Two arrested for suspected ritual murder in Akatsi North
Two persons have been arrested by the police in Korve in the Akatsi North District of the Volta Region in connection with a suspected...
Policeman, 3 others beaten to pulp at Akrofuom
A police constable and three Community Policing Assistants (CPA) were attacked by thugs on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at Akrofuom, within the Obuasi Divisional...
Liberian jailed 10 years as court defers his girlfriend’s sentence pending pregnancy test
The Accra Circuit Court Three has sentenced 25-year-old Liberian Daniel Ireland to 10 years in prison with hard labour for robbing a Bolt driver...
Court sentences Okada rider to 15 years for robbing nurse
The Kasoa Ofaakor Circuit Court, presided over by His Lordship Isaac Ohenaba-Kuffour, has sentenced 32-year-old Okada rider Yussif Salifu to 15 years in prison...
Nungua residents demand intensified police patrol due to rise in robberies
Some residents of Nungua Addogono and Baatsona in the Greater Accra Region have raised concerns over a growing wave of robberies and phone-snatching incidents...
Joynews’ Ohemeng Tawiah sustains life-threatening injuries in police-illegal miners clash [Photos]
A police operation aimed at clamping down on the illegal mining activities in the Offin Shelter Belt Forest Reserve at Anwiafutu near Nyinahin, Ashanti...
Carpenter jailed for defiling ex-lover’s child
A 39-year-old carpenter, Peter Asamoah, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling his ex-lover's nine-year-old daughter at Yareyeya, a...
Taskforce arrests 5 suspected illegal miners at Wenchi-Atuna
The Wenchi Traditional Council in the Bono Region has arrested five suspected illegal miners, including a Chinese national, in the Wenchi Municipality.The task force,...
Mechanic jailed for 10 years for robbing student
A 25-year-old mechanic has been jailed for 10 years by the Asante Akropong Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District for attacking and...
Two in critical condition after exhuming body of 10-year-old at Adawukwa
Two people are in critical condition and receiving treatment at the Bawjiase Polyclinic after they were caught with the body of a 10-year-old boy.The...
Scores injured in Walewale after alleged military brutality
Dozens of residents in Walewale, North East Region, have reportedly sustained severe injuries after a violent crackdown by armed military personnel.Witnesses claim the soldiers...
Taxi driver kills colleague with wheel spanner at Agona Swedru
A heated argument between two taxi drivers at Agona Swedru in the Central Region has ended in tragedy, as 26-year-old Evans Owusu lost his...
Ex-convict jailed 8 years for threatening to harm mother
The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old ex-convict, Kofi Essien, also known as ‘Buffon,’ to eight years in prison with hard labor for...
Eastern Region: Abductors flee as warning shots save 13-year-old from ritual killing
A 13-year-old girl narrowly escaped from an alleged ritual killing after being abducted by four unidentified men in Aburi-Kitase, located in the Akuapem South...
Carpenter jailed 7 years for defiling teen in Walewale
The Nalerigu Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old carpenter to seven years in prison with hard labour for defiling a 15-year-old girl in Walewale...
Loading boy arraigned over alleged theft of driving mirror
The Kaneshie District Court has granted bail of GH¢2,000 with two sureties to Felix Yeboah, a loading boy, following his alleged theft of a...
Trial of second preacher arrested over damaged vehicles at Parliament adjourned
An Accra Circuit Court has adjourned the case of Wisdom Ahli, the second preacher arrested for allegedly damaging vehicle windscreens at Parliament, to January...
Man fined GH₵18,000 for impersonating military officer on TikTok
An Accra Circuit Court has fined a 20-year-old washing bay attendant for impersonating a military officer by wearing camouflage trousers and a naval vest,...
Electrochem Ghana condemns raid on its warehouse by alleged NDC thugs
Electrochem Ghana Limited has condemned a raid on its operations in Ada, Greater Accra Region, by armed thugs who claimed affiliation with the ruling...
Businessman in court for allegedly defrauding 18 rent seekers of GH₵100K
A 48-year-old businessman, Jennings Tetteh Cole, who is accused of defrauding 18 rent seekers of over GH₵100,000, appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on...
20-year-old arrested for robbing iPhone as New Year gift for lover
Police in Bole, Savannah Region, have arrested 20-year-old unemployed man Kipo Seidu for allegedly robbing an iPhone to give as a New Year gift...
Illegal miner on the run after killing teen girl at Diaso
A 26-year-old man has allegedly murdered an 18-year-old young lady at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region.The suspect, who...
2 injured after chaos erupts in Boborama over disputed chieftaincy installation
A violent confrontation broke out in Boborama, a community in the Ellembele District of the Western Region, after two men attempted to disrupt the...
Son arrested for allegedly killing mother with pestle after history of threats
A 26-year-old farmer, Yaw Nimoah, has been arrested by the Dambai Police Command for allegedly killing his mother, Madam Salomey Ama Serwaa, a 60-year-old...
Miner, 23, fined for receiving payments through electronic medium falsely
A 23-year-old small-scale miner, who tricked two mobile money vendors and received a cash sum of GH¢8,000 payments through an electronic medium falsely, has...
Akufo-Addo pardons Ato Essien, 8 others
President Nana Akufo-Addo has exercised his prerogative of mercy under Article 72(1) of the Constitution to grant pardons to nine convicted persons, including the...
Man, 20, arrested for stealing iPhone for lover as New Year’s gift
Police in Bole, Savannah Region, have arrested a 20-year-old unemployed man, Kipo Seidu, for allegedly robbing a woman of her iPhone to gift his...
Four arrested in cocoa smuggling bust at Kwahu Nketepa
Four individuals, including a driver and his assistants, are currently in police custody following their alleged involvement in a cocoa smuggling operation in Kwahu...
Thieves electrocuted in attempt to steal streetlights
Two suspected thieves were electrocuted while allegedly attempting to steal solar streetlights in the Ogobiri community of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.The bodies of the two...
Unidentified men demolish Keta MCE’s private building on reclaimed land
Following unresolved issues surrounding the management of the Keta reclaimed land, amidst an accusation that the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) took the land meant...
Inkoom granted GH₵100K bail in visa fraud case
Former Ghana Black Stars player, Samuel Inkoom, has been granted bail of GHC100,000 with two sureties by a court in Accra over allegations of...
Anti-cocoa smuggling taskforce impounds 400 bags in Kwahu Nketepa
The Anti-Cocoa Smuggling Taskforce of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has impounded two trucks loaded with 400 bags of cocoa at Kwahu Nketepa in...
Okada rider granted ¢50k bail over alleged attempted robbery
The Amasaman Circuit Court has granted a GH¢50,000 bail with two sureties to a commercial motorbike rider (Okada rider) over a robbery attempt.Hope Nunekpeku,...
24-year-old unemployed remanded for unlawful entry, stealing
A 24-year-old unemployed has been remanded into police custody by the Asante Akropong Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District for unlawful entry...
Level 100 student remanded over defilement allegation
The Asante Akropong circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North district has remanded a level 100 university student into prison custody for allegedly defiling...
Ho Circuit Court sentences three robbers to 125 years of hard labour
The Ho Circuit Court has sentenced three men to a total of 125 years in prison with hard labour for their involvement in a...
Kasoa: One dead, another arrested for stealing motorbike after accident [Video]
A pillion rider has died in a ghastly accident at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central region.The unfortunate incident occurred...
Akatsi South: Two men found dead with body parts missingÂ
Two unidentified young men believed to be of Fulani extraction have been found dead at Klokpui, a farming community near Wute in the Akatsi...
Three acquitted, discharged through ‘Justice For All’ programme after 10 years
Three individuals deÂtained for between five to 10 years on remand at the Koforidua prisons were acquitted and discharged on Wednesday under Ghana’s Justice...
Court orders Police to determine gender of accused
An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the Police to determine the gender of an accused person to decide whether to place them in a...