The first group of 425 Ghanaian Muslim pilgrims from the five northern regions has arrived safely in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage. They were airlifted from the Yakubu Tali International Airport in Tamale on Saturday, May 10. This year, Ghana expects to send approximately 6,000 pilgrims to …
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The Asokwa Circuit Court has remanded five suspects, including a pregnant woman, into police custody over the robbery and murder of two mobile money vendors at Krofrom and Kwadaso in the Ashanti Region. According to police sources, the pregnant suspect allegedly acted as an informant for the criminal gang, gaining …
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Popular Ghanaian comic actor Koo Ofori, known in private life as Samuel Seth Kwabena Kyere Karikari, has been arrested by the Accra Central Police Command for allegedly defrauding a US-based Ghanaian citizen of $50,000. According to police sources, Koo Ofori reportedly received the funds from the victim, based in California, …
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Ghanaian journalist and tourism ambassador, Afua Asantewaa Aduonum, has had her second attempt at the Guinness World Record for the longest individual singing marathon disqualified due to technical violations of the organization’s guidelines. In an official communication from Guinness World Records, it was revealed that Afua’s attempt was rendered invalid …
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The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has announced plans to open six international offices as part of a new strategy to address the growing issue of counterfeit licenses among Ghanaians living abroad. The announcement came during the launch of the DVLA’s first 24-hour service center in Adentan, Accra, on …
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The Ghana Police Service has confirmed that the kidnapping of two Ghanaian women in Nigeria was the result of a romance scam orchestrated by an international criminal syndicate. According to the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), DCOP Lydia Yaako Donkor, the victims, Anastasia Baidoo Arthur and Evelyn …
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The High Court in Accra has sentenced Deborah Seyram Adablah to 45 days in prison for contempt of court after she released a series of videos defaming the judiciary and attacking a sitting judge following the dismissal of her 2023 civil suit. Adablah, who rose to public attention after suing …
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Three suspects have been arrested by the Eastern North Regional Police Command in connection with the theft of a Hyundai Santa Fe vehicle, with registration number GG 2–18, which was stolen from a washing bay at Kuntunse Satellite in Accra on April 24, 2025. Two of the suspects, Kwabena Tawiah …
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A massive fire swept through a densely populated slum near the Asoprochona railway station in Sakumono on Monday night, rendering hundreds of residents homeless and reducing dozens of structures to ashes. The blaze, which erupted around 7 p.m., spread rapidly through the closely built wooden shacks, fueled by highly flammable …
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The Eastern South Regional Police Command has launched a thorough investigation into a violent clash over illegal sand winning that left five men dead in Asiyaw, near Akwane-Dobro in the Nsawam area, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. According to a police statement, a crime scene team dispatched to the area …
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