Crime

Driver who caused train accident jailed

The Juapong Circuit Court has jailed Abel Dzidotor, a 41-year-old driver who abandoned his truck on the Tema-Mpakadan railway, resulting in a train accident....

Armed robbers attack Akroma mining company, Chinese worker shot

Armed robbers have attacked the Akroma Gold Mining Company located in Esaase, within the Kwawu West Municipality of the Eastern region. The robbers who...

Agona Kwanyarko: One arrested in connection with shooting incident over GH¢500 debt

The Agona Kwanyarko Police has arrested one suspect in connection with a shooting incident that occurred at Agona Kwanyarko over GH¢500 debt. The suspect...

EC officials, student remanded over stolen laptops, BVR kits

The Dansoman Circuit Court has remanded into police custody three Electoral Commission (EC) workers and a student accused of stealing laptops and Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits...

Court fines man GH₵600 for fake penis-shrinking claim

The Ashaiman District Court has fined Edmund Dela Adrah, a 21-year-old student, a sum of GH¢600 for falsely claiming that a passer-by has caused his...

Thieves break into Methodist Church, bolt with musical instruments

Thieves have raided the Methodist Church of Ghana at Asuboni White house in the Kwahu West Municipal of the Eastern Region. They made away with...

Husband allegedly kills wife in Adaklu Tevikpo

A farmer, Kwame Ayew has allegedly shot his wife dead at Adaklu Tevikpo in the Volta Region. The deceased whose name has only been...

Mason allegedly drinks weedicide over divorce threat

A man believed to be in his 40s has died after allegedly drinking paint and weedicide after his wife threatened to divorce him. The...

One shot dead, another injured after landguards invade Obeng-Man

One person has been shot dead with another person hospitalised after landguards reportedly invaded Obengman in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra...

Student of University of Energy and Natural Resources killed in robbery attack

A student of the University of Energy and Natural Resources(UNER) in Sunyani has been killed in a robbery attack at Boffourkrom in the Sunyani...

Woman found dead at Ekumfi beach with body parts missing

The body of a woman believed to be in her early 30s has found at the beach at Ekumfi Ekumpoano in the Ekumfi District...

What judge said before sentencing ex-MASLOC CEO

A Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe on Tuesday expressed concerns about how the educated elites have rather become more...

Man remanded for robbing former Second Lady

A self-styled businessman is standing trial at the High Court in Accra for allegedly orchestrating and committing the robbery of high-profile personalities and elites...

13 persons in court over possession of narcotic drugs

An Accra Circuit Court has admitted 13 persons to a GH₵50,000.00 bail each with one surety for allegedly possessing a plant substance suspected to...

Trader remanded for murder, use of offensive weapon

The Kwamekrom District Court has remanded a 38-year-old trader, Tetteh Mawusi aka Joy Mawusi into prison custody for alleged murder and use of an...

Dr. Christopher Adu Boahen murder: Case adjourned to May 9

The case of Mark Forson, the houseboy accused of murdering Dr. Christopher Adu Boahen, the son of the late Professor Albert Adu Boahen, has...

4 jailed for robbing Catholic parish, assaulting priest

Four men have been handed a substantial sentence of 21 years by a Zimbabwean court for robbing a catholic mission and a series of...

Four persons arrested for allegedly stealing EC laptops remanded

Four individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of Biometric Voter Registration kits belonging to the Electoral Commission. Among them...

Manhunt as ‘dangerous’ suspects escape cell

Police in Namibia have launched a massive manhunt for 11 prisoners who escaped from a police cell in north-eastern Zambezi region, state media reported. The...

Kejetia traders allegedly assault 2 ECG staff

Some traders at the Kejetia market in Kumasi on Monday allegedly assaulted two workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The victims...

Man arrested for inflicting cutlass wounds on teenage boy

A man believed to be in his 20s has been apprehended for inflicting cutlass wounds on a 14-year-old boy at Fetentaa in the Berekum...

Court orders prosecution to prove assault case against driver

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered prosecution to prove an assault case levelled against a dog breeder. They are to provide copies of the necessary...

Ex-MASLOC CEO, another’s fate hangs as court makes decision on them today

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Financial and Economic Division of the High Court in Accra will today, April 16 deliver judgment in the case...

Missing penis: Another man jailed eight months over false claims

The Awutu Breku District Court has sentenced Emmanuel Agbeshie to eight months imprisonment for hitting the upper face and lips of a teacher whom...

Family grieves as CCTV footage of Maadwoa’s murder played in court

It’s almost a year since Victoria Dapaah, also known as Maadwoa, was allegedly killed by a police inspector in Kumasi. Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, also known...

Bishop stabbed during sermon

A bishop and several other people have been stabbed during a sermon in Sydney that was being streamed online, local media report. The incident reportedly...

GaDangme Council condemns Navy’s use of live ammunition on Tema youth

The GaDangme Council has condemned the use of live ammunition by the Ghana Navy on some Tema youth during a procession for the Kpejoo Festival which...

1 killed as brave driver runs over car snatchers

A yet-to-be-identified man has died after a brave driver run over him and his accomplice in their attempt to snatch his car at Tema...

Missing penis: One jailed, others fined as court orders compensation for victim

A man who conspired with two others to beat up a student wrongly accused of causing a tricycle rider's penis to shrink has been...

Ghana Armed Forces responds to attack on Tema Naval Base

The Tema Naval Base in Ghana experienced an unexpected attack during an ongoing festival, prompting a swift response from the Ghana Armed Forces. The...

Immigration Service intercepts three trucks of smuggled cocoa beans

The Kpando Municipal Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) on Friday, 12th April, 2024 intercepted three trucks of smuggled cocoa beans at Torkor...

Commuters stripped naked as robbers strike on Nwineso-Trabuom stretch

Tens of commuters traveling on Nwineso-Trabuom-Foase road were robbed at gunpoint on Friday morning by suspected robbers wielding AK-47 assault rifles. The robbers, numbering about...

Three jailed over alleged missing penis at Kasoa

The Awutu Bereku District Court presided over by Her Ladyship Naomi Kuntor has sentenced 27-year-old Zakari Zakani and two others to nine months imprisonment. This...

Nun, 80, captured on CCTV dumping suitcase with dead friend’s bones

Chilean police are investigating after a nun, 80, left a suitcase containing the remains of a friend who had been dead for a year...

Man jailed 7 years for assaulting daughter

A man believed to be in his fifties has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting his 17-year-old daughter. The incident occurred...

Man beaten to pulp over alleged missing genitals at Senya Bereku [Photos]

A man, believed to be in his late 30s, has been beaten to pulp by a group of motorcycle riders at Senya Bereku in the Awutu Senya...

OJ Simpson, controversial figure in high-profile murder case, dies at 76

OJ Simpson, the former American football star turned actor who was controversially cleared of double murder, has died aged 76. San Francisco-born Orenthal James Simpson...

Cable thief sentenced

A 27-year-old electrician, Masaudu Fuseini, was on Monday, April 8, 2024, sentenced to one month imprisonment for stealing electricity cables belonging to the Electricity Company...

Housekeeper sentenced for preparing to commit robbery

The Accra Circuit Court Six has sentenced a 27-year-old housekeeper to ten years in jail with hard labour for attempting to rob two cars...

Pregnant woman shot dead at Adinkrakrom

A pregnant woman, whose name has only been given as Ama has been shot dead at Adinkrakrom in the Asante Akyem North Municipality of...