Crime

Customs seizes cache of weapons smuggled from the US at Tema Port

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted a cache of weapons and ammunition at the Golden Jubilee Terminal at Tema...

Man arrested for stabbing friend to death with scissors at Bepoh

A 23-year-old man, Appiah Kwasi, has allegedly been stabbed to death with scissors at Bepoh near Appiatse in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of...

EOCO declares six individuals wanted for financial crimes

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has issued a public alert for six individuals wanted for their involvement in serious financial crimes, including...

Robbers attack cocoa depot at Fomena; bolt with over GH₵1 million

Suspected armed robbers have attacked a cocoa depot at Fomena in the Ashanti Region, making off with over GH₵1 million, MyNewsGh.com reports.The bandits also...

Pastor Love granted GH₵2m bail; appeals against 48-month jail term

The High Court in Accra has granted bail to convicted Pastor Hammond Love in the sum of GH₵2 million as he seeks to appeal...

Suspects who allegedly kidnapped Abetifihene denied bail

The Mpraeso Circuit Court denied a bail application for 28 people remanded in connection with the alleged kidnap of the Abetifihene, Kwahu Adontenhene Akyemfour...

28-year-old unemployed man jailed for stealing and attempted robbery

A 28-year-old unemployed man, Emmanuel Takyi, who was arraigned before the Tarkwa Circuit Court for stealing and preparing to rob his former employer, has...

Police probe violent Abetifi clashes

The police have begun investigations into a clash at Abetifi in the Eastern region that left six people injured on Thursday.The clash ensued after...

Baltasar Engonga: Equatorial Guinea official in sex scandal dismissed; successor named

Equatorial Guinea’s President, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has officially removed Baltasar Ebang Engonga from his role as Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency...

3 teenage girls arrested for alleged murder of 16-year-old BECE graduate

Three teenage girls are currently in police custody for their alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Dennis Owusu Ansah, a recent Basic...

Police pursue 2 tiktokers over claims on location of Salifu Amoako’s son

The Ghana Police Service has debunked viral social media claims, suggesting that Elrad Salifu Amoako, the 16-year-old suspect driver in the fatal East Legon...

Woman stabs husband to death over alleged infidelity

A 29-year-old woman, Bernice Asantewaa, has reportedly killed her husband, Kofi Antwi, aged 35, at Abuakwa-Abakomadi in the Ashanti Region.Bernice is said to have...

Barber convicted for conspiracy and robbery

A 26-year-old barber, Richard Amoako, has been sentenced to 20-years imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa circuit court.The barber conspired with a 30-year-old...

Man who fell to his death from Lower Volta Bridge identified

A man who was reported to have fallen into the Lower Volta at Sokpoe in the Volta Region on Monday, leading to his death,...

Four Lands Commission officers face 77 charges in fraud case

Four officers of the Lands Commission, charged with 77 criminal offences, are now facing trial at the Financial and Economic Division of the High...

Okada rider nabbed with human head at Awoshie

A motorbike rider has been apprehended at Awoshie in Accra with a human head.The rider was stopped by a policeman during a routine security...

Two persons reportedly killed, others injured in gun battle

Two people have been killed, and several others injured in renewed violence in Bawku following a chieftaincy-related gun battle.The longstanding chieftaincy conflict, which had...

Armed men block Bolgatanga-Tamale highway, attack passengers

A group of armed men blocked the Bolgatanga-Tamale highway near Gbimsi in the North East Region, setting a vehicle on fire and attacking passengers.The...

Man jailed for defrauding woman in fake money-doubling scheme

A 28-year-old man, Alhassan Sayibu, has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding a woman of GH₵5,000 and for sexual assault in...

Man, 72, murdered while returning from farm; family demands justice

The family of a 72-year-old who was murdered last Saturday by unknown assailants while returning from farm is demanding a thorough investigation from the...

Okada rider found dead after being hired in Ashanti region 

An okada rider has allegedly been murdered at Tepa Asuhyea in the Ahafo Ano North municipality of the Ashanti region.The deceased has been identified as 24-year-old Antwi...

Mother allegedly sells 2-week-old baby for GH₵300 at Sekondi

A 35-year-old mother, Mena Efua, is alleged to have sold her two-week-old baby for GH₵300 at Nkotompo, in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western...

Our criminal justice system has failed us; it doesn’t make sense at all – Analyst

Crime Analyst and Certified Professional Investigator Ransford Nana Addo Jnr has damned Ghana’s criminal justice system as a failed one that has hardly yielded...

Kasoa Ritual Murder: Family of deceased express satisfaction with ruling

The family of the 10-year-old boy who was murdered in Kasoa has expressed their satisfaction with the court's verdict.Speaking in an interview with GH...

Man jailed 20 years for defiling boy, 14

A 30-year-old washing bay attendant at Booboobo in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality, has been sen­tenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling...

Kasoa ritual killing: 18-year-old suspect sentenced to life imprisonment

The two teenagers standing trial for the killing of a ten-year-old in Kasoa have been found guilty of counts of murder and conspiracy to...

Four more Democracy Hub protesters discharged

The Accra Circuit Court has dismissed charges against four additional protesters from the Democracy Hub following the state's decision to withdraw the case.The prosecution...

Man who robbed former Second Lady slapped with fresh charges 

A self-acclaimed businessman, Yahuza Osumanu, has been slapped with fresh charges by the state for allegedly attacking and robbing former Second Lady Mrs. Matilda...

Soldier and 4 others remanded over robbery, kidnapping

A military officer and four accomplices have been remanded in custody by an Accra Circuit Court for their alleged involvement in the robbery and...

Ex-convict gets 6 months for stealing ECG cables

The Accra Circuit Court Nine, presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah has sentenced a 32-year-old unemployed man to six months in prison with hard...

Man remanded for flogging daughter

A 48-year-old father who whipped his 20-year-old daughter for damaging a padlock after arriving home late was on Friday remanded in police custody by...

Man arrested for causing harm breaks down in court

A 32-year-old unemployed man, Derick Squire, wept uncontrollably when an Accra Circuit Court remanded him for a week on a charge of causing harm.Squire...

Court issues bench warrant for arrest of student charged over boyfriend’s murder

The High Court in Accra has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a 23-year-old Biological Sciences student, Safina Mohammed Adizatu also known...

Washing bay attendant jailed for defiling student in bush

A 30-year-old washing bay attendant at Booboobo in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment in hard labour for defiling...

Man arrested for alleged murder of gay partner in Takoradi

Bernard Kojo Ankrah is in Police custody for the alleged murder of his partner, Jones Carlos Rodrigues Da Silva, in Takoradi.According to Ankrah, the...

One arrested with weapons; 7 robbers flee in botched operation

Personnel of the Ghana Police Service are on a hunt for seven(7) suspected armed robbers who attacked some residents of Konongo in the Ashanti...

Man allegedly kills stepdaughter at Sehwi Yamatwa

A man, believed to be in his late forties, Josontey Kwame, has allegedly killed his stepdaughter on his farm at Sehwi Kankakrom near Yamatwa...

Washing bay attendant jailed for defiling student in bush

A 30-year-old washing bay attendant at Booboobo in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling...

NPP-NDC clash: Police place GH¢20k bounty on suspect

The Ghana Police Service has ramped up its efforts to locate Fatau Motorway, a suspect involved in violent clashes between supporters of the New...

O’Reilly SHS stabbing: Father of deceased makes shocking revelation

The father of the slain O'Reilly Senior High School (SHS) student, Enock Bortey Sackey has revealed shocking details about his son's brutal murder.Contrary to...