Crime

GES reacts to viral video of SHS students’ misconduct

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has condemned a viral video of some Senior High School (SHS) students insulting President Nana Akufo-Addo. The students in the...

16-year-old boy arrested for raping brother’s wife, 9 other ladies

A Nigerian police command has arrested a 16-year-old boy for allegedly raping his brother's wife as well as nine other women on different occasions. The...

Court reviews Nana Agradaa’s bail

An Accra Circuit Court has varied the bail terms of Patricia Asiedua, also known as Nana Agradaa, who is being held over an alleged...

3 Chinese arrested for murder of ‘galamseyer’

Three Chinese nationals have been arrested for the alleged murder of a male in a forest at Dompim close to the Bonsa River in...

Ukrainian man arrested in alleged fake currency trafficking

A Ukrainian national, Mazen Farakh, who has been on the wanted list of the police for alleged fake currency trafficking, has been arrested.  The...

22-year-old lady shot and killed in fiancée’s house  [Photos]

An unknown gunman has shot and killed a 22-year-old lady, Abubakari Mansura, at Gumbihini in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region. The shooting...

Two male applicants denied ‘Call to the Bar’

Two male applicants to be enrolled in the Ghana Bar were on Friday denied their Call for violating the Rules of Robing applicable to...

Court sets date to rule on ‘Fake’ Takoradi pregnant woman’s case

The Takoradi Circuit Court ‘A’ has set Tuesday, November 15, 2022, to deliver its final ruling in the case in which a supposed heavily...

Man, 24, jailed for attempting to bomb Nigerian church in USA

A federal court in the United States has sentenced a Pennsylvania man, Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, to 208 months (17 years and three months) for...

4 suspects arrested for violent land dispute at Gomoa Akramang

Police have arrested four suspects for their involvement in a violent land dispute at Gomoa Akramang in the Central Region. The Police in a statement...

Police swoop allegedly leaves one dead; over 100 arrested [Video]

https://youtu.be/D6-Xeqyn08s A young man has been reported dead in a swoop led by the Northern Regional Police Command at Aboabo Market. Over 100 suspected criminals...

Mother who dumped baby in public toilet remanded

The Awutu Bereku District Court has remanded into Police custody, a 26-year-old mother, Barikisu Amadu Maria who dumped her four-day-old baby boy into a...

Nana Agradaa’s lawyers beg court

Lawyers for Patricia Asiedu, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, have asked the Accra Circuit court 10 to vary the bail conditions given to the...

Chinese woman found dead in hotel room in Tema

A female Chinese national has been found dead in a room at Aristocrat Hotel in Tema Thursday morning. According to reports, she was found lying...

26-year-old mother who dumped baby in public toilet arrested

The Gomoa Dominase District Police Command has arrested a mother who dumped her two-week-old baby in a public toilet. The 26-year-old mother, Maria Bakusu, committed...

Mankessim murder: No show for suspects over lack of fuel for Police vehicle

Relatives of 22-year-old Asor Botchwey who was gruesomely murdered at Mankessim were left disappointed as the court adjourned the case for the fourth time....

Mentally challenged man stoned to death after attacking couple

A mentally challenged man has been stoned to death at Abakrampa in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of the Central Region. This was after...

Man arrested with drugs concealed in car tyre [Video]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nigeria have arrested a man with illicit drugs concealed inside his tyre. The spokesperson of...

Aisha Huang’s trial begins today

The High Court in Accra is expected to begin the trial of galamsey 'kingpin' Aisha Huang today, November 9, 2022. This comes after prosecution complied...

2 grabbed for allegedly robbing UG foreign student

Two drivers’ mates who allegedly robbed a student at the University of Ghana, Legon of her mobile phone valued at GH₵3,000 have been remanded...

Four-day-old baby dumped in public toilet rescued

A four-day-old baby boy has escaped death after his mother dumped him into a public toilet at Gomoa Potsin in the Central Region. The...

One shot dead, 7 injured in violent clashes between 2 communities

A 31-year-old man, Quashie Edem, has been shot dead with six others injured in a cutlass and gun battle in land litigation between the...

Police Inspector arrested for reckless driving

An Inspector with the Ghana Police Service, Entwie Bio, has been arrested for reckless driving.  The officer was reportedly arrested on Monday after he...

Teacher trainee jailed for impersonation

The Wa Circuit Court has sentenced Uthman Anuwar Sadat, a first-year student of the Nusrat Jahan Training College to 14 months imprisonment for impersonation...

Former Beige Bank CEO pleads not guilty to stealing ¢1.2bn, granted bail

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of defunct Beige Bank, Michael Nyinaku, has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of stealing and money laundering filed against...

Fake mentally challenged man nabbed with sack filled with dead babies

A mob descended heavily on a man after he was caught with a sack filled with dead babies in Nigeria. According to reports, the suspect,...

Former Beige Bank CEO charged with money laundering, theft

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Beige Bank Limited, Michael Henaku, has been charged with  44 counts of money laundering, fraudulent breach of trust...

Four remanded over medical doctor’s stolen laptop, documents

Two persons who allegedly broke into a Land Cruiser vehicle and made away with an Apple Mac Book pro Laptop valued at GHS14,000 have...

Police probes violent chieftaincy dispute at Enchi

The Ghana Police Service say they have restored calm at Enchi in the Western North Region. This was after a violent chieftaincy dispute resulted in...

Miner jailed for posing as Police Intelligence Officer

A 37-year-old miner who posed as a Police intelligence officer and attempted to dupe some people at Sekyere, in the Sekyere-Kumawu district, has been...

Hushpuppi sentenced to 11 years in prison

Ramon Abass, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has been sentenced to 11 years for internet fraud and money laundering. Considered by some as a socialite,...

Native doctor attempts to bury lover alive after slitting her throat [Photos]

A Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria has remanded a native doctor in prison custody on an offence of attempted murder.  The...

Police on manhunt for robbers who attacked family and killed 2

The police are on a manhunt for a robbery gang who attacked and robbed a family of three along the Ejura-Nkwanta-Nyinase road in the...

3 Chinese ‘galamseyers’ denied bail

The Bekwai Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour, Mark Diboro Tairima, has refused a bail application for three Chinese illegal miners. The suspects identified...

Man allegedly stabs 64-year-old mother to death

A 28-year-old man has been arrested for stabbing his Nigerian mother to death in east London. On Tuesday, November 1, 2022, Detectives charged Nicholas...

Court sets date for Aisha Huang’s trial

The trial of Chinese illegal mining kingpin, En Huang, also known as Aisha Huang, is set to begin on November 9, 2022 following case...

Abesim murder suspect to undergo psychiatric evaluation

The Attorney-General has asked the Police to charge Richard Appiah, accused of killing two minors and storing some of their body parts in a...

Alhaji Sani lashes out at group that attacked party headquarters

A founding member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Mohammed Sani, has lashed out at a group of persons who attacked its headquarters. The...

Lawyer and orphanage proprietress jailed over adoption

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a lawyer and an orphanage proprietress to three years each in prison for deceiving a married couple to...

Taxi driver stabbed with car stolen after being hired by female passenger

A 29-year-old taxi driver, Andy Donkor, has escaped death after being stabbed multiple times when a female passenger hired his services. The incident occurred at...