Crime

Two illegal miners remanded for stealing

The Nkawie Circuit Court has remanded two illegal miners into prison custody for assault and stealing at Asuowin, in the Amansie West District. Emmanuel Boakye...

Peter Amewu faces fresh electoral challenge

The 2020 National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Hohoe constituency, Prof. Margaret Kweku, and four others, are urging the Ho High Court to...

Kidnapper kidnapped by another kidnap gang

The leader of a kidnap gang was forced to pay the ransom of N1.5 million after he was abducted by another kidnap gang. Police Force...

18-year-old girl sets lover’s house on fire, boyfriend severely burnt

The police have arrested an 18-year-old girl for allegedly setting her boyfriend ablaze. The incident happened at Zaki Biam in the Wadata area of Makurdi,...

2 held for smearing pepper on Bolt driver’s face

The Police have grabbed a second suspect in the case in which an unemployed man smeared powdered pepper onto the face of a Bolt...

Court adjourns Ablekuma Central election shooting case

An Accra Circuit Court has adjourned the shooting case at Ablekuma Central during the election on December 7, to January 18. The court had earlier...

Police investigate alleged kidnapping of SHS student

The police are investigating an 18-year-old girl, Doreen Nkunu, who allegedly faked her kidnapping to demand a ransom of GH¢1,000.00 from her parents. One other...

Judge in Ofosu-Ampofo leaked tape trial unwell, case adjourned

The case of an alleged leaked audio recording of the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has been adjourned to...

They want to finish me, I need state security – Keta MP cries after suffering another robbery attack [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Keta MP cries after suffering another robbery attack Member of Parliament (MP) for Keta Constituency, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpe, has said his life is...

Kwaku Manu, another arrested for child trafficking in Tamale

A man identified as Kwaku Manu and one other accomplice has been arrested in Tamale for allegedly trafficking ten children from Mayado in the...

Keta MP attacked again! [Photos]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Keta Constituency, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, has been attacked once again. Suspected armed robbers, Sunday dawn, attacked the Rootsenaf...

Man shoots himself dead after being denied alcohol

Residents of Gbane in the Talensi District in the Upper East Region were thrown into a state of shock when a young man shot...

Land guards shoot man at Amanfrom, two arrested

Angry Youth of Ngleshie Amanfrom near Kasoa in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have besieged the Amanfrom District Police Command...

Farmer beheads son and buries him, stabs pregnant girlfriend

A farmer, believed to be in his 40s, has been arrested by the Dunkwa Divisional Police Command for allegedly murdering his seven months old...

Girl, 12, survives after her throat was slit and abandoned in soakaway for 5 days

A 12-year-old girl, Blessing Ineh, who reportedly went missing in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta, has been found alive inside a...

Why I snatched ballot papers – Carlos Ahenkorah breaks silence

Tema West lawmaker, Carlos Ahenkorah, who snatched and attempted to run with ballot papers during the Speaker of Parliament's election on Thursday on the...

4 teenagers grabbed for alleged involvement in pornography

Four teenagers have been arrested by the police for their alleged involvement in child pornography, at Sowutoum, in Accra. The suspects (names withheld), Junior High...

Okada rider robs colleague of motorcycle at gun point

A commercial motorcycle rider, popularly known as Okada, has been arrested by the police for allegedly robbing another rider of his motorcycle at Tesano...

Suspect dies in police cell

A 43-year-old man has died while in the custody of the Mile Seven Police in the Greater Accra Region, barely 24 hours after his...

Lady sets siblings ablaze over inheritance

Tragedy struck in the early hours of Tuesday morning as a lady identified as Imole Shoronke, allegedly set her elder sister and her kids...

Galamsey: Five Chinese nationals arrested

Five foreign nationals have been arrested in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti region for their alleged engagement in illegal mining activities. The sustainable...

Father, accomplice jailed 13 years for trafficking two sons

A father, who sold his two sons to a fisherman for the business of fishing, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment in hard...

Man rapes daughter, 13, at her workplace

A 45-year-old man, Akanji Oluwaseyi, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police, for allegedly forcefully having carnal...

Police grab 47-year-old woman for selling ‘weed’

A police patrol team has arrested a 47-year-old woman for peddling dried herbs suspected to be cannabis at Zenu Atadeka.The acting Regional Crime Officer...

Hohoe District Police records 55 offences during Christmas

A total of 55 criminal offences have been recorded in the Hohoe Municipality from December 24, 2020, to January 2, this year. The offences range...

Tesano Police arrest motorbike robber

Imoro Shaibu has been arrested by the Tesano Police for allegedly attacking and robbing a man of his motorbike. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia...

Side chick kidnaps 3-month-old baby of lover

A mistress, identified as Temitope Adeniyi is on the run after allegedly kidnapping her lover's 3-month-old baby. Temi, as reported by Kemifilani, is said to...

Man arrested for killing older wife at Akyem

A 35-year-old, Samuel Gyekye is in police grips for allegedly murdering his wife, Abena Owusua, 42. Suhum District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Joseph Owusu confirmed...

Ablekuma Central shooting case adjourned again!

The Accra Circuit Court 4 has adjourned the case in which a National Security operative is alleged to have shot indiscriminately at the Ablekuma...

Man, 33, allegedly killed during fight over gold

A 33-year-old man Matthew Gyekye has allegedly been hit to death over gold. Police reports indicate that on Saturday, January 2, about 11:40 am, the...

Walewale police on manhunt for six highway robbers

Police at Walewale in the North East region are on a manhunt for a gang of six highway armed robbers. They are believed to have...

NDC MPs to face court on Monday over protest march

Minority Leader of Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, and some ten other NDC MPs will be in court on Monday, January 4, 2021. This follows a lawsuit...

Stonebwoy’s bodyguards, driver arrested!

The Abuakwa Divisional Police Command in Ashanti region has arrested four bodyguards and a driver of Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, for assaulting another driver. The musician...

Ritualist arrested for cutting private part of girl, 6

The police in Bauchi State in Nigeria has arrested a 20-year-old man, Adamu Ra’uf, for allegedly cutting off the private part of a six-year-old...

Armed robbers attack travellers at Walewale

The night patrol team at Walewale was called by the station master, Inspector Amos Bour, to the scene of an ongoing robbery in the...

Armed robbers shoot driver, bolt with cash

A 25-year-old driver, Osei Gideon has been shot by armed robbers who also bolted with a huge sums of money in the North East...

NDC Constituency Secretary attacked! [Photos]

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Constituency Secretary for Awutu Senya East, Amadu Tuarik has been attacked. According to reports, the Secretary and other executives were in...

Undertaker gets five years for stealing

The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old undertaker to five years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing a ‘pressure pump cocoa spraying...

‘Drug lords’ break jail at Abokobi-Ayimensah on New Year’s day

Two suspected remand prisoners in the custody of the Abokobi-Ayimensah Police in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region broke out of...

Driver fined for negligently causing harm

The Kaneshie District Court on Wednesday fined a driver, Philip Awuku over careless and inconsiderate driving and negligently causing harm. Awuku who pleaded guilty to...