Crime

Labourer jailed two years for stabbing man

A 26-year-old labourer has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for stabbing a man with an unknown object during a scuffle. James Amuzu,...

Activities of Aisha Huang polluted Offin, other rivers – Witness tells court

A farmer, Timothy Teye Ali, has told an Accra High Court how the alleged illegal mining activities of En Huang, aka, Aisha Huang led...

Decomposing body of taxi driver found tied up in bush

A 25-year-old physically challenged taxi driver, Kwesi Baidoo, popularly known as Chiko, has been found dead in a bizarre state. The victim was found in...

Mason jailed for slashing man’s palm over music video

A mason who slashed the palm of another man with a machete during an argument over a music video at La, in Accra, has been...

Pharmacist in court for allegedly raping sister-in-law

A Pharmacist, Patrick Afun, who allegedly sedated his fiancée’s elder sister and had sex with her while she was unconscious, was arraigned before a...

NPA, security agencies impound 2,025 litres of illicit fuel at Hamile

A total of 2,025 litres of illicit petroleum products concealed in yellow jelly cans, popularly known as 'Kufuor gallons' and kept in a commercial...

Farmer who robbed woman, scared her kids, jailed 20 years

The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a farmer to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery. Michael Nhyira Cobbina, 31, robbed Mrs Bernice...

15 arrested over violent chieftaincy dispute at Battor as Police restore calm

The Police have restored law, order and security at Bator in the Volta Region and arrested 15 suspects in connection with a violent chieftaincy...

Mother who abandoned 3-month-old baby in bush detained

A 21-year-old mother, who allegedly abandoned her three-month-old baby at Beahu in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, has been apprehended by...

Asaman Tamfoe robbery: 5 suspects arrested so far as Police grab another

The Police have arrested one more suspect in connection with the Asaman Tamfoe robbery, bringing the number of suspects arrested so far to five....

Police on manhunt for robbers who shot 2 at Brofoyedu

The Ghana Police Service says it is pursuing a gang of robbers who attacked a household and shot two people at Brofoyedu in the...

Opuni’s stay motion adjourned

An interlocutory motion for stay of proceedings filed by former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen Opuni, has been adjourned...

Nigerian police uncover bomb factory, arrest suspects

The Ebonyi State Command has uncovered the biggest bomb factory in the southeast allegedly operated by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its...

One killed, another injured as robbers attack house at Brofoyedu

The Police are on a manhunt for a gang of robbers who attacked a household and shot two persons at Brofoyedu in the Ashanti...

Alleged police impersonator granted GH¢150K bail

A 38-year-old private investigator, Israel Afram Benson, has pleaded not guilty for allegedly having in his possession police accoutrements and defrauding by false pretences....

Gomoa Akotsi mobile money robbers grabbed 

The Gomoa Ojobi District Police Command has arrested three suspected armed robbers who shot and robbed a mobile money vendor at Gomoa Akotsi last...

Police set 4 ‘wee ghettos’ ablaze at Gomoa East

The Gomoa Ojobi District Police Command has set over four 'wee Ghettos' ablaze in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. This was during...

Police introduce Operation ‘PAILES’ to check insecure loading of vehicles

As part of the overall strategy to prevent accidents, especially during this festive season and beyond, the Police have introduced an initiative to check...

Over 3,380 errant motor riders fined GH¢3 million this year

More than 3,380 errant motorcycle riders have been fined a total of GH¢3 million for various road traffic infractions between January and November, this...

Man who slapped Henry Quartey granted bail

A 61-year-old retired computer programmer, who slapped the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, in traffic, after threatening to kill him, has been granted...

5 brave policemen in gun battle with robbers at Awutu Bereku, stolen car retrieved

https://youtu.be/uOkAJbQexlU Five policemen have narrowly escaped death in a gun battle with three armed robbers at Awutu Bereku in the Central Region. The Policemen, according to...

Man arrested for stealing 2 pregnant cows at Winneba

A 35-year-old man has been arrested by the police in Winneba in the Central Region for stealing two pregnant cows. Kasapa News reports that four...

Capital Bank case: Two standing trial acquitted and discharged

An Accra High Court has acquitted and discharged the Second and Third accused persons in the Capital Bank case, Tetteh Nettey and Rev Fitzgerald...

Woman impregnated in police custody appears in court for murder

A young woman, who got pregnant in police custody in Keta in the Volta Region earlier this year while awaiting trial for murder, Godsway...

Man found dead at Besease new site

The lifeless body of a man, believed to be in his early 30’s, has been found in a public place at Besease near Mamponteng...

One injured after clashes between SHS students

A teenager is battling for his life after students of Asanteman Senior High School (SHS) and Bantama Adventist Senior High School clashed over the...

Major Mahama trial: Assemblyman closes case after calling 2 witnesses

The Assemblyman for Denkyira Obuasi, William Baah, who is standing trial for abetment in the killing of military officer Major Mahama has closed his...

Four arrested in connection with torture of boy, 16, granted bail

The Assin Fosu District Court, presided over by His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu, has granted bail to four persons in connection with the torture...

Unemployed convicted over fraud

A 21-year-old unemployed young man, who allegedly stole GHS 38,400.00 by logging into Richmond Gyawu’s Ecobank Mobile application account, has been sentenced by an Accra...

Bukom Banku and son remanded over stabbing

Briamah Isaac Kamoko, aka “Bukom Banku”, a Ghanaian Professional Boxer, has been remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit Court for one week...

Buried body exhumed at Awutu Kwa- Larbie

The buried body of a 30-year-old man, Kojo Edem, has been exhumed by unknown people at Awutu Kwa- Larbie in the Awutu Senya West...

Innocent boy, 16, hospitalised after being tortured over missing GH₵4K

A 16-year-old boy from Assin Adiembra in the Central Region has gone through the worse over a missing Ghc4,000. The victim was wrongfully accused of...

20 suspected drug dealers including 2 women arrested [Photos]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 20 drug dealer suspects including women and seized tons of narcotics in Ondo, Kebbi, Akala and...

Police allegedly shoot taxi driver dead at Gbi Wegbe

Bismark Charles Opare, a 29-year-old taxi driver, died on Saturday from a suspected stray bullet discharged during a Police operation at Gbi Wegbe in...

Caprice robbery: Two robbers shot dead as police officer sustains injuries

Police have shot dead two armed robbers and arrested one in connection with the robbery attack at Caprice in Accra on Friday 9th December,...

Judge hangs himself in church after killing wife and raping her corpse

A Zimbabwean judge, who was declared wanted by the police over the brutal murder of his wife, has reportedly killed himself in a church. The...

Chinese nationals release dogs on GRA tax officers at quarry site  

Some Chinese nationals working at quarry sites at Kasoa in the Central region on Thursday, December 8, 2022, released dogs on officials of the...

57-year-old ‘hungry’ man jailed for stealing 2 bunches of plantain

A 57-year-old cocoa farmer, Emmanuel Addae, from Twifu Heman Nsuaem in the Central Region, has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment for stealing two...

8 arrested in connection with Enchi chieftaincy clash

At least eight people have been arrested in connection with the Enchi chieftaincy clash that led to the demise of four persons. Four suspects were...

Man kills wife after allegedly hitting head against wall multiple times

A 40-year-old man, Stephen Appiah, has been arrested by Police for allegedly killing his wife, Afua Abrefi. The suspect reportedly hit the head of the...