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UK stabbing: Ghanaians in Manchester react to death of 43-year-old woman

Apart from the woman who died following a stabbing in Manchester and has been named as 43-year-old Alberta Obinim, two other people also sustained...

IGP leads delegation to visit family of man shot dead by Policeman [Video]

A delegation of the Ghana Police Service has commiserated with the family of 25-year-old Stanley Ahadzi, who was shot after a disagreement over transport...

Police arrest 85 suspected drug dealers, prostitutes in Tamale

At least 85 suspected drug peddlers and prostitutes have been arrested in the Tamale central business district. This was in a night raid conducted by...

Court issues bench warrant for mechanical engineer accused of fraud

The Accra Circuit Court Nine has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a mechanical engineer who allegedly took GH¢99,810.00 from a farmer...

20 Nigerian students abducted by gunmen in an ambush

At least 20 Nigerian university students were abducted by gunmen who ambushed their vehicles in the country’s north-central region, police said Friday. The students were...

Prison escapee fined GH¢1,200

A 29-year-old illegal miner, Ebenezer Asante, who escaped from the Tarkwa Local Prison, has been fined GH¢1,200 by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. In default, he...

Court remands man who killed 18-year-old lover

The Mpraeso Circuit Court has remanded a washing bay attendant, Kwaku Siaw who allegedly killed his lover at Nkawkaw Krofoforom in the Eastern region. The...

Woman dies after being thrown out of taxi at Kwadaso

Unknown persons have reportedly pushed a woman, believed to be in her forties out of a moving taxi, leading to her death at Kwadaso...

20-year-old arrested for stealing metal road signs and fenders

Kwame Philip, a 20-year-old, has been arrested by the Nkawkaw Police for stealing fenders and metal road signs from the Nkawkaw to Obomeng road. The...

Family demands justice for man by mob killed after theft allegation

The family of Bismark Awatey Kabutey, a 37-year-old man brutally killed by a mob at Teshie in the Greater Accra Region is calling for...

Massive night protests in Kolkata after doctor’s rape and murder

Tens of thousands of women in West Bengal marched through the streets on Wednesday night in protest against the rape and murder of a...

Plumber, 55, charged for allegedly defiling minor

A 55-year-old plumber has been dragged to the Gender and Domestic Violence Court for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl. William Ashley has however denied the...

Two cousins remanded over death of roommate

Two cousins, who allegedly beat their roommate at Ho Sabong Zongo to death after accusing him of stealing their money, were arraigned before a...

Man who allegedly killed 18-year-old lover in Nkawkaw arrested 

The Nkawkaw Police Command has arrested 24-year-old Kwaku Siaw who allegedly killed her lover at Nkawkaw Krofoforom in the Kwahu West Municipality of the...

Hundreds besiege court over case of lynched musician

Scores of Ghanaians have gathered at the premises of the Akropong District Court in the Ashanti region for the hearing of the lynching case...

Former police officer accused of defilement denied bail

The Koforidua Circuit Court “B” has rejected a bail application for former Police officer Corporal Emmanuel Nyame, who is facing charges of defiling a...

Travel consultant granted GHC120,000 bail over fraud

A 42-year-old travel consultant accused of defrauding a nurse of GHC40,000 has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Kenneth Kyere is alleged to have collected...

Student nabbed for allegedly breaking into mates’ room to steal

A third-year student at Accra College of Education was arrested on Sunday, August 11 after allegedly breaking into a fellow student’s room to steal...

3 in court over double sale of land at Tse Addo

Three persons have appeared before the Accra Circuit Court over the alleged double sale of land at Tse Addo in Accra. Holy Quaye, a 39-year-old...

3 pastors jailed for contempt of court

The Accra High Court has sentenced three pastors to five days imprisonment each for contempt of court. Apostle Samuel Anang Sowah, Bishop Abraham Adjetey Adjei...

Police intercept 500 bags of smuggled cocoa in Upper East

Police in the Bolgatanga East District of the Upper East Region have intercepted an articulated truck transporting 500 bags of smuggled cocoa to Burkina...

Two in court for allegedly stealing over GH₵250K from company’s account

Three people accused of siphoning GH₵252,923.92 from the account of Afro-Arab Microfinance Limited have been hauled to court. At the Dansoman Circuit Court, two out...

Court sentences man to life imprisonment for triple murder

The Koforidua High Court, presided over by Justice George Krofa Addae, has sentenced 53-year-old Musa Maliki, also known as Musa Bariki, to life imprisonment...

Konkomba Youth Association urges calm amid Zogbee tensions

The leadership of the Konkomba Youth Association has called for calm while it engages with appropriate stakeholders to find a resolution to the mounting...

Girl, 15, gives birth to stepfather’s child; seeks refuge outside home

The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) in Ho has begun investigations into the case of a 15-year-old girl who has sought refuge...

Three HARC Bishops jailed for contempt

Three bishops of Holy Apostolic Reformed Church (HARC) have been sentenced to five days’ imprisonment for further contempt of court. Apostle Samuel Anang Sowah, Bishop...

Twins in alleged GH¢62,165 fraud before court

The Accra Circuit Court Nine has remanded the elder of a set of twins into Police custody over an alleged GH¢62,165 fraud. Atsu Adadevoh denied...

Farmer convicted for possessing ammunition without authority

Forty-three-year-old David Blagodzi, a farmer, has been convicted by the Jasikan Circuit Court to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for possessing ammunition without...

Lawyer, 4 others in court over forged will

A lawyer and four others have been put before the Achimota Circuit Court for allegedly falsifying a will. Joseph Kwow Addo Sam, a 57-year-old lawyer,...

Woman arrested at airport with drugs concealed in baby food

Multiple consignments of illicit drugs concealed in tins of Cerelac baby food bound for United Kingdom have been intercepted by operatives of the National...

Two robbers arrested for robbing, chopping off okada rider’s hand

Two people have been arrested by Awutu Bereku Police for chopping off an Okada rider's hand and robbing him of his motorbike at Awutu...

Two injured as armed robbers attack gold dealer at Odumasi

Armed robbers have attacked a gold-buying agent at Odumasi in the Asante Akyem Central area, taking an undisclosed amount of money. The agent, identified only...

5 suspects arrested in connection with shooting incident at Okanta in Nsawam

The Ghana Police Service has arrested five individuals in connection with a shooting incident near Nsawam in the Eastern Region, resulting in the death...

How a man remained in prison for 6 years though the court had acquitted him

The Founder and Director of the POS Foundation, Jonathan Osei Owusu, has narrated the ordeal of a man who spent six years in Koforidua...

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,...