Crime

How armed robbers killed top Islamic cleric [Read]

The Police in the Bono East Region have started investigations to unravel circumstances leading to the killing of a top Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ali...

Police caution against new MoMO fraud strategy

The Ghana Police Service has cautioned the public against a new strategy devised for mobile money (momo) fraud. According to the outfit, the re-emergence mode seeks...

IT Manager jailed for hacking, stealing GH¢159,300 from former employer

The Tamale High Court has sentenced a 32-year-old system administrator to eight years imprisonment with hard labour. The man, Cephas Agbodo, was jailed for stealing...

Uneasy calm at Dixcove as police maintain peace

The Western Regional Police Command has deployed a team of officials to keep the peace at Upper and Lower Dixcove in the Ahanta West...

Klagon chief, six others granted bail

The Chief of Klagon, Nii Bortey Klan I, and six others, accused of causing the death of one Ibrahim Mohammed Abass over a parcel...

JB’s murder trial starts April 26, five years after murder of the MP

The trial of the man accused of killing J.B. Danquah-Adu, the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North Constituency, is finally set to...

I’m pregnant – Suspect in Kafaba 90-year-old woman’s lynching pleads in court

One of the main accused persons in the lynching of 90-year-old Akua Denteh at Kafaba in the East Gonja district of the Savannah region...

Washing bay attendant jailed 10 years for stealing

The Nkawie Circuit Court has sentenced a washing bay attendant to 10 years imprisonment for stealing at North Patase, in Kumasi. Kwasi Sarfo was said...

Court sets trial date for alleged killers of Abuakwa-North MP

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court will on April 26, commence trial of the alleged killers of former Abuakwa North Member of...

The faces of 5 baby thieves [Photos]

JoyNews/AdomNews · 26-yr-old woman, four others arrested for attempting to steal twin babies The Sefwi Wiawso Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old woman and four...

Man lynched for stealing motorbike

A yet-to-be-identified robber was lynched at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West Municipality for snatching a motorbike. According to a witness, the deceased acquired...

Man killed for denying rapists access to his wife on their wedding night

A wedding night for a Zamfra couple turned bloody when suspected bandits raided their home at Gwashi town, Bukkuyum Local Government Area in Zamfara State. . According to...

Suspect linked to Prof Benneh’s murder freed

Opambour Agya Badu Nkansah, one of the suspects allegedly involved in the murder of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, a law lecturer, has been discharged...

Dixcove chief beaten to pulp by yet-to-be-identified men

Tension is brewing in Dixcove in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region following an attack on a sub-chief of Upper Dixcove. The sub-chief...

Father shot dead trying to wrestle gun from robber

A hero Argentinian father was shot and killed after he reportedly tried to wrestle a gun from a robber whilst he worked a double...

Charges against Ernesto Yeboah leader dropped

The Accra Circuit Court 10 has discharged leader of the Economic Fighters League, Ernesto Yeboah, of charges of breach of the public order law. This...

Man who allegedly assaulted girlfriend to death remanded

The man, who is alleged to have beaten his girlfriend to death, has been remanded into Police custody after he appeared before a Ho...

Family of murdered Takoradi girls wants convicts killed on live TV [Video]

Three families of the murdered Takoradi girls are demanding the two convicts are killed on live TV for the world to see. Speaking...

I can’t forgive myself over her death – Lilian Dedjoe’s brother in-law [Audio]

Victor Dedjoe, a brother of Prince Charles Dedjoe, the businessman who is in the grips of the police over the alleged murder of his...

Man, 21, stabbed to death, thrown into drain at Effia

What began as a mere exchange of words between two friends has cost the life of a 21-year-old Emmanuel Ato Simpson at Effia in...

Choreography teacher jailed 15 years for defilement at Oyarifa

A 33-year-old teacher, who defiled a minor under an orange tree at Oyarifa in Accra, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an...

Lady kills her own baby, bathes husband with hot water

A 43-year-old housewife, Bisola Awodele, has poured hot water on her husband who she accused of drunkenness and not responsible for the family welfare.The...

Man attacks pastor for applying holy oil on pregnant wife’s private part

The Edo State Police Command has arrested one pastor Jeffery Ihievu, for indecent assault after he touched the private part of a pregnant woman. It...

Suspected human traffickers busted with 9 children at Kokrobite

Four suspected child trafficking syndicates have been arrested at Kokrobite in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region with nine children. The suspects...

Kaneshie police impound 60 motorbikes [Photos]

The Kaneshie Divisional Police Command has embarked on a swoop to clamp down on activities of criminals. The exercise was targeted at unregistered motorbikes and...

Robber shot dead at Awudome cemetery

The Kaneshie police has gunned down a suspected robber at Awudome cemetery in the Greater Accra Region. This was after he stabbed and robbed a...

GAF clears air on ‘soldier’ arrested for robbery at Kasoa

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has revealed the suspected armed robbers arrested at Kasoa with a military vehicle are not soldiers. According to the outfit,...

Kumasi fraudster bags 20 year jail term

 A 32-year-old unemployed, who used the name of a senior police officer to defraud a resident of Danyame in Kumasi, has been sentenced to...

Girl, 15, shoots man who defiled her in the head with his own gun [Photos]

A 15-year-old teenager has earned accolades after her bravery which led to the demise of her abuser. Per reports by the police, the South-African girl...

Man kills girlfriend over GH¢15

The Mamponteng Magistrate Court in the Ashanti Region has remanded Ebenezer Korang, 30, a mason for beating his girlfriend who is also believed to...

Susu collector arrested over attempted murder of client

A 46-year-old woman, Patricia Oduro, narrowly escaped death when her female friend, Ama Bono allegedly beat and slashed her for demanding some GH¢ 3,000.00...

Spate of domestic attacks: Man, 30 beats girlfriend to death over GHC 15

The Mamponteng Magistrate Court in the Ashanti Region has remanded Ebenezer Korang 30, Mason for beating his girlfriend who is also believed to be...

Allotey Jacobs laments about police extortion on Cape Coast road

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has decried activities of police officers at the Cape Coast Mempeasem barrier in the...

Girl, 12, recounts how her step-father allegedly defiled her

A wedded woman is reconsidering her decision to stay in her marriage after she became aware of the alleged defilement of her daughter by...

Dismissed military officer-turned robbery suspect, arrested with 3 others at Kasoa [Photos]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Four robbers including dismissed military officer arrested at Kasoa The Central Regional Police Command has arrested four suspected armed robbers including a dismissed...

Tears as mother of lady who allegedly died from boyfriend’s assaults speaks

The mother of Elizabeth Yesutor Akpalu, the university student who lost her life as a result of an alleged assault on her, has recounted circumstances that...

Suspected gay busted at Oyarifa [Photos]

A middle-aged man, suspected to be a homosexual, has been handed over to the police at Adentan. The suspect, Patrick Jobe Asramah, was apprehended by...

Shop attendant gets 10 years for robbery

The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a shop attendant to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbing a student nurse. Akwasi Anokye Boateng,...

Obuasi Police gun down 2 suspected armed robbers

The Police at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, on Wednesday, gunned down two suspected armed robbers on the outskirts of Akomfokrom near Mawoman at...

YEA sets records straight on staff arrested over death of girlfriend

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has reacted to reports of its staff in police grip over the death of a 31-year-old lady, Elizabeth Yesutor Akpalu....