Crime

Pregnant woman, 11 others flee police custody

Some twelve Nigerian suspects including a heavily pregnant woman have reportedly escape from police custody. They were said to have been arrested separately, but have...

Customs uncovers falsification of documents by shipping companies, agents

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) has uncovered the activities of two shipping companies and clearing agents involved in the alleged falsification...

Nursing mother, 21, found dead at Koforidua

The family of a 21-year-old nursing mother, Regina Asamoah, killed by an unknown assailant at Koforidua Asokore in the Eastern region, is calling for...

GHS interdicts three Bolgatanga Hospital staff over drug theft

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has interdicted the three members of the Upper East Regional Hospital’s staff involved in massive thefts of government drugs....

Cryptocurrency boss jailed for fraud

A Turkish cryptocurrency boss and his two siblings have been jailed for 11,196 years each for defrauding investors of millions of dollars. Faruk Fatih Ozer,...

Immigration Service intercepts over 5 tonnes of Indian hemp

Personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service’s Nyive Sector Command in the Volta Region have intercepted 80 slabs of substances suspected to be Indian hemp. The...

Two arrested for robbery at mining company in Bogoso

The police has arrested two robbery suspects for attacking a mining company at Bogoso, in the Western Region on Friday September 6, 2023. The suspects,...

Strong legal frameworks make fight against economic crimes easier – EOCO Boss

The Executive Director of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (Mrs) has underscored the need for strong legal...

40-year-old man drowns at Mankessim

A 40-year-old tricycle rider, Suleman Abubakar, has drowned in the Okyi river at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. Residents discovered...

Gbi disturbances: Police smashed my wife’s car and took her money – Chief

One week after the unfortunate incident that occurred between some police personnel and residents of the Gbi Traditional Area, particularly Gbi Godenu and Wegbe,...

Gbi police brutalities: But for God, I would have been shot – Hohoe MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Hohoe, Noble Awume, has recounted his harrowing experience when he found himself between irate youth and heavily armed...

Journalist allegedly dies in police custody

A 29-year-old journalist has been allegedly found dead in police cell at Mankessim Jedu Divisional Police Command in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central...

Goaso Krontihene found dead after going missing

The Krontihene of the Goaso Traditional Areas in the Ahafo Region, Nana Yenhyira Kojo Kuma, has been found dead in the bush. Nana Yenhyira Kojo...

Woman in police grips for inflicting cane wounds on son

A woman is now in police custody after reportedly inflicting cane wounds on her seven-year-old son. It is unclear the circumstances that led to...

Chief fined GH₵600 for unlawfully excavating cesspit tank  

A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro has convicted and fined Nana Taa Kyeremeh, Nsuasehene of Dormaa Traditional Area GH₵600.00 for willfully and unlawfully excavating a...

Police arrest serial MoMo fraudster in Kasoa

The Kasoa Akweley District Court, presided over by His Worship Stephen Ofori Akrasi, has granted bail to a serial mobile money (MoMo) fraudster operating...

How police rescued a Tamale judge from grips of angry crowd

On Monday, August 28, 2023, at about 0945 hours, a group of people besieged the Tamale District Court One to disrupt court proceedings. The...

AG files fresh charges in NAM 1 case

Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame has filed new charges against the Chief Executive Officer of defunct Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, alias NAM...

Heavy police presence at Nsawam Adoagyiri over shooting incident

There is a heavy police presence at Nsawam Adoagyiri in the Eastern region following Tuesday’s shooting incident which resulted in the death of two...

Four illegal miners arrested, weapons retrieved at Twifo Atti-Morkwa

The Anti-Galamsey Taskforce arrested four illegal miners in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa area for engaging in galamsey activities. The team also retrieved two weapons from them. Other...

18-year-old boy shot dead, two others injured at galamsey site in Juaboso

An 18-year-old boy has been shot dead and two others injured by security personnel of some Chinese illegal miners in Abrokofe, a community in...

Nkwatia Presby SHS student on verge of losing sight in one eye after slap by assistant headmaster

A female student of the Nkwatia Presbyterian Senior High School (SHS) in the Eastern Region who was slapped by the Assistant Headmaster (Academic) has...

Two dead, others injured in shooting incident at Nsawam Adoagyiri

Two persons have died as a result of a shooting incident that took place at Nsawam Adoagyiri in the Eastern Region. The two unidentified...

Four arrested for drying ‘Keta school boys’ on pavements near Korle Lagoon

The Public Health Officers of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) have arrested four women for persistently drying fresh herrings, popularly called 'Keta school boys',...

Nkwatia Presby SHS assistant headmaster relieved of duties over assault on female student

The Nkwatia Presby SHS Assistant Headmaster has been relieved of his duties following a physical assault on a female student. The Ghana Education Service (GES)...

JUSAG condemns attack on Tamale District Court

The recent riot at the Tamale District Court in the Northern Region, condemned by the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG), has drawn...

Scammer poses as ‘God’, asks woman for deposits at ‘Bank of Heaven’

A Spanish man stands accused of taking advantage of an overly religious old woman by posing as her Lord and Savior and asking her...

Man jailed for systematically terrorizing neighbours with loud music

A Barcelona man was sentenced to one year in prison after a court found that he had been terrorizing his neighbours for at least...

NAGRAT reacts to Nkwatia Presby SHS slap incident

In a recent incident that has sent shockwaves through the Ghanaian education system, an Assistant Headmaster at Nkwatia Presby Senior High School(SHS) is under...

Latest on Adum murder

The state attorneys handling the case of Police Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, who is alleged to have killed his girlfriend at Adum in Kumasi, have...

11 in court over cash, fake gold

Six Zambians and five Egyptians have appeared in court after a mystery plane landed in Lusaka with more than 100kg of counterfeit gold, nearly...

Suspected thief electrocuted at Fiapre 

A suspected thief, attempting to steal from a mechanic shop at Fiapre in the Sunyani West Municipality, has been electrocuted.  According to sources, the thief went to the area in...

Three dead in alleged attack on NDC Chairman

Three people have reportedly been killed in a botched attack on the Binduri National Democratic Congress (NDC) constituency Chairman, Martin Ariku. The deceased were...

Armed robbers allegedly kill gold buyer at Subriso

A gold buyer only identified as Ahlaji has allegedly been stabbed to death by two armed robbers at Subriso near Benso in the Tarkwa...

Suspect in Ayiem murder captured in viral video arrested

The Police have apprehended one suspect in relation to the murder of a 28-year-old man in Ayiem, Western Region on August 25, 2023. According to...

17-year-old car spraying apprentice remanded for rape

A 17-year-old car spraying apprentice, David Amenyedor, has been remanded into police custody by the Agbozume District Court in Ketu South, on a provisional...

Alan’s campaign coordinator attacked

The North East regional coordinator for New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has been attacked. According to Ali Zakaria, he was beaten...

Serial car snatcher arrested at Amasaman

The Amasaman Divisional Police Command has arrested a suspected car snatcher, Solomon Asampana, who snatched the Matiz taxi cab from its driver...

Probe begins as hunter shoots colleague dead at Kintampo

Police in Kintampo North are investigating a case involving a hunter who tragically shot and killed his fellow hunter on Thursday evening. The suspect identified...

Suspected Borteyman land guards granted bail

The 27 suspected land guards involved in alleged prohibited activities at Borteyman in Accra have been granted bail after spending two weeks on remand...