Crime

 Driver, fined Gh¢14,400 for biting police man’s finger at Assin Fosu

The Assin-Fosu district court fined a 24-year-old commercial driver an amount of Gh¢14,400.00 or will serve nine months in prison for biting the fingers...

Trader remanded over ¢147k GIS recruitment scam

A 47-year-old trader who is accused of collecting GH¢147,000 under the pretext of recruiting 27 persons into the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) but failed,...

Man in critical condition after violent attack at Akropong Zongo

A 24-year-old man has suffered severe facial injuries and is battling for his life at the hospital after three people attacked him with machetes....

FDA arrests 9 persons in possession of unregistered products

Nine persons have been arrested by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in some parts of Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital for selling unregistered...

Man, 25, sentenced for defiling friend’s 4-year-old daughter

A Jasikan Circuit Court has sentenced a 25-year-old man identified as Stephen Kwame Asamoah to 12 years imprisonment for defiling a four-year-old girl in...

Three suspects who escaped from Nkwanta police cells jailed

Three accused persons who escaped from the Nkwanta Police cells but were re-arrested from their hideout have been jailed. The three are to serve two...

Woman robbed in broad daylight at Kasoa while returning from bank

A 28-year-old woman, Naana Abban has been robbed in a daylight robbery at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central region....

Lady murdered in a fight over a man, 3 in police remand

Three people have been remanded in police custody for the alleged murder of a 28-year-old lady at Dwinase near Kokotro in the Bekwai Municipality...

Three including 2 women allegedly murder 27-year-old lady

The Bekwai Magistrate court has remanded three persons for their alleged involvement in the murder of 27-year-old Vida Ennin at Dwenase in the Bekwai...

17-year-old, another remanded into police custody for robbery

The Tema Circuit Court A has remanded a 17-year-old and a 25-year-old into a juvenile cell and police custody, respectively, for allegedly robbing a...

Driver’s mate jailed 8 years for defiling minor in guest house

A 21-year-old driver's mate has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for having sex with a 13-year­ old girl...

Uber driver caught on camera attempting to rape young drunk female passenger

A new disturbing video shared online shows a male driver trying to rape a young drunk female passenger. But his efforts were thwarted by a...

 Police on manhunt for robbers who attacked money collection point at Anyinase

The Police are on a manhunt for a robbery gang who attacked a cash collection point at Anyinase near Essiama in the Western Region.  The...

My Lord I want more food – Slain soldier ‘killer’ begs court

One of the six suspects standing trial in connection with the murder of Trooper Sherrif Imoro at Taifa, a suburb of Ashaiman in the...

Trader, 41, remanded for duping top policeman

A 41-year-old trader, Jeffrey Owusu, has been remanded by the Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly duping a Deputy Commissioner of Police, (DCOP), of...

Ashaiman soldier murder suspect granted GH¢150K bail on health grounds

The Ashaiman Circuit Court has granted a GH¢150,000.00 bail with three sureties, two of which must be justified to Ibrahim Abdul Rakib, one of...

Five robbers gang-rape woman, 25, at Gomoa Ojobi

A 25-year-old woman is battling for her life after five armed robbers attacked and raped her in her house at Gomoa Ojobi in the...

Prison officer allegedly inflicts cutlass wounds on herdsman at Ejura

A 45-year-old herdsman, Abdullai Yaro is battling for his life at the St. Luke Hospital in Kasei in the Ejura-Sekyeredumasi Municipality of the Ashanti...

Police probe death of Assembly man after car crash

Police in Somanya in the Eastern region are investigating the death of Eric Narh Aglazo, Assembly member for Sra electoral area, who was killed...

 Parents witness lynching of 35-year-old son after crushing 4 to death

A mob has lynched a 35-year-old man, OlorunFemi Tope, after he reportedly crushed four persons to death in an accident at ljoka area of...

Boy, 12, escapes lynching for breaking into shop to steal

A 12-year-old boy narrowly escaped lynching after he was caught red-handed stealing in a shop at Agona Swedru in the Central region. The boy who...

‘Facebook rapist’ who faked death arrested in Tanzania

A rapist and murderer who escaped a South African prison by faking his own death has been arrested in Tanzania. Thabo Bester was at large...

6 arrested, 2 officers interdicted over Kumawu police attack

Police have arrested six persons for attacking a police officer at the Wono Akotsosu snap checkpoint in the Kumawu District of the Ashanti region. Preliminary...

Groom killed after bride’s ex gifted them sound system rigged with explosives

Police in India have arrested a man after he allegedly gifted a music system rigged with explosives, which killed the new husband of his ex-lover, according...

Two Nkwanta South jailbreakers re-arrested

Two more suspects who escaped from cells at the Nkwanta Police station in Oti region have been re-arrested. The two are robbery suspect, Mohammed Kadir...

Man, 43, stabbed to death at Sehwi Anhwiam

A 43-year-old man, Kwadwo Affum, has been stabbed to death at Sehwi Anhwiam in the Sehwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region. The incident...

Oforikrom MP hands over police station and quarters to police administration

The Member of Parliament for Oforikrom Constituency in Ashanti Region, Dr Emmanuel Marfo, has constructed and handed over a police station with a six-bedroom...

Man stabs elder brother to death over shirt and trouser

A 20-year-old man, Halifa Hamza, has stabbed his elder brother, Usman Hamza, to death with a pair of scissors in Kurna of Kano State,...

Nkwanta South jailbreaker attempts suicide

One of the suspects who escaped from police cells at Nkwanta South in Oti region has attempted suicide after he was re-arrested. The suspect, 20-year-old...

Punish Afoko, Asabke for Adams Mahama’s death – Prosecution urges jury

State Prosecutors have urged the seven-member jury trying Gregory Afoko and Asabke Alangde for the murder of the late New Patriotic Party (NPP) Upper East...

Police probe assault on game rangers in Kyebi

Police in the Eastern region have launched an investigation into the assault on two Kyebi Forestry Division game rangers. The two managers, Yaw Sakyi and...

Former NDA officials slapped with 11 fresh charges

The Special Prosecutor has filed 11 new charges against three former officials of the Northern Development Authority (NDA) and a private man standing trial...

Kikpande chief suspended over death of Mujipe chief

The Paramount Chief of Kikpande in the Kpembe Traditional Area in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region, Kikpandewura Kanyiti I, has been...

Immigration Service reacts to shooting of its officers at Bawku

The Ghana Immigration Service(GIS) has confirmed a shooting incident at Bawku which claimed the life of one of its personnel and left two injured....

Fetish priest injures 3 men in attack at Baniekrom

A 36-year-old fetish priest has allegedly injured three men at Baniekrom in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti region. The fetish priest only identified...

Eight suspects escape from Nkwanta police cells

Police officers at the Nkwanta South Divisional Police station of the Oti Region are under pressure after eight suspects escaped from cells. Information gathered...

Land guards attack, burn office at Ashalaja

Tension is brewing at Ashalaja in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region after suspected land guards stormed Nii Akwanor Royal Family...

Farmer jailed 20 years for sexually abusing 6-year-old girl

A 26-year-old farmer who sexually abused a six-year-old girl at Agbogbloshie in Accra has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit...

Manager remanded over power theft

A 35-year-old manager has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing electricity worth GH¢8,390 at Shiashie in Accra. Philip Emmanuel Yankey was...

NPP communicator arrested for power theft

The Odumase-Krobo police detained an aspiring assembly member for Mampong Electoral Area in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region for allegedly...