Crime

Sad: Man shot at Ablekuma Central Collation Centre dies [Photos]

One of the wounded persons from the shooting incident that occurred in the Ablekuma Central Constituency of the Greater Accra Region during the just-ended...

Man accused of killing his brother during heated political argument

A 30-year-old man has been stabbed to death allegedly by his biological brother following a heated misunderstanding that occurred between them at Suame in...

Man who helps people die on Twitter sentenced to death for killing nine

A Japanese man dubbed the 'Twitter killer', who pleaded guilty to killing nine people in a high-profile mass murder case in 2017, was sentenced...

Election 2020: Family of NDC agent killed in Odododiodoo attacks laments hardship

The family of Emmanuel Dombreh who lost his life in a scuffle during the just-ended elections in the Odododiodoo Constituency has complained about their...

Afoko Trial: I don’t know the deceased mentioned accused persons to his wife – Witness

Mr. Asigri Quinn, the third Prosecution Witness in the case involving murder trial of Gregory Afoko, said he could not tell whether the late...

Drobo queen mother reacts to NPP communicator’s 40 lashes [Photos]

A member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team in the Jaman South Constituency in the Bono Region has allegedly been lashed...

Keta MP ‘exposes’ persons impersonating him on social media

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Keta constituency, Richard Mawuli Quashigah, has expressed concern over the frequent use of his details by cyber-criminals...

Police arrest 5 supporters of NDC over rioting

Five persons believed to be members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are assisting the Accra Regional Police Command over an alleged rioting. They are...

UPP’s Odike attacked!

Armed men numbering eight, suspected to be supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), have attacked the disqualified 2020 presidential candidate for the...

Emotional as police officer beaten by Ajumako DCE and some thugs tell his story [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · police officer who was beaten by Ajumako DCE and some thugs tells his story The police officer at the Ochiso Police Station at...

Prof. Benneh Murder Trial: CID Director-General to appear in court

The Kaneshie District Court on Monday directed that the Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department to appear before it on December 29, if the...

NDC chairman arrested for allegedly stabbing two NPP supporters

The Nkwanta South National Democratic Congress (NDC) chairman, Prosper Akamani, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing two persons. Mr Akamani, after the declaration of the...

Popular journalist invited by police CID for threatening Akufo-Addo

A journalist with Accra-based Power FM, Oheneba Boamah Bennie, is expected to appear before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service...

Man, 54, pours acid on 18-year-old girlfriend, mother

An 18-year-old girl and her mother have been hospitalized after an acid attack allegedly perpetrated by a 54-year-old man. The suspect, Nana Yaw Mante, a...

Three dead in Kandiga, Doba after conflict

Three persons are reported dead and about 10 houses burnt at Kandiga and Doba communities in the Upper East Region after a land dispute.  Deputy...

Police personnel advised not to chase married women

The Akim Oda Divisional Police Commander, ACP Fleance Senam Adikah, has advised police personnel stationed in the area not to go after married women...

Police invites Jomoro NDC, NPP executives after clash leaves 2 injured

Police at Jomoro in the Western Region has invited executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to a meeting after a...

Election 2020: Ama Sey, other NPP executives to be suspended over this… [Listen]

The Akwatia Constituency Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have announced their intention to sack the outgoing Member of Parliament for the area,...

Two suspects arrested over attacks on Keta MP-elect

Police in the Volta Region have arrested two suspects in connection with attacks on Member of Parliament (MP)-elect for Keta, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey. The police...

Falling AK47 accidentally kills policeman in Takoradi

Personnel of the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) unit of the Ghana Police Service, Takoradi are grieving over the death of a police constable after...

39-year-old fisherman jailed for snatching ballot box

A 39-year-old fisherman has been sentenced to three months imprisonment for interfering in the just-ended elections at the Sene West constituency in the Bono...

Private residence of WA MCE gutted by fire; he accuses supporters of defeated NDC PC

The private residence of the Wa Municipal Chief Executive has been gutted by fire, local reports say. The three-bedroom bungalow which was completed a few...

Keta MP-elect attacked

The MP-elect for Keta, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey was allegedly attacked at his home at Anlo-Afiadenyigba by some persons suspected to be armed robbers. The suspected...

NDC MP-elect for Jomoro’s house under attack [Listen]

The newly-elected National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, says she has been attacked...

Three arrested as police retrieve AK47, ammunition in elected NDC MP’s office

The Northern Region Election Security Taskforce has retrieved an AK47 assault rifle with two magazines loaded with 60 rounds of ammunition at Savelugu in...

Trump orders series of prisoner executions in his final days in office

As President Donald Trump's days in the White House wane, his administration is racing through a string of federal executions. Five executions are scheduled before...

Calm restored to Tamale following burning of tyres, jubilation by NDC supporters

Security personnel in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale have fired warning shots to disperse some people believed to be NDC supporters who poured onto...

Court orders police to produce medical report of suspect within 48 hours

The Kaneshie District Court has given Police investigators 48 hours to furnish it with a comprehensive medical report of the second suspect in the...

Three grabbed over stolen vehicles

Richard Ibrahim Adamu, a driver, who allegedly took two taxis from two of his colleagues to transport his clients but ended up selling them...

Driver responsible for death of 34 people at Dompoase Junction sentenced!

A High Court in Cape Coast has sentenced the driver who caused the death of 34 people and injuries to a dozen others at...

Election 2020: Police probes death of 5 persons

The Ghana Police Service has launched investigations into events leading to the death of 5 persons along with 17 others who were injured during...

Election 2020: 12-year-old shot dead, 3 others injured

A shooting incident has claimed one life of a 12-year-old girl leaving three others injured at Savelugu in the Northern Region. Reports indicate the incident...

Election 2020: Police confirms 5 deaths

The National Election Security Taskforce (NESTF) has announced that its Joint Operation Centre recorded a total of five deaths from electoral and post-electoral violence nationwide...

Police records few Electoral malpractices

The Accra Regional Election Security Task Force recorded few cases of electoral malpractices during the December 7 polls. They included alleged shooting incidents and multiple...

Police react to shooting incident at Awutu Senya West

The Ghana Police Service has debunked claims that police personnel shot an alleged ballot box snatcher in the Awutu Senya West Constituency. In a Twitter...

EC official arrested for issuing torn ballot papers

A ballot issuer in the Bawku Central constituency of the Upper East Region has been arrested for issuing torn ballot papers to the electorate...

Awutu Senya East shooting: Police on a manhunt for perpetrators

Police say they have begun investigating a shooting incident that occurred close to a polling station in the Awutu Senya East Constituency in the...

Election 2020: One shot dead for attempting to snatch ballot box

A man has been shot dead after he attempted to snatch a ballot box while EC officials were counting votes at Awutu Senya East...

Man, 50, crushed to death after voting

A 50-year-old man was on Monday, December 7, 2020, crushed to death by a motorbike rider while returning from a polling station in the...

Police investigate alleged ballot stuffing in Northern Region

The Ghana Police Service is investigating claims that some ballot boxes sent to the Northern Region had ballot papers in them. The news went viral...