Ahmed Suale Murder: Evidence was insufficient for prosecution – Tuah Yeboah
Former Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah Yeboah has shed light on the challenges encountered during the early stages of the investigation into the murder...
Ahmed Suale’s murder: No evidence to support charge against suspect – Lawyer
The lawyer representing the suspect in the Ahmed Suale's murder case, Kofi Essel has said that there is no evidence to support the charges...
Ahmed Suale: Police filed ‘shambolic’ charge sheet against our client – Suspect’s lawyer
Legal counsel for Daniel Owusu Koranteng, Kofi Essel, has criticised the police over what he describes as a rushed and baseless murder charge against...
Ahmed Suale’s murder suspect admits taking his photos
Thirty-five-year-old businessman Daniel Koranteng, also known as Nana Amakye, has denied allegations that he sold photographs of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale to Member of...
Ahmed Suale’s murder suspect remanded
The Managing Director of ISPY Company, Daniel Owusu Koranteng, has been remanded by the Madina Magistrate Court as a suspect in the murder of...
Gunmen shoot two dead in Binduri
Two people have been shot dead in Atuba, a suburb of the Binduri District in the Upper East Region.
The attack, which occurred on Monday,...
Head porter on bail for stabbing driver
A 28-year-old head porter, Kennedy Dadzie, has been granted GH¢50,000 bail with two sureties by the Amasaman Circuit Court for allegedly stabbing a driver.
The...
Not every dispute needs to be litigated – Chief Justice
The Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has implored court users across the country to embrace Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms for the settlement...
KNUST murder: Court receives amended charge sheet, autopsy report
The prosecution handling the murder case of Joana Yabane, a final-year student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has submitted...
Man arrested on wedding day over alleged visa fraud
Samuel Issah Abdulai, a 28-year-old driver who was nabbed on his wedding day for fraud, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.
Abdulai is alleged...
Chinese national murder suspect granted bail by Takoradi court
A Chinese national, Dai Mengsheng, who was arraigned before the Takoradi District Court on an alleged murder charge, has been granted police enquiry bail.
His...
Teacher in court for stealing, defrauding by false pretence
A 47-year-old teacher, Ernestina Koranteng, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing $11,000 and defrauding a Ghanaian resident in the United...
Keta Police intercept hard drugs, arrest three for smuggling
The Keta Divisional Police Command in the Volta Region has arrested three suspects for allegedly transporting hard drugs, known as ‘Taramaking,’ from Togo to...
Businessman allegedly swindles police officer over 2 auctioned vehicles
A 46-year-old businessman who allegedly collected GH¢72,000 from a police officer under the pretext of securing him two auctioned vehicles has appeared before the...
Nungua Queen Mother’s death: Case adjourned to March 26
The case involving Samuel Adjei, who is being held for the murder of a queen mother at Nungua, has been adjourned to March 26...
Court adjourns Ayanfuri murder trial; victim buried
The Diaso District Magistrate Court has adjourned the murder trial of 19-year-old Emmanuel Quansah for the third time.
Quansah is facing trial before the court,...
Man, 31, escapes lynching after stealing sheep at Bibiani
A 31-year-old man narrowly escaped lynching at Bibiani in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region after allegedly stealing eight sheep.
The...
Thieves steal 500 meters of ECG cables in Gomoa Dominase
Unknown thieves have stolen cable covers from over ten electricity poles at Gomoa Dominase in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, plunging...
Businessman, farmer granted bail for allegedly defrauding estate developer
The Amasaman Circuit Court has granted bail to a businessman and a farmer over an alleged GH¢120,000 land fraud case.
Nii Korley Sai Boni IV,...
Salaga SHS: 28 Students, including 3 convicts, recommended for indefinite suspension
A 15-member committee, consisting of major stakeholders from Salaga Senior High School (SHS) in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region, has recommended...
J.B. Danquah Case: Lawyers for ‘Sexy Don Don’ to apply for bail on March 25
Lawyers for Daniel Asiedu, the prime suspect in the murder of former Abuakwa North MP J.B. Danquah-Adu, have informed an Accra High Court that...
Scrap dealer jailed for stealing Ghana Water Limited’s fittings
The Ashaiman Circuit Court, presided over by His Worship Mr. Derrick Parden Eshun, has sentenced a 20-year-old scrap dealer, Tahiru Issah, to 12 months...
Man jailed for stealing laptop at Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment
An unemployed man who stole a laptop at the Ministry of Labour, Jobs, and Employment has been sentenced to two years imprisonment.
Foster Nyarko, 36,...
Man arrested at airport with cocaine pellets in his stomach
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has arrested a 55-year-old Nigerian national for suspected drug trafficking shortly after he landed at OR Tambo International...
Teenager arrested for allegedly shooting ‘Okada’ rider to death
A teenage boy is alleged to have shot and killed a commercial motorcycle rider, commonly known as an ‘Okada’ rider, at Adugyama in the...
Alleged rapist remanded again
A Tarkwa District Magistrate Court has remanded a 24-year-old galamsey operator, Vitus Nsore, into police custody for allegedly raping a 56-year-old woman at Amoanda...
Unemployed man jailed over stolen electrical cables
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an unemployed man to two years in prison for stealing quantities of electrical cables at La in Accra.
Ebenezer...
Court grants GH¢50,000 bail to farmer over threat of harm
The Amasaman Circuit Court has granted GH¢50,000 bail with two sureties to a farmer, Ali Baba Maigah, who allegedly threatened to harm a businessman...
CHRAJ Theft: Court jails job seeker for stealing mobile phone
A 36-year-old job seeker, Foster Nyarko, has been sentenced to jail for stealing a mobile phone from an office at the Commission on Human...
Pastor in court over alleged GH¢310,000 visa fraud
A pastor was on Friday arraigned before the Dansoman Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a businessman of GH¢310,000 under the pretext of securing visas...
Illegal miners block River Ankobra, turn it into a stagnant pool
Illegal miners have blocked the River Ankobra at multiple points in Prestea-Hemang and Awodua in the Western Region, preventing its natural flow.
JoyNews can confirm...
Four jailed over illegal logging in Nkrabea Forest Reserve
The Obuasi Circuit Court, presided over by Mark Tairima Diboro on Friday, February 28, sentenced four persons to two years imprisonment each with hard...
Woman granted GH₵10K bail after allegedly biting customer’s testicles
The Assin Fosu District Court, presided over by His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu, has granted bail to Esi Affumwaa, an Akpeteshie seller and farmer,...
More details emerge on death of MoMo vendor at Manso Asamang [Listen]
Nana Ayensu Barima Kwame Kentenka, an uncle of Augustine Mensah, a Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor who was shot dead at Manso Asamang in the...
3 burnt to death in violent attack in Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri district
Three bodies have been found burnt beyond recognition in Nanik, a community in the Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri District of the North East Region, following a violent...
4 Christian Methodist SHS students arrested with knives and scissors after clash
Four students of Christian Methodist Senior High School (SHS) have been arrested by the SCC Police after they were found in possession of knives...
Immigration foils another cocoa smuggling attempt
Officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) stationed at the Gagbiri Inland Checkpoint in the Tempane District have intercepted two drums of cocoa beans...
MoMo vendor shot dead at Manso-Asamang
Unknown assailants have shot and killed a 33-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor at Manso-Asamang in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region.
The deceased,...
Woman arrested for biting customer’s testicles over 20 pesewas
A 43-year-old woman, identified as Esi Affumwaa, has been arrested by the police in Assin Wurakese Camp, located in the Assin Fosu Municipality of...
3 on the run, 6 arrested for alleged defilement at Kasoa Gada
The Kasoa Ofaakor District Police Command has arrested six young boys for allegedly assaulting two Junior High School (JHS) pupils at Kasoa Gada in...