Crime

Nigeria: Soldiers spotted hiding as robbers cart away bags of money from 6 banks

A video that has gone viral on social media captured the moment men in military uniform hid and took cover while a bank robbery...

Teenager jailed 5 years over school fire deaths

A Kenyan girl has been sentenced to five years in jail for manslaughter over a school dormitory fire that killed nine of her colleagues....

EOCO exposes two online Ponzi schemes

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has cautioned the public against Royal Gardens Network and Hubtel Mobile Lending, which operate Ponzi schemes.EOCO...

Policeman in Lamashegu shooting incident granted bail

The Tamale Circuit Court has granted a GH¢10,000 bail with two sureties to the policeman involved in the Lamashegu shooting incident which resulted in...

Abesim ritual murder case adjourned to April 17

The case in which one Richard Appiah has been held for an alleged ritual murder of two kids has been adjourned to April 17,...

Robbery suspect shot dead in gun battle with police

Police have shot dead a robbery suspect on the Obuasi- Wamasi road in the Adansi Akrofoum district of the Ashanti region.Reports indicate the...

Man gets 6 years for stealing excavator parts at Akyem-Apinamang

The Asamankese Circuit Court has sentenced a 29-year-old excavator caretaker to six years imprisonment for stealing excavator parts and selling same at Akyem-Apinamang in...

Three busted for illegal possession of firearms

Two targeted intelligence-led operations conducted at Tema Community 25 and Dansoman on February 21, 2022, led to the retrieval of some weapons and ammunition....

Teacher charged for giving students cake baked with her husband’s sperms

A twisted Louisiana ex-teacher who admitted to giving her students cupcakes laced with her husband’s sperm has been sentenced to 41 years in prison.Cynthia Perkins, 36,...

Farmer allegedly butchers 3-year-old daughter, injures wife over soap

A 25-year-old farmer at Yezesi in the Mamprugu/Moadugri District of the North East Region is in police grips for allegedly butchering his three-year-old daughter to...

2 robbers jailed 50 years for stealing taxi

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced two labourers to 25 years each in prison for stealing a taxi cab and an amount of GH¢350...

State pursues Alex Mould, another over ‘missing’ former MASLOC CEO

State prosecutors are pursuing the two sureties who satisfied the bail conditions of the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microfinance and Small Loans...

Metro Mass security coordinator jailed 10 years

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a security coordinator of Metro Mass Transit Company Limited, Lawal Fuseini, to a 10-year jail term for blackmailing...

3 suspected robbers arrested during ‘fortification’ ritual

The Western North Regional Police Command has arrested three suspected robbers while they were allegedly fortifying themselves with what is believed to be the...

Metro Mass staff jailed 10 years for blackmailing former MD

A security coordinator at the Metro Mass Transit Company Limited, Lawal Fuseina, has been handed a 10-year prison term for blackmailing his former Managing...

Opuni fails to remove Justice Honyenuga again

The Supreme Court has dismissed yet another application by Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni which sought to recuse the trial judge hearing his alleged corruption...

Two teenagers arrested for stealing tricycle

Two 19-year-olds have been nabbed and handed over to the Damongo police for stealing a tricycle in Tamale.The two unemployed suspects, Iddrisu Abdul Mushid...

Excavator operator jailed 8 years for defilement

An excavator operator has been sentenced to 8 years imprisonment by the Cape Coast Circuit Court 1 for defiling a 12-year-old girl at Assin...

Hearts, Kotoko game: Sulley Muntari’s iPhone stolen while taking pictures with fans

Hearts of Oak spokesperson, Kwame Opare Addo, has confirmed that former Black Stars midfielder, Sulley Muntari's iPhone was stolen moments after Hearts of Oak...

Doctor arrested for slapping patient repeatedly and laughing while she had seizure

An emergency room doctor in Florida was arrested this week after police say he repeatedly struck a semi-unconscious female using the patient’s own hand...

Police on manhunt for Anwiankwanta Highway robbery suspects

The Ashanti Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for a three-member armed robbery gang, who allegedly attacked and robbed passengers on Monday, February 21, 2022....

19-year-old jailed eight years for defiling girlfriend’s friend

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a motor rider to eight years imprisonment for defiling his girlfriend’s companion at Agbogboloshie, Accra.Edward Mensah, 19, charged...

Wereko-Brobby condemns ‘I’ll show you where power lies’ style of arrests

Chief Policy Analyst at the GIPO, Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby, has condemned how the Police in the past few weeks has applied certain laws, particularly...

Man arrested for exhuming queen mother’s corpse to steal beads

A 45-year-old man, Kojo Essel, has been apprehended by the residents of Ekumfi Gyankoma for allegedly exhuming a Queen mother's corpse.Mr Essel was nabbed...

Pray for us – Robbers tell passengers after VIP bus operation

Five armed robbers wearing masks with guns and other weapons have attacked over 40 passengers onboard a VIP bus with registration number GT 5795-16.Reports...

12 Nigerians arrested for cyber fraud at Bole

Police in Bole in the Savannah Region have arrested 12 persons on suspicion of cyber fraud.The 12 are believed to be Nigerians residing at...

Drinking spot operator inflicts cutlass wound on customer over balance

A 63-year-old man, Akwasi Appau, is battling for his life after his friend inflicted cutlass wound on him over balance at Assin Ninkyiso in...

Western North Region: Police arrest three notorious armed robbers

The Western North Police Command on Friday, February 18, 2022, through intelligence operation, arrested three notorious armed robbers, Abiaw Reuben alias Ayile Baako, Kwabena...

Court sentences unemployed for mobile phone theft

The District Magistrate Court at Enchi has sentenced Raymond Donkor, 19, unemployed, to a fine of GH¢600 or in default, serve six months in...

How US-based Ghanaian laundered over $35m in ‘sakawa’ and other fraud schemes from Ghana

The US Department of Justice has released details of how a Ghanaian based in Fredericksburg in Virginia laundered over $35m in romance scam and...

70-year-old man commits suicide

A 70-year-old man has died after he reportedly jumped into a well at Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North municipality of the Eastern Region. ...

63-year-old jailed 18 years for defiling great-granddaughter

A 63-year-old farmer, Isaac Appah, who defiled his 12-year-old greatgranddaughter at Twifo Hemang in the Central Region, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment...

Supermarket thief filmed while stealing drink into his trousers [Video]

The image of a well-dressed shoplifter is in circulation after the shop owner released footage of him pilfering.The man, whose identity is not immediately...

Man, 62, shoots himself in the mouth

A 62-year-old farmer, Selinty Gehele, has allegedly shot himself at Nkyensekrom near Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.The incident...

Woman sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for stealing a baby at Akyem-Bodua

The Asamakese Circuit Court has sentenced a 33-year-old woman to seven years imprisonment for stealing a baby at Bodua, a town near Akwatia in...

Commercial driver jailed 15 years over incest

Kwame Karim Tetteh, a 52-year-old commercial driver who had sex with his 14-year-old daughter at Pig Farm, an Accra suburb, has been sentenced to...

Lamashegu shooting: Court remands police officer

A Tamale Circuit Court has remanded General Corporal Samson Kweku Darfour, the police officer who allegedly shot 24-year-old Rahman Jibril who was driving the...

Illegal Blood Sale: Ghanaians share horrifying experiences

Some Ghanaians have shared their experiences on extortions they suffered in their quest to get blood for relatives who were in dire need at...

Farmer attempts suicide after shooting wife over sex

A 31-year-old farmer has been nabbed by the Adansi Nyakumase police for attempting to kill his wife, 21-year-old Doris Amoah.Charles Soglo's defence is that...

Abronye hale and hearty – Nana B

The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B), says the Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye...