Crime

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/...

Airport officials discover parcels of drugs in woman’s hair [Watch]

An unidentified woman's attempt to cheat airport checkpoint with her hard drugs was shut down when officials nabbed her. A video, which has since gone...

Siblings murder ‘rival’, disfigure body with acid

Two siblings have been arrested for the part they allegedly played in the death of a missing makeup artist whose death shook Twitter. Recall that...

Woman arrested for dumping baby in gutter at Asylum Down

A woman, identified as Obaa Yaa, is in police grips for dumping her dead baby in the Asylum down drains. Witnesses, speaking to Adom News,...

Taadi missing girls: Judgment day set for March 5

The Sekondi High Court has set March 5, 2021 as judgment day in the murder case involving two Nigerian nationals, Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Oji,...

Cleaner jailed 15 years for defilement

There was drama at an Accra Circuit Court when a 33-year-old cleaner, who had denied defiling a 10-year-old girl at Sabon Zongo, near Laterbiokoshie,...

Notorious criminal on wanted list bites off policeman’s thumb [Photo]

A man, described as a notorious criminal who has been on the police wanted list, has bitten off the thumb of one corporal Kasim...

How 5 pesewas landed this man in jail

Kwabena Boateng, who is a peasant farmer and a shop owner, has fallen short of the law and has since been imprisoned for 12...

Policeman shot dead, another injured in highway robbery

A policeman has been shot dead with another injured after a highway robbery at Pramkese near Kade in the Eastern Region. The deceased has...

Suspect admits knowing two of murdered Takoradi girls

The first accused in the ongoing case of the murder of the Takoradi kidnapped girls, Sam Udeotuk Wills, on February 1, 2021, admitted before...

IGP sends more troops to secure Tamale – Bolga highway as robbery attacks escalate

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has deployed armed men from two divisions of the Ghana Police Service in a special reinforcement operation...

Man killed by hit-and-run driver at Kasoa

An unidentified man believed to be in his late thirties has been crashed to death by a hit-and-run driver on the Accra-Cape Coast Highway...

Ayawaso West Wuogon Election Violence 2nd Anniversary: Sam George has this to say

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has criticized the Akufo-Addo government over its failure to deliver justice for the victims of the...

Man, 21, confesses to kidnapping, murder of two nephews

The police in Osun State in Nigeria have arrested a 21-year-old undergraduate of a state-owned university and his herdsman accomplice for kidnapping and killing...

198 arrested in Ashanti Region for breaching Covid-19 protocols

A security taskforce in Kumasi has arrested a total of 198 people for failing to wear facemasks in public. Upon their arrest, the suspects were...

Driver arrested for selling marijuana at cemetery

A 27-year-old driver has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court for selling and smoking some substances suspected to be Indian...

Notorious Achimota Forest robber shot

One suspected robber has been shot dead along the Achimota Forest stretch after he succeeded in attacking and snatching two phones from two pedestrians...

Police kill Nyankomasu bullion van robber at Spintex

Police from the Accra Regional command have gunned down a suspected highway robber with two others arrested in an operation on the Spintex Road. The...

Lady kills husband with a high-heeled shoe

A wife in Ugbuwangue, Warri, Delta State in Nigeria has allegedly hit her husband with the heel of her shoe over allegation of infidelity, killing him...

Man found dead with missing genitals

An unidentified man believed to be in his 50s has been found dead at Saltpond in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. He is...