Crime

Shop attendant arrested for locking up ECG staff

A 24-year-old shop attendant has been arrested by the Police for locking up a monitoring staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in...

Defunct Beige Bank CEO siphoned over 10,000 deposits – Witness tells court

A Chartered Accountant with accounting and auditing firm, KPMG, Julius Ayivor, has told the Accra High Court that the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...

Afoko’s trial ends after 8 years

The trial of Gregory Afoko, a farmer who has been charged together with Asabke Alangde, has ended after eight years following the alleged acid...

Boxer, 14 others arrested for improper waste disposal, open defecation

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has arrested 15 people for dumping refuse at unauthorised places and indulging in open defecation contrary to Section 56(a) and (b)...

I never discussed coup d’état with anyone – Mac-Palm tells Court

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Citadel Hospital, Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, has told the High Court in Accra that he had never...

Woman narrates how lover doused her with acid for refusing blood covenant

A woman, identified as Martha Kakari Asiamah, has been left with permanent scars after her jealous lover doused her with acid. Madam Asiamah said her...

SHS graduate allegedly stoned to death at ‘galamsey’ site near Denkyira Obuasi

A 22-year-old Senior High School (SHS) graduate, Evans Wireko, has been stoned to death at a 'galamsey' site by some persons at Fobinso near...

One dead, 3 injured after gunshots at funeral

One person has been killed after gunshots were fired at the funeral grounds of a late taxi driver, Owusu Banaahene, at Gyankobaa, in the...

Immigration Service reacts to officer’s involvement in alleged extortion

Management of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) says it has taken note of a widely circulated incident in which a group of persons, including...

45-year-old tiler in court for allegedly sleeping with mentally challenged lady

A 45-year-old tiler has appeared before an Adentan Circuit Court for allegedly having sex with a 22-year-old mentally challenged lady at Pure Water, near...

70-year-old man arrested for raping 25-year-old woman

A 70-year-old man is in the grips of the Bimbilla police in Nanumba North municipality in the Northern region for allegedly raping a 21-year-old...

Man stabs brother to death over yam

A 40-year-old man and farmer, Bilikangma Kitimor, has allegedly stabbed his junior brother over yam setts at Bladjai in the Kpandai District of the...

‘Self-acclaimed’ chief arrested over alleged recruitment fraud

The Abura Dunkwa Circuit Court in the Central Region has granted a GHC6,000 bail to a self-acclaimed Chief of Abura Dunkwa, Nana Okromansa Ofosu...

School placement challenges will be resolved – Free SHS Secretariat assures parents

The Deputy Coordinator of the Free SHS Secretariat, Nana Afrah Sika Mensah, has assured that all challenges associated with the Computerised School Selection Placement...

Mankessim murder: Police conclude investigations, await advice from AG

The Ghana Police Service has completed investigations into the killing of Georgina Asor Botwe, a 25-year-old prospective student nurse at Mankessim. The police are,...

West Hills Death: Docket, pathologist report forwarded to AG for advice

Police prosecutors have told the District Court at Sowutuom that the duplicate docket and pathology report of the deceased in the West Hills Mall...

Dozens of dissolved Qnet workers arrested in a swoop in Koforidua

Police in Koforidua have arrested 60 independent representatives (IRs) and workers of online networking marketing company (Qnet) dissolved by Court for operating a Ponzi...

I didn’t kill Adams Mahama – Accused cries in court

Asabke Alangdi, the second accused person charged with the murder of the then Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji...

Man battling for his life after attack by unknown assailants at Awutu Bereku

A man, believed to be in his 30s, is unconscious after unknown assailants inflicted cutlass wounds on him at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu...

Man and son arrested for killing bull in Savannah Region

A 58-year-old man, Langa Jakpa and his 31-year-old son, Langa Mahama, have been arrested by the Tuna police in the Sawla District of the...

Three arrested over alleged sale of drugs at James Town

The James Town Police have arrested three persons alleged to have engaged in the sale of drugs to young people at James Town, Accra....

Nkawkaw: Man kills father for not accepting his lover

A 35-year-old man is in police grips for killing his biological father for challenging his right to marry the woman of his choice. Abdul Wadudu...

Afoko murder trial: Second accused reveals why he fled to Ivory Coast

The second Accused person in the alleged acid incident which led to the death of New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Upper East Regional Chairman, Adams...

Two arrested for human trafficking in Ashanti Region

The police in the Ashanti Region have arrested two persons believed to be behind the trafficking of foreign nationals to engage in begging in...

Man beaten to death for stealing plantain at Ajuamko Bisease

A 40-year-old man, Kwame Essel, has been beaten to death for allegedly stealing plantain from a farm at Ajumako Bisease in the Ajumako Enyan...

Man beaten to pulp for stealing from accident victims at Gomoa Akwamu

A man, believed to be in his late 30's, has escaped lynching after stealing a mobile phone at Gomoa Akwamu in the Gomoa Central...

Man’s neck slashed over fruit juice price

A young man has been wounded and hospitalised following a hot argument he had with a drinking spot attendant over the price of a...

Police officers disguise themselves as prostitutes to arrest criminals – IGP reveals

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has revealed the extent to which his administration is going to fight crime while ensuring...

Special Prosecutor charges 4 public servants for failing to declare incomes

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has charged four public servants and a civil servant for allegedly failing to comply and declare their...

Krachi: Man stabs brother to death over dog

A 40-year-old farmer, Kudjo Denteh, has stabbed his junior brother, Kwadwo Donkor, to death over a little disagreement between the two at Kpatchu, a...

Sierra Leonean jailed 25 years for causing harm, robbery

A 24-year-old unemployed man had the shock of his life when an Adentan Circuit Court sentenced him to 25 years imprisonment for causing harm...

Court chases pensioner for defiling four minors

An Accra Circuit Court has declared a 66-year-old pensioner wanted for allegedly defiling four children in the Tema West Municipality. The suspect, Emmanuel John Kwesi...

Ghanaian lady arrested in UK over stabbing, pouring hot water on rival

An 18-year-old Ghanaian woman residing in Royston, United Kingdom has been charged after a stabbing incident in South London. The alleged stabbing took place on...

COCOBOD Case: AG sends officers to Korle-Bu to monitor Agongo

Lawyers of Businessmen Seidu Agongo and Agricult Ghana Limited, the 2nd and 3rd Accused in the ongoing Ghana Cocoa Board trial have accused the...

Building contractor accused of fraud granted GH₵150k bail  

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH₵150,000.00 bail with two sureties to a 57-year-old building contractor accused of fraud. Wonder Abochie Kissina was...

Couple with four children in court over child stealing

A couple, with four children, were on Monday put before an Adentan Circuit Court for allegedly stealing an abandoned day-old baby boy. Edward Nyarko -Affum...

West Hills Mall death: Security Analyst proposes independent forensic autopsy

A Security Analyst with Global Intelligence, Samuel Nana Appiah, has proposed an independent forensic autopsy into the death of 32-year-old Shadrack Arloo at the...

Trader, farmer remanded for kidnapping 37-year-old mason

The Circuit Court in Accra, presided over by His Honour Samuel Bright Acquah, has remanded three people for allegedly kidnapping a 37-year-old mason at...

Family of man allegedly murdered at West Hills Mall to drag case to CHRAJ if…

The family of Shadrack Arloo whose death occurred at West Hills Mall has given the Ghana Police Service a seven-day ultimatum to reopen their...

Anyinam youth clash with police over arrest of 2 ‘galamseyers’

There was pandemonium at the Anyinam police station in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern region after the arrest of two illegal miners...