Crime

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...

Election 2020: Civilian driver arrested for driving police car to commit crime

A civilian driver has been arrested for driving a police car for unlawful electoral purpose. The suspect, Kwaku Boahen, was caught using a police car...

NDC parliamentary candidate attacked with stones

The Upper Manya Krobo National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate, Bismark Tetteh Nyarko, has allegedly been attacked. Mr Nyarko is said to have been attacked...

Two men arrested in a hotel with guns [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Two men arrested in a hotel with guns Central Regional Police have picked up two persons in a hotel at Ajumako-Essiam after a...

Suspects in Yagaba-Kubori violence to appear in court Dec. 15

Some 14 suspects arrested following a violent clash between supporters of the two main political parties in the Yagaba-Kubori constituency are to reappear before...

Man charged for hitting driver’s head with bottle over GH¢ 20 debt

A Driver’s mate who hit the head of a driver with a bottle for failing to pay him a GH¢20.00 debt has been put...

Phone repairer remanded for defiling 5-year old

A 19-year-old phone repairer at Torkor has been remanded for defiling a five-year-old girl by an Aflao Circuit Court in the Ketu South Municipality.  Herman...

Sacked PPA boss sues CHRAJ

The dismissed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei, has sued the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative...

One dead, others injured in gun attack near Fanteakwa

One person has been shot dead while three others are seriously injured in a gun attack on Miaso to Akanteng road in the Fanteakwa...

‘Trotro’ driver arrested for stabbing lover, vows to repeat action

A 33-year-old 'trotro' driver is in the grips of the Tafo Police in the Ashanti Region for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend when she made...

I use wee to cure my ailment – Convict tells court

Dennis Akomea alias “Monday” a 37-year-old electrician charged for illegal possession of cannabis has been convicted by the Ashanti-Bekwai Circuit Court. The court thus sentenced...

UK authorities, NIB bust trader over forgery of judicial documents

The United Kingdom (UK) authorities and Ghana’s National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), formerly Bureau of National Investigations, have busted a trader for allegedly forging judicial...

National Security, Defence ministries apologise to assaulted soldier

The ministries of National Security and Defence have rendered an unqualified apology to Warrant Officer (WO1) Mashud Salia, who was assaulted by some plain-clothed...

National security officer interdicted over attack on soldier

The National Security official who assaulted a uniformed officer of the Ghana Armed Forces has been interdicted. The official who has been identified in a...

Pastor, parents arrested over son’s decayed hand

A head pastor of the Christ Faith Church at Kasoa Walantu has been arrested over a six-year-old boy's rotten hands. Parents of the victim, Gilbert...

Car thief runs into police vehicle while escaping

An alleged thief, who bolted with a vehicle at Cantonments, has been grabbed and put before an Accra Circuit Court. Richford Joe Lartey, who is...

Israeli forensic analysis on Ofosu- Ampofo leaked tape finally out

Forensic analysis said to have been carried out by the Israel Forensics Science Institute has identified National Democratic Congress' National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo as...

I won’t allow anyone to kill me – MP cries after bloody clash between NPP, NDC supporters [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I won’t allow anyone to kill me – MP cries after bloody clash between NPP, NDC supporters Member of Parliament (MP) for Yagaba/Kubori...