The three gun-wielding boys captured in a viral video have been charged by the police. Two of the three in the video together with a pastor brother of one were arrested by the police in Obuasi on Thursday, June 17. They were quickly transferred to the Ashanti Regional Police …
Read More »CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
11-year-old alleged robber butchers security man in Kokode
A 30-year-old Security man, Kwadwo Ayem, has allegedly been attacked and butchered by an 11-year-old boy identified as ‘Aboade3’ at Kokode in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region. According to reports, the victim Kwadwo Ayem was attacked in broad daylight by Aboade3 and his gang. The victim Kwadwo …
Read More »Police on the hunt for killer of Besease Basic School teacher
The Police in Okorase in the Eastern Region are on the hunt for the killer[s] of Besease Basic School teacher who was shot dead over the weekend. According to reports, Mr. Solomon Arhin, a 36-year-old man was murdered on Saturday, June 19, 2021. The sad incident reportedly occurred around …
Read More »Dagbong SHS probes ‘sexual gestures’ by students
The management of the Dagban State SHS in Yendi in the Northern Region has begun probing circumstances that led to first year students of the school being ordered to perform sexual gestures as part of their initiation to the school by their seniors. The immoral gestures were videoed and disseminated …
Read More »Police arrest 17 women, 168 motorbikes impounded in post bullion van attack swoop
The Accra Regional Police Command has embarked on an enhanced operational exercise in Accra, arresting 215 suspected criminals including 17 women, in a targeted operation. The operation follows a very disturbing recorded case of violent crimes in Accra, particularly a bullion van attack which led to the killing of …
Read More »Bullion van robbery: 215 suspected criminals arrested
The Accra Regional Police Command has embarked on an enhanced operational exercise in Accra and arrested 215 suspected criminals in its recent targeted operation. The operation follows very disturbing recorded cases of violent crimes in Accra, particularly a bullion van attack which led to the killing of a policeman and …
Read More »Two suspected Fulani armed robbers arrested at Fumbisi
Two Fulani men suspected to be highway armed robbers have been arrested at Fumbisi in the Builsa South District by the Upper East Regional Police Command. A statement signed and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Bolgatanga by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr David Fianko-Okyere, Public Relations …
Read More »Armed robbers kill mobile money vendor at Okorase near Koforidua
A mobile money vendor has been shot dead by armed robbers at Okorase near Koforidua the Eastern Regional capital. 36-year-old Solomon Arhin Prost was gunned down Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 11:14pm. He was shot on his way home from work. He was reportedly walking home with his friend …
Read More »Man stabs friend to death at a funeral
• A 32-year-old man has met his untimely death • This comes after he got involved in an argument with his friend • The suspect is currently on the run One Nana Kwame Frimpong has stabbed his 32-year-old friend to death after a brawl that ensued between the two. …
Read More »Father kills his 2-day-old baby for contracting syphilis
A 54-year-Old man, Benjamin Acquaa, affectionately called Kwame Ntori, is currently in the grips of the Assin South District police command for allegedly killing his two-day-old daughter for contracting syphilis infection. According to the Assin South District Police Commander, DSP Okyere Andam, the suspect, who had worked in the hospital …
Read More »TUTAG suspends strike
The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG), has suspended its strike. A Press statement dated Saturday, June 19, 2021 and signed by the National President, Dr Michael Brigandi said the suspension of the industrial action is based on trust and confidence in the assurances by the Education Minister. TUTAG …
Read More »UEW student grabbed over death of woman
LISTEN 5 HOURS AGO 0 The Winneba District Magistrate’s Court has remanded in police custody, a level 400 student of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) in connection with the death of a 30-year-old woman at a Guest House at Winneba. Forty-five-year-old Amadu Abdul-Raham Fuseini’s plea was not taken and he will …
Read More »Drinking spot operator shot dead over GH¢5 at Apirede Akuapem
A drinking Spot Operator has been shot dead in a misunderstanding over GH¢5 at Apirede -Akuapem in the Okere District in Eastern Region. The victim was allegedly shot twice in the ribs and chest by suspect Kwame Dankwa, a farmer believe to be in his 30s on Thursday evening, eyewitness …
Read More »Man hangs himself at Abirem Agona
A man believed to be in his late 20s has committed suicide by hanging himself in a forest at Abirem Agona in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem District of the Central Region. The body of the deceased was found hanging early Friday morning. According to the Chief of Abirem Agona, …
Read More »65-year-old man arrested for allegedly raping step-mother
A 65-year-old man, identified as Durodola Kayode Ogundele, of Ayetoro-Ekiti, has reportedly been arrested by the police at Ekiti for forcing himself on his 85-year-old stepmother. The case was confirmed by the Spokesperson of the state police command, ASP Abutu Sunday who revealed that the abuse occurred in the room …
Read More »How police prevented GH¢550,000 Accra-Winneba Road bullion van heist
• The robbers of the Accra-Winneba road bullion van attack would have made away with a whopping GH¢550,000 • The robbers failed to get the car to stop despite the multiple gunfires • The money was being transported from the Ordokor Zenith Bank Branch to its Winneba branch It has …
Read More »DCE leads operation to arrest illegal miners in Adansi Akrofuom
The District Chief Executive of Adansi Akrofuom in the Ashanti Region, Maurice Jonas Woode, has led an operation to arrest two illegal miners who were operating in the Supuma Forest near Betenase in the Akrofuom District. The operation team also included personnel from the Ghana Police Service and the Forestry …
Read More »3 suspects grabbed with human parts
The Abuakwa Divisional Police Command have arrested three people for trade in body parts. The suspects, 65-year-old Kwaku Agyapong, 48-year-old Anane Kofi Konye, and Isaac Adota, 25 years old, were arrested when they offered to sell the human skeletons for GH¢30,000. Konye and Adota were arrested at a hotel where …
Read More »PHOTOS: An armed robber who operates as a taxi driver exposed
Thanks to social media, an armed robber who works as a taxi driver by the day at East Legon has been identified. According to some people who have fallen victim to this taxi driver/armed robber, he deliberately offers lift to people he feels can be his potential victim especially students …
Read More »PHOTOS: Pastor confesses to killing, burying wife in a shallow grave
The founder of Omega World Global Ministries in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Enoch, has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife and burying her in a shallow grave. It was gathered that the community became suspicious when the pastor’s children complained to neighbours that they had not seen …
Read More »I don’t know you anywhere – Afoko tells State witness
Gregory Afoko, one of the two persons standing trial for the murder of the New Patriotic Party’s Upper East Regional Chairman Adams Mahama has through his lawyers denied knowing one Robert Atule, a Prosecution Witness in the ongoing trial. The witness, who is the State’s sixth witness, said he is …
Read More »Police grab armed men in viral video
Police in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have arrested the three gun-wielding young men seen in a viral video that made rounds in the aftermath of the deadly attack on a bullion van at Adedenkpo last Monday. They have, however, denied being armed robbers. The police are yet to prefer …
Read More »VIDEO: Two robbers arrested at Dansoman for motorbike snatching
Watch the video below: • The suspects are said to have snatched a motorbike after attacking its rider with a machete • They are said to have been spotted in the same neighbourhood days later riding the same bike • The suspects were subsequently picked up by a police patrol …
Read More »Armed robbers attack another bullion van on Accra-Winneba road
•Armed robbers have attacked another bullion van on Accra-Winneba road •A quick response of the Winneba Police Command has prevented the robbers from have a successful operation •All passengers in the bullion van escaped unscathed and no property was stolen The police in the Central region saved the day …
Read More »State charges ‘killers’ of 11-year-old Ishmael Mensah with murder
The State has charged the two people involved in the killing of an 11-year-old boy at Lamptey Mills, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central Region, with murder. Prosecutors made this known during the hearing of the case in court on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. The two persons are …
Read More »Wesley Girls, six others awarded best WASSCE performance
Best performing schools in the 2020 National West Africa Secondary Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) rankings for the Central Region have been awarded with citation of merit. The ceremony, which was to motivate hard working teachers, students and their schools, saw seven schools receiving the awards. Wesley Girls Senior High School …
Read More »Ritual Killing: AG orders police to charge Kasoa teenagers with conspiracy, murder
The Attorney General (AG) has directed the Police to charge the two teenagers who allegedly killed 11-year-old Ishmael Mensah, at Kasoa, with conspiracy and murder. Nicholas Kini and Eric Nyarko reportedly killed Mensah in April this year for ritual purposes at Lamptey Mills, near Kasoa. Chief Inspector Ernest Agbo …
Read More »Two arrested over Bantama mobile money robbery
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the broad daylight robbery of a mobile money shop in Bantama in the Ashanti Region that happened on April 22, 2021. The duo were grabbed after police identified them in a CCTV footage. According to police, the suspects were part of a …
Read More »Bullion van killing: My instincts to get ‘Akpeteshie’ GH¢1 saved me – Eyewitness
• The police has been on a manhunt for the killers of one of their own when armed robbers attacked a bullion van on Monday, killing a constable on board • An eyewitness has been explaining how he narrowly escaped the crossfire • The mechanic said he stepped out to …
Read More »Nana Agradaa loses court case, facing four-year jail term
•Agradaa was found guilty on charges of operating television station without license and publishing charlatanic charges •Agradaa pleaded not guilty initially but amended her pleas, based on which she was sentenced •She has been fined GH¢46,000 Patience Asiedua, a self-acclaimed evangelist has been handed a fine of GH¢46,000 for operating …
Read More »