Crime

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...

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...