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Armed robbers attack forex bureau at Lapaz [Video]

Two armed robbers reportedly attacked a Forex Bureau in Abeka Lapaz, a suburb of Accra, on Friday afternoon.The suspects allegedly invaded the Forex Bureau...

Labourer jailed for 5 years for inflicting cutlass wounds on businessman

A 24-year-old labourer, Benjamin Kwabena Fiagbodze, who inflicted cutlass wounds on the head of a businessman at Tse Addo in Accra, has been sentenced...

Pensioner in court for impersonating late brother to sell land

A pensioner has been dragged to the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly impersonating his late brother to sell a plot of land.According to police...

House help before court for allegedly pouring acid on SHS leaver

A 26-year-old house help is before the Bekwai Circuit Court for allegedly pouring acid on a Senior High School leaver.Ernest Agyei has denied causing...

Man arrested for stabbing friend to death with scissors at Bepoh

A 23-year-old man, Appiah Kwasi, has allegedly been stabbed to death with scissors at Bepoh near Appiatse in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of...

Wife bites off husband’s nose over alleged GH₵1,500 theft at Gomoa Buduatta

A 40-year-old man, James Batman has lost his nose after his wife, Abena Dorah bit it off over GH₵1500 at Gomoa Buduatta in the...

2 juveniles remanded over murder of JHS graduate

The Asokwa District Court has remanded two juveniles in custody, following their alleged involvement in the killing of a 16-year-old boy at Anloga, in...

US hacker sentenced over Bitcoin heist worth billions

A hacker has been sentenced to five years in a US prison for laundering the proceeds of one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts. Ilya...

Farmer jailed 18 months for stealing ‘Akpeteshie’ distilling pipe

A Hohoe Circuit Court has sentenced Olator Moses, an 18-year-old farmer, to 18 months in jail for stealing ‘akpeteshie’ (local gin) distillation pipes.He pleaded...

Electrician sentenced for theft; one suspect still at large

A 29-year-old electrician, Samuel Ledi, alias "Corn Dealer," has been sentenced to three years in prison by the Hohoe Circuit Court for stealing a...

Attackers of Erastus Asare and colleagues are “organized criminals” – George Sarpong

The Executive Secretary of the National Media Commission, George Sarpong, has expressed concern over the recent assault on Joy News' Erastus Asare Donkor and...

Two injured after chaos breaks out at Gomoa Lome festival launch [Video]

Two individuals have been injured following a heated exchange and scuffle at the launch of the Gomoa Lome festival in the Central Region.The victims...

Man stabbed to death in Ejisu

A 25-year-old man has been stabbed to death in an alleged brawl with unknown assailants at Tikrom Baroɔ, a community in the Ejisu Municipality...

NACOC destroys over 150,000kg of illicit drugs

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has destroyed over 150,000 kilograms (kg) of various illicit drugs seized between 2021 and 2024.The illicit drugs included cannabis,...

26 remanded over violent Abetifi clashes

The Mpraeso District Court, presided over by Her Lordship Adwoa Akyemaa Ofosu, has remanded 26 people into police custody over the violent clashes that...

East Legon accident: Salifu Amoako’s son remanded again

The 16-year-old boy who rammed into another car at East Legon, killing two people as a result, has once again been remanded.The juvenile, who...

NDC PC storms radio station over alleged defamatory remarks

Chaos broke out at a local radio station in Asante Akyem Agogo, Salt FM, on Thursday after National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate (PC),...

Driver in trouble for stealing pharmacist’s taxi

A 51-year-old driver, Chris­tian Kwaku Appiah, has been sentenced to four years in prison by the  Accra Circuit Court for stealing a taxi during a...

Six sustain cutlass wounds, others arrested after violent clashes at Abetifi

Six people have reportedly sustained cutlass wounds in violent clashes at Abetifi in the Kwawu Municipality of the Eastern Region.The chaos erupted after unknown...

Mother of JHS graduate stabbed to death calls for justice

The mother of 16-year-old Dennis Owusu Ansah, who was fatally stabbed in Anloga in the Ashanti region on Monday night, has called for justice...

3 teenage girls arrested for alleged murder of 16-year-old BECE graduate

Three teenage girls are currently in police custody for their alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Dennis Owusu Ansah, a recent Basic...

One dead, another in critical condition after stealing motorbike at Agona Kwanyarko

One person has been lynched, and another is in critical condition after allegedly stealing a motorbike at Agona Kwanyarko in the Agona West District...

‘Mentally challenged’ man butchers 8-year-old boy at Abrepo Asubonteng

A horrific incident has shaken the Abrepo Asubonteng community in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region, leaving residents in shock and grief.An 8-year-old...

Zanetor Rawlings speaks on Adabraka daylight robbery

The Member of Parliament for Korle Klottey, Dr. Zanetor Rawlings, has condemned Saturday’s (November 2, 2024) armed robbery at the Adabraka Market, where four...

Galamsey: Investigation into attack on Joy News’ Erastus Asare and colleagues is already growing cold

It has been over two weeks since some armed illegal miners ambushed Joy News’ environmental journalist, Erastus Asare Donkor, and three of his colleagues...

Man who killed wife and daughter at Kokrobite jailed for life

A 47-year-old Burkinabe, Boigouna Aloys, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the High Court in Accra after being found guilty of killing his...

Gunmen attack students; set driver, vehicle ablaze [Photos]

Unknown gunmen have attacked a vehicle transporting students of Kongo Senior High School (SHS) in Nabdam to Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region.The incident...

We’re in a state of fear – Adabraka residents after daylight robbery

Residents of Adabraka, a suburb in Accra’s central business district, say they are living in fear following a daylight robbery over the weekend.Speaking with...

Adabraka Robbery: Shop owner should have prioritised security – Peter Toobu

Retired Superintendent of Police Peter Lanchene Toobu has blamed the owner of Cabest Jewellery shop, which was robbed by armed men over the weekend...

Police on manhunt for Adabraka daylight robbers

The Ghana Police Service has launched a manhunt for the suspects involved in a daylight robbery at the Adabraka market.The suspects fled with sacks...

Armed men flee with sacks of money in daylight robbery at Adabraka Market [Video]

Yet-to-be-identified armed men flee with sacks of money in daylight robbery at Adabraka MarketArmed robbers have fled with sacks of money in a daylight...

Two men charged with possession of human remains

Two men appeared in the Dansoman Circuit Court on Thursday, October 31, 2024, on charges relating to the unlawful possession of human body parts,...

Former Black Stars player deposits GH¢10K out of $8,000 fraudulently taken

A Former Black Stars player, Samuel Inkoom, Thursday deposited GH¢10,000, out of the US$8, 000 he was accused of having fraudulently taken from complainants,...

Armed robber jailed 15 years

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to 15 years in prison for robbing a taxi driver at gunpoint.Yaw Mensah, also known...

Trader in court over fraudulent breach of trust

A currency trader who allegedly dishonestly appropriated various sums of money belonging to three traders has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.Mahamud Adams Sidik...

Four Lands Commission officers face 77 charges in fraud case

Four officers of the Lands Commission, charged with 77 criminal offences, are now facing trial at the Financial and Economic Division of the High...

Driver’s mate jailed four years for stealing

A 22-year-old driver’s mate who broke into a school storeroom and stole various items has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment by the Abuakwa...

Newborn baby found dead in gutter in Koforidua

Residents of Koforidua in the Eastern Region were left in shock after the lifeless body of a newborn baby was discovered in a gutter...

Two reportedly killed, others injured in gun battle in Bawku

Two people have died with several others injured following a chieftaincy-related gun battle in a renewed violence in Bawku.Reports suggest the incident follows the...

Eight killed after gunmen block Bolgatanga-Tamale highway

Gunmen have reportedly shot eight people dead after blocking the Bolgatanga-Tamale highway near Gbimsi, a community close to Walewale.Accra-based Citi News reported the incident...