Crime

27 suspected land guards at Borteyman remanded into Nsawam Prison

The Circuit Court in Accra has remanded some 27 suspected land guards involved in prohibited activities at Borteyman in Accra into Nsawam Medium Security...

Teachers, pupils run for lives at Gumyorko over alleged shooting incident

There was a chaotic scene at Gumyorko a sub-community in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region following an alleged gunmen attack. One...

Popular MC accused of defiling 30 children remanded

The Wa Circuit Court presided over by His Honour Mr Jonathan Avogo, has remanded a suspected serial paedophile into police custody to reappear in...

45-year-old barber remanded for defiling 14-year-old girl

A 45-year-old barber has been remanded into police custody for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl. This incident is contrary to section 101 (2) of...

Drug theft: 3 Bolgatanga Hospital staff remanded

Three staff of the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital have been remanded by the Circuit Court for allegedly stealing medicines belonging to the health facility. The accused...

2023 BECE: 7 teachers arrested for exam malpractice; check out names, schools

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), with the assistance of security personnel, has picked up seven teachers, one of them an invigilator, at different...

Pragya restriction: 12 riders remanded for attacking security officials

The Akropong Magistrate Court in the Ashanti Region has remanded 12 commercial tricycle riders into police custody following a violent protest at the premises...

2023 BECE: Two arrested for exam malpractice in Central region

The Police arrested two people on Monday for engaging in examination malpractices at the Dunkwa Secondary Technical Centre in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality...

51 prison inmates sit for BECE nationwide

A total of fifty-one (51) prison inmates are taking part in this year’s ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), across the country, the Officer-in-Charge...

Armed robbers shoot 50-year-old woman at Abura Dunkwa

A woman, believed to be in her 50s, has been gunned down by suspected armed robbers in her house at Abura Dunkwa in the...

Man jailed 8 years for forging Bank of Ghana Microfinance license

A 34-year-old man, who forged a Bank of Ghana (BoG) License to operate a microfinance company at Suhum in the Eastern region and its...

Alleged Coup: My comments on Arab Spring have no links with criminality – ACP Agordzo

Assistant Commissioner of Police, (ACP), Dr Benjamin Kwasi Agordzo has told the Financial and Economic Division of the High Court in Accra that his...

Security analyst sends important message to National Security Ministry

A Security Analyst, Paul Boateng, is of the view that there are some inadequacies with the National Security Ministry's see something, say something campaign....

2023 BECE: Four arrested for examination malpractice on first day

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has disclosed that four individuals have been apprehended for their alleged involvement in examination malpractice during the commencement...

15 persons arrested during protest on Awoshie-Pokuase Highway

About 15 persons from Awoshie Mangoase in Accra have been arrested by the police for blocking some sections of the Awoshie to Pokuase Highway....

2 arrested for beating ECG staff

The Ghana Police Service has arrested two persons, Richard Asante Larry, 27, and Jonathan Ahele, 27, for allegedly assaulting some staff of the Electricity...

Ejisuman SHS student attacks colleague with machete during preps

A suspected robber has attacked a student at Ejisuman SHS with a machete while learning in the classroom at preps in the evening. ...

Soldier allegedly assaults Bolt driver over traffic dispute

A ride-hailing driver associated with Bolt has reportedly been assaulted by a man in military attire following a traffic dispute. The driver, who had...

Beige Bank case: Accused never received any funds in person or stole – Investigator

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abednego Atsah, the investigator in the ongoing trial where Michael Nyinaku, the founder of the defunct Beige Bank is...

Three Bolgatanga Hospital staff arrested for stealing medicines

The Police have arrested three staff of the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital in the Upper East Region for allegedly stealing boxes of assorted medicines. The suspects...

Manhunt for child abuser who tied nine-year-old boy to orange tree 

The security services and residents of Akaa Community in the Jasikan Municipality of the Oti Region have intensified their search for a 74-old-man who...

Driver sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for invoking curses on police offcicer

A Kasoa District Court handed down a verdict sentencing a driver named Joshua Amankwaa to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour. The conviction was a...

Police on manhunt for robbers who attacked cargo vehicles in Ashanti region

The Police are on a manhunt to arrest robbers who attacked and robbed two cargo vehicles at Anyinamso No. 1 in the Ashanti Region. The...

Police probe 14-year-old boy’s involvement in robbery at Potsin

The Central Regional Police Command is investigating a 14-year-old boy for his alleged involvement in a robbery that led to him sustaining deep machete...

Police investigate death of Bekwai MCE’s daughter

The Police have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a female adult, Akua Serwaa Kyei at Atwima Bebu in the...

Daughter of Akufo-Addo’s appointee allegedly murdered in her home

Armed robbers have allegedly killed a 33-year-old daughter of Bekwai Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Kwaku Kyei Baffour. The incident occurred on Thursday evening, 3rd August...

Man allegedly kills 7-year-old niece for money rituals

Residents of Wassa Nkyirifi, a farming community in the Western Region, woke up on Friday morning to the horror of a suspected murder of...

Ghana Immigration Service interdicts 27 officers

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has taken disciplinary action against 27 officers, comprising three senior officers and 24 junior officers. The action is over their...

Ablekuma bullion van robbery suspect faints in cells

The Police on Thursday could not produce Hope Osaze, the third accused person in the Ablekuma bullion van robbery, in court. This is because he allegedly...

Treason Trial: NIB should be commending me, not… – ACP Agordzo

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr Benjamin Kwasi Agordzo, says the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) should be commending and not charging him with treason.  He...

Three suspects arrested for injuring police officers with stones

The Akyem Oda Divisional Police Command has apprehended three individuals who were allegedly involved in a disturbing incident at the Akim Oda Palace in...

My client hasn’t stolen any money – Lawyer for accused in Cecilia Dapaah’s case

The lawyer for the main suspect in the Cecilia Dapaah theft case says his client has not stolen any money. The accused, Patience Botwe –...

Adisadel college student rejects charges against him in court

The case involving the bully at Adisadel College in Cape Coast will continue after the end of the 2023 West Africa Senior School Certificate...

Airport Residential robbery: Court orders prosecution to file documents’

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the prosecution in the case in which eight people are facing charges over an alleged robbery of a...

Two arrested after failed robbery attempt at Yeji

Police at Yeji in the Pru East District in the Bono East Region have arrested two persons over an alleged plot to rob a...

Two arrested for selling fake ECG metres at Tarkwa

Two persons who posed as workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have been arrested by the Tarkwa Central Police and charged with...

Treason trial: Colonel Gameli slapped with contempt

The Accra High Court trying nine persons for treason has sentenced Colonel Samuel Kwadzo Gameli to sign a bond to be of good behaviour...

MASLOC trial: Court orders Sedinam Tamakloe, another to respond to 78 charges

The Financial and Economic Division of the Accra High Court has ordered “absconded” former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre...

How Apple AirPods led to the conviction of a thief

The Police had an easy task of locating an unwitty thief with the aid of an embedded tracking device in an Apple AirPods he...

Unemployed jailed three years for stealing cooking items

A 25-year-old unemployed young man, who stole cooking items valued GH₵1,450.00 has been sentenced by an Accra Circuit Court. Ebenezer Bortey unlawfully broke into the...