The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested two foreign nationals in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Senegalese national and goalkeeper Cheikh Toure in October 2025. The suspects, identified as 32-year-old Nigerien national Salifu Walid and 24-year-old Burkinabe national Aziz Wadrago Mane, were arrested on September 20, 2026, at their hideout at Banpanase, near…
A group of armed r0bbers who reportedly planned to target three banks at Labone in Accra have been sh+t, with one other suspect arrested after a police operation on Thursday, August 13, 2026. The group had reportedly been preparing to target GCB Bank, Ecobank and Zenith Bank, all located at Labone, when the Police received…
A self-styled susu collector has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly misappropriating GH¢156,445 in savings entrusted to her by 35 contributors under a susu scheme she operated in Accra. The accused, Martha Nana Esi Afful, who reportedly operated under the business name “ZOE,” has been charged with 35 counts of fraudulent breach…
A National Service person attached to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has been charged with allegedly stealing GH¢308,300 through unauthorised Mobile Money transactions. Ebenezer Ghartey pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing when he appeared before the Accra Circuit Court. Inspector Frank Morgan Dorvi, prosecuting, told the court, presided over by Mrs…
The Sakumono District Police Command have recovered GH¢140,000 and an AK-47 assault rifle after a violent robbery attack on a mobile money vendor at Lashibi on 3 July 2026. According to preliminary findings, the victim was returning home after work when two armed men on a motorbike attacked him. The suspects reportedly fired at his…
A sales boy who stole GH¢353,471 from his employer under the pretext of using the money to marry has been convicted and fined by the Adentan Circuit Court, following the exposure of a wider fraud scheme involving multiple accomplices. The convict, Alfred Mensah, was charged with stealing and pleaded guilty. The court subsequently ordered him…
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 39-year-old man, identified as Michael Mensah, in connection with the suspected murder of Innocentia Atsufui Avinu, a student of the University of Cape Coast (UCC). According to police, the suspect was apprehended at Pedu Station in Cape Coast following an intelligence-led investigation into the circumstances surrounding the student’s…
The Court of Cassation, headed by Counselor Abdullah Jassim Al-Abdullah, has issued a final ruling sentencing Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled to three years in prison and imposing a fine of 3,000 Kuwaiti dinars in the so-called “secret expenses” case. The case is part of a wider series of corruption investigations involving alleged misuse of confidential government…
