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Joshua Alabi’s impostor, two brothers busted for defrauding Council of State Member of GH¢60k

A 40-year-old man who allegedly impersonated Professor Joshua Alabi, a leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to defraud a Council of State...

Man dies after suspected poisoning at birthday party; six arrested

The Dormaa Ahenkuro Police in the Bono Region have arrested six individuals to assist in investigations following the sudden death of a young man...

Three arrested in Ashanti region for distributing fake insecticides [Video]

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested three shop owners and distributors suspected of distributing and retailing counterfeit mosquito and insecticide spray products. The arrests,...

Six arrested, 54 rescued in recruitment scam at Effutu

The Winneba Divisional Police Command has arrested six individuals linked to a recruitment scam that defrauded dozens of job seekers in Effutu, Central Region. The...

‘Fake soldier’ allegedly defrauds lawyer of GH₵192,000 in landguard deal

A businessman has been accused of defrauding a lawyer of GH₵192,000 and has since appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Mahama Saani Razak, also known...

Man arrested with over 400 boxes of tramadol in Tamale collapses in court

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested a 53-year-old man, Alhaji Abdulai Sayuti, for the unlawful possession and sale of restricted pharmaceutical drugs in...

Three arrested for robbery at Jukwa

The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with a robbery attack at Jukwa near Afransie in the Western Region. A...

Drug possession: Court refuses trader bail for the second time

An Accra Circuit Court has, for the second time, refused bail to a trader accused of possessing 30 wraps of dried substances suspected to...

Trader refunds GH¢230,000 in mistaken bank transfer case

Constance Gyasi Nimako, a trader accused of stealing and laundering GH¢800,000 mistakenly credited to her bank account, has refunded GH¢230,000. Popularly known as Maa Adwoa,...

Over 20 men allegedly defile girl, 13, in Madina

Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) and the Justice Revived Foundation (JRF) are calling for action after a disturbing case of gang-defilement involving a 13-year-old...

Court remands man over police death threat video

A 32-year-old filmmaker who recorded and circulated a video threatening to kill any police officer he encountered has been remanded by the Dansoman Circuit...

Bailiff jailed for forging judge’s signature

A 38-year-old bailiff, Kojo Budu Jackson, has been sentenced to four years in prison with hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court for attempting...

Three arrested, over GH¢140k recovered in foiled robbery at Nyanikrom

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with a daylight robbery near Shama Junction at Nyanikrom. The incident occurred on Wednesday,...

Why judge decided to separate twins sentenced for stealing motorbike

The Bibiani District Court has sentenced identical twins to 48 months’ imprisonment each for dishonestly appropriating an unregistered motorbike valued at GH¢13,000. The convicted persons,...

Ghanaian woman shot and killed in Canada

A promising life has been tragically cut short in Hamilton, Canada, as a Ghanaian woman, Belinda Sarkodie, was shot and killed by unknown assailants...

Exposed: Face of thug who attacked JOYNEWS journalist at Ablekuma North rerun

This is the face of the man who assaulted JOYNEWS digital journalist Sally Martey during violent scenes at the Ablekuma North constituency parliamentary rerun...

Two robbery suspects arrested after leaving phone at scene

The Suntreso District Police Command in the Ashanti Region has arrested two suspects in connection with a robbery incident that occurred at Alignment, a...

Suspect in the alleged killing of Immigration Officer gives conflicting accounts

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command says the prime suspect in the alleged murder of an immigration officer has been giving conflicting accounts during...

Six arrested over alleged ritual murder at Mafi Adidome

The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested six individuals in connection with the suspected ritual killing of a 25-year-old mason, Nelson Anyena, at Mafi...

21-year-old MoMo vendor killed in Ngleshie Amanfro

Suspected armed robbers have shot and killed a 21-year-old mobile money (MoMo) vendor, Desmond Adzah, at Quarters Junction, a suburb of Ngleshie Amanfro in...

Central Tongu MP, DCE condemn shrine killings, vow swift justice

The Member of Parliament for Central Tongu, Alexander Roosevelt Hotordze, and the District Chief Executive, Dodzi Addison Mornyuie, have strongly condemned the discovery of...

Illegal miner jailed for unlawful entry, causing damage

The Tarkwa District Magistrate Court One has sentenced a 26-year-old illegal miner, Prince Awuah, to 16 months' imprisonment with hard labour for unlawful entry...

Three teenagers jailed for robbery in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has secured the conviction and sentencing of three teenage suspects involved in a violent daylight robbery in the Asokore...

Man allegedly kills daughter, injures son and commits suicide at Kato

Residents of Kato near Berekum in the Bono Region have been plunged into grief and disbelief following a tragic incident in which a father...

Burnt body of missing immigration officer found at Kwabenya [Photos]

The partly burnt body of a 38-year-old immigration officer has been discovered at Abuom Junction in Kwabenya of the Greater Accra region, five days...

KNUST student jailed 10 years for robbing hairdresser

A 25-year-old Level 200 student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Fatawu Amponsah, has been sentenced to 10 years in...

Kasoa-Winneba Highway robbery suspect jailed 25 years

The Kasoa-Ofaakor Circuit Court has sentenced Mohammed Bello to 25 years in prison with hard labour for his involvement in a robbery incident at...

Two employees arrested for attempted robbery in Abossey Okai

The Special Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service has arrested two employees of a North Kaneshie-based company for allegedly plotting a robbery during...

Police exhume multiple human remains in Central Tongu shrine

The Homicide Unit of the Ghana Police Service has undertaken an operation that uncovered and exhumed multiple human remains buried in a shrine at...

Cyber Security Authority busts fraud syndicate in Dodowa

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA), in a coordinated multi-agency operation with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Police Cybercrime Unit, has dismantled a...

Key suspect in Accra motorbike theft syndicate arrested

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a key suspect in connection with 12 stolen motorbikes in Accra. A statement issued by the police said...

Man, 21, arrested in connection with killing of queen mother at Gbawe

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the shooting and killing of a queen mother during a naming...

Policeman stabbed by suspected criminal at Lower McCarthy Hill

A police officer has been stabbed by a suspected criminal at Lower McCarthy Hill in Accra. The officer, identified as Sammy, was escorting his children...

Man killed in robbery attack on Yeji-Kumasi Highway

A young man has been killed in an armed robbery attack on the Yeji-Kumasi highway in the Bono East Region. The incident occurred on Sunday,...

Police probe killing of Bimbilla SHS student during fire festival

Police in the Northern Region have launched investigations into the tragic killing of Fatima Abukari, an 18-year-old student of Bimbilla Senior High School. She was...

Engineer jailed for GHS150,000 tipper truck fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an agricultural engineer to 36 months’ imprisonment with hard labour for defrauding a businessman of GHS150,000 under the...

Court convicts Agradaa for defrauding by false pretences [Video]

The Accra Circuit Court has convicted Patricia Asiedua, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, founder of Heaven Way Champion Ministries International Church, for charlatanic advertisement...

Robbers kill security man at ID1F facility in Gomoa Akotsi

A 65-year-old security guard, Kwabena Boateng, has been suffocated to death by suspected robbers at the De-Bridge One District One Factory (1D1F) facility in...

Court discharges lecturer, two students over UG room and bed allocation scandal

An Accra Circuit Court has discharged a lecturer and two students accused of collecting GH₵106,800 under the pretext of allocating rooms and beds to...

Accra Circuit Court remands nine over Nkwanta riots

Nine individuals, including one woman, have been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for their alleged involvement in the recent riots in Nkwanta, located...