Crime

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....

License of driver of Ebony’s vehicle expired 3 years before the accident – Court says

The driver in-charge of the vehicle which caused the death of Ebony Reigns (Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng) had his license expired three years before the...

Sue families of jailed Takoradi kidnappers – Families of kidnapped girls told

Private legal practitioner, Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey, has stated that the government cannot be compelled to pay the families of the kidnapped Takoradi girls any compensation.He...

Man, 23, sentenced for filming himself while raping a horse twice

A young man, who had sex with a horse, was accused by the owner of having "raped" her family's pet. The woman emotionally made her...

Int’I women lawyers demand justice for Lilian Dedjoe

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) is demanding justice for the late Lilian Dedjoe. In a statement signed by FIDA-Ghana President, Mrs Afua Addotey,...

YEA Deputy Director arrested over death of beaten-up girlfriend [Video]

A 31-year-old lady, Elizabeth Yesutor Akpalu, has lost her life as a result of an alleged assault on her. Her boyfriend, Kumah Philip Ceasar, a...

New twist to story of woman who allegedly fell to her death at East Legon [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · New twist to story of woman who fell to her death at East Legon Dr Victor Dedjoe, senior brother of Prince Charles Dedjoe,...

Two armed robbers dead after gun battle with Obuasi Police

The Police at Obuasi have gunned down two suspected armed robbers in an operation on the Miles 9 road. According to the Obuasi Divisional Police...

Stowaways hiding at rudder of ship heading for Spain nabbed [Video]

Lagos Port authorities have arrested four Nigerians who were hiding in a dangerous section of a cargo ship in an attempt to 'stowaway' to...

DV Coalition issues statement on death of Lilian Dejoe

The National Coalition on Domestic Violence Legislation in Ghana (DV Coalition) has issued a press statement on the death of Lilian Dedjoe. Lilian is alleged...

Ebony’s driver remanded into prison custody

The driver in-charge of the vehicle that caused the death of the hiplife artiste, Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng, alias ‘Ebony’, has been remanded into prison...

42-year-old farmer arrested over murder of Okada rider

A 42-year-old farmer at Okornya in the Yilo krobo District of the Eastern Region, Michael Akrofi, popularly known as Akro, has been remanded by...

54-year-old kidnapper nabbed

Police in the North East Region have arrested a 54-year-old suspected leader of a kidnapping gang. According to reports, the suspect kidnapped a 60-year-old cattle...

Trader gets painted stones instead of $36m of copper

A commodities trader was given painted stones instead of $36m (£26m) of copper from a Turkish supplier in a fraudulent deal last summer. Geneva-based Mercuria...

She beats me mercilessly – Man who killed wife with pestle

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 56-year-old man, Christopher Chiabata, who killed his wife during a fight over money.It was gathered that...

Fake lecturer, another remanded over murder

The Kaneshie District Court has remanded two persons who have been held for the murder of one Wendy Fynn Morris at Japan Motors –...

Businessman in police grips over death of his wife

A businessman, Prince Charles Dedjoe, has been charged with murder by police prosecutors for allegedly killing his wife. State Prosecutor, Sergent Eva Gidiglo, said the...

Two notorious adult phone thieves busted at Tip Toe Lane [Video]

Two suspects are currently in the hands of the Tesano police for stealing phones in a shop at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. The suspects,...

Thief beaten to pulp for stealing during KMA traders’ protest [Video]

A thief was just inches away from visiting the grave after receiving intense beatings for stealing during a traders' protest against the Kumasi Metropolitan...

‘Lady falls to her death’ at East Legon, husband faces court

A 43-year-old woman, identified as Lilian Dedjoe, has met her death after allegedly slipping and falling off the stairs of her East Legon home. Confirming...

NADMO Deputy Director shot dead at Pelungu market

The Deputy Director for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in the Nabdam District has been murdered by three unidentified armed men in the...

Man found decapitated, burnt on Achimota overhead bridge

A man was found decapitated and set on fire at the Tesano-Achimota overhead bridge on Independence Day. The man was found without the decapitated head...

Prophet allegedly slashes boy’s thumb over GHS10

The Head of the Bethel Prayer Centre at Morle in the Jaman North District in the Bono Region, Prophet Osei Blankson, has courted trouble...

JHS 3 pupil who allegedly assaulted teacher over homework remanded

The Accra Juvenile Court 'C' has remanded a Junior High School (JHS) final year pupil of the Nungua Kroma 2 for allegedly assaulting a...

Why family of one of Taadi missing girls is not satisfied with death sentence for suspects [Video]

The family of one of the four Takoradi missing girls is still in a state of denial over the death of their...

Missing Takoradi girls: Families react to death sentence for suspects

Families of the four missing Takoradi girls are indifferent after the court brought closure to the case. A Sekondi High Court on Friday, March 5,...

Man kills daughter, marches around town with chopped head

Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have arrested a man suspected of beheading his daughter. Sarvesh Kumar was arrested as he walks...

Death sentence for kidnappers of Takoradi Girls – Court rules [video]

Two persons arrested in connection with the kidnapping and deaths of four girls in Takoradi have been convicted of murder and sentenced...

Woman found dead in hotel room at Kokomlemle

A woman in her mid 30’s has been found dead at Nana Gyimah Hotel at Kokomlemle in Accra. She was discovered with wounds suspected to...

Takoradi missing girls: Court to give judgment today

The Sekondi High Court will today decide the fate of two Nigerian nationals, Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Oji, who are standing trial for...

Notorious armed robber’s jail term increases to 90 years

Prince Adu, also known as Dracula, a notorious armed robber, who was handed a cumulative 63 years jail sentence by a Ho Circuit Court...

3 farmers arrested as Forestry Commission destroys two acres of ‘weed plantation’

The Western North Regional Police Command and Forestry Commission, in a joint operation, have arrested three suspected 'weed' farmers. The farmers had two acres of...