Crime

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...

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...