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Two suspects arrested in Awutu Bereku after tracing missing iPhone

Two suspects have been arrested by the Awutu Bereku Police Command after they attempted to trace a missing iPhone during an operation at Awutu...

Banka chief jailed 3 months for fraudulently appropriating community’s $150,000

The chief of Banka, a farming community in the Asante Akyem South Municipality of the Eastern region has been jailed for three months by...

Houseboy jailed for defiling his employer’s daughter

The Gender-Based Violence Court has sentenced a 28-year-old houseboy to seven years imprisonment for having sex with his employer’s 12-year-old daughter.Augustine Owusu was charged...

Thieves steal computers from Dominase M/A School’s ICT Lab [Photos]

Thieves have broken into the ICT lab of Dominase M/A school in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region on Thursday morning.They stole...

Nana Agradaa granted GH¢200k bail in explicit images case

Self-proclaimed pastor Nana Agradaa on Thursday, July 18, appeared in court and was granted bail, set at GH¢200,000.The court required her to provide two...

Nigeria: Police officer arrested for raping victim at gunpoint in his office

The Lagos State Police Command says it has detained one of its officers who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl in his office.The command’s spokesperson,...

Widow in court over fraud

Deborah Adjei, a trader, who allegedly took GHC3,130,800 from a contractor under the pretext of securing the release of a fleet of cars seized...

Two persons on GH¢ 100,000.00 bail each over alleged car fraud

The Dansoman Circuit Court has granted GH¢100,000.00 bail with three sureties each to two individuals over alleged abetment of car fraud.The Court ordered those...

Caretaker jailed for rent fraud

Raphael Nii Otu, a 28-year-old caretaker, has been jailed by the Adentan Circuit Court for renting out his employer’s apartment to two persons.The court...

Court remands land guards over alleged threat of death

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two supposed land guards who allegedly threatened to shoot and kill a Comet Property Limited Security personnel.Kwaku Badu,...

Woman arrested for torturing 9-year-old nephew

A woman has been arrested for allegedly physically assaulting her 9-year-old nephew, Nhyira Ohene Owiredu in her care at Adenta in Accra.The boy sustained...

2024 BECE: 7 teachers, 2 others arrested for malpractices

Nine people have been arrested for malpractices in the ongoing 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).The culprits include seven teachers in various locations, including Bekwai...

Dismissed Policeman who jumped bail for defilement arrested at Airport

A former Policeman attached to the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), General Corporal Emmanuel Nyame has been arrested at Kotoka International Airport upon...

Unemployed man before court for stealing building materials

An unemployed man, Dacosta Otinibi, has been brought before a Dodowa District Court for allegedly stealing wheelbarrows, bags of cement and iron rods valued...

One arrested over attack on NPP Ayawaso West Wuogon office

A female suspect, Judith Trisy has been arrested in connection with the attack on the Ayawaso West Wuogon New Patriotic Party (NPP) office on...

Court orders arrest of senior military officer over recruitment scam

An Accra Circuit Court has issued an arrest warrant for a military officer accused of involvement in a GH¢136,000 recruitment scam.Captain Abel Nartey, stationed...

Schools empty after shooting incident at Baniekrom

Basic schools in Baniekrom in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region are empty following a shooting incident that claimed three...

23-year-old bathed with acid seeks justice, support

When Martha Karikari Asiamah felt a harsh substance on her face and body four years ago, she screamed in pain.Her skin, she said, was...

Beige-Bank trial: Court cautions Nyinaku against repetitive evidence

The Accra High Court trying Michael Nyinaku, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the liquidated Beige Bank, has cautioned him against witnesses’ repetitive evidence.Justice...

Killers of 2 Kakpayili minors will face justice – Northern REGSEC

The Northern Regional Security Council has assured the public that those responsible for the deaths of the two children in Kpakpayili will face justice.This...

Former Assistant Manager of Chicken Inn jailed for theft

The Achimota Circuit Court has sentenced a former Assistant Manager of Chicken Inn and Pizza Inn to five years imprisonment in hard labour.The 29-year-old...

Court fines manager who assaulted worker over GH¢90 shortage

The Nkawkaw Magistrate Court has fined the operations manager of Multi Credit Savings and Loans Ltd, Ayivor Elikplim GH₵13,000.In default, Mr Elikplim will serve...

Kakpayili: Suspected murderer of minors granted bail

The youth of Kakpayili in Tamale in the Northern Region on Monday, July 1, marched towards the home of a man suspected to have...

King Oyanka petitions IGP over human rights abuse

The Overlord of Oblieman, Nii Ayitey Anumle Oyanka, also known as King Oyanka and Chairman of the World Human Rights Council, along with some...

Three notorious poachers arrested in Mole National Park remanded

The Bole Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Edward Essel has remanded three notorious poachers who were arrested in the Mole National Park.The...

Man lynched by friends after argument over GH₵200 at Kasoa Ofaakor

A 30-year-old man, Kwabena Mensah, has been lynched by his friends at Kasoa Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East District of the Central Region.Kwabena...

Two to stand trial for soldier’s murder at Ashaiman

Samuel Tetteh and Abubakar Sadick, have been committed to stand trial at the High Court for murdering 21-year-old Private Sherif Imoro at Ashaiman by...

Two elderly suspects excrete 150 wraps of cocaine at airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two passengers traveling to Doha on a Qatar Airways flight at the screening...

Court sentences 24-year-old welder for robbery

A 24-year-old welder, Kwame Adjei, has been sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment with hard labor for robbery.He pleaded guilty when he appeared before the...

Tricycle rider jailed 12 years for defiling 10-year-old girl

A 27-year-old tricycle operator, Godfred Ofosu Appiah, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in hard labour by the Ashanti Circuit Court at...

One arrested in connection with robbery that led to death of policeman

One person has been arrested in connection with the robbery incident at Ahodwo in the Ashanti region that claimed the life of a Policeman.The...

How accident survivor was robbed of GH₵21,000 [Listen]

An accident survivor, Grace Akosua Asamoah, has recounted how she was robbed of her GH₵21,000 in 2021.Grace has said the robbery occurred shortly after...

Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years in prison on drug trafficking charges

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been sentenced to 45 years in prison and given an $8 million fine by a US judge for drug...

Manager convicted for assaulting worker over GH¢90 shortage

The operations manager of Multi Credit Savings and Loans Ltd, Nkawkaw branch, Ayivor Elikplim, has been convicted by the Nkawkaw Magistrate Court, presided over...

Kanton SHS teacher arrested for poaching at Mole National Park

A notorious poacher, who traveled over 100 kilometers from Tumu in the Upper West Region to Mole National Park in the Savannah Region, has...

Five persons in court over alleged unlawful Assembly

Five persons have been arraigned over an alleged unlawful Assembly.Stephen Baidoo, 57, Abdul Aziz, 39, Kojo Amoako, 35, Frank Asante, 31 and William Teyi...

Two police inspectors jailed for secessionist activities

An Accra High Court has sentenced two Police Inspectors to a total of nine years in prison for being members of the Western Togo...

Missing teacher trainee found murdered in uncompleted building

A 21-year-old teacher trainee, Hannah Akosua Frimpomaa, has been found murdered in an uncompleted building at Mesidan, a farming community in the Techiman North...

Court orders ‘troublesome’ suspected killer of 11-year old at Kasoa to be kept in prison

An Accra High Court has given an order for the 2nd accused person in the ongoing trial of two teenagers accused of the murder...

ECG transformer near Police station stolen at Bunso

Unknown persons have stolen the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) transformer at Bunso in the Abuakwa South District of the Eastern Region.The 100kVA transformer...