Crime

Manager jailed 15 years for squandering company’s funds on betting

A mother broke into uncontrollable tears at the Hohoe Circuit Court last Wednesday when her son, a 31-year-old fuel station supervisor, was handed a...

Murder of girlfriend: Bail application of accused deferred

A Ho High court, deferred to Thursday, April 15, its ruling on a bail application by Philip Caesar Kumah, 20, who allegedly beat his...

SHS student jailed 15 years for robbery

The Obuasi circuit court has sentenced an 18-year-old senior high school student to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. Michael Dakorah, who was...

Bolgatanga: Mortuary man saves boy who was seconds away from being deposited in morgue

A Senior Mortuary Attendant at the Bolgatanga Hospital, Alhassan Azaare Daniel, has recounted how he saved the life of a 9-year-old boy who was...

50-year-old man stabbed to death in Oti

A 50-year-old man has been stabbed to death by his cousin during a family disagreement at Bodada in the Jasikan District of the Oti...

Five suspected baby thieves detained after failing to pay bail

The Bibiani Circuit Court has granted bail to five suspected baby thieves at Sefwi Punikrom. Paulina Owusu 26, Stephen Owusu 32, Sampson Addai 33, Kofi...

This is how much power distributors lose to illegal connections annually

Illegal connections in Ghana’s electricity distribution system are denying electricity distributors more than GH¢1.3 billion annually. The loss constitutes an average extra cost of 15Gp...

Man stabs Chief Imam

The police in Niger state has arrested Umar Jibril, popularly known as Ba’adama for stabbing the Chief Imam of Edati to death. The suspected allegedly stabbed...

Man allegedly stabs cousin to death at Jasikan

Residents of Buem Bodada in the Jasikan district discovered the lifeless body of a carpenter identified as Francis Brown, Wednesday morning. The deceased was...

GH¢10,000 bounty placed on ‘head’ of Takoradi daylight robbers

The Western Regional Security Council has offered a GH¢10,000 bounty on the ‘head’ of suspects involved in a daylight robbery at Takoradi. The amount will...

Two arrested for possessing 260 packets of cannabis

The police in the Bono Region have arrested two men for allegedly transporting 260 packets of compressed dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. The...

‘Trotro’ somersaults on knocking down robbers at Sowutuom

The bravery of a commercial vehicle (trotro) driver has led to the arrest of two robbers at Anteku, a suburb of Sowutuom. According to police...

Apam funeral attack: 26 land guards arrested

Some 26 persons, said to be land guards, have been apprehended by the police at Apam in the Central Region. This follows an attack on...

Ex-convict, friend bag 34 years for Robbery

 An ex-convict, identified only as Isaac and his friend, Yussif Mumuni, have been sentenced to a total of 34 years imprisonment in hard labour...

Police grab wanted robbery suspect at Oda

A suspected armed robber, who has been on the wanted list of the Accra Regional Police Command, has been arrested at Oda. He allegedly confessed...

Kente weaver beaten, slaughtered with axe

A 30-year-old man has been murdered at Ntonso in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The Kente weaver, whose name was only given...

Sekondi-Takoradi records 3 robbery cases in 3 days; residents in fear

Some residents of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region say they are living in fear after recording three robbery cases in three days. According to them,...

Angry Pokuase residents chase Benin nationals after mysterious death of 4-yr-old boy [Video+Photos]

A man, believed to be a Beninois, has been arrested while others are on the run following the murder of a four-year-old boy, Kevin...

Fetish priest in court for dealing in fake money

A Koforidua Circuit Court, presided by Mrs Mercy Adei-Kotey, has granted bail to a fetish priest in the sum of  150,000 Ghana cedis with...

Takoradi daylight robbery incident: Police makes shocking revelation [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Takoradi daylight robbery incident: Police makes shocking revelation The Western Regional Police Command has disclosed the amount of money stolen from a couple...

Prof. Benneh’s case: Court sets date for committal proceedings

State attorneys will on May 19, this year, commence committal proceedings against Ebenezer Kwayisi aka Junior at the Kaneshie District Court for the alleged...

Lilian Dedjoe murder trial: Effah-Dartey, Prosecutors clash over bail application

An Accra High Court has fixed April 20, 2021, to rule on a bail application put in by Prince Charles Dedjoe, a businessman, accused...

Thieves break into Agric Office; steal PCs, other properties

The Lower Manya Municipal Agric office located at Kpong in the Eastern Region has been burgled and ransacked by robbers. The robbers burgled five offices...

“Give me my phone” – suspect in Prof Benneh murder case pleads with court

Police investigators have prayed the Kaneshie District Court for a date to enable a representative of the Attorney General’s Office to appear in court...

‘Money doubler’ charged for defrauding by false pretense

A Koforidua circuit court presided over by Mercy Adei-Kotey has granted bail to a fetish priest in the sum of  150,000 Ghana cedis with...

Police officers under investigation in Sandema inmate escape incident

Police officers on duty at Sandema Police Station where about seven inmates escaped from custody are currently under investigation. Six inmates escaped from the Sandema...

Victim in Takoradi daylight robbery incident dead

One of the victims shot during a robbery operation at Takoradi Amanful in the Western Region has died. The deceased, Charles Korankye, was pronounced dead...

Takoradi: Daylight robbery as four gunmen shoot couple who exited from bank [Video]

Four men have shot a man and his wife at Takoradi Amanful in what could be described as a broad daylight robbery. According to sources,...

KETASCO old students storm court over death of classmate at East Legon [Video]

Some classmates of Lilian Dedjoe, a woman who allegedly fell to her death at her East Legon home on March 7, 2021,...

Man wails uncontrollably as police arrest him over abortion

A 50-year-old man, Wisdom Okoro, broke down in tears when police arrested him over a fatal abortion. Police operatives attached to the Ikorodu Division of...

Emotional as video of gruesome murder of Major Mahama is played in court

There was silence at the High Court when a video recording showing the gruesome murder of a soldier by a mob was played to...

Land guards storm funeral; beat pregnant women, others at Apam

Five people are receiving treatment at Apam Hospital after a funeral of a motor rider turned bloody at Apam in the Gomoa West District...

Two arrested with human bones

The Eastern Region Police have arrested two persons in connection with the trafficking of human parts. These suspects, Awatey David Okra, 22, a driver...

Boy,10, set ablaze makes shocking revelation

The 10-year-old pupil, who was set ablaze by a 14-year-old boy at Ngleshie Amanfrom near Kasoa in the Ga-South Municipality, has revealed that his...

Alleged killer of woman at Somanya guest house arrested

The Ghana Police Service has arrested the man allegedly behind the gruesome murder of a young woman found dead in a guest house at...

Police on manhunt for farmer who defiled 4-year-old girl

The Assin Nyankomasi police have mounted search for a 30-year-old farmer, Akwasi Danfo, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl at Assin Amoakrom in the...

Husband of woman found dead in guest house at Somanya in trouble

The Somanya Police in the Eastern Region have arrested the husband of the woman murdered in a guest house last week. The suspect, Prosper Negble,...

Mother and son escape death as armed man raids their room

Fear and panic are what a mother and son are feeling after a man, identified simply as Charles, raided their room. Madam Florita Newman aged...

Man narrates how he lures victims, inflicts them with illness for rituals (Photos)

A 36-year-old cleric, Amodu Jamiu, has been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command for allegedly abducting a 15-year-old girl for ritual. A...

Mobile money vendor shot at Ahenkofi

A 24-year-old Joseph Amoah is battling for his life at the Effia-Nkwanta Hospital after he was shot by men believed to be armed robbers. Mr...