shot at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region has been confirmed dead.Michael was attacked and shot at...

Man who stole rapper Meek Mill’s phone remanded

The man accused of stealing US rapper Meek Mill's iPhone 14 Pro Max during the musician's visit to the country last month has made...

Kasoa mobile money robbery: Last suspect arrested

The Ghana Police Service has announced that it has arrested the last suspect in the mobile money robbery incident at Kasoa which occurred on...

Nsawam: Thief escapes lynching after being caught red-handed

A man believed to be in his early twenties escaped lynching when he was caught red-handed stealing iron rods at Nsawam in the Eastern...

IGP promises positive security outlook in 2023

The Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has made a surprise visit to Luv FM and Nhyira FM in Kumasi with promises...

Man beats wife to pulp after she caught him in bed with another woman

A 34-year-old Ugandan man, who clobbered his Kenyan wife after she caught him in their matrimonial bed with another woman on Christmas Day, is...

Man who allegedly shot and killed sawmill operator arrested

A 25-year-old man, Sowah, is in the custody of the Agona Swedru Divisional Police for allegedly shooting a sawmill operator to death at Agona...

Sawmill operator shot dead at Agona Asafo

A 43 -year -old sawmill operator, Kweku Yeboah, has been shot dead by a man at Agona Asafo in the Agona East District of...

Suspect arrested as Police retrieve Meek Mill’s phone

The Police have arrested one suspect and retrieved a mobile phone that was stolen from Meek Mill, an American hip-hop artiste.The suspect, identified as...

Policeman charged with murder of pregnant lawyer on Christmas Day

A Nigerian police officer has been charged with murder over the shooting of a female lawyer in the main city, Lagos, on Christmas Day.Drambi...

Robbers who shot MoMo vendor at Kasoa remanded

The Awutu Ofaakor District Court has remanded two weeks into custody two robbery suspects who shot a Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor last week at...

Woman found dead in her farm at Mpambe

A woman, believed to be in her 30s, has allegedly been murdered in a community called Mpambe in the Wapuli electoral area in the...

Man accused of defiling 4-year-old girl at Kasoa

A 50-year-old man, Brother George, is in hot waters after being accused of defiling a four- year-old girl at Kasoa Adam Nana in the...

Policemen allegedly crash man to death at Dambai

A 43-year-old man, Tunkwayuri Mensah, has met his untimely death at Dambai in the Krachi East municipality of the Oti Region after two policemen...