Crime

PHOTOS: Boy, 17, kills mother for 'stealing' his memory card

A 17-old boy has allegedly killed his mother over a missing memory card at Wassa in the Western Region. The accused, Emmanuel Gyan, last Monday...

Man commits suicide at Nsawam

Residents of Owureku near Nsawam are yet to come to terms with the circumstances that led a 33-year-old truck pusher to commit suicide by...

PHOTOS: Sheep thief butchered in Nyankpala

A man believed to be in his late 20s is battling for his life after being subjected to gruesome machete attacks at Nyankpala in...

Man jailed 18-years for robbing mobile money vendor

A man who attacked and robbed a mobile money vendor at knifepoint of his cash, recharge cards and mobile phones, has been sentenced to...

Lebanese rape suspect granted bail

An Accra High Court has granted bail to the Lebanese national, Rabih Haddad, alleged to have raped his Ghanaian house help. According to the court...

Hunter commits suicide after shooting farmer

A hunter believed to be in his late 50’s has shot himself to death at Aburi-Kokonoro in the Akuapem South District of the Eastern...

Girl, 12, beheaded at Gomoa Ekwamkrom

A 12-year-old girl has been beheaded by unknown persons at Gomoa Ekwamkrom in the Central Region region. Agona Swedru District Commander, Superintendent Seth Yirenkyi who...

DNA report clears Lebanese suspect

Police investigators handling the suspected rape case involving Lebanese national appear to be getting through with the case, as a DNA test on a...

Police constable remanded for allegedly murdering a GSTS student

The Takoradi Magistrate Court on Friday remanded again into police custody the Police Constable who allegedly shot and killed a final year Ghana Secondary...

PHOTO:'Sakawa' man jailed for impersonating Deputy Minister

A 28-year-old man, Seidu Nurudeen, who paraded himself as the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and also the Member of Parliament for Tamale North...

Ten Illegal miners granted bail

The ten illegal miners, who were arrested last week by the National Small Scale Mining Taskforce for engaging in illegal mining on the Offin...

Audio: Gold dealer killed by armed robbers at Bole Bamboi

A 45-year-old gold dealer, whose name was given as Mohammed has been killed after two men disguised as businessmen hit his head with a...

Curfew hours reviewed at Bimbilla as 3 die in gunshots

The Minister of Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery has reviewed the curfew hours imposed on the Bimbilla Township following renewed shootings in the area. The gunshots...

Man remanded in prison custody for biting off wife’s nose

A Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday, ordered that a 34-year-old man be remanded in Ikoyi prison for allegedly assaulting his wife, Bukola and...

2 shot as robbers attack Mobile Money agent at Busia Junction

Two persons have sustained severe gunshot wounds at Busia Junction near Odorkor in Accra, following a robbery attack on a Mobile Money operation point. According...

Suspected killer of police at Drobonso arrested

One person has been arrested at Kwamang near Nsuta in connection with the killing of two police officers on the Drobonso-Kumawu Road, on Thursday. A third...

Two in court for ‘stealing’ 112-year-old man’s corpse

Two men, who allegedly stole the corpse of an elderly man at the Tarkwa Municipal Hospital’s mortuary have been granted bail in the sum...

Baby thief arrested at Osu

• The suspected thief is a 29-year old Nigerian woman • The vigilance of the residents of Osu averted her taking away of the one...

HOT AUDIO: Two police officers gunned down at Afram Plains

Two police officers have been shot and killed by unidentified armed men at Drobonso in the Sekyere Afram Plains District of the Ashanti Region. The...

Military men shot by Agogo Fulani herdsmen transferred to KATH

The three military officers who were injured in the attack on police-military team in Asante Akyem Agogo by Fulani herdsmen has been transferred to...

SDA church demands justice for members attacked by armed robbers

The Seventh-Day Adventist Church is asking for justice for members of the Adoato-Adumanu branch who were attacked by a gang of armed robbers on...

PHOTO: Two men detained for gambling in classroom

Residents of Aboabo in the Amansie Central District have arrested two gamblers from Jacobu community for turning Aboabo D/A primary school classrooms into gambling...

Angry mob attacks police for rescuing 'witch'

A team of police officers deployed to rescue an alleged witchcraft victim at Gbulahagu in Tamale Sunday night came under a near deadly attack...

Juju Man arrested for false pretenses and possession of fake currencies

The Wassa Akropong District Police Command has arrested a juju man for allegedly defrauding by false pretense. According to ASP Olivia Adiku, the Western Regional...

PHOTO: Lebanese ‘rapist’s’ wife weeps in court

The wife of Rabih Haddad, a Lebanese national who is on remand has shed uncontrollable tears at the Accra High court because her husband...

PHOTO: Operation Vanguard grabs 11 illegal miners

The anti-galamsey taskforce, Operation Vanguard, has arrested 11 persons for mining illegally on the Offin River. The miners were arrested in a special swoop by...

Doctor kills mechanic with padlock

A self-styled doctor has reportedly killed a mechanic during a fight over parking space. According to report, the suspect, Nicholas Mensah hit the deceased Michael...

Boy, 15 arrested over alleged fraud

KNUST Police Command has arrested fifteen (15) year old boy at Anloga-Junction in the Oforikrom Constituency of the Ashanti Region for allegedly defrauding under...

HOT AUDIO: Chief arrested for cultivating ‘wee’

The Wenchi Municipal Police Command has arrested Krontihene of Badu-Adamu, Nana Kwasi Dapaah in the Tain district for growing about two acres of substance...

Interdicted cop caged for extortion

An interdicted police officer has found himself on the wrong side of the law again after he allegedly tried to extort GH¢4,000 from four...

JB Danquah-Adu’s autopsy report missing

A retired pathologist, Dr Lawrence Adusei has told an Accra Central District Court that he could not provide the autopsy report of former MP,...

Man sleeps with 3 daughters

Kwasi Aborle, a 43-year-old farmer in the Prestea-Huni Valley District of the Western Region, has been hauled before the traditional authorities in the area...

PHOTOS: One killed on New Year's day robbery

Akosombo District Command is leaving no stone unturned in an attempt to arrest seven masked men who robbed travellers at gun point after killing...

Gang-rape video: Schools ordered to produce suspects ages

The Asokwa District court has ordered three schools to produce the ages of teenage suspects arrested following a viral video of the gang-raping of another...

Painter jailed 20 years for defiling his niece

Daniel Tettey Ashitey, a 50 year old painter has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for defiling his 12...

PHOTO: ‘Juju man’ arrested for possessing fake currencies

The Wassa Akropong District Police Command has arrested a ‘juju man’ for allegedly defrauding by false pretense. According to ASP Olivia Adiku, the Western Regional...

Mobile phone exposes robbers

Two persons have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly robbing a mechanic of his motor bike at gun point at Ablorman,...

MOFA security man convicted for destroying for Air-conditions

An Accra District Court has convicted Mustapha Yakubu a security man accused of damaging four air-conditioners belonging to the state to pay a fine...

Jealous lover remanded for causing harm

A 25 year old unemployed lady who threw a broken wine glass at his boyfriend’s left rib during a misunderstanding over another woman has...

HOT AUDIO: Security Officer poisons ex-girlfriend on Christmas Eve

A Cape Coast circuit court has remanded into police custody a 45-year-old man, Adolf Coffie for allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend on Christmas Eve, December...