Crime

Nigerian arrested for attempting to kidnap 4-yr-old boy

A Nigerian has been arrested for attempting to kidnap a boy around the Maamobi polyclinic in Accra. The suspect, yet to be named, was arrested...

Ex-convict arrested for baby theft at Agona Swedru

A twenty-three-year-old female ex-convict has been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing a nine-month-old baby boy at Agona Swedru in the Central Region. Interestingly, the suspect,...

Class 3 pupil who pulled gun granted bail

Amadu Salia, father of Amadu Bashiru, a class 3 pupil of Damongo St Anne's primary school in the Savannah region, who pulled gun in...

Forget party affiliation and punish kidnap suspects severely – NPP Chairman

The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the New Juabeng Constituency, Kodwo Boateng-Agyemang, has called for the state to punish the suspected...

17-year-boy killed over a pair of slippers

Seventeen-year-old Forgive Kwame Dunugbe, pupil of Ashaiman Number Two primary school, has been killed over a pair of slippers in Ashaiman. Ms Benedicta Attiaku, sister...

Kidnappers of Canadian women demanded $800k ransom – Prosecution

It has emerged in court that the kidnappers of the two Canadian women, who were rescued on Wednesday, demanded an $800,000 ransom for their...

Boy, 13, pulls gun after being punished for bullying (Audio)

A 13-year-old class three pupil of St. Anne's Preparatory School at Damango in the Savannah Region, Amidu Bashiru, has reportedly pulled a gun and...

Corruption Watch: Boy, 16, jailed 25yrs for stealing GH¢10 may become danger to society – GACC (Video)

A 16-year-old boy, Abdallah Mohammed has been jailed 25 years for stealing GH¢ 10 in a market at Asokwa within the Ashanti region. According to...

CW: Boy, 16, jailed 25yrs for stealing GH¢10, serving sentence in adult prison

When it comes to corruption in the criminal justice system what immediately comes to mind is some officials of the criminal justice system accepting...

Kidnappers of Canadian girls had a ‘bomb’

It has emerged that an explosive weapon was found among the arsenal of the kidnappers of the two Canadian ladies rescued on Wednesday. A pro-government newspaper, Daily Guide,...

BECE candidate attempts suicide shortly after exams

A candidate taking part in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region on Wednesday...

Port Security disembarks an alleged stowaway

The Tema Port Security has in their custody a stowaway, Mr Anthony Ali, who was on a vessel called Grimaldi Vessel that docked at...

Watch Video+Photos for NDC ‘evidence’ to show Canadian ladies’ kidnappers are Delta Force members

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the government of deliberately shielding perpetrators of the kidnap of the two Canadian ladies who were rescued...

Canadian ladies’ rescue: Runaway suspects issue death threats to Kenyasi residents [Audio]

Residents of Kenyasi in the Ashanti region say they are terrified after receiving death threats from some unknown persons. The threats follow the rescue of...

Corpse disappears from grave at Maseaso

The corpse of the late Kwadwo Oduro, a man buried three months ago at Moseaso Public Cemetery, near Anyinam in the Eastern Region has...

Suspected armed robber lynched for shooting mobile money vendor in Tema

A 28-year-old Malian, Awal Mohammed, has been lynched for shooting a mobile money vendor at Tema, Community 4. Awal is said to have shot the...

Breaking news: NPP man attempts suicide in parliament’s public gallery [Video+Photos]

A 35-year-old man has attempted to commit suicide in Ghana’s parliament Thursday afternoon, Adom News journalist, Abednego Asante Asiedu, has reported. According to Abednego,...

Watch crucial CCTV footage that helped in arresting Canadian kidnap suspects [Video+Photos]

It has emerged that a Close Circuit Television (CCTV) footage of the scene where the two Canadian girls were abducted was instrumental in the...

Photos: Where the kidnapped Canadians were held

A visit by JoyNews to the final holding point of the two kidnapped Canadian ladies rescued at Kenyasi-Achiase reveal their captors held them under...

Photo: Kidnappers of two Canadians pose with SWAT team

Adomonline.com has secured a photo of the alleged kidnappers of two Canadian nationals who were rescued in the early hours of Wednesday morning. ALSO: Kidnapped...

UCC graduate arrested for killing his brother

The people of Gomoa Obuasi, a community in the Gomoa Central district in the Central Region were on Monday grappled with grief and shock...

Read details of Canadian ladies kidnap suspects’ arrest + all the photos

The state has provided update on the arrest of some suspects connected with the kidnapping of two Canadian national, Lauren Patricia Catherine Tilley, 19, and Bailey...

Video: How Canadian state TV, CBC, reported the rescue of kidnapped ladies

The featured video above shows how Canadian State Broadcaster, CBS, reported the release of the two Canadian girls who were kidnapped in Kumasi. In...

Second Nigerian suspect in Takoradi girls kidnap remanded

Second suspect in the unresolved kidnapping of three girls in Takoradi in the Western region, has been remanded. The 29-year-old Nigerian, John Oji, appeared at...

Rescue of Canadians: 14 people including 3 Nigerians arrested

It has emerged that 14 people, including three Nigerians, have been arrested in connection with the two Canadian women who were abducted by unknown...

Video: How two of the Canadian kidnappers were busted

The police have arrested three Nigerians and some Ghanaians after the rescue of the two Canadian nationals abducted in Kumasi in the Ashanti region....

Kidnapped Canadian ladies rescued; 2 suspects arrested (Audio)

The two Canadian women, who were kidnapped by some unknown persons in Kumasi in the Ashanti region last week, have been rescued. Lauren Patricia Catherine...

C/R: 25-yr-old UCC graduate slashes throat of brother who is due for graduation next month [Audio+Photos]

A 25-year-old graduate of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has allegedly slashed the throat of his brother to death at Gomoa Obuase in...

Terror threat: 11 Pakistan nationals arrested in Techiman (Audio)

The Bono East Regional Immigration Service has arrested 11 Pakistanis from their hideout at Kenten-Anyinabrem, a suburb of Techiman in the Bono East Regional...

Customs officer, 4 others arrested for allegedly stealing containers of tomato paste

Five persons including a customs officer have been apprehended by the Marine Police, for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of 10 tonnes of...

Two in custody for registering foreigners to write 2019 BECE

The Proprietor of Kekeli International School, a private Basic School at Aflao and the Headmaster are in police grips following their arrest for illegally...

Headteacher arrested for registering 62 Togolese pupils for BECE

The headteacher of Kekeli Preparatory School in Aflao has been arrested for registering 62 foreign pupils to write the 2019 Basic Education Certificate...

Canadian experts land in Ghana over kidnapped nationals

A team of Canadian security experts  have arrived in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, to help find two kidnapped nationals. It followed the visit of...

Photo: Woman who poured palm nut soup on Police Commander arrested

An unidentified woman at Assin Dansame in the Assin North Municipality in the Central region, who allegedly poured hot palm nut soup on the...

Lotto receiver defiles 11-year-old girl

A 21-year-old lotto receiver, Gabriel Azumah, is standing trial before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl. He is said to have...

‘Thief’ in his 20s can’t remember his real name

There was a drama amidst uncontrollable laughter at Fijai, a suburb of Sekondi/Takoradi when a suspected thief who was arrested in the community told...

Kumasi Kidnap: Canadian officials in touch with victims’ families

Canadian officials say they are in touch with families of the two young women kidnapped in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The Canadian news cable...

Three BECE candidates involved in an accident

Three Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates of the Haatso Catholic Basic School in Accra are reported to have been involved in an accident...

Female Doctor bites off tongue of patient who tried to rape her

A female Doctor who was attacked by a sex beast as she slept in her hospital’s staff quarters saved herself from being brutally raped...

Photos+Audio: Woman pours hot palm nut soup on Police Commander

An unidentified woman at Assin Dansame in the Assin North Municipality in the Central region has allegedly poured hot palm nut soup on the...