Crime

Auditor-General cites ECG for over $145m worth of procurement breaches

The Auditor-General has found significant procurement breaches amounting to over $145 million involving the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). These breaches occurred during the...

Prison warden promoted for capturing escaped prisoner

A Lance Corporal with the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) has been promoted to the rank of Corporal for capturing a fugitive who escaped from...

2 Urban Roads workers embezzle GH¢1.9million

The 2022 Auditor General report has revealed that two account officers of the Greater Accra Regional Department of Urban Roads embezzled GH¢1.9 million between...

Coalition of Aggrieved Menzgold customers calls for NAM1’s arrest

The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold is calling on the government to arrest the Chief Executive Officer of the defunct gold dealership company,...

Kumawu MP offers medical treatment to Dadease police brutality victim

Kumawu Member of Parliament(MP), Ernest Yaw Anim, has promised to provide medical treatment to Justice Afram, a young man who was assaulted by a...

Mother whose son suffered police brutality at Dadease speaks

Afia Owusuwaa, the mother of a 23-year-old man who was dragged on the ground at Dadease by a policeman during an arrest, has spoken...

Man dragged on the ground by policeman gives chilling account

Justice Afram, an alleged thief captured in a viral video being dragged on the ground by the police during an arrest, has spoken on...

Woman slits co-tenant’s throat in revenge fight

A 20-year-old woman is battling for her life after her co-tenant nearly chopped off her head in a fight at Awutu Bereku in...

Court adjourns Adisadel College student’s case

The Cape Coast District Court 2 has adjourned the case involving an Adisadel College student who violently assaulted his colleague over a sim card. This...

Policeman interdicted after dragging man on the ground during arrest

The Police say it has interdicted one of its officers captured in a viral video dragging a suspect on the ground during an arrest...

Dadease Police brutality: IGP apologises to family of victim

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr Akuffo Dampare, has apologised to the family of 23-year-old Justice Afram who was brutally assaulted by a policeman...

Sister of man assaulted by police at Dadiesi speaks on his condition

Abena Yeboah, the sister of a young man who was brutally assaulted at Dadiesi by a yet-to-identified policeman, says he is not in a...

Stray bullet kills 14-year-old boy, others injured at Aboabo fire festival

A teenager has been confirmed dead after he was reportedly hit by a stray bullet during a fire festival at Aboabo in the Asokore...

Adisadel College student who assaulted colleague to appear in court today

The Adisadel College student who was captured on a viral video choking his colleague is expected to appear in court today, July 28, 2023. This follows his...

Wa Technical Institute: Students who assaulted teacher to appear in court

The three students who were arrested for assaulting their teacher at the Wa Technical Institute are to appear before the Wa Circuit Court today. ...

Engineer granted GH₵40K bail for causing damage

The Accra Circuit Court has granted GH¢40,000 bail with two sureties to an engineer, Solomon Boye-Do­ku, for allegedly destroying a block fence wall. The court...

14 arrested in connection with murder, unlawful possession of arms

The Police on July 25, 2023, arrested 14 suspects in connection with a clash which led to the death of two persons at Mpameso...

Adisadel College student arrested for violent attack; to appear in court on Friday

The Adisadel College student who was captured on a viral video choking his colleague has been arrested by the Police in Cape Coast. The...

Adisadel College student arrested over violent attack

The Adisadel College student who was captured on a viral video choking his colleague has been arrested by the Police in Cape Coast. The...

Pastor arrested for alleged illegal mining at Twifo-Praso

A Ghanaian based in America, Kwaku Gyebi of the House of Prayer Evangelistic Ministry, at Twifo-Phase, has been arrested by the Police for allegedly...

GNAT reacts to Wa Technical Institute students’ assault on teacher

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is calling on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to empower teachers to help address the growing spate...

7-member jury constituted for trial of man who shot girlfriend in Kumasi

The Kumasi High Court 2 has assembled a seven-member jury to preside over the trial of a police officer who shot and killed his...

Businessman in court over alleged fraud  

An Accra circuit court has granted bail to a businessman to the tune of GH₵400,000.00 with four sureties, for allegedly defrauding a company of...

I’m not happy about the removal of death penalty – NDC MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Jirapa, Cletus Seidu Dapilah, has expressed his displeasure in Parliament for officially repealing the death penalty from Ghana’s statutes. The...

Reinstate suspended students – Child Rights to Adisadel College

Child Rights International Ghana has called on the management of Adisadel College to overturn the suspension of students who were involved in an assault incident. The...

Aisha Huang dodges ‘husbands’

Aisha Huang, the Chinese national standing trial for illegal mining and other offences, on Tuesday, sought to deflect questions regarding her marriage life by...

NAM1 makes 36th court appearance amidst heavy police presence

Embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1), has made his 36th appearance in court without trial as his...

Doctor, wife charged for $1.3M COVID-19 loan fraud scheme

A Nevada (USA) doctor and his wife have been charged with fraudulently obtaining about $1.3 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief loans through the US...

Asawase: Family of alleged police murder victim rejects report

The family of Salahudeen Tafilu, a 34-year-old who died at Dagombaline due to alleged police brutality, claims to have been vindicated by an autopsy...

Adisadel College assault: The abuser simply wanted to commit murder – MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Jirapa constituency in the Upper West Region, Cletus Seidu Dapilah, has lambasted the abuser in the Adisadel College assault. ...

Cecilia Dapaah compromised her own security by keeping such money at home – Ex- police officer

Former Police officer, Lawyer Twum Barimah, has said that the former Sanitation Minister compromised her family's security by keeping substantial amounts of both foreign...

Regular police swoops: Dagomba Line residents accuse police of extortion

Inhabitants of Dagomba Line in the Asokore Mampong Municipality have accused the police in Kumasi of extortion under the guise of regular swoops. They claim...

Cecilia Dapaah’s stolen money: BoG Governor ‘worried’

Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, mhas expressed concerns over the issue of hoarding huge amounts of cash at home. Commenting...

Adisadel: Victim suspended, culprit dismissed over violent assault

Management of Adisadel College has suspended a student who was caught on a viral video being violently assaulted by his colleague for not reporting...

Nigerian jailed 10 years for trafficking 16.5kg of cocaine at KIA

A Nigerian national based in Brazil, Ernest Nnajuiba Ukechukwu, was on Thursday, July 13, 2023 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Accra High...

Alleged Coup: Accused person convicted for contempt

The fifth accused person in the ongoing trial of the case in which the remaining nine persons are standing trial for plotting to overthrow...

GES reacts to viral video of violence at Adisadel College

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says its attention has been drawn to a disturbing video of a violent assault involving two students of Adisadel...

Today is the last time you’ll cry in my court – Judge warns Aisha Huang

A High Court Judge hearing the galamsay trial of Chinese National, Aisha Huang, has cautioned her to desist from crying in court consistently. This...

2 killed in robbery attack, 3 injured at Kwame Danso

Armed men on Saturday night at Kwame Danso in the Sene West District took advantage of a brief power outage and robbed mobile phone...

Angry sawmill operators stage protest against Swedru Police

Angry sawmill operators at Agona Swedru in the Central Region are demonstrating at the Agona Swedru Divisional Police Command. Their action, according to them,...