Crime

66 dead, 24 injured in fire outbreaks

At least 66 persons died and 24 others suffered in­juries due to fire outbreaks and other related incidents in the first half of this...

Police uncover bags of sugar mixed with sand, cooking oil laced with water

The Suhum Police Command in the Eastern region has uncovered a warehouse containing large quantities of adulterated sugar and cooking oil. The bags of...

Court remands six for logging timber in Dampayaw forest

The Bekwai Circuit Court in the Ashanti region has remanded six people into prison for logging timber in the Dampayaw forest reserve in the...

Electrician remanded over alleged murder of his girlfriend

A 38-year-old electrician who has been arrested for allegedly strangling his 20-year-old girlfriend to death at Kpone Bawaleshie in the Greater Accra Region has...

Family of man who died in police custody in Ho demands probe

The grieving families of a 26-year-old man who is believed to have died in police custody in Ho, are demanding an investigation into the...

Herdsman allegedly shot in attempted kidnapping

A nomadic herdsman is currently recovering at the Zabzugu District Hospital after he tried to escape from possible kidnappers at Larabanga near Nakpali in...

Man accused of stealing coffins from funeral home

A sales employee in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has been charged with the theft of two coffins and 26 coffin handles, according to local reports. Maureen...

Former Minister charged with robbery

British police say they have charged a former Nigerian oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, with bribery offences. The UK National Crime Agency said it suspected she...

Cecilia Dapaah’s stolen cash case: One more person granted bail

One more person allegedly involved in the stealing of Cecilia Dapaah’s money at her residence has been granted bail. This brings to three the...

Legon student charged over boyfriend’s murder

A University of Ghana (Legon) level 200 student, offering Biological Science, Nafisatu Mohammed, has been charged with the murder of her Canadian-based Ghanaian boyfriend,...

Car washer jailed 17 years for robbery

A 19-year-old car washer has been sentenced to 17 years imprisonment by the Circuit Court in Accra for robbery on Monday. The incident, according to...

12 West African nationals rescued, 15 laptops seized at Kpone

Residents of the Sebrepor community in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region were left in shock after the Tema Regional Police...

Father sentenced for neglecting his children

The Awutu Bereku Magis­trate’s Court in the Central Region has sentenced a 46-year-old mason, Nicholas Kofi Owusu, to two weeks impris­onment, and imposed a...

Man arrested for slashing landlord’s head

A man, believed to be in his late forties,bhas allegedly beheaded his landlord during a misunderstanding in a farming community of Yaw Anane in...

Two in court for allegedly stealing GH₵1,007,509 from OLAM Ghana

Two persons who allegedly dishonestly appropriated GH₵1,007,509 cedis belonging to OLAM Ghana Limited have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Sylvester Shamatey, a businessman and...

Cecilia Dapaah’s stolen cash: Accused persons to appear in court on Tuesday

The suspects involved in the theft case at Cecilia Dapaah’s residence are expected back in court on Tuesday. This will be their second appearance since...

Driver grabbed for defiling ex-lover’s 15-year-old daughter

A driver accused of defiling his ex-lover’s 15-year-old daughter on five occasions has appeared before the Gender-Based Violence Court at the Police Headquarters, Accra. Mr...

GRA closes down shops, arrests managers for tax non-compliance 

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has arrested managers of some hardware and general merchandise shops in the Weija-Kasoa enclave in the Greater Accra and...

Illegal miners shoot forestry commission staff in the head, back

A staff of the Rapid Response Unit (RRU) of the Forestry Commission (FC), John Baba Konlan, has been shot in the head and back...

GES Accountant in court over alleged GHc500K fraud

An accountant said to be with the Ghana Education Service (GES) has been arraigned at the Circuit Court in Accra and slapped with 33...

Ex-convict, driver remanded over burglary at Tesano

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the remand of a 25-year-old unemployed man, Adolph Kosah, who broke into a residence at Tesano, making off with a television, laptop, and...

NIA dismisses 10 officials over gross misconduct

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has dismissed 10 staff members following investigations into allegations of misconduct, extortion of funds from Ghana Card applicants, and...

Hairdresser jailed 15 years for human trafficking, to pay GH₵10K compensation to each victim

A Nigerian hairdresser who trafficked seven victims from Nigeria to Ghana to engage in prostitution has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.  Promise Obianu...

Energy Ministry staff arrested for allegedly stealing over GH¢287k from ADB

A Secretary at the Energy Ministry has been brought before the Accra Circuit Court on charges of allegedly embezzling an amount of GH¢287,775.47 from...

Ambulance driver, 2 others arrested with 250 bags of smuggled fertiliser [Photos]

Three people have been arrested for allegedly smuggling 250 bags of government-subsidised fertiliser meant for cocoa farmers. The three suspects are Seth Yeboah, driver; Smaila...

Court grants bail to frozen chicken alleged thieves  

The Tema Circuit Court B has granted bail to Eric Asante, Kojo Essuon and Theophilus Mensah in the sum of GH₵250,000 with three sureties.  They...

Nigerien haulage truckers pull gun on Assemblyman

A disturbing incident unfolded a month ago, casting an alarming shadow over the peace of Tema Community 8 within the Sahara Electoral Area of...

Man wanted for inflicting cutlass wound on ex-girlfriend found dead

A man wanted for inflicting machete wounds on his ex-girlfriend at Aburi -Kitase in the Eastern region has been found dead in his room. Bernard...

GRA arrests two hotel managers for tax non-compliance

The domestic tax revenue unit of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has apprehended the managers of Regal Hotel at North Kaneshie and Kegali Hotel...

Corruption at Passport Office: Minister sacks overstayed officers

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has expressed worry over the continuous extortion and corruption at the Passport Office. On...

Man allegedly kills friend over dog meat

A 50-year-old man from Owusukrom at Gyereso, near Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region, has been tragically killed in what looks like a battle between...

Educationist who tied 9-year-old boy to orange tree surrenders to Police 

The 74-year-old retired Educationist who allegedly tied a nine-year-old boy to an orange tree at Akaa in the Oti Region has surrendered himself to the Jasikan...

Woman jailed 10 years for pouring acid on rival

The Akyem Swedru Circuit Court has finally convicted the young woman who poured an acidic substance on her husband’s girlfriend to 10 years imprisonment....

Docket on uncle, spiritualist who killed girl, 7, in botched money ritual submitted to AG

A docket on the suspected murder of a seven-year-old girl by his uncle, Augustine Afari, and a spiritualist, Osei Kofi, at Wassa Nkyirifi in...

Woman bathed with hot soup over GHC20 debt at Assin Asamankese

A 48-year-old woman has been bathed with hot soup over a 20 cedis debt at Assin Asamankese in the Assin South District of the...

33-year-old man sentenced to death for offering son as sacrifice

An Accra High Court has sentenced to death a 33-year-old man for throwing his two-year-old son into the sea at Akuma Village, Accra, as...

Court grants 23 bail after assault on Kweiman elders

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to 23 young men accused of assaulting Kweiman elders and attacking a palace over the sale of land to...

Four criminals who blocked road at Kasoa arrested [Video]

The police on Friday arrested four suspected criminals who had mounted a roadblock ostensibly to slow down the movement of vehicles to attack unsuspecting...

DVLA interdicts 13 staff, sacks 3

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has interdicted 13 employees, while three others have had their appointments terminated due to violations of staff...

GWCL drags 22 customers to court over GH¢198k debt

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the Ashanti Region has dragged 22 customers to court for failing to pay their water bills. The...