Crime

We provided adequate security for by-election violence commemoration – Police

The Ghana Police Service has debunked reports that its officers failed to provide security for the one-year commemoration of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election...

Garu police reject over GH¢6,000 bribe in theft case

Police in the Upper East Region town of Garu rejected a GH¢6,540 bribe and arrested the suspects in a theft case, the regional Command...

Watchman jailed for assaulting third wife

A 51-year-old watchman has been sentenced to one month imprisonment by the Tepa District Court for assaulting his third wife at Tepa, in the Ahafo Ano...

I killed my girlfriend because she left me for wealthy men – Suspect confesses

A 31-year-old man, paraded by the Taraba State Police Command, has confessed to killing his girlfriend, Imbajuri Ambisi.  The suspect, identified as Munda Bala, reportedly conspired with his...

House wife jailed for calling neighbour a ‘prostitute’

A Shari’a Court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna has sentenced a housewife, Mariya Muhammad, to two weeks imprisonment without an option of fine for calling her...

Lebanese accused of raping house girl freed

The Accra High Court has acquitted Rabih Haddad, a Lebanese man who was accused of raping his 19-year-old house help. According to the prosecution, the...

Three-month-old baby, 3 other siblings burnt to death at Kintampo [photo+audio]

A three-month-old baby with three other siblings have reportedly been burnt to death at Bonche, a farming community near Portor in the Kintampo Municipality...

Armed robbers seize truck carrying 220 bags of cocoa

A gang of armed robbers has reportedly seized and fled with a KIA truck, loaded with 220 bags of cocoa, on the Bogoso-Tarkwa-Nsuaem road. The...

Details: How man who attempted to defraud National Security Operative was arrested [Watch]

A National Security Operative, Hopeson Adorye, has narrated how one Jonas Awuah and some two Indians defrauded him to the tune of GHS 5,000. The...

Pantry man arrested for assaulting his pregnant concubine

A 30-year-old pantry man who attacked and assaulted his seven months old pregnant concubine at Akropong in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality, on Tuesday appeared...

Farmer killed in motorbike accident at Damang

Kwadwo Sarkodie 40-year-old farmer has been killed in a motor accident on the Huni-Valley Damang road. The deceased and his colleague Kwadwo Grumah who was...

Unemployed jailed over illegal mining

A 27-year-old unemployed, who without authority entered the concession of a gold mining firm at Konongo in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality to mine for...

Court grants woman GH¢50,000.00 bail over theft

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH¢50,000.00 bail to a trader with two sureties for allegedly stealing GH¢23,500.00 belonging to a mechanic. The Court...

3 Nigerian stowaways land in Ghana instead of Spain

Three Nigerians have become the latest suspects to be arrested by the Tema Port Authorities in the year 2020 after they failed in their...

Y’asem Nie: How a bank manager duped doctor to the tune GH¢92,000

A medical doctor has narrated how a branch manager of a reputable bank in Ghana duped him of GH¢92,000.00 in seven days. According to...

Court stops Opuni’s lawyer

Attempts by lawyer for the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Opuni, to cite a witness...

Man, 52, jailed for defiling 3-year-old girl

A 52 year old unemployed, who defiled a three-year-old girl at Apatrapa New Site, near Kumasi, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by...

Kasoa Cops killer’s bill of indictment not ready – Police

Prosecution on Tuesday said the Bill of Indictment of Eric Kojo Duah, the man who allegedly shot and killed two Police officers on the...

Court remands suspects in Kpatinga conflict

A Tamale Circuit Court has remanded into prison custody five persons arrested in connection with the chieftaincy disturbances that broke out at Kpatinga in...

AMA arrests man for open defecation

A man in his mid twenties, identified only as Lukeman, has been arrested by the public health officers of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA)...

Farmer guns down surveyor

A 34-year-old Mapping and Surveying apprentice, Thomas Yaw Kyame, has been gunned down by a farmer after mistaking him for a game. The incident occurred...

‘Barrister’ remanded over alleged narcotic substances

An unemployed man who was found with two table tennis ball-shaped drugs suspected to be Shisha concealed in a bag has been remanded by...

Two remanded for robbery

Two persons who attacked and robbed a trader of her mobile phones and money at Kwantwoma, in Kumasi, have been remanded into prison custody...

Kpatinga turns ‘ghost town’ after Friday clashes

The Northern Regional town of Kpatinga continues to remain a ghost community as residents including health workers and teachers abandon the area over fear...

Video of Ghanaian boxer smashing face of football supporter goes viral

WBO Africa Super welterweight champion, Patrick Allotey, has been captured in a circulating video beating up a football fan.  The incident is believed to have...

Man arrested after his slap led to opponent’s death

Residents of Abakeleke street in Anambra State, Nigeria, are in a state of shock as an unidentified man lost his life when he was...

Two arrested for stealing 300 cattle from Kete-Krachi

Two out of four persons who stole 300 cattle from Kete-Krachi in the Oti Region have been arrested by the Police in Savannah Region. Ibrahim...

Lebanese fined GH¢1,200 after careless driving resulted in man’s death

The Kaneshie District Court has handed over a fine of GH¢1,200.00 to a Lebanese driver who knocked down and killed a 26-year-old man in...

Police cautions public on new vehicle break-in trend

The Ghana Police Service has cautioned the public on a vehicle break-in trend. This comes after three persons suspected of breaking into vehicles to steal from...

Abronye finally served with GHC10m defamatory suit

Court bailiffs have successfully served the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, with...

4 shot, 9 houses burnt in renewed chieftaincy clash at Kpatinga [listen]

Four people have been shot and are in critical condition after sustaining gunshot wounds in a renewed chieftaincy clash between two factions at Kpatinga...

Funny Face sued by ex-lover for $53k

Benson Oduro Boateng, known in the entertainment circles as Funny Face, has been sued by a United States based ex-lover Mary Ama Boansi, for...

Man shot dead by unknown assailants at Adentan

Unknown assailants in a Hollywood style shot and killed a 38-year-old shop manager at Adentan SSNIT Flats in broad daylight. The deceased, Maxwell Daitey...

Court dismisses application for disclosures in treason trial

The Kaneshie District Court on Friday dismissed an application for disclosures by seven out of the 10 persons, accused of treason. The seven persons...

Kumasi hotel shooting: Couple remanded into prison custody

The Asokwa District Court has denied bail to the wife of Bank of Ghana driver accused of the murder of a restaurant operator at...

Kumasi hotel shooting: Victim’s family storms court; attacks suspects [Video]

Some of the family members of Comfort Owusu Afriyie, the restaurant operator who was shot dead on New Year’s Day at Cedar Crescent Hotel...

No mercy for mother of dumped baby – DOVVSU

The Kasoa Divisional Commander of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), ASP Doris Laryea, has expressed the unit’s unwavering stance to prosecute mother of...

Mother of dumped baby told lover she had a miscarriage

Investigations by the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Kasoa Divisional Police Command into the dumping of a two-day-old baby in...

ACP Agordzo speaks after being ‘freed’ by court

Embattled former Director of Transformation of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo, has finally spoken after being granted bail on Tuesday. The Police...

Revealed: Suspect in Mankessim police murder case is owner of fuel station attacked by robbers

Reports indicate that the suspect who has been arrested in connection with the killing of Lance Corporal Kingsley Boahen at Mankessim is the owner...