Crime

Three jailed 10 years each for possessing narcotics

The Asamakese Circuit Court has sentenced three persons each to 10 years imprisonment for possessing narcotics without lawful authority. The convicts include Kwadwo Gyimah, Kwadwo...

Police arrest one robbery suspect, three others dead

Police in the Ashanti Region have undertaken an intelligence-led operation that has resulted in the arrest of one robbery suspect and the death of...

Mum forced to lose weight after doctors warn she might not live to see daughter grow up

A new mum who peaked the scales at 21st lost seven stone after ditching her £800-a-month fast-food diet when doctors warned she might not...

33-year-old nurse killed in motor crash at Sawla

A 33-year-old nurse at the Sawla hospital has been killed in a motor accident on the Sawla-Damongo stretch. Benjamin Kwarteng lost his life after the...

Journalist in Mpohor fake kidnapping case granted bail

Takoradi-based Connect FM’s morning show host, Emmanuel Paa Kwesi Simpson, has been granted bail after a successful application at the High Court on Monday,...

Divorce seeking woman accuses husband of tearing her veil, abandonment

A housewife, Naja’atu Lawal, seeking divorce from her husband, Isa Yusuf, at a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna state, alleged that her...

Five Konongo Odumase SHS students remanded

The Konongo District Court has remanded the five students arrested for their roles in the death of a student of Konongo Odumase Secondary High...

Man jailed for stealing policeman’s plantain shares sad story [Video]

A 35-year-old Ghanaian man, identified as Moses Mensah, is serving a three-year jail term for stealing plantains from a police officer at Saltpond in...

Policeman arrested over Suhum shooting incident

The Police have arrested Detective Seargent Welbeck Agyina in connection with a shooting incident at Suhum on Saturday. Two persons sustained gunshot wounds...

Fetteh Kakraba queen mother escapes assassination attempt

The Queen mother of Fetteh Kakraba, Nana Adjoa Adobi, has escaped death after unknown thugs stormed her house amid the firing of gunshots. The...

Parents of Ghanaian Islamist suicide bomber arrested [Video]

Intelligence officers have confirmed the arrest of two persons in the Karaga District of the  Northern Region in connection with a terrorist attack in...

Konongo Odumase SHS murder suspects to appear in court on Nov. 8

The five Konongo Odumase Senior High School students who were arrested for allegedly stabbing a Form One student leading to his death will be...

Notorious gun supplier busted

The Bono East Regional Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly manufacturing local weapons at Gulumpe in the Kintampo North Municipality. Regional Police...

Obuasi ECG arrests 12 persons for illegal connection

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) stationed at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region has facilitated the arrest of 12 persons for illegal connection. This...

Woman who attempted to defraud MoMo vendor with fake notes in trouble

An Adentan Circuit Court has ordered the arrest of a 32-year-old trader who was found in possession of 200 pieces of fake ¢5 notes. Patience...

‘Chop bar’ operator fined over insanitary conditions

The Kade Magistrate court, presided over by Emmanuel K. Boadu, has sentenced a 42-year-old prominent chop bar operator to a fine of GHS800 or...

Suspected robber dies under bizarre circumstances

Another suspect, believed to be part of armed robbery syndicate that had been operating at Kwahu Afram Plains, has been shot dead by the...

Teenage driver’s mate remanded for allegedly stealing GH₵65k car

A 14-year-old driver’s mate has been remanded into a juvenile cell by the Ashaiman District Court for allegedly stealing a Toyota Fish minibus worth...

Driver in fatal Akumadan crash remanded

The Offinso Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has remanded into police custody, the bus driver who is accused of causing an accident at...

Car burglar knocked dead while running away after loud alarm

A car burglar has met his untimely death at Tafo Pankrono in the Ashanti Region in an attempt to flee from a crime scene....

Three dead as gunmen open fire on passersby

Unknown gunmen on Friday evening opened fire on passersby at Neokeisima junction, Umulogho in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria, killing three...

Galaxy Oil sales manager jailed for stealing ¢70k

The Asamankese Circuit Court has sentenced a 55-year-old Sales Manager of Galaxy Oil filling station at Akyem-Osenase in the Eastern Region to four years...

Pastor beaten to pulp for stealing at Kaneshie Polyclinic [Video]

https://youtu.be/D-GVYlwM8m0 A young man, believed to be in his 30s, has been beaten to a pulp by security men and other workers at the Kaneshie...

11-month-old baby found dead in well after leaving sleeping mother [Video]

https://youtu.be/ulALWlpls2E An 11-month-old baby has been found dead in a well after reportedly leaving his sleeping mother's side at Yeji in the Bono East Region....

Police intercept ammunition in Hohoe

The Police have intercepted ammunition on a bus at Hohoe in the Volta Region. Two cartons of AAA and BBB Cartridges were discovered on board...

91 vehicles impounded over fake insurance certificates

The Eastern Regional Office of the National Insurance Commission (NIC), in collaboration with the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD), has impounded 91 vehicles...

51-year-old man arrested for incest, defilement in Tamale

The Domestic Violence and Victims’ Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in the Northern Region, has arrested a 51-year-old man, Mohammed Hamza,...

Man jailed 20 years over attempted sodomy of 16-year-old boy

The Bekwai Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region presided by His Honour Mark Diboro, has jailed 38-year-old Collins Sarfo to 20 years imprisonment for...

Man mocks pregnant woman after kicking her in the stomach

A thug laughed "uncontrollably" on the floor after kicking a pregnant girl's stomach and telling her "you don't deserve a baby", a court heard. Shaun...

DJ sentenced to 20 years in prison for defiling 12-year-old girl at Akyem Takyiman

A Disc Jockey (DJ) has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the Asamankese Circuit Court for defiling a 12-year-old girl at Akyem Takyiman,...

Prayerful man who killed wife, children slumps and dies in court

A 38-year old-Gweru man, who grabbed headlines on Tuesday after he brutally murdered his wife and their two minor children, collapsed and died at...

Court jails mason 20 years for attempted sodomy

A 38-year-old mason has been slapped with a 20-year jail term by a Bekwai Circuit Court for attempting to have anal sex with a...

Woman sentenced to life in prison for murdering five of her six children

A mother has been jailed for life for killing five of her children after she saw a photo of her husband with his new...

Top policeman cautions drivers against bribe [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Supt Cephas Arthur cautions drivers against bribe The Assin Fosu District Police Commander, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, has cautioned drivers against paying bribes to...

Komenda: Police chase man for hacking girlfriend with hammer

The Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Police in the Central Region is on a manhunt for suspect Kwesi Thomas, 40. Thomas is being sought for allegedly hacking...

Capital Bank case: I’m a nation builder – Ato Essien

The founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien Thursday morning described himself as a nation builder whose work was the engine of growth for...

Assin Fosu Police Command on manhunt for protesters who attacked personnel

The Assin Fosu Police Command in the Central Region are on a manhunt for some workers of Shimizu Dai Nippon, who attacked personnel on...

Journalist, one other remanded over Mpohor ‘fake’ kidnapping incident

Two persons arrested in a recent kidnapping case at Mpohor described by the police as a hoax, have been denied bail by a court...

Alleged coup plotter’s lawyer challenges witness’ claims

Counsel for Dr Frederick Mac-Palm, the man accused of being the mastermind of an alleged plot to overthrow the government of President Nana Akufo-Addo,...

New twist: Journalist arrested in connection with Mpohor fake kidnapping case

Two persons arrested in connection with a suspected kidnapping case at Mpohor in the Western region have been remanded into police custody. They are to...