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Court remands Pastor Love over alleged car theft
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 54-year-old pastor for allegedly stealing a Honda Civic valued at GH¢180,000.
12 years for French teacher who defiled pupil during private lessons
The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced a 32-year-old teacher to 12 years’ imprisonment for defiling a 12-year-old pupil. Hondana Mensah was found guilty of defilement, contrary to Section 101(2) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), as amended by Section 18 of Act 554. The court, presided over by Mr Kwasi...
Suspect arrested in murder of car dealer found burnt at Atomic Junction
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of 27-year-old car dealer, Yaw Osei Ashitey Amma, whose burnt body was discovered in a vehicle at Atomic Junction on the Legon bypass road on April 7, 2026. Speaking at a press briefing, CID Dir...
Clemency must not dilute Sedina extradition victory — Assafuah warns after US ruling
Member of Parliament for Old Tafo Vincent Ekow Assafuah has urged authorities to ensure full accountability in the case of former MASLOC chief Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, after a U.S. court approved her extradition to Ghana. The United States District Court for the District of Nevada ruled that all legal require...
Sammy Gyamfi, Awoonor, Dr. Kamal-Deen, Yvonne, other notable CEOs targeted in blackmail scheme
Impeccable information uncovered by Adomonline.com has it that Ghana’s security apparatus has uncovered what appears to be a coordinated network of intimidation and extortion targeting some of the country’s top corporate leaders. The investigations point to the involvement of a number of journalists or individuals who...
Gunmen shoot community police assistant in Central Region
The Ghana Police Service has launched a manhunt for a group of unidentified armed men who allegedly shot a 27-year-old Community Police Assistant during an attack at Dwakessiem, near Dunkwa-on-Offin, in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region.
Community Police Assistant injured in Dwakessiem shooting; police hunt suspects
Police in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region have launched a manhunt for unknown assailants who allegedly shot a 27-year-old Community Police Assistant at Dwakessiem near Dunkwa-on-Offin. The victim, identified as Emmanuel Agyapong, is currently receiving treatment at the Okomfo Anokye Teaching...
Police arrest 2 over Nsawam filling station robbery, hunt for accomplice
The Eastern South Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with an armed robbery attack at Kwafokrom near Nsawam in the Eastern Region.
Adu-Boahene case: witness confirms GHC1.7M and GHC400,000 transfers to National Security Coordinator’s account in 2018
Mildred Donkor, the third prosecution witness, told the court under cross-examination that bank records showed GHC1.7 million and GHC400,000 transfers from Advantage Solutions Limited into a Fidelity Bank account identified as the National Security Coordinator’s special operations account in 2018, in the ongoing trial...
Court grants bail to burglar captured on CCTV
Philip Andrew, an 18-year-old captured on Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) allegedly committing burglary, has been granted GH¢50,000 bail with three sureties by the Amasaman Circuit Court.
Stolen luxury cars worth $800,000 intercepted before shipment to Ghana
A major police operation in Canada has uncovered an organised carjacking network with links to Ghana, leading to multiple arrests and the recovery of high-value stolen vehicles destined for overseas shipment.
Police await autopsy on exhumed remains as fetish priest remanded over trader’s murder
Police have exhumed the body parts of a trader allegedly murdered by a fetish priest at Awutu Bentum, now deposited at the Police Hospital Morgue for autopsy. The remains were recovered following community reports and conveyed to the Police Hospital Morgue. Inspector Sandra Amarkye, holding brief at the Adabraka Dis...