Crime

Man jailed for stealing his mother’s plates

A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to serve three months in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing his mother's thermos flask and three...

‘I survived a kidnapping but part of me died that day’

After a surge in the number of abductions in recent years, South Africa has one of the highest rates of kidnapping in the world,...

Trial of former MASLOC boss in absentia in limbo

An attempt by state prosecutors to have former boss of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, tried in absentia is...

64yr-old man arrested for allegedly threatening Supreme Court judge

A 64-year-old retired quantity surveyor with the State Housing Corporation, Livingston Bosso, was last Friday, May 6, 2022, arrested for allegedly threatening a Justice...

Brother of alleged plantain thief man stoned to death arrested

The Mankessim Divisional Police Command have arrested the brother of a 30-year-old man, Caleb who was stoned to death for allegedly stealing plantain. Speaking to...

Court orders arrest of NPP Chairman

The Tamale Circuit Court has ordered the arrest of one Alhaji Shani Mohammed who has been fingered in an assassination attempt on the life of...

Woman, 28, remanded for defrauding Immigration officer over GHc400k

A 28-year-old trader, Dorcas Twene Amankwa, has been remanded by the Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly defrauding an Immigration officer of a sum...

Soldier allegedly beats suspected thief to pulp [Video]

https://youtu.be/jX_Q8eGPYd4 A soldier who has been identified as Solomon Ntow has led a mob action against a suspected thief at Millennium City in the Gomoa...

Five arrested for engaging in illegal sand winning at Gonsie

Five persons have been arrested for engaging in illegal sand-winning activities at Gonsie, a suburb of the Weija Gbawe Municipality in the Greater Accra...

Girl needs urgent surgery to save fingers dipped into boiling water over ¢2

A nine-year-old girl has given a chilling account of how her guardian held her hand into boiling water as punishment for taking ¢2 to...

Police give update on Nkroful Magistrate Court, Esiama Police station chaos

The Western Regional Police Command has, so far, arrested eleven persons for their involvement in the attacks on the Esiama Divisional Headquarters, the Nkroful...

Farmer remanded into prison custody for stealing plantains 

A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region has remanded Ibrahim Quattara, 27, farmer, into prison custody to...

Native doctor awaiting human parts passes on

A native doctor has reportedly been confirmed dead while awaiting the delivery of human parts for ritual. According to reports, police caught two men with...

15-year-old girl arrested for faking kidnapping incident

The Assin Fosu Police Command has arrested a 15-year-old girl for allegedly faking her kidnapping and demanding a ransom of ¢20,000 from her father. An...

Celta Vigo striker Santi Mina jailed for sexual assault

Celta Vigo striker Santi Mina has been sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of sexual abuse. Mina, 26, will appeal against...

Boy, 4, found dead with body parts missing at Gomoa Nyanyano [Video]

https://youtu.be/ojrdyJ794p0 A four-year-old boy has allegedly been killed and dumped into a river at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Central region. According to eyewitnesses, the body of...

SHS student allegedly sets herself on fire over father’s identity

A 19-year-old female Senior High School (SHS) student has been pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital in Anum Boso in the Eastern region...

Gunmen kill couple on their way to their wedding

Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed soldiers on their way to their wedding in Imo state, Nigeria. In a phone conversation obtained by LIB, a man...

Two jailed 20 years each for robbery, causing harm

Two persons, Korshie Ahtso, 23, and Wisdom Dzeke, 25 have been jailed 20 years each by an Aflao Circuit Court for robbery, causing harm...

Masked men kill businessman at Wassa Akropong

A 34-year-old businessman has been shot and killed in front of his house at Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality of the...

Man allegedly hacks 65-year-old father to death

A man believed to be in his 30s is in the grips of the police for allegedly killing his father Dadieso-Suiboo in the Western...

Man jailed 8 years for sodomising 7-year-old

A 21-year-old trader who sodomised a seven-year-old girl at North Kaneshie in Accra has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit...

2 men who impersonated police at NPP elections remanded

The Police have remanded two persons who showed up at the ongoing NPP Constituency Executive Elections in the Okaikoi South Constituency wearing clothing that...

Newborn baby dumped in public toilet rescued [Photos]

A newborn baby dumped in a public toilet at Tuna in the Sawla District of the Savannah Region has been rescued. The baby according...

Two notorious poachers arrested in Mole National Park sentenced

The Bole Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Edward Essel has sentenced two poachers to 72 days imprison each with hard labour. The...

Alleged prostitute sentenced to 30 years 4 men’s overdose deaths

A New York City sex worker has been sentenced to 30 years behind bars for the fatal overdose of four men, including Cipriani Dolci...

EOCO chases two suspects over SIM swap fraud

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is on a manhunt for two suspects in connection with SIM swap fraud. EOCO has identified the suspects...

Man sentenced to 15-years imprisonment for stealing mobile phone

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for robbery by the Asamankese Circuit Court. Emmanuel Afanu, will serve his sentence in hard...

Police grab 2 over premix fuel diversion

The Keta Police Command in the Volta region is holding a worker of the Keta Municipal Assembly, Geoffrey James Ocloo, and a tanker driver...

Beauty pageant organiser arrested for sexually abusing contestants

The organiser of Miss Rwanda beauty pageant has been arrested on allegations of sexually abusing contestants, the authorities have said. The arrest of Dieudonné...

One remanded over murder of 8 Fulanis in Yendi

The Yendi Circuit Court has remanded into police custody Danko Delabra who was arrested in connection with the murder of 8 Fulanis at Zakoli,...

PAC refers 100 institutions to police for Procurement Law breaches

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has referred more than 100 public institutions in six regions to the Ghana Police Service for investigations...

Labourer remanded for allegedly stealing pastor’s gold rings

The Ofaakor Circuit Court has remanded a 31-year-old labourer in prison custody for allegedly stealing his pastor's 12 gold rings valued at GH¢120,000. The accused,...

Ayikai Doblo chief acquitted and discharged

An Accra High Court has acquitted and discharged the chief of Ayikai Doblo in the Ga West municipality, Nii Amoo Doodu, after successfully appealing...

Fuel station manager imprisoned 120 months for stealing ¢398k

The Mpraeso Circuit Court has jailed a fuel station manager of the Kwahu-Tafo branch of Infin Ghana Limited for 120 months. Ernest Boakye was sentenced...

Former teaching assistant contradicts KNUST lecturer’s claim on wife’s disappearance

A former teaching assistant at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)who worked with Dr Wilberforce Aggrey, has contradicted the lecturer’s claims...

Taxi driver found dead in his car

Police in Kumasi in the Ashanti region have commenced investigations into circumstances that led to the death of a taxi driver at Breman in...

40-year-old nabbed for impersonating ECG staff

A 40-year-old man has been arrested for posing as a staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to defraud and extort money from...

NPP Chairman, 2 others arrested for stealing metals for bridge maintenance granted bail

The Akyem Swedru Circuit Court presided by His Honour William Twumasi Appiah has granted bail to the Oda NPP Constituency Chairman and two other...

Man, 22, stabbed to death with scissors

A 22-year-old man, Kofi Tawia, has allegedly been stabbed to death at Bodomasi in the Sekyere Kumawu District of the Ashanti region. The incident...