Crime

Police arrest 788 motorcycle riders

The police have arrested 788 motorcycle riders in a special operation in the Accra metropolis, to crack down on criminal activities.The Public Relations Officer...

Police in Bolgatanga arrest 3 suspected armed robbers in their hideout

Upper East Regional Police Command on Sunday, July 11, arrested three suspected armed robbers alleged to be involved in several armed robbery cases in...

Armed robbers kill driver on Yeji Highway

A commercial driver from Efigyase in the Ashanti Region has been killed by armed robbers on the Yeji Atabubu highway. The armed robbers targeted and...

Father-of-two caught red-handed defiling boy, 16, in a hotel

A 34-year-old businessman, Obinna Obidiugwu, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old boy in a hotel in Umuogu, Okija, Anambra State.It was gathered...

Reach stacker driver surrenders after allegedly crushing Uber driver

A 27-year-old Kalmar reach stacker operator is in police custody after turning himself in on Thursday. The suspect is believed to have allegedly caused the...

3 suspects remanded over murder of military officer

A Circuit Court at Techiman in the Bono East Region, presided by Justice Alexander Graham, has remanded into Police custody three suspects over the...

3 armed robbers jailed 135 years for stealing 4 mobile phones, GH¢320

Three armed robbers have been sentenced to a total of 135 years imprisonment by a Duayaw-Nkwanta Circuit Court in the Tano North Municipality of...

Ejura probe: Kaaka’s family ‘snubs’ committee

The family of the late social media activist, Ibrahim ‘Kaaka’ Mohammed, will not participate in the ongoing public inquiry into circumstances that led to...

Driver jailed 7 years for defiling 14-year-old pupil

A 21-year-old driver has been handed seven years imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old Junior High school pupil at Maame Dede, a suburb of Adeiso...

Togolese arrested for allegedly possessing firearm, offensive implements

The Nungua Police have arrested a Togolese for allegedly possessing a firearm and offensive implements. Tony Hounjeoe was arrested together with a black backpack containing...

Robber killed in gun fight

A 26-year-old robber has been shot dead following a fierce gun battle between some suspected hoodlums and policemen at Bensri Mile 9 near Obuasi...

Man, 22, chops off his boss’ head [Photo]

Residents of Sefwi Amoakrom in the Bia West District of the Western North Region, have been thrown into a state of shock after a...

Farmer found dead in a river at Asiakwa [Photo]

A man, believed to be in his late 50’s, has been found dead in the Twafo River at Asiakwa in the Eastern Region. Residents say...

Man, 43, lynched for shooting his wife at Sehwi Nsawora

A man, believed to be in his 40s, has been lynched at Sehwi Nsawora after allegedly shooting his wife at Sehwi Sika ne Asem...

Security man denies involvement in JB Danquah’s murder

Stephen Apraku, a security man stationed at the house of J.B. Danquah Adu, the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, on the night...

Man who tied 6-yr-old grandson to tree over missing ¢50 granted bail

The New Abirim Magistrate Court has granted bail to three persons for conspiring and tying a six-year-old boy to a mango tree for allegedly...

Ex-convict jailed 14 years for stealing pepper

The Asamankese Circuit Court has sentenced a 35-year-old ex-convict to 14-years imprisonment for stealing Guinea pepper (ɛfɔm wisa) worth GH¢1,200. The convict, Adams Danteni Shaibu...

Man arrested for intentionally infecting his wife, stepdaughter, 12 others with HIV

A man, identified as Bolaniran Orimolade, alias Bola Bebo, has been arrested for infecting his wife, stepdaughter, and 12 other women with HIV.According to...

Meet the ex-convict who poses as beggar to rob motorists [Photo]

Achimota Police have arrested an ex-convict for allegedly posing as a beggar to attack and steal a Lenovo laptop from his victim along the...

Kaaka’s murder: Ejura MCE speaks on arrest of ‘bodyguards’

The Ejura Sekyeredumase Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mohammed Bamba Salisu, has disassociated himself from some two persons arrested in connection with the death of...

Husband allegedly murders wife over misunderstanding at Breman Asikuma

A 34-year-old man, Kwasi Kumi, who allegedly murdered his wife, aged 39, after a misunderstanding that ensued between them on Tuesday, has been arrested...

6 arrested as Baatsona Police rescue 10 trafficked Nigerians

The Baastona police have rescued 10 Nigerian nationals from their traffickers at Coastal Estates down on the Spintex road. On 06/07/2021 at about 4:00pm, an...

Teacher shot dead, driver injured in robbery on Atebubu- Kajaji road [Photos]

A 27-year-old teacher has been shot dead with one other injured in a robbery incident at Premuase in the Sene East District of the...

Feyiase murder: Three remanded, police hunt for two more suspects

Three suspects have been remanded into police custody by the Kuntenase Magistrate Court over the murder of driver and headteacher, Israel Agyei Manu, at...

Father pleads with judge to sentence son for stealing turkey

A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to six months in prison after his father prayed the court to deal with him for stealing turkey. The...

Assembly Member suspects foul play in death of man at Pankrono-Estate [Video]

Assembly Member for Pankrono-Estate in the Tafo Municipality of the Ashanti Region is suspecting foul-play following the murder of a middle-aged man in the...

Two jailed for forgery, abetment

The Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced to two years in hard labour, Charles Amoah, a roofing sheet agent and Evans Nyantakyi, an estimator. The Court...

Three arrested as Police retrieve stolen motorbikes [Photo]

The Police in Bawku of the Upper East region has arrested three persons in connection with motorbike robberies in the area. The suspects have been...

Soldiers who beat civilians at Wa in trouble

All military personnel in Wa barracks who were on duty on July 1 when some of them brutalised residents, with the exception of the...

Revenue collectors were attacked by irate youth at Ejura – A/R Police Command

The Ashanti Regional Police Command, before the Ejura Killings Committee, claimed some irate youth after the death of Kaaka, a social media activist, went...

Court varies bail terms for alleged coup plotter

The Accra High Court has varied the bail conditions for one of the 10 persons accused of plotting to overthrow the government and destabilise...

Robbers snatch Police Officer’s phone in dramatic fashion [Watch]

If you think you have heard the most bizarre of stories in Ghana regarding crime and the upsurge in same, wait till you are...

Pastor, gang arrested for selling millions worth of counterfeit money

A pastor, Sebastine Dabu, 48, and his cohorts, have been arrested by operatives of the Niger State Police Command for allegedly trying to sell...

Man kills aunt for making his manh**d rise spiritually

A Nigerian man is in police cage for allegedly killing and beheading his aunt over alleged spiritual attack. Lindaikejiblog reports that Christian Edem-Eyo allegedly murdered...

Soldier kicked out of military for stealing colleague’s ATM card

A British Army soldier has been kicked out the military after nicking a colleague's bank card - to buy FIFA points for his Xbox. Private Lewis Billam...

President assassinated at home

Haiti's President, Jovenel Moïse, has been killed in an attack in his home in the nation's capital, according to the country's interim Prime Minister. Claude...

Grandfather arrested for tying six-year-old boy to mango tree over GH¢50

Three persons have been arrested by the Police in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region for their involvement in the inhumane treatment...

Ejura Murder: Detailed account of how suspects in murder of social media activist were arrested

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested three persons for the murder of social media activist, Ibrahim Mohammed, also known as Kaaka Macho whose...

Ejura murder: Who killed Kaaka Macho; for what?

The murder of Ibrahim Mohammed, also known as Kaaka Macho, sparked chaos at Ejura, leading to the death of two others and six more...

Man, 32, jailed 15 years for car snatching

 A man, who robbed a taxi driver of his Toyota Vitz vehicle after slashing his arm with a broken bottle, has been sentenced to...