Crime

48 lecturers, parents arrested for involving in examination malpractices

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 48 individuals for their alleged...

Maid jailed 6 months for spiking baby’s milk

A maid, who wanted a baby she cared for to sleep through the night, spiked the 13-month-old girl’s milk with a muscle relaxant. The 32-year-old...

Most harrowing child kidnap cases including baby snatched from cot [Photos]

Parents become riddled with extreme fear if their child returns home late, forgets to send a text or wanders off in a shop, even...

Boyfriend arrested over another Takoradi fake kidnap

Two persons, including a media practitioner, are assisting police with investigations into a suspected kidnapping saga at Mpohor in the Western Region. The culprits, Stephen...

Mobile phone repairer arrested for robbery and murder

The Eastern Regional Police Command has apprehended a 35-year-old man, Elisha Asante, a mobile phone repairer at Ekye Amanfo in the Kwahu Afram Plains...

2 arrested for parading teenagers naked on the streets

Police have arrested two people in the Eastern Region who stripped two teenagers naked and paraded them on the streets of Akuapem Adawso. According to...

Why we blocked entrance to China Mall – West Hills Mall

Management of West Hills Mall has described as misleading, claims that the entrance to China Mall was blocked due to competition between the two...

NDC man’s incest case adjourned to January 26

A Cape Coast Circuit Court hearing the alleged incest case involving the Central Regional Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Emmanuel Kwesi Dawood,...

New twist to Akumadan accident that claimed six lives [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Driver Who Caused Akumdan Accident Arrested The driver of a Daewoo Grandbird KS bus with registration number GT 4215-17 believed to have caused...

24-year-old imposter jailed at Sogakope

Noah Donkor, a 24-year-old man, who posed as a police officer, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in hard labour by a Sogakope...

Man falls into trance during prayers; kills wife and children

A man yesterday allegedly fatally struck his wife with an axe and his two children with an axe handle after falling into a trance...

Man kills daughter’s boyfriend, claims he sold her to a sex-trafficking ring

A Washington man killed his daughter’s teenage boyfriend after he believed he sold his child to sex traffickers in Seattle, police said.  John Eisenman, 60,...

Akumadan accident: Police on manhunt for bus driver

Police in the Ashanti Region are on a manhunt for the driver of a Daewoo Grandbird KS bus with registration number GT 4215 –...

Man jailed 18 years for defiling, impregnating fiancee’s 13-year-old sister

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating a 13-year-old junior sister of his fiancee. The Koforidua Circuit Court...

Commander attacked with stones as road workers clash with police

The Assin Fosu Divisional Police Commander, ACP Augustine Luguyare, has been attacked by angry workers of Shimizu Dai-Nippon JV, a road construction firm working...

Woman nabbed for throwing her two children inside well

A woman, identified simply as Omowumi, resident of Anjoorin Street, Koledowo community, Osogbo, Osun State, has been arrested by the police following allegations that...

Ex-bank manager bags 18 years in prison for stealing customer’s money

A former manager with Sterling Bank and Account Relationship Officer of OHHA Microfinance Bank, Nigeria, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment, for forgery...

2 farmers arrested for accusing neighbour of killing her daughter through witchcraft

Two farmers, Aruwa Kwala, 50, and Shenyi Salihu, 50, were on Tuesday docked in a Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT for allegedly accusing their...

Photos of men, women ‘in chains’ uncovered in shrine [Photos]

Photos of different men and women in chains have been uncovered at a shrine in Rivers State, Nigeria after the native doctor was allegedly...

Man, 35, arrested over MoMo robbery at Afram Plains

The Anti Armed robbery taskforce of the Ghana Police Service has arrested a 35-year-old phone repairer in connection with the deadly Mobile Money (MoMo)...

Man acquitted after 13 years in jail

The Court of Appeal has acquitted and discharged a 39-year-old man who spent 13 years in jail after being convicted for robbery by the...

Woman’s body ‘found dumped in suitcase four days after her wedding’

 A newlywed mum's body was found dumped in a suitcase just four days after her wedding. The woman, named locally as Dawn Walker, was found...

Over 100 sex workers, suspected criminals arrested at Kasoa [Video]

https://youtu.be/g5BsVeJs78Q The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested over 100 sex workers and suspected criminals at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of...

Court fines ‘fast and furious reckless Benz driver’ GH¢1,800

The reckless Mercedez Benz driver, who was last week arrested by the Police, has been fined by the Kaneshie District Court. Kofi Sasa Buckman was...

Two robbers steal industrial batteries, hold guards hostage

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected robbers. The suspects, identified as Edehikenna Stanley and Segun Tope, reportedly stole two industrial...

Afghanistan: 3 wedding guests reportedly shot dead for playing music at reception

Three guests were shot dead at a wedding reception in eastern Afghanistan on Friday night, apparently, because music was being played, according to the Taliban. The...

Death row inmate who killed police officer found dead in prison

A death row inmate who killed a police officer at a Texas Walmart store nearly a decade ago has been found dead in his...

One killed in robbery attack at Yeji

Armed robbers have killed one person in a robbery attack on the Abromase to number one road, near Yeji in the Pru East District...

Tricycle Rider jailed 10 years over sex with minor

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 22-year-old tricycle rider to 10 years imprisonment for defilement. Benjamin Akrofi Otumfuor is said to have defiled the...

Police arrest mother, son over alleged murder of neighbour

The Police in Ogun have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Mary Ogbeifu and her 17-year- old son over alleged murder of their 60-year-old neighbour, Iyabo Olasheinde. The Police Public...

Court remands two men over abortion

A Magistrates’ Court in Ilorin on Friday ordered that two men be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly arranging an abortion for a...

Man who stoned mother to death in Savannah Region arrested

A 30-year-old man, John Banuda, who stoned his mother to death at Gindabuo, a village on the Sawla-Wa highway in the Sawla District of...

Police officers assaulted by Military men at Suame

Police and military officers clashed at the Suame suburb of Kumasi on Friday over the arrest of a military officer for flouting traffic regulation. Some...

Police, Military probe clash at Suame police station

The Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces, have commenced investigation into an attack at the Suame police station in the Ashanti Region. Officials...

6-year-old drowns; police arrest one suspect at Juaboso

A six-year-old boy named Stephen Adjei has drowned at Sehwi Fawohoma Yesu, a farming community in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region. Information...

Man arrested with narcotic substances during Highway operations

One Adebayor Adesa Ako has been arrested by a Highway Patrol team stationed within the Ketu South Municipality, in the Volta Region for possession...

‘Trotro’ driver captured in video urinating on road arrested

Police have arrested Yaw Manu, driver of a commercial vehicle caught on video urinating on the road. The driver, who is in his late...

Fetish priest hot for allegedly defrauding woman of GHS 60,000

A 50-year-old fetish priest is in hot waters for allegedly defrauding a farmer of GHS 60,000 under the guise of mining her gold at...

Lady lands in cell for stabbing lover over WhatsApp messages

A young lady is languishing in police cells for allegedly stabbing her lover over suspicion of infidelity. Identified simply as Chidinma, the suspect is a...

Another suspect in fake currency syndicate arrested

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested another person in connection with a suspected fake currency trade. The suspect has been identified as 35-year-old...