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Two burnt beyond recognition at Kasoa Adom Estate

Two people have been set ablaze in a room at Kasoa Adom Estate in the Awutu Senya East Municipality in the Central Region.The victims...

Prison officer stabbed to death at Kasoa Iron City

An officer stationed at the Nsawam Prisons, Gideon Adu Boakye has been killed at Kasoa Iron City in the Awutu Senya Municipality of the...

Two armed robbers killed in gun battle with Police

Two armed robbers have been gun down in a battle with Police personnel on the Yeji- Kumasi highway.One of the armed robbers who escaped...

Two dismissed officers, civilian sentenced to 30 years for robbery

Two former security officers and a civilian have each been sentenced to 30 years in prison for robbery by an Accra Circuit Court.The convicted...

Fear grips residents after fatal shooting of policeman at Kwame Peprakrom

Residents in Kwame Peprakrom in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central region are living in fear and panic following the fatal shooting...

Man, 22, stabbed multiple times while separating fight at Lower Bobikuma

A 22-year-old man, Nana Yaw is battling for his life at Agona Swedru Government Hospital after an ex-convict, Yaw Nyarko popularly known as Solider...

Man, 22, lynched while going to visit friend at dawn

A 22-year-old man identified as Kenten Yeboah has met his untimely death after being lynched at Wassa Akropong in the Western region.The incident is...

Armed robbers shoot MoMo vendor; bolt with GH₵120K, phones at Amanfrom

A 34-year-old Mobile Money(MoMo) vendor Famous Fiagbe is battling for his life at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital.This was after two armed robbers...

Man gets two-day jail term for careless driving

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 35-year-old driver, Isaac Andoh, to two days imprisonment for careless and inconsiderate driving.In addition, the convict has...

Oliver Barker-Vormawor arrested

Oliver Barker-Vormawor, leader of the activist group Democracy Hub, has been arrested by the Ghana Police Service in connection with recent protests in Accra.The...

Man forced to excrete 76 wraps of cocaine at airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended a 38-year-old man, Okafor Ifeanyi Anthony, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport...

Notorious thief caught stealing toffees at Damongo

A 24-year-old thief identified simply as Samson, has been apprehended by community watch volunteers in Damongo, the capital of the Savannah Region, after breaking...

O’Reilly SHS stabbing: Accused remanded again 

The La District Court has for a second time remanded a final-year student at O'Reilly Senior High School (SHS), who fatally stabbed a classmate.The...

Taxi driver jailed over murder of his 20-year-old UPSA lover 

Paul Evename, a 35-year-old taxi driver, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his girlfriend, Jennifer Atieku, a 20-year-old UPSA student.This was after...

4 Ghanaian students arrested over alleged forgery of transcripts to enter US University

Four Ghanaian students at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, USA have been arrested for allegedly forging High School transcripts to gain admission, according to court...

Galamsey: Four arrested in Subri Forest Reserve

Four individuals have been arrested for allegedly engaging in illegal mining, commonly known as ‘galamsey,’ in the Subri Forest Reserve in Ghana’s Western Region.The...

Student jailed for defrauding woman on fake admission promise

The Winneba District Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 30-year-old student of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to 13 months imprisonment for defrauding by...

Man who threatened to harm public officers remanded

Ibrahim Mohammed popularly known as Commander Kanewu of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been remanded two weeks into Police custody.This was when he...

Big Six effigies’ destruction case adjourned to Sep 18

The Kwabenya Circuit Court has adjourned the case of Newwell Gavu to September 18.Gavu is being held for allegedly destroying statues of the Big...

Ghana Police Church accountant jailed for 2 years after losing GHC40,000 to Aviator betting game

An accountant who dishonestly appropriated GHC40,433.50 from the Ghana Police Church has been sentenced to two years in prison by an Adentan Circuit Court.Edward...

Aviation operator remanded for allegedly siphoning jet fuel

The Kwabenya Circuit Court has remanded into police custody Solomon Tetteh Codjoe for allegedly stealing aviation jet fuel.Codjoe, a 37-year-old aviation operator, allegedly carried...

One caged, others granted bail for alleged murder at Tsiame

The Police at Abor in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region have apprehended three suspects in connection with the death of Bessah Gadah,...

Man who threatened to harm public officers arrested

Ibrahim Mohammed popularly known as Commander Kanewu of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been arrested for threatening to shoot and harm some public...

Kuntunse murder: Police pray for more time to complete investigations

The case of the Police Constable accused of shooting a driver to death over transport fare at Kuntunse Satellite, near Amasaman has been adjourned...

Police arrest four persons in connection with violent attack at Oyarifa

The Ghana Police Service on 8th September 2024, arrested four suspects in connection with a violent attack that resulted in injuries to three people...

Two students in court for allegedly robbing teacher at gun point

Two students have been charged in the Dansoman Circuit Court with robbery and conspiracy to rob.Joshua Kwabena Nyador and Wisdom Ayekple have pleaded not...

Police place GH¢50k bounty on man who threatened to harm public officers

The Ghana Police Service has announced a GH¢100,000 bounty for anyone who provides information for the arrest of a suspect who threatened to harm...

One arrested in connection with NPP Walewale re-run violence

A man, identified by Police as Kamara Bawah, has been arrested in connection with the ballot snatching incident during the New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

GNFS condemns attacks on firefighters, vows legal action

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has condemned recent assaults on its personnel in their line of duty, which have resulted in the serious...

Law clerk in court for forging judicial documents

Law clerk of a law firm in Accra has been put before the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly forging the signatures of the Deputy...

Immigration Officers intercept jerrycans of fuel being smuggled to Togo

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has intercepted and seized 45 jerrycans of petrol which were being smuggled into Togo.The exercise was undertaken by a...

Businessman granted bail over alleged visa fraud

A 36-year-old businessman, who allegedly took $13,500 from two persons under the pretext of securing them Nicaragua and Mexican visas but failed has been granted...

Man nabbed for allegedly butchering wife, child over paternity issues

A man has been arrested by the Ashaiman district police for allegedly butchering his wife and months old child.The suspect perpetrated the crime over...

Mexico arrests alleged cartel kingpin tied to 43 missing students

Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested an alleged cartel chief linked to the decade-old disappearance of dozens of students.Gildardo Lopez Astudillo, the suspected...

Driver killed, others injured in highway robbery at Agona Suromanya

The driver of a container cargo truck has been shot dead, while others sustained bullet wounds after highway robbers opened fire on them at...

Woman found dead in boyfriend’s room at Sege

A 24-year-old woman, Eunice Sebbi, allegedly committed suicide in her boyfriend's room in the early hours of Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at Sege in...

Driver, mate arrested for assaulting firefighter

A driver and his mate have been arrested for assaulting a firefighter, ADO II Abdul Aziz Annor stationed at the Ministries Fire Station, Accra.The...

Man stabs friend to death with stick

Uwombornyi Bado, a 37-year-old man has been stabbed to death with a stick by a colleague, Alhassan Merasa.The incident occurred at Zongo-Machire, a farming...

Police on manhunt for car snatching syndicate in Koforidua

The Koforidua Divisional Police Command is on a manhunt for a car theft syndicate, terrorising residents.The syndicate has reportedly stolen about five cars in...

Father, son imprisoned for conspiracy and theft of teak trees in Hohoe

A 60-year-old herbalist, Edward Worwornyo, and his 30-year-old son, Senyo Augustus Worwornyo, have been sentenced to four years in prison by the Hohoe Circuit...