Crime

Ato Essien’s fate hangs as court rules on his case today

An Accra High Court is expected to give judgement in the criminal trial of founder and former Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, William...

Owusu Bempah, 6 others discharged but state pursues matter before High Court

An Accra Circuit Court has discharged Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry and six others. Rev. Owusu Bempah and the...

Suspected armed robber killed in fierce gun battle with police

A suspected armed robber has been killed in a gun battle with the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Ghana Police Service. The deceased was...

One killed in robbery attack on Bimbilla-Accra road

One person is reported dead following an armed robbery attack on a group of traders on a bus en route to Bimbilla in the...

Sad as Nigerian man allegedly beheads his girlfriend at Spintex [Video]

https://youtu.be/fIFRy8jk-d8 A young Nigerian man has been picked up by the Ghana Police Service for allegedly beheading his girlfriend at Spintex. According to reports, the man...

Five remanded over unlawful possession of police uniforms, weapons

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded five persons into police custody over an alleged unlawful possession of police uniforms and weapons.  The accused persons: Felix...

Omanhene, MP vow to prevent mining in Asante Mampong

The chiefs and people of the Asante Mampong Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region have decided not to allow any mining activity on their...

Manasseh mounts witness box as trial of ex-PPA boss begins

Investigative Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has mounted the witness box to testify as the first witness for the Special Prosecutor in the case in...

Thieves break into church; steal offertory, instruments, communion wine and other items

https://youtu.be/_z4dZuYEC1s Thieves have raided the Kingdom Witness Church at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. They made away with...

Nine arrested for power theft

A joint police and military operation in collaboration with the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) has resulted in the arrest of nine persons in...

Highway robber thanks victim after operation

A victim of last Friday’s robbery which led to the death of a policeman between Miminaso Number 2 and Nyamebekyere on the Ejura Nkoranza...

7 gunmen who stormed hospital in attempt to kill teen arrested

Police in Ecuador have arrested seven gunmen who stormed a hospital in an attempt to kill a teen being treated there. Gang members took...

Missing woman found dead in her farm

A woman, believed to be in her early 60s, has allegedly committed suicide in her farm at Breman Essiam in the Central Region. The...

Man arrested for stealing and killing pregnant goat [Video]

https://youtube.com/shorts/DPVbSmp1aWw?feature=share Irate residents at Jei-Krodua in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region have arrested a 25-year-old man over the death of a...

Notorious thief nabbed, tied to pole for stealing fowl

A notorious thief terrorizing residents of Mankesim in the Central Region has finally been nabbed. The 28-year-old suspect, Ebo Karim, had been on the...

Court sets date to rule on Ato Essien’s case

An Accra High Court would on December 1, 2022, give judgement in the criminal trial of founder and former Chief Executive Officer of defunct...

Fire personnel attack journalists with helmet at Weija fire scene

Two journalists have been manhandled by some fire officers who were deployed to a fire scene at Weija Junction on Saturday. The personnel were responding...

Moment armed robbers invaded SDA church while pastor was preaching [Video]

Suspected armed robbers invaded a Seventh Day Adventist Church in Johannesburg, South Africa while the pastor was preaching. The incident took place at the church...

One arrested, others on the run after allegedly murdering police officer  

The Police have arrested one armed robber and are pursuing his accomplices for the murder of a male adult identified as a Police officer.  The...

Court remands spiritualist for alleged murder at Assin Akwetey

A 62-year-old spiritualist, Emmanuel Tetteh, a.k.a Gorleku, who doubles as a farmer at Assin Akwetey No2 in the Assin South District of the Central...

Assin Fosu: Man leaves emotional letter to father after stealing ¢9,500 from his safe

Kwame Gabriel, a 23-year-old man, has stolen GHc 9,500 and an iPhone at Assin Fosu. He then goes ahead to leave confirmation letter explaining...

Phone repairer inflicts machete wounds on labourer over non-payment of rent

A phone repairer who inflicted machete wounds on a labourer following a misunderstanding over non-payment of rent has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.  Raphael...

Rats blamed for eating 500 kilograms of marijuana seized by Indian police

Rats in northern India have been accused of eating hundreds of kilograms of marijuana seized from drug dealers and stored in police warehouses. “Rats are...

Two in court for lottery fraud

Two lottery agents have appeared before an Accra High Court for allegedly submitting fraudulent ticket and falsifying pay list worth over GH¢163,000.00. The accused...

Cop faces prosecution for allegedly defiling girl, 14

A police officer, Sergeant Emmanuel Duah, popularly known as Bob Marley, who allegedly defiled a 14-year-old girl in the Akatsi North District of the...

Young man stabbed to death over missing mobile phone

A 25-year-old man, Isaac Godiga, affectionately called Jay Jay, has allegedly been stabbed to death by a young man only identified as Anane at...

Aisha Huang’s ‘son’, 1 other dragged to court

The office of the Attorney has dragged a Chinese national believed to be the son of alleged illegal mining kingpin, En Huang, popularly known...

Fear grips Pokrom residents over invasion of armed men

Residents of Pokrom, Nsaba near Aburi in the Akuapem South Municipality of the Eastern Region, continue to live in fear over the invasion of...

Woman arrested for living with dead husband’s decomposing corpse

A Zimbabwean woman has made news headlines after it emerged she had been living with the corpse of her husband, which was now in...

Woman allegedly stabs husband to death over sexual demands

A 27-year-old woman, Odunayo Olumale, has been arrested in Oyo State, Nigeria for allegedly stabbing her husband, Olamilekan Salaideen, to death over sexual demand.  ...

Man who beat his wife to death in police custody after suicide attempt

A man, who attempted to commit suicide after beating his wife to death at Sehwi Apente, has been detained. Kwabena Ahi, after finding out his...

Male student, 18, busted while pretending to be female to enter girls’ dormitory

An 18-year-old male student who sneaked into a neighboring girls' secondary school, has been arrested by operatives of Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). The suspect, who...

Two granted bail over lotto account falsification, GH₵143,154.00 theft

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a lotto agent and writer bail over an alleged theft of GH₵143,154.00  through falsification of account. Samuel Asante Arthur,...

Man attempts suicide after beating wife to death at Sehwi Bodi-Apente

A man, believed to be in his early thirties, has been nabbed by the police after attempting suicide. The suspect, identified as Kwabena Ahi,...

14 suspects arrested in connection with death of Chief, 2 others in Oti Region

Fourteen people have been arrested by the police for the killing of a chief, his son and a linguist in the Krachi Nchumuru District...

Teacher’s aide arrested for sex with student 2 weeks after starting job

Granite Public Schools’ Superintendent Missy Berry has confirmed a woman charged last week for reportedly having sex with a 16-year-old student did work for...

47-year-old man charged for fraudulent land transaction 

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to Joseph Ofosu, a 47-year-old, in the sum of GH₵150,000.00 with three sureties, two to be in...

Military officer’s stray bullet kills nursing mother at Manso-Datano

A nursing mother has been confirmed dead after a military officer allegedly discharged live ammunition on mourners at Manso Datano in the Amansie South...

Female pastor arrested for giving out church members’ details to kidnappers

A 37-year-old pastor, Ruth Kenneth has been arrested for allegedly providing information about congregants to kidnappers in Nigeria. It is reported that the mother-of-seven is...

Violent attack on school leaves 3 students injured

Three students of Asare Bediako SHS have been injured after some youth of Akrokerri in the Ashanti region allegedly attacked them on campus. The attack,...