Crime

Ex-convict jailed for defrauding ECG customer

The Donkorkrom Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship Augustine Akus-Am, has sentenced Benjamin Amoako, an ex-convict, to six months in prison for impersonating...

Palm wine tapper arrested for attempting to sell his 16-year-old son

A 38-year-old palm wine tapper, who hails from Gomoa Afranse in the Central Region, has been arrested by Axim Police for selling his 16-year-old...

Court orders BoG to produce Capital Bank’s statement of accounts

The High Court has ordered the Governor of Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, to produce and tender into the court, on March 10,...

FDA arrests peddlers of unregistered ‘Nkoyo’ and ‘Nnompe Nnompe’ tablets

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has caused the arrest of some peddlers of two unregistered local medicines. In a statement, signed by the Chief...

19-year-old jailed for online dating fraud

A 19-year-old student of Keta Business College will spend the next 30 months behind bars for leveraging on the nude photos of a supposed...

Serial thief takes refuge in ladies’ washroom to escape lynching at Takoradi

A suspected thief who has gained notoriety for stealing mobile hand devices and other valuables from students of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU), was...

Suspected armed robber lynched at Denkyira Abuakwa Nkwanta

A suspected armed robber has been lynched by residents of Denkyira Abuakwa Nkwanta in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region. The...

NPP Youth Organiser in critical condition after aspirant hits head with stick

Abirem Youth Organiser hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), identified only as Chief has reportedly hit the head of the incumbent Youth Organiser...

Chief, 8 others arrested for alleged murder of man over dog meat [Video]

The Chief of Assin Atwereboanda, George Ahiato, and eight others have been arrested in connection with the death of one Daniel Akoto who was...

VIP bus robbers who told passengers to pray for them shot dead

Two of the suspected armed robbers who asked travellers to pray for them after they robbed them on a VIP bus in the Western...

High Court judge sentences bank cleaner to 25 years for role in ¢600k robbery

A Cape Coast High Court, presided over by Justice Kwasi Boakye, singled out a bank cleaner in a robbery of ¢600,000 and gave him...

17-year-old herdsman gunned down at Sibiriso

A 17-year-old Fulani herdsman, Sani Mohammed, has been gunned down at Sibriso, a village near Kwamekrom in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region. The...

Suspects who allegedly killed, burnt TV repairer arrested

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the death of a TV repairer. The charred body of Francis Dawson...

Freelance journalist rearrested

Freelance journalist, Sacut Amenga-Etegu, who was discharged by the Criminal Court Division 5 in Accra on Tuesday has been rearrested again by the Police....

Court discharges freelance journalist who filmed proceedings

The Criminal Division 5 of the Accra High Court has discharged the freelance journalist, Sacut Amenga-Etegu, who was arrested for filming court proceedings.The court...

Over 60 motorbikes impounded at Gomoa Buduburam [Video]

The Central East Regional Police Command has impounded over 60 motorbikes in a swoop at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region. The exercise is...

Police kill highway robber on Bolgatanga-Nyariga road; others on the run

Police in the Upper East Region have gunned down a suspected robber during a shootout at the Nyariga Forest along the Bolgatanga-Nyariga stretch. The Police team, while...

Drummer jailed for defiling minor in church office

A 26-year-old church drummer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for defiling a six-year-old girl on the church premises at Laterbiokoshie in...

Bank staff jailed 25 years for his role in ¢600k robbery

A Cape Coast High Court presided over by Justice Kwasi Boakye singled out a bank staff in a robbery of ¢600,000 and gave him...

Teenage sisters allegedly fake abduction to demand ransom from parents

Two teenage sisters are alleged to have plotted a fake abduction to demand ransom from their family at Morso, near Juaso, in the Asante...

Suspected robber shot dead, police on manhunt for others

Police in the Upper East Region gunned down a suspected robber during a shootout at the Nyariga Forest along the Bolgatanga-Nyariga stretch. The...

#FixTheCountry convenor reappears in Court today

The Ashaiman District Court will on Monday resume hearing on the case against lead convenor for #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor. Mr Barker-Vormawor was charged with...

Sacked PPA boss in fresh trouble

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has banned former boss of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei, from holding...

Teacher arrested after viral beating video

Police in Cameroon have arrested a teacher after a video emerged online allegedly showing him brutally beating a nine-year-old boy. The incident is suspected...

Teenage sisters allegedly fake abduction to demand ransom from parents

Two teenage sisters have plotted a fake abduction to demand ransom from their family at Morso in the Asante Akyem South District in the...

Retired teacher, 69, jailed for incest

Seth Kwadwo Dese, 69, a retiree and father of eight, has been jailed for three years for sleeping with his underage daughter for two...

Three arrested for unlawful possession of weapons and impersonation

The Bono East Regional Police Command has arrested three suspects for illegal possession of weapons and impersonation. They have been identified as Kobina Domanle,...

One shot dead as police foil robbery attack at Obuasi

A Police operation has foiled an intended robbery attack on passengers and motorists on the feeder road between Nyamebekyere - Kokotenten. One of the...

Capital Bank Collapse: ‘You stole GH¢200 million’ – Prosecutor grills Ato Essien

State Prosecutors have accused the Founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about...

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...