Crime

Beige Bank case: Gifty Afenyi Dadzie was untruthful to the police investigators – Lawyers

Defence lawyers in the case in which the founder of defunct Beige Bank is standing trial have told the High Court in Accra that...

Man remanded for stealing $386,790 from NIB

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a man, Paul Tuopare Junior, into police custody for allegedly defrauding the National Investment Bank (NIB) of $386,790....

Irate youth attack Asawase police station

Some angry youth in the Asokore Mampong Municipality in the Ashanti Region have attacked the Asawase Police station following the death of their colleague....

Pharmacy Council shuts down OTCMs for illegally dispensing tramadol

The Pharmacy Council has shut down a Mamprobi-Agege-based Over-the-Counter Medicines (OTCM) facility found to be illicitly dispensing tramadol to a drug addict. A statement issued...

Kumasi drivers suspend services to Bawku

Drivers at the Kumasi-Bawku bus terminal have suspended their services in protest of a dawn attack on one of their buses at Walewale in...

Social media users react to Cecilia Dapaah’s househelps ‘stealing’ $1m, €300k & millions of Cedis from her bedroom

Ghanaians have been left in disbelief as news of Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, taking legal action against her househelps broke, amidst allegations of a...

Man allegedly murders lover at Dunkwa-On-Offin

A man in his late 30s has brutally murdered his 28-year-old girlfriend at Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality in the Central Region....

Court slaps NSS ‘side chick’ with GH¢6,000 cost 

The High Court in Accra has awarded cost of GH¢6,000 against  Deborah Seyram Adablah, the young woman who has sued former Chief Finance Officer...

Aflao SHS: Transformer dismantled, underground cables stolen

Some unknown persons have broken into the premises of the Aflao Senior High School (SHS) and dismantled the electricity transformer that feeds the school...

Five arrested over lynching of 2 persons accused of witchcraft

Police in the Northern Region have arrested five suspects in connection with the murder of two persons accused of witchcraft at Zakpalsi in the Mion...

US$1m, €300,000, millions of cedis stolen from Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah’s house

Two househelps of Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah and her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffour, are before an Accra Circuit Court, for allegedly stealing monies...

One dead, 7 injured after gunmen shoot into bus at Walewale

The Police are on a manhunt for a group of people who shot into a Kumasi-Bawku bound bus on the outskirt of Walewale. The incident,...

Ghanaian arrested with truckload of live ammunition in Nigeria

In a significant breakthrough, soldiers from the 192 Battalion of the Nigerian Army have intercepted a Ghanaian national attempting to smuggle a truckload of...

Two in court for allegedly defrauding pastor of GH¢35K

Two persons who allegedly swindled a pastor of GHC35,000 under the pretext of selling two parcels of land to him, but failed have appeared before...

Abesim Murder: Footballer to stand trial at High Court

Richard Appiah, a footballer, who allegedly murdered two minors and kept their body parts in a refrigerator at Abesim in the Bono Region, has...

Man jailed for stealing 32-inch television

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an unemployed man to nine months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing. Joshua Alarbi stole a-32-inch LG television set,...

Aisha Huang weeps in court

Illegal mining kingpin, En Huang, popularly known as Aisha Huang, on Tuesday broke down in tears before an Accra High Court while under cross-examination...

Inusah Fuseini speaks on son’s sentence in US

Former Tamale Central Member of Parliament (MP), Inusah Fuseni, has revealed it is a difficult time for him following the sentence of his son,...

Beige Bank trial: Investigator gives interesting twist

It has emerged at the Financial and Economic Division of the High Court in Accra that the Investigator in the case in which the...

Notorious robbery gang leader arrested in Takoradi

Luck on Monday evening eluded a suspected notorious robber who had been terrorising Sekondi-Takoradi residents with his gang through phone snatching. The suspect, whose...

Businessman in trouble for allegedly stealing vehicle

The Accra Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a businessman, accused of stealing a Kia Rhino truck worth GH¢50,000. The...

Chief granted bail for fraudulent sale of land

The Chief of Aboabo Oyibi, Solomon Boye Borquaye, also known as Nii Aboabo, who was arrested for alleged fraudulent sale of land, has been...

Nigerian influencer killed by boyfriend

Nigerian influencer, Augusta Osedion, better known as Austa, has been killed by her boyfriend, Benjamin Best, also known as Killaboi. Best confessed to the murder...

Prophetess arrested over Gomoa Mampong witchcraft accusation [Video]

https://youtu.be/wQdnP1vgiy4 The Gomoa Dominse District Police command has arrested prophetess Mary Esther over witchcraft accusations at Gomoa Mampong in the Central Region. Prophetess Mary was...

I have never been to Bepotenten – Aisha Huang tells court

En Huang, aka, Aisha Huang, an alleged illegal miner, has told an Accra High Court that she had never been to Bepotenten in the...

Two Nigerians in possession of AK 47, 48 rounds of ammunition arrested

Two Nigerians have been apprehended by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command for being in possession of an AK 47 assault rifle and 48 rounds...

Suspected thief lynched at Mpatapo

A man, believed to be in his late 30s, has been lynched at Mpatapo in the Berekum East Municipality of the Bono Region. The...

Man gets 15 years for robbery

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced an unemployed man to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for conspiracy to commit crime, robbery and murder. John...

We don’t engage the services of land guards – Police

The Ghana Police Service has denied claims that it engaged the services of a notorious land guard to reclaim and protect its property. In a...

Man, 21, allegedly killed at Nyamekrom; residents living in fear

Residents of Nyamekrom in the Adansi Asokwa District of the Ashanti region are currently living in fear over the murder of a 21-year-old man...

Mother goes naked, curses police over killing of 2 sons at Bortianor [Photos]

A mother has invoked curses on the Ghana Police Service over the killing of five suspected landguards at Bortianor in the Ga South Municipality....

Twins allegedly stab friend to death at Berekum

A Berekum-based twin brothers are on the run after allegedly stabbing their 16-year-old friend, Alhassan Sulemana to death in a pub. The incident reportedly occurred...

Latest on Ablekuma bullion van attack

Four people of interest have so far been arrested in connection with the Ablekuma bullion van robbery which claimed the life of General Lance...

Five suspected Pokuase murderers arrested

Five persons are in the grips of the Police for their roles in the murder of an unidentified person believed to be in his...

Prosecute 420 suspects in loan app fraud – Cyber Security Authority urged

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has urged the Cyber Security Authority to prosecute the  420 suspects engaged in loan app fraud. The Chamber has asked for...

Another suspect arrested in connection with Ablekuma bullion van attack

The Police on Saturday morning arrested another suspect in connection with a bullion van robbery attack at Ablekuma that led to the death of...

Pastor, 3 others sentenced to 7 days imprisonment

The Bolgatanga District Court has sentenced the Head Pastor of the Jesus Spanner Miracle Church in the Bongo District, Atogpeelige Akongyaane, and three other...

Driver, mate remanded for trafficking narcotic drugs after accident

The Jasikan Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody, Raphael Agbele, a 42-year-old driver, and Daniel Sakyi, a 26-year-old student for trafficking 410 parcels...

SHS student jailed for defiling class six pupil

A 23-year-old Senior High School (SHS) form two student, identified as Seth Nayo, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in hard labour for...

Closed season: Assemblyman, two others arrested for non-compliance 

The Police and Navy team from the Fishing Enforcement Unit (FEU), Marine Headquarters in Tema, has arrested some three persons for engaging in prohibited...