Crime

Hajia 4Reall sentenced to over a year in U.S. prison for romance scam [Video]

Ghanaian influencer Mona Faiz Montrage aka Hajia 4reall has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for her role in a...

Tailor convicted for stealing from church offertory box

A 35-year-old tailor accused of dishonestly appropriating an unspecified amount of money from the offertory box of Star of the Sea Catholic Church has...

Landguards assault court bailiff; destroy farmlands at Agbazo

Landguards have assaulted a bailiff from the Accra High Court at Agbazo in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra region. The bailiff was...

Desist from interfering in prosecution of human trafficking cases – Deputy AG

A Deputy Attorney-General (AG) and Minister of Justice, Diana Asonaba Dapaah, has deplored the interference of community members in the prosecution of human trafficking...

Masked robbers attack cocoa clerk, steal GH¢ 100,000 cash and electronics

A cocoa purchasing clerk, Lucas Osei, 41, is fighting for his life at St. Francis Xavier Hospital after a brutal robbery at his home...

Mr Logic in court over fraud

Christopher Nelson, aka Mr Logic, a musician, has appeared before a Dansoman Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding an American of $21,000 and GHC48,000. Nelson is...

Man jailed 10 years for banking fraud

A man who operated a financial institution without a license from the Bank of Ghana and defrauded many people of huge sums of money...

Tricycle rider jailed 12 years for defiling 10-year-old girl

A 27-year-old tricycle operator, Godfred Ofosu Appiah, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in hard labour by the Ashanti Circuit Court at...

Policeman killed in robbery at Ahodwo

The Ghana Police Service has announced the death of an officer in a robbery incident that occurred at Ahodwo, a suburb of Kumasi in...

One arrested in connection with robbery that led to death of policeman

One person has been arrested in connection with the robbery incident at Ahodwo in the Ashanti region that claimed the life of a Policeman. The...

How accident survivor was robbed of GH₵21,000 [Listen]

An accident survivor, Grace Akosua Asamoah, has recounted how she was robbed of her GH₵21,000 in 2021. Grace has said the robbery occurred shortly after...

Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years in prison on drug trafficking charges

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been sentenced to 45 years in prison and given an $8 million fine by a US judge for drug...

Bolivian police arrest leader of coup attempt

Bolivian police have arrested the leader of an attempted coup, hours after the presidential palace in the capital La Paz was stormed by soldiers. Armoured...

Family suspects foul play in death of 18-year-old while in Police custody

The family of 18-year-old Jagiri Mborilen suspects foul play in his death while in Police custody in Chamba, within the Nanumba North Municipality of...

Manager convicted for assaulting worker over GH¢90 shortage

The operations manager of Multi Credit Savings and Loans Ltd, Nkawkaw branch, Ayivor Elikplim, has been convicted by the Nkawkaw Magistrate Court, presided over...

UCC honours EOCO Boss

The University of Cape Coast (UCC), has honoured the Executive Director of the EConomic and Organised Crime Office(EOCO), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (Mrs)...

Kanton SHS teacher arrested for poaching at Mole National Park

A notorious poacher, who traveled over 100 kilometers from Tumu in the Upper West Region to Mole National Park in the Savannah Region, has...

University of Ghana: Lecturer, students busted over bed, room allocation scandal

Two students and a lecturer accused of collecting GH₵106,800 under the pretext of providing beds and rooms to students at the Dr Hilla Liman...

Thieves ransack NPP Office; bolt with 6 TV sets 

Thieves have ransacked the New Patriotic Party(NPP) constituency office at Juaben in the Ashanti Region, stealing six television sets and other properties. The unknown thieves...

Five persons in court over alleged unlawful Assembly

Five persons have been arraigned over an alleged unlawful Assembly. Stephen Baidoo, 57, Abdul Aziz, 39, Kojo Amoako, 35, Frank Asante, 31 and William Teyi...

Two police inspectors jailed for secessionist activities

An Accra High Court has sentenced two Police Inspectors to a total of nine years in prison for being members of the Western Togo...

Court orders ‘troublesome’ suspected killer of 11-year old at Kasoa to be kept in prison

An Accra High Court has given an order for the 2nd accused person in the ongoing trial of two teenagers accused of the murder...

ECG transformer near Police station stolen at Bunso

Unknown persons have stolen the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) transformer at Bunso in the Abuakwa South District of the Eastern Region. The 100kVA transformer...

17-year-old suspected robber beaten to pulp, ear chopped off at Domeabra

A 17-year-old suspected robber, Joel Nyarko has been beaten to pulp with his right ear chopped off at Domeabra in the Ga South Municipality...

Self-proclaimed chief jailed 15 months for fraudulent land sale

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a self-proclaimed chief and  businessman to 15 months imprisonment for a fraudulent land transaction. Nii Kotey Susubribi, also known...

Buduburam: Nigerian who stabbed colleague in neck with bottle remanded

The Awutu Ofaakor Circuit Court has remanded a 27-year-old Nigerian, Winner Terry into Police custody for stabbing a co-tenant, Seth Andrew in the neck...

Two brothers shot in Bole

Two siblings, Shiraz-Deen Mohammed and Mahama Yakubu, are currently undergoing medical treatment after being shot during a recent raid, reportedly conducted by individuals dressed...

Konongo: Man arrested for alleged murder of wife

The Police in Konongo was called upon to intervene in a bizarre incident on Thursday following the alleged murder of a woman by her...

Medical Emergency Assistant jailed for fraud

The Amasaman Circuit Court has sentenced a 44-year-old medical emergency assistant to three years imprisonment in hard labour for fraud. Francis Kweku Eshun admitted taking...

Police arrest 3 suspects in University of Energy and Natural Resources robbery

The Ghana Police Service has arrested and detained three suspects in connection with a robbery on students and lecturers of the University of Energy...

Wa overlord demands report into killing

The overlord of the Waala Traditional Area, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, is demanding a comprehensive report from the Police on the spate of...

Wa killing: Measures have been put in place to arrest perpetrators – MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive for Wa has assured that the Security Council is working to ensure that the perpetrators of recent murders are brought...

Woman stabs 76-year-old mother to death over witchcraft accusation 

A 55-year-old woman, Joyce Boateng, has allegedly stabbed her 76-year-old mother, Afia Sarpomaah, to death in Abuakwa Asonomaso, Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality, Ashanti Region. This...

Police intercepts 800 bags of cocoa being smuggled to Ivory Coast

The Police in Sefwi Adjofua in the Bia West District of the Western North Region have intercepted an articulator truck with the registration number...

Police probe death of two people in Wa

The Ghana Police Service has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of two persons in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West...

Lady arrested for inserting firewood into private part of 12-year-old girl

A 25-year-old woman named Temitope Adetanju has been arrested for allegedly inserting a piece of firewood into the vagina of a 12-year-old girl (name...

Tamale: Man jailed over illegal power connection

The Tamale District Court 1 has sent a strong statement against the increasing issue of illegal power connections by sentencing Wahab Shiraz to six...

Two arrested after clash between 2 schools leaves 8 injured

The Ghana Police Service has arrested two students in connection with a violent clash between students of the Nkoranza Technical Institute (NTI) and Nkoranza...

Key suspect in Kasoa military officer killing charged with murder

The main suspect involved in the killing of a military officer at Kasoa has been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The suspect,...

Stolen money: Cecilia Dapaah’s former maid makes strong demand 

Lawyers of Patience Botwe, the 18-year-old former housemaid of Cecilia Abena Dapaah have filed a motion at the High Court for an order demanding...