Crime

GJA, others mark Ahmed Suale’s second anniversary

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Monday said the delay in serving justice by arresting and prosecuting the killers of Ahmed Suale, an investigative...

Mfantsiman MP robbery case: Police await 3 reports

A Circuit Court in Accra hearing the robbery case of the murdered Mfantsiman Member of Parliament (MP), has adjourned the matter to February 8,...

Former Chief Justice reacts to Muntaka’s judge bribery allegation

Former Chief Justice of Ghana, Madam Sophia Akuffo, says she is upset about wild accusation by Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase Muntaka Mubarak...

Collins Dauda’s Nananom FM robbed after being shut down by govt

A local radio station in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region, Nananom FM, has been robbed by unknown persons. Thieves, who broke into...

Tanker driver’s mate mistaken to be an armed robber lynched at Wulugu

Residents of Wulugu in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region, following a robbery attack in the community on Sunday, January 17,...

Pastor kills daughter, 9, for ‘being a witch’

A pastor of Heavens Kingdom Palace Ministry International is reported to have killed his nine-year-old daughter after accusing her of witchcraft. Gideon Boakye, 28 years...

Court dissolves 15-year-old marriage as wife says she used juju to “tie husband spiritually”

A woman, who confessed that she used black magic to "tie her husband spiritually to milk him dry", has lost the marriage eventually. Reports say...

Jomoro NDC clears air on Fantana’s mother’s citizenship status

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Jomoro Constituency has reacted to media reports that the newly elected NDC Member of Parliament for the...

Police lock-up Finder reporter for filming altercation between policeman and driver

A policeman with the Motorbike Unit of the Legon Police Station yesterday afternoon detained a reporter of The Finder newspaper for recording videos of...

GBC journalist robbed!

A private car belonging to Abdul Hayi Moomen, a journalist working with GBC, Ghana’s state broadcaster, has been broken into and some valuables made...

Akatsi Police intercept vehicle loaded with marijuana

Police at Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region have intercepted a vehicle carrying large quantities of dried leaves suspected to...

Judge bribery allegations: Sam George attacks Ghana Bar Association

Samuel Nartey George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, has fired a salvo at the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) over their demand to...

Notorious abortion ‘doctor’ jailed four years

The Suhum Circuit Court, presided over her Ladyship Diana Adu Asare, has sentenced a notorious abortion perpetrator, David Darko to four years imprisonment. The 40-year-old...

Four arrested for stealing church instruments

The Akyem Ofoase Police command in the Eastern Region has arrested four young men for allegedly stealing church instruments. The suspects are 30 year-old driver,...

Suspected armed robbers shoot taxi driver dead!

Unknown assailants have shot dead a taxi driver, identified as ‘Culture’, at Mmoatiakrom near Dunkwa-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central...

Tiler before court over motorbike theft

A twenty-two year-old tiler, has appeared before a District Magistrate court at Enchi for allegedly stealing a tricycle belonging to a teacher. The accused, Samuel...

Ablekuma Central shooting incident: Suspect granted bail

The Accra High Court has granted ¢200,000 bail with three sureties to the accused National Security officer standing trial for his involvement in the...

Priest arrested with human head

Osun State Police Command has arrested a cleric, Tiamiyu Yusuf, for possession of human head. The said body part, he said, was bought for a...

Prisons Service calls for increased feeding grant for prisoners

The Ghana Prisons Service has called on the government to, as a matter of urgency and on humanitarian grounds, increase the daily feeding allowance...

Soldier in court over alleged sexual intercourse with a minor

A 30-year-old soldier has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly having multiple sex with a 14-year-old girl at Burma Camp, Accra. Corporal Offei...

Ghanaian businessman cries as imported iPhones worth GH¢700,000 turn out to be empty boxes

Chief Executive Officer of Igoods Ghana Limited, a Ghanaian company that deals in iPhones, was duped of a whopping GH¢700,000.00 by a supplier he...

Court adjourns Ofosu-Ampofo, Boahen trial

The Accra Commercial High Court 1, has adjourned the trial of Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Anthony Kwaku Boahen to February 2, 2021. This follows a...

Two arrested for attempting to smuggle narcotics into Ankaful Prison

The Police in Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality have arrested two persons who attempted to convince a Prison officer to smuggle suspected narcotic...

Govt taskforce arrests 7 illegal Chinese miners; seizes 10 excavators [Video]

Government’s Environmental Sustainability taskforce has arrested seven Chinese nationals and seized 10 excavators as it moves to save forests invaded by illegal...

Speeding driver kills girl; family demands justice

The family of a 10-year-old, who was killed by a speeding driver on the Aduman–Aduamoah road in the Afigya Kwabere District of the Ashanti...

Man shoots girlfriend to death at Akyem Nkronso

A young man, believed to be in his early 30s, has shot his girlfriend to death at Akyem Nkronso, a suburb of the Abuakwa...

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...