Crime

Father who attempted to use daughter for rituals faces off with journalists in court

There was drama at the District Court in Accra (Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit) hearing the case involving a 47-year-old businessman, who allegedly...

Phone repairer jailed for posting lady’s nude pictures on social media

A 22-year-old phone repairer has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for sharing intimate pictures of a Lebanese woman on social media.Appearing before an...

20 Togolese nationals arrested for unlawful assembly at Hohoe

The Hohoe Divisional Police Command has arrested 20 Togolese nationals for assembling for an unlawful purpose.The 20 persons arrested are all men aged...

Young lady found dead at Abura Dunkwa with body parts missing

A woman, believed to be in her 20s, has been found dead at Nkramofukrom near Abura Dunkwa in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of...

Husband arrested over murder of wife dies in custody

A man suspected of murdering his wife at Ada has died in police custody.The middle-aged man by the name of David Ayornu, who...

Kasoa teen murder case: Judge sheds tears while reading brief

A High Court Judge, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, on Thursday, shed tears when she read out the chilling accounts of how two teenagers allegedly...

One arrested as police hunt for two others over murder of 85-year-old man

The Police on June 16, 2022, arrested John Adonu, a welder, for his suspected involvement in the murder of an 85-year-old man, Joseph Tawiah...

Islamic SHS protest: I was assaulted and denied access to hospital – Teacher recounts

A 40-year-old teacher has been recounting how he was allegedly battered by crowd-control Police during the protest by students of Islamic High School in Kumasi...

Armed thugs who shot 5 including chief at Assin Praso arrested

Eight armed robbers who attacked and shot five people including the Chief at Adanse Praso in the Assin North District have been arrested by...

Kasoa ritual murder: Judge sheds tears in court

A High Court Judge, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, Thursday, shed tears when she read out the chilling accounts of how two teenagers allegedly killed...

Interesting details emerge about J.B. Danquah’s murder case

Police Chief Inspector Daniel Nkrumah, an Investigator, says the fingerprints, taken from the residence of the murdered J.B. Danquah-Adu, Abuakwa North Member of Parliament,...

Gunmen kill driver, assault others, rob businessman of money

A gang of suspected armed robbers have invaded the house of Mr Atsu Makafui Kumordzi, a lotto operator, and shot to death a 51-year-old...

Capital Bank trial: High Court dismisses Ato Essien’s Stay of Proceedings

The High Court in Accra hearing the case in which William Ato Essien and two others are standing trial for their roles leading to...

60-year-old groundnut farmer arrested for allegedly murdering wife

Mr. Robert Ayambile, a 60-year-old groundnut farmer, is in the grips of the Bono East Regional Police Command for allegedly murdering his 55-year-old wife,...

NSS staff arrested for issuing fake GES posting letters remanded

A Tamale Circuit Court has remanded a National Service person who was arrested for allegedly issuing fake Ghana Education Service (GES) appointments and posting...

Man found dead with head missing at Kpetoe

Police in the Agortime Ziope District of the Volta Region is on a manhunt for a man believed to have murdered an old man...

Illegal miner stabs friend to death

Fisticuffs between two illegal miners at an Indian hemp (wee) base at Akyem Achiase to prove who is stronger has resulted in the death...

Court orders fraudster to sweep church for 6 months

A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted and sentenced one Chibuike Omemgboji to six months of community service.He was convicted on...

Popular actor arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl

Nigerian actor Moses Armstrong has been caged by the police for alleged sexual assault of a minor.He was arrested on Thursday, June 16 by...

Interesting twist to coup plot trial as Defence Minister, Adam Bonaa pops up

It has emerged in court that contrary to claims that Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr Benjamin Agordzo discussed Arab Spring with Dr Frederick...

Assembly taskforce beats mason to pulp

Members of the Afigya Kwabere South Assembly taskforce in the Ashanti Region have beaten to pulp a mason identified as John Okyere.The victim...

Kasoa ritual murder: Court makes u-turn, trial to be conducted by jury

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court has made a u-turn and restored the ‘Kasoa boys’ murder case back to a jury trial.The...

Three soldiers, accomplice arrested

The Police on June 4, 2022 arrested three Military personnel and one other accomplice in connection with a robbery incident at Nsakina near Amasaman...

Armed robbers attack lotto agent, kills staff

Suspected armed robbers have raided the residence of Atsu Makafui Kumordzi, a popular lotto agent at Akatsi in the Volta Region.The gang of robbers...

2 police officers promoted for arresting colleague for drug possession

The Ghana Police Service has promoted two of its personnel for effecting the arrest of a fellow policeman carrying substances suspected to be Indian...

2 including 54-year-old man arrested for robbery; another on the run

The Sawla District Police Command has arrested two Fulani herdsmen for robbery at Naffa Gido, a farming community in the Sawla district of the...

Two police officers promoted for arresting one of their own for possessing ‘wee’

The police administration has promoted two of its officers for effecting the arrest of another officer suspected to be carrying 84 parcels of compressed...

Policeman under police guard after being involved in accident

A Police Sergeant, identified as Lotsu Agbeko, aged 36, working with the Form Police Unit (FPU) at Tesano has being involved in an accident....

Oppong Nkrumah visits 15-year-old girl molested at Ofoase

Ofoase Ayirebi Member of Parliament (MP), Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has paid a visit to a 15-year-old girl who was molested at Akyem-Ofoase in the...

Sex worker beaten to death by customer for keeping Quran under pillow

The Lagos State Police Command has charged three suspects to court for allegedly beating a sex worker, Hannah Saliu, to death and setting her corpse ablaze...

Chief shot by unknown assailants at Gyengyen

The Chief of Gyengyen, a community in the Krachi West Municipality of the Volta Region, has been shot by unknown assailants at his residence.It...

Constituents chase MP over GHC800K job scam

A growing number of fraud victims in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Constituency who were duped in a GHC800, 000 job scam are chasing after the...

Murder suspect dies in police custody in Ada

A 31-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly killing his wife at Lufenya, a suburb of Ada in the Greater Accra Region is reported...

Two soldiers arrested for allegedly raping nursing student

Two military officers from the 155 Armoured Regiment based at Damongo are currently in police custody for allegedly raping a past student of the...

Old man allegedly scamming accommodation seekers finally arrested, several victims emerge

A syndicate of serial fraudsters led by an old man who for years has been scamming persons searching for accommodation in Accra has finally...

Heavy security at Islamic SHS as parents troop there to withdraw their wards [Video]

https://youtu.be/rn5BzezYsS8There is heavy security presence at the Islamic Senior High School (SHS) as some parents have trooped there to withdraw their children following reports...

Shocking moment two policemen ‘throw punches at boy, 16’ in back garden

This is the shocking moment two Met Police officers appear to repeatedly punch a teenage boy in his friend's back garden.Footage shared online appears...

Thousands rally across US for stricter gun laws

Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied across the US to call for stricter gun laws in the wake of two mass shootings.Those taking...

Heavy security at Kutula, one dead in new clashes

There has been heavy security deployment to Kutula, a community in the Savannah Region, following clashes which left one person dead.The deceased was allegedly...

Dozens of wedding guests abducted in Nigeria

Gunmen have abducted at least 29 people in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara, police say.The victims were travelling back home from a wedding...