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Ghana Water Company meter thief jailed for six months

The Ashaiman District Court has sentenced a 25-year-old labourer to six months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing water meters belonging to the Ghana...

Kuntunse murder: Police officer remanded into lawful custody

A Kaneshie District Court has remanded into lawful custody the police officer accused of shooting a driver to death over transportation fare at Kuntunse...

Launderer granted GH¢800K bail in visas and jobs fraud case

A 35-year-old launderer, Mosley Anderson Klopa, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for defrauding 18 people of GH¢227,500 and $23,250.Mr Klopa is reported...

Man in possession of EC’s BVD arrested at Nsawam [Video+Photos]

https://youtu.be/4DN2MOurXAgA man in possession of the Electoral Commission's (EC) Biometric Verification Device (BVD) has been arrested at Nsawam in the Eastern region.The suspect has...

One more suspect granted bail in forged will case

One of the suspects arrested in connection with the case in which a 52-year-old legal practitioner is standing trial for allegedly forging a will...

Man, 30, nearly lynched for siphoning diesel in Shama District [Video]

A young man believed to be in his 30s was nearly lynched for siphoning fuel at Old Daboase Junction in the Shama District of...

Goat thief paraded through community

A 55-year-old man alleged to have stolen a goat at KpareKpare, a farming community near Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti...

Police Constable who shot man over fare remanded

A Police Constable Smith Gyekyi, who shot 25-year-old Stanley Ahadzi after a disagreement over transport fare has been remanded two weeks into police custody.This...

Two foreigners jailed for acquiring Ghana Card, birth certificate

The Police Headquarters District Court has sentenced a Cameroonian and Togolese to 36 months imprisonment each in hard labour for illegally acquiring Ghana Cards...

Two granted GH¢200,000 bail each in Kumah’s widow burglary case

An Accra Circuit Court has granted GH¢200,000 bail each to two people who burgled Lilian Kumah, the widow of John Kumah, a former Deputy...

Student found dead after lodging in hotel with man who hired her to act as his girlfriend

A Nigerian police command says it has begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the demise of a 21-year-old student of the Kwara State...

Hunter arrested for friend’s murder 7 months after mistaking him for animal

A 26-year-old hunter, Emmanuel Donkor is in the grips of Police for shooting his friend to death after mistaking him for an animal.Accra-based UTV...

Court remands Imam for allegedly threatening to kill wife

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a self-proclaimed religious leader to police custody for allegedly threatening to kill his wife.Imam Mohammed Lanson Abubakar, 44,...

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...