Crime

CCTV captures moment ‘mother and son’ stole from a wine shop [Watch]

A viral video captured the moment two persons, believed to be mother and son, stole from a wine shop in Tema. The act was initially...

2 robbers killed in Police shootout after botched attack at Odorkor

Two robbers have been killed after an attack at a Renault/Hyundai car dealership shop at Atico Junction along the Kaneshie-Odorkor highway. The deceased were members...

Ambulance attack: 2 suspects arrested

JoyNews/AdomNews · 2 arrested in connection to ambulance robbery The Eastern Region Minister-designate, Eric Kwakye Darfour, has confirmed that two persons have been arrested in...

Four fined for assault on police officers

A Sogakope Magistrate Court has sentenced four persons who assaulted Police officers at Suipe-Kpelikope to a fine of ¢600 each. The convicts, aside the fine,...

J.B. Danquah-Adu’s wife drops bombshell

The wife of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, J.B. Danquah-Adu, has shared the frustrations she has gone through five years...

Why I was silent about my child’s abuse – Mother of boy tortured with broken bottle

Mother of 4-year-old boy who was allegedly inflicted with broken glass wounds by his step father has explained why she kept quiet about the...

Man arrested for torturing four-year-old boy with broken bottle

A 32-year-old Nigerian, Wisdom Godfred, was nearly lynched by some angry youth of Gomoa Buduburam for torturing his four-year-old stepson with broken bottle. Per police...

Manhunt for 2 policemen allegedly involved in robbery

The Accra Regional Police Command has launched a manhunt for two policemen suspected to have robbed two Burkinabes of $209,172 (approximately GH¢1.22 million). The amount...

Police arrest armed robbery gang after gun-battle at Haatso

The Accra Regional Police Command on Monday engaged in a gun-battle with four suspected armed robbers at Haatso in Accra killing one of them,...

Man slashes lover over farmland [Video]

A heated argument between two lovers, Abena Ataa and Akwaboah, over farmland has ended in the former hospitalised at Amenfi Central. The woman said their...

Security guard killed as robbers raid Filling Station

Three suspected robbers attacked a filling station at Ashongman Monday dawn and allegedly killed a private security man on duty. The robbers locked up two...

Why I go to suspected rapist’s room – 14-yr-old girl tells her story [Audio]

A 14-year-old girl allegedly defiled by a 60-year-old man in the Central Region has broken her silence on the matter. Speaking exclusively on Adom FM’s...

Woman allegedly kills house help after inserting pepper, metal into her private part

The Kano State Police Command, Nigeria, is set to prosecute a mother-of-four, Mrs Fatima Hamza, who is accused of killing her housemaid, Khadija Rabiu. Mrs Hamza was...

Two JHS pupils thought to have been kidnapped found with their boyfriends

Two female pupils of the St. Louis Junior High School (JHS) in Kumasi, who were allegedly kidnapped have been found with their boyfriends, Police...

Soldier battling for his life after six policemen beat him to pulp [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · military OFFICER BEATEN SPEAKS A soldier, identified as Sergeant K.K., is battling for his life after six policemen attacked and beat him to...

Notorious thief beaten to death for robbing nurse twice

A notorious thief at Bibiani-Compound in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality has been beaten to death for robbing a nurse. The suspect, Akwabre, believed to...

BBC Africa Eye: Lady P and the sex worker sisterhood – Abused, trafficked or killed?

n Sierra Leone, sex workers are often seen as immoral outcasts to be shunned and avoided, even though their profession is legal.   BBC Africa Eve...

Family, colleagues of murdered ambulance driver demand justice

Family of the murdered ambulance service driver, who was shot by suspected armed robbers while on official duty, is calling for an expedited investigation...

Man, 60, bribes girl, 14, with GHS5 to defile her

Family members of the 14-year-old-girl who was allegedly defiled by a 60-year-old are demanding justice at the Awutu Ofaakor Circuit Court in the Central...

Hairdresser arrested for locking up police, ECG officials

A 28-year-old owner of a hairdressing salon at Amakom in Kumasi, Akwasi Asiamah, is in the grip of the police for locking up a...

Why I killed my wife and child – Evangelist confesses

Chukwuemeka Obijofa, a 28-year-old man, who claimed to be an ordained evangelist, has explained why he killed his wife and four-year- old son with a shovel in...

Three arrested for illegal mining, 4 excavators set ablaze in Western North Region

Some three persons have been apprehended for engaging in illegal mining activities in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai forest reserve in the Western North Region. Head...

IGP sends troops to Tamale-Bolga highway over robbery

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has deployed armed men from the counter-terrorism and other units of the Ghana Police Service to Walewale...

Nyankomasu bullion van robbers arrested at Kasoa [Photo]

Two robbers, who attacked a bullion van, and killed a policeman at Nyankomasu have been arrested at Kasoa. They were arrested in a police operation...

Man who bit policeman’s finger remanded

A suspect, Eric Awutey, who reportedly bit a police officer’s finger in an attempt to resist arrest, has been remanded into police custody by...

Chainsaw operator jailed 5 years for stealing

A 27-year-old chainsaw operator has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly court for unlawful entry and stealing at Kwadaso...

Murder of 4 T’aadi girls: Photograph of human skull, bones tendered in as evidence

The prosecution team at the trial of the kidnapping and murder of four Takoradi girls at the Sekondi High Court on Tuesday, tendered in...

19-year-old girl slashes throat of her day-old baby [Photo]

A 19-year-old girl has cruelly slashed the throat of her day-old baby and dumped the body in a cocoa farm at Atenrom, a village...

Dr Obengfo granted GH¢100,000 bail

Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Bodysculpt Centre, widely known as Dr Obengfo Hospital, has been granted bail of GH¢100,000.00. This follows Dr Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh’s...

Man in trouble for killing monkey at Boabeng-Fiema monkey Sanctuary

A-40-year- old man, Kwabena Adu, alias Natibongo, is in trouble for allegedly killing a monkey at the Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary. Natibongo from Akumsa-Dumase, a suburb...

Suspect flirts with female judge during virtual bond hearing [Video]

A Florida burglary suspect tried to shoot his shot at the female judge during a virtual court appearance on Thursday, February 4. Defendant Demetrius Lewis flirted with...

Four in critical condition after shooting incident near Songor lagoon

At least four people are in a critical condition after a shooting incident on Friday at Madagbeh, a community in the Ada West District...

Tema Regional Police Commander takes steps to rid area of land guards

The Tema Regional Police Commander, DCOP Barima Tweneboah Sasraku II, on February 3, 2021, assured the chiefs and people of the Region of...

Farmer beaten to death with condoms planted on him

A farmer by name Akwasi Nyarko has been allegedly beaten to death at Assin Nsuem in the Central region by people who are yet...

Boy, 20, defiles 15-year-old girl in the bush

A 15-year-old primary six pupil has been allegedly defiled by one Kotey, 20, a Junior High School leaver at Wassa Agave in the Wassa...

Klagon Chief, six others remanded for murder

The Kaneshie District Court has remanded into police custody, the Chief of Klagon, Nii Bortey Klan I, and six others. The seven have been accused...

Girl, 18, recounts terrifying tale of how she survived ritual kidnapping [Video]

An 18-year-old girl has recounted the terrifying moment three men abducted her for ritual purposes and how she survived the ordeal. She recalled how...

Driver shot in the head as robbers attack ambulance transporting pregnant woman

The driver of an ambulance with registration number GV 644-20 has been shot in the head after he was attacked by highway robbers at...

Read Excerpts from Missing Takoradi girls hearing as court readies for March 5 ruling

A Sekondi High Court will on Friday, March 5 give its final verdict in the murder trial of the two suspects in the killing...

Adentan police impound 59 motorbikes

The Adentan Divisional Police Command has embarked on a swoop to clamp down on activities of criminals in the division/municipality. The operation, led by ACP/...