Crime

32 Nigerian ladies, 10 Ghanaian men arrested for prostitution, drug offences at Ayamfuri

The Central North Regional Police Command has arrested 42 individuals for engaging in prostitution and drug-related activities at Ayamfuri in the Central Region. The group...

Two remanded over human trafficking

Two individuals who allegedly trafficked three persons from Nigeria to Ghana and forced them into prostitution have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Chidemma Nweke,...

IT technician jailed 6 months for defrauding auto mechanic

The Kaneshie District Court One has sentenced Gideon Kojo Elliam, 37, to six months in hard labour for defrauding an auto mechanic of GH₵53,000.00. Elliam...

Dispatch rider granted GH¢16,000 bail in fraud case

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail in the sum of GH¢16,000 with a surety to a dispatch rider accused of defrauding a mechanic...

Robbers shoot 2 police officers dead in Upper East

The Ghana Police Service has launched a manhunt for armed robbers who shot and killed two police officers at Poyamire, a community in Binduri...

Man who assaulted woman with baby in viral video sentenced

An Accra-based Gender Violence Court sitting at the Police headquarters in Accra has sentenced one week into prison custody, Nii Baah Afful, who was...

Five illegal miners, including three Chinese arrested along River Fum

Five illegal miners, including three Chinese nationals, have been arrested along River Fum in Assin Ayitey, located in the Assin North District of the...

One dead, Police Commander’s house burnt in Bawku

One person has been killed and at least two others critically injured during renewed clashes in Bawku, Upper East Region, on Wednesday afternoon. The violence...

Ex-convict held for alleged sodomy and death threats

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded Abdul Razak, 55, an ex-convict, for allegedly engaging in anal sex with a 13-year-old boy.Razak, also known as...

Painter accused of stealing BoG cables granted GH₵1 million bail

A painter accused of stealing electrical cables at the Bank of Ghana building in Ridge has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court. Ahmed...

Two arrested for illegal possession and discharge of firearms at funeral

The Western North Regional Police Command, Sehwi Wiawso, has arrested two individuals in connection with the illegal possession and discharge of firearms during a...

Two arrested with ECG cables at Gomoa Awombrew

The Central Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects in connection with the transportation of electricity cables believed to be the...

Three injured, one arrested after violent clashes during Eid-ul-Fitr carnival at Kasoa 

Three people have sustained serious injuries following a violent clash between two Muslim youth groups during an Eid-ul-Fitr street carnival at Kasoa in the...

14 arrested over missing ECG containers at port

National Security, leading investigations into the missing containers of goods and materials belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has arrested 14 persons.They...

Ghanaian, 12 Chinese arrested over ECG’s missing containers at Port

National Security has arrested a Ghanaian and eight Chinese nationals in connection with the missing Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) containers at the Tema...

Businesswoman, 62, remanded over alleged fraud

A 62-year-old woman, Nana Ama Nwurueze, also known as Ohemaa, has been remanded in custody after being charged with defrauding a businesswoman of $13,000...

Murder of MoMo vendor: Suspect allegedly confesses after community seeks local deity intervention

The Nkrankwanta Township in the Dormaa West District of the Bono Region was left in shock after a Fulani herdsman admitted to murdering a...

Man who assaulted woman with baby in viral video arrested

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has arrested Nii Baah Afful, the man seen in a viral video assaulting a young woman carrying a...

Three killed, others injured in another shooting incident in Binduri

Unidentified gunmen attacked a local drinking spot in Binduri Down, Upper East Region, on Sunday, March 23, 2025, shooting six people. According to a report...

Choreography teacher jailed for sexually abusing 7 children in Twifo-Heman

The Twifo Hemang District Court, presided over by Mr Maxwell Ofori Kpodo, has sentenced a 50-year-old man, Eric Adu Amissah, to six-years imprisonment for...

Ahmed Suale Murder: Evidence was insufficient for prosecution – Tuah Yeboah

Former Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah Yeboah has shed light on the challenges encountered during the early stages of the investigation into the murder...

Painter accused of stealing GH₵1 million BoG cables denied bail

An Accra Circuit Court has denied bail to Ahmed Mohammed Lawal, a painter accused of stealing electrical cables worth GH₵1,035,500 from the Bank of...

NACOC arrests notorious drug trafficker in Accra

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested a long-time drug trafficking suspect, Uchechukwu Chima, in a successful intelligence-led operation at Oyarifa, a suburb of...

Ahmed Suale’s ‘friend’ arrested in connection with his murder 

The Ghana Police Service, in its efforts to further investigate the murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale, has arrested a key suspect linked to...

Police hunt for 60-year-old man accused of defiling girl, 12

The Police in the Twifo Atti Morkwa District in the Central Region are searching for Yaw Oboobi, 60, who allegedly defiled a 12-year-old pupil...

5 granted bail in payroll fraud case, trial adjourned

The Commercial Court in Tamale has granted bail with strict conditions to five out of six individuals facing trial for payroll fraud and corruption-related...

University of Ghana suspends senior lecturer over sexual harassment

The University of Ghana has suspended a senior lecturer at the Sociology Department, Dr. Sampson Obed Appiah, for two semesters over allegations of sexual...

Nungua Queen Mother’s death: Case adjourned to March 26

The case involving Samuel Adjei, who is being held for the murder of a queen mother at Nungua, has been adjourned to March 26...

4 Immigration Officers, 2 farmers held over murder

Four officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and two farmers in the Nadowli-Kaleo District are in police custody over the murder of Patrick...

Man, 35, arrested for smuggling drugs through Aflao Border

A 35-year-old Nigerian national, Obinna Robinson, has been arrested by a joint security team at the Aflao Border for allegedly smuggling Hepatitis B medication...

Salaga SHS: 28 Students, including 3 convicts, recommended for indefinite suspension

A 15-member committee, consisting of major stakeholders from Salaga Senior High School (SHS) in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region, has recommended...

Suspected thugs disrupt chief’s funeral at Kwahu Twenedurase [Video]

Suspected thugs disrupted the funeral of Nana Kwame Kumnipa IV at Kwahu Twenedurase in the Eastern Region, forcing an abrupt end to the ceremony. The...

Gregory Afoko’s murder retrial adjourned

A Criminal Court in Accra has adjourned the third retrial of Gregory Afoko, who is standing trial for the 2015 murder of former Upper...

Late KNUST student’s laptop, phone found behind Flint hostel

The phone and laptop of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Joana Deladem Yabani who was found dead have been retrieved.The...

Businessman held for allegedly using bar to promote drug sales

Emmanuel Donkor, a 42-year-old businessman, has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly using his drinking spot to aid in the sale...

KNUST murder suspect remanded into police custody

Daniel Tuffour, the suspect arrested in connection with the murder of a final-year Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) student, has been...

Two injured in clashes involving Christian Methodist SHS students

Two people, including a student of Christian Methodist Senior High School (SHS), sustained serious injuries following violent clashes between students and residents of New...

MoMo vendor shot dead at Manso-Asamang

Unknown assailants have shot and killed a 33-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor at Manso-Asamang in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. The deceased,...

Nungua: All the hospitals failed us – Family of Naa Gamu

The family of Lawrencia Naa Borley Nelson (Naa Gamu), who died during a chieftaincy installation at Nungua, has spoken out about the incident. In an...

Cashier in court for stealing employer’s GH₵306,140

A 26-year-old cashier accused of misappropriating GH₵306,140 belonging to her employer has appeared before the Dansoman Circuit Court. Taibatu Sulley, the cashier, allegedly used GH₵250,775.72...