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NAIMOS team shoots youth in Kyebi clash, MP demands justice
The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, on Sunday condemned the shooting of a young man during a confrontation between a joint military and police team and residents in Kyebi Zongo, Eastern Region. The incident, which occurred on Saturday (11 July), reportedly involved personnel attached to t...
Teshie ‘spiritualist’ gets 3 years for fraud
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced Nana Adwoa Yamoah, a 35-year-old self-styled spiritualist, to three years imprisonment for defrauding a man of GH¢95,100.
One collapses and dies as Police arrest robbery suspects in Bolgatanga
The Ghana Police Service has arrested four suspected armed robbers following an intelligence-led operation in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region. The suspects have been identified as Abdulai Ibrahim, Amadu Rahman, Amadu Sulemana, also known as Saaga, and Adu Yakubu. They were arrested on May 5, 2026, in connection wit...
Police arrest suspected car snatcher in Kumasi, two alleged gang members killed in shootout
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command have arrested a suspect believed to be part of a car-snatching syndicate operating in the Ashanti Region, while two other alleged gang members were killed in a shootout with police during a follow-up operation. According to a social media post by the Ghana Police Service, the s...
Two young men face court over alleged robbery attack on trader in Ashaiman
Two young men have been arraigned before the court for allegedly robbing and assaulting a 29-year-old trader during an attack at Ashaiman in the early hours of June 13, 2026. According to police, the complainant, Annette Bless Mantebea, was walking near the Ashaiman Pesewa Plaza area at about 2:00 a.m. when the two acc...
US law enforcement agencies tight-lipped on offences behind Asante Akim North MP’s detention
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has formally declined to comment on the detention of the Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North, Kwame Ohene Frimpong, at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, even as Ghana's Majority Caucus rolls out an intensifying legal and diplomatic operation aimed at preventing his extr...
Abronye DC sent back into custody after failing to meet bail conditions
The High Court has ordered the remand of a senior opposition politician, Kwame Baffoe, widely known as Abronye DC, after he allegedly failed to comply with the conditions of his bail in an ongoing criminal case. The Accra High Court ruled that the Bono Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) be he...
Akonta Mining: Court gives Wontumi last chance to file his witness statement
The Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra has granted Bernard Antwi Bosiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, an additional opportunity to file his witness statements in the alleged Samreboi illegal mining case, should he choose to do so. The presiding jud...
Teshie ‘spiritualist’ gets 3 years for fraud
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced Nana Adwoa Yamoah, a 35-year-old self-styled spiritualist, to three years’ imprisonment for defrauding a man of GH¢95,100. Yamoah, who operated at Teshie in Accra, pleaded guilty to defrauding by false pretences and practising without registration and a licence. Assistant Superinten...
Seven arrested after disruption at NPP constituency executive elections in Wiamoase
The Ashanti North Regional Police Command has arrested seven people following a disturbance that disrupted the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Efigya Sekyere East Constituency Executive Elections at Wiamoase in the Ashanti North Region. According to a police statement, the incident occurred at about 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, July...
Broken-hearted palm wine tapper arrested for allegedly setting girlfriend, family ablaze
A 23-year-old palm wine tapper, Kwaku Prince, popularly known as “On God,” has been arrested for allegedly setting ablaze the house of his girlfriend and her family at Subri Nkwanta in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region.
Four injured in robbery attack on Elshadai Enterprise at Akatsi
Four persons were injured when armed robbers attacked Elshadai Enterprise, a drinks distribution company, at Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region.