Crime

Gomoa Obuasi: Okada rider beheaded, angry youth vandalize Police station

Residents of Gomoa Mfantse-Moa in the Gomoa Central District of the Central Region were left in shock after a 21-year-old Okada rider, Kwame Ofosu,...

Woman remanded in GH¢265k visa fraud case

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 45-year-old woman, Faustina Foli, who allegedly defrauded an insurance officer of GH¢265,000.Foli, who is...

The rule of law must prevail – CSOs call amid post-election tensions

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, held a crucial meeting with the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and...

4 arrested for stealing Agenda 111 building materials at Awutu Bereku

The Ghana Police Service has arrested four persons for allegedly stealing building materials procured for the construction of Agenda 111 Hospital at Awutu Bereku...

Administration works to gazette 2024 election results on hold due to fear of attack

Some key administrative work towards the gazetting of the 2024 general election results is on hold as most Electoral Commission (EC) staff have decided...

Driver shot, over 50 commuters robbed on Akotsi-Kwanyarko road

A driver sustained a gunshot wound to his arm during a highway robbery at Agona Asamoakrom along the Gomoa Akoti-Agona Kwanyarko road in the...

Police arrest 106 individuals over post-election disturbances

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 106 individuals in connection with disturbances that erupted after the recent elections.In a statement, the Police also confirmed...

Police arrest 9 persons for burning EC office at Ayensuano

Nine people have been detained by the Ghana Police Service in relation to an arson attack on the Eastern Region's Ayensuano office of the...

Youth attack Wenchi police commander, free 8 inmates

Unidentified youth in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region launched a violent attack on the Municipal Police Commander, DSP Nana Boakye Yiadom, leaving...

More details about attack on Ursula Owusu’s residence

The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the attack on Ablekuma West Member of Parliament(MP) Ursula Owusu-Ekuful.Reports suggest an unidentified group ransacked the Communication Minister's...

2024 polls: Police arrest 89 for vandalism and looting

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 89 individuals for various offences committed during the 2024 general elections, including acts of vandalism, looting, and property...

2024 election: 4 suspects arrested in shooting incident at Awutu Senya

The Ghana Police Service has apprehended four individuals in connection with a shooting incident at the Iron City office in the Awutu Senya East...

2024 polls: Police launch manhunt for suspect in Awutu Senya East shooting

The Ghana Police Service has launched a manhunt for Mujaheed Suraj, also known as Mims, who is wanted in connection with a shooting incident...

One dead, another injured after shooting incident in Nyankpala

A shooting incident at Nyankpala in the Northern Region has led to the death of one person and the injury of another.In a statement,...

Polling agent arrested for double voting at Wassa Akropong 

The Ghana Police Service have arrested a polling station agent at the Wassa Akropong-Appiahkrom polling station A in the Western region for double voting...

Man lynched at Kasoa Krispo City for allegedly stealing iron rod

A man believed to be in his early 30s has been lynched for allegedly stealing iron rods at Kasoa Krispo City in the Awutu...

3 children arrested in Takoradi for stealing GH₵35k from supermarket

Three children aged 4, 10, and 16 have been grabbed after CCTV footage captured them stealing GH₵35,000 from a popular supermarket in Takoradi.Report indicates...

Judge orders retrial in JB Danquah murder case after split Jury verdict

The murder trial of Daniel Asiedu, accused of killing former Abuakwa North MP JB Danquah, is set for a retrial following a hung jury...

Bawku: One more person killed, death toll hits 33

Another person has been killed in Bawku following a shootout in the Mazema enclave late Tuesday night.The deceased, identified as Atengani, was reportedly killed...

Court adjourns case of man who damaged ‘Big Six’ monument over medical report 

The Kwabenya Circuit Court has adjourned the case of Nowell Gavu, the man accused of destroying six effigies at the Airport Roundabout, to December...

NDC Sowutuom Organiser jailed 4 years for threatening to kill citizens during elections

A Branch Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Sowutuom in the Greater Accra region who threatened to kill citizens during the December...

Ex-Black Stars player Samuel Inkoom faces court over alleged visa fraud

Samuel Inkoom, a former Black Stars player, has been charged with defrauding by false pretences in an Accra Circuit Court.The 34-year-old is accused of...

Man found dead in bush with throat slit at Gomoa Ojobi

A young man, believed to be in his late 20s, has been found dead in a bush with his head nearly chopped off at...

Ghana police intercept truck loaded with marijuana en route to Nigeria

The Volta North Regional Police Command has successfully intercepted a significant shipment of cannabis or marijuana, commonly known as "wee," which was en route...

Court remands two drivers over excavator theft

The Amasaman Circuit Court has remanded two drivers, Ali Zakary and Dabare Toffic, for allegedly stealing an excavator valued at $108,000 from a businessman.Zakary...

Man handed life imprisonment after stabbing elder brother to death

Daniel Obirikwa Adjin, who stabbed his elder brother to death in 2017 at Mamprobi in Accra, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the...

Two arrested over human skull, sentenced to 13 years

A grave digger found in possession of a human skull without court authorization has been sentenced to eight years in prison by the Dansoman...

Trader in GH¢402,000 recruitment scam jailed five years

A trader, accused of collecting GH¢402,000 from 97 unsuspecting individuals under the pretext of securing them jobs in the security services, has been jailed...

Armed robbers strike at Dormabin Filling Station, leave one dead

Tragedy struck at a filling station in Dormabin in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region, when armed robbers opened fire, killing one...

Wontumi FM’s Oheneba Asiedu granted bail

Kumasi-based radio and television presenter Oheneba Nana Asiedu has been granted bail by the Ghana Police Service following his arrest on Saturday, November 23,...

Driver jailed for murder of 35-year-old sprayer over RAV 4 vehicle

The High Court in Accra has sentenced one Otis Kwadwo Antwi, a driver, to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of the murder...

Defilement: 19-year-old farmer jailed 10 years with hard labour

A 19-year-old farmer, Alex Aziabu, has been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 15-year-old girl.Aziabu pleaded guilty to the...

Banker sued for alleged embezzlement of GH¢75k

IKSON PROPERTIES Agency Limited, based in Tema, has filed a suit against Mercy Agyei, a banker with the Adum branch of Absa Bank Ghana...

Court remands unemployed man over theft of ECG property

The Weija Circuit Court has remanded a 24-year-old unemployed man into prison custody for stealing and causing unlawful damage to fuses fixed in electricity...

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...