Crime

Woman allegedly shot dead over burial rituals

The Koforidua District Court presided over by Her Worship Nana Ama Dabbah Fynn Esquire has remanded Felix Teye, a farmer into prison custody for...

Mentally challenged woman on rampage; kills one at Circle [Video]

https://youtu.be/lK1NH4sM5Cc A woman suspected to be mentally challenged has reportedly smashed the skull of a young man believed to be in his 20s at...

Buried body of 62-year-old security man exhumed in Wa

The Upper West Regional Police Command has commenced investigations into the alleged murder of a private security man, Mumuni Jartoe at Kpaguri, a suburb...

Suspect allegedly commits suicide in police custody

A 48-year-old native of Kyeremasu, Solomon Kyere, has been found dead in his cell at the town’s police station. The late Solomon Kyere was held...

CCTV captures thief in broad daylight operation

An elderly man has been exposed on CCTV using unusual means to steal from a phone shop. The man successfully got away with two phones,...

Suspected ritualist slits throat of tricycle rider

A suspected ritualist has slit the throat of a tricycle rider aka yellow yellow believed to be in his early 20s at Gumo in...

GIS intercepts 2,497 slabs of suspected Indian hemp

Officers at the Nyive Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Volta Region have intercepted 2,497 slabs of substances suspected to...

Two arrested over ‘murder’ of Canada-based Ghanaian on vacation

The Police have arrested Safina Mohammed Adizatu, a student and Michael Fiifi Ampofo Arku, a Technical Officer for their alleged involvement in the murder...

Man jailed for bathing lover with acid over divorce

The Bibiani Circuit Court, presided over by his Honor Joshua Caleb Abaido, has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Francis Ennin to 10 years imprisonment. He was...

John Kumah disowns fake soldier who claims to be his brother [Video]

Ejisu Member of Parliament (MP), John Kumah, says he does not have any relation to a fake soldier arrested over a Ghana Armed Forces...

Scrap dealer jailed 20 years for cutting stolen truck into spare parts

The Kibi Circuit court in the Eastern Region, presided over by Peter Oppong-Boahene, has jailed a 41-year-old spare parts dealer, Hassan Ziblim, to...

Four jailed 76 years for robbing mobile money vendor at gunpoint

Three ex-convicts and another have been sentenced to 19 years imprisonment each for robbing two mobile money vendors at gunpoint at Ablekuma in the...

Trial of Collins Dauda, others to begin in October

The trial Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing who doubles as NDC MP for Asutifi South in the...

I’m scared – Akufo-Addo’s appointee ‘cries’ after thieves broke into his home

The Kwadaso Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Richmond Agyenim Boateng, says he is living in fear after unidentified thieves broke into his home. The unfortunate incident...

Man allegedly inflicts cutlass wounds on girlfriend for denying him sex

A man has allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on his partner at Bepong in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region. The 40-year-old suspect, reportedly,...

Sehwi Proso chief linguist shot dead in forest

A chief linguist of Sehwi Proso traditional area in the Juaboso District has allegedly been shot dead in a forest by unidentified persons. It...

Court remands police officer, KNUST student accused of rape

The Asokore Mampong District court has remanded a police officer, Lance Corporal Frank Adu Poku and a final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah...

Newly married banker shot dead as robbers attack bullion van

Friends and family are mourning one Igwe O Igwe, a banker who was shot dead by armed robbers during a bullion van robbery. The deceased...

GES shuts school after gang forced teacher to kneel and beg for punishing students

The Akyem Anyinasin Methodist Junior High School (JHS) in the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern region has been closed down by the Ghana...

Sex worker arrested for slashing colleague’s private part with blade during fight over client

A feud between two commercial sex workers in Kumasi turned bloody after the assailant who has been identified as the godmother of all the prostitutes...

One shot dead; 4 injured as youth groups clash at Ofoase Ayirebi

One person has been confirmed dead with four persons sustaining gunshot wounds following deadly clashes between Ofoase Zongo youth and Brenase youth. The Akyemansa...

Galamsey: 10 Chinese, Ghanaian accomplices arrested at Kwahu enclave [Video]

https://youtu.be/xCN7Ao5Whec?t=74 The Counter Intelligent Unit (CIU) at the Office Of The President Annex has arrested 10 Chinese nationals for engaging in illegal mining (galamsey) in...

Let’s end the stigma against ex-convicts – Akufo-Addo tells Ghanaians

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the public to embrace and ensure former convicts are re-integrated in society without any discrimination. In a keynote...

Burkinabe arrested in Gbele Forest Reserve

The police in the Sissala West district have arrested a Burkinabe national in the Gbele Park Reserve near Desime over suspicion that he is...

Leader of Nigerian prostitutes, others jailed for human trafficking in Ghana

Iforma Okeke, aka Mama Blessing, a 33-year-old hairdresser and head of Nigerian prostitutes at Ayamfuri in the Central Region, has been sentenced to five...

Investigate Kokrobite killing – Family urges IGP

The Nii Ardey Nkpa family of Kokrobite in Accra has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to undertake a thorough investigation into the...

Nigerian man arrested for fraud granted GHS20 million bail

A Nigerian man, Sunny Anwamini aka Sunny Enyindah Anwamini or Apostle Sunny Chigeru, arrested for fraud, has been granted GHS 20K with three sureties,...

COCOBOD trial: Regional managers lobbied me for more Lithovit fertiliser – Former Deputy Director

A former Deputy Executive Director in charge of Monitoring and Evaluation of the Cocoa Health Extensions Division (CHED) now retired from the Ghana Cocoa...

Several houses burnt at Chereponi over land dispute [Photos]

About 16 houses have been set ablaze at Sogbum, a farming community in the Chereponi District of the Northeast Region, in a renewed dispute. This...

Saglemi Housing case: State prosecutors buy time to file “outstanding documents”

Hearing of the case in which Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing and four others involved in the...

Thieves steal feeding items from Adansi Asokwa Primary School [Video]

https://youtu.be/vF90DqjvdC0 Thieves have for the second time in eight days raided the Adansi Asokwa Primary School in the Ashanti Region and bolted with feeding items....

Husband flees after allegedly chopping off wife’s three fingers [Photo]

A young man identified as Robert Arhin is currently said to be on the run after allegedly chopping off three of his wife's fingers. Mr...

Irate Essipon residents apprehend cable thief

The alertness of residents of Essipon in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region has led to the arrest of a young man...

Police Officer who impersonated IGP granted GH¢100k bail

A Police Officer, who allegedly impersonated the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare and Director-General of CID, COP Ken Yeboah, has been...

Latest on Kasoa ritual murder

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court is today (Monday, July 25, 2020) expected to empanel a jury in the case in which...

Scary moment pastor was robbed at gunpoint during church service [Video]

A New-York based pastor has released a footage from a livestream of his church which captured a robbery during one of his services. Identified as...

Six-year-old girl, parents shot dead while camping

A six-year-old girl and her parents have been shot dead while camping in the US state of Iowa, police have said. The bodies of...

Suspected thief stoned to death in front of Methodist church

A suspected thief has been stoned to death in front of the Ashtown Methodist Church in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. The unidentified...

Farmer jailed 7 years for cultivating marijuana

Eric Adrah, a 45-year-old farmer, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawfully cultivating a narcotic plant. He was handed a five-year imprisonment...

Police arrest illegal meter peddler

The police at Mamprobi have arrested Henry Teye Adjirackor, a technician, for illegally possessing, selling and installing meters, and passing them off as meters...