Crime

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...

Unemployed grabbed over auto theft

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

Pardon jailed pastors who violated coronavirus protocols – Akufo-Addo told

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been urged to grant amnesty to the pastors who were arrested and jailed for flouting the protocols outlined...

Tema: Three arrested at Monte Carlo Pub for lacing drinks with weed

The Tema Police Regional CID on Saturday, 28th November 2020, arrested three persons at the Monte Carlo Pub for lacing alcoholic drinks with cannabis. Jessica...

Two vehicles run over policeman at Techiman, drivers on the run

Two speeding vehicles have run over a policeman killing him on the spot at Techiman in the Bono East Region. According to reports, Constable Francis...

CCTV captures policeman stealing coins in a bank

A policeman, Sergeant George Amankwa, at Ajumako Enyan in the Central Region, has been detained for stealing GH¢690 coins from a bank he was...

4 in trouble for stealing excavator parts

Four persons have been granted bail in the sum of GH¢5,000 each with two sureties each by the Enchi District Magistrate court for allegedly...

Lawyer abandons J.B’s ‘killer’

Lawyer for Daniel Asiedu aka sexy 'Don Don', the alleged killer of J.B. Danquah-Adu, has withdrawn his services from representing him. Mr Augustines Obour told...

Two vehicles run over policeman at Techiman, drivers on the run

Two speeding vehicles have run over a policeman killing him on the spot at Techiman in the Bono East Region. Constable Francis Oddoi of the...

2 arrested for attempting to rob ‘okada’ rider of motorcycle

Two persons, who allegedly attempted to rob a commercial motor rider 'okada' of his motorcycle, has been arrested by the police at Ashalaja, in...

Woman caught stealing hair from shop [Watch]

Ahead of the December period where women will be glorified based on their appearance, fashionistas are frolicking beauty shops. It is in one of such...

Mfantseman goes red ahead of late MP’s burial

The Mfantseman constituency has been wrapped in red and black ahead of the final funeral rites of its murdered Member of Parliament (MP), Ekow...

Election 2020: IGP warns against impersonation

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, on Thursday cautioned the public against any impersonation of security operatives ahead of the elections, stressing that...

10 children abused annually in Ashanti Region – DOVVSU

Police Domestic Violence Support Unit (DOVVSU) has revealed that approximately 10 children are abused annually in the Afigya Sekyere South District in...

Adams Mahama trial: Witness makes shocking revelation

A prosecution witness has testified that Adams Mahama, then Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who was allegedly murdered in...

Zanetor Rawlings exposes persons impersonating her over Rawlings’ death

Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, the first daughter of the late ex-president Jerry John Rawlings, has urged the general public to disregard activities of some unscrupulous...

Commercial sex workers granted bail in Enchi

The Enchi District Magistrate court has granted bail in a total sum of GH?14,000.00 with seven sureties to five commercial sex workers and two...

5 disqualified presidential aspirants case: CID requests exhibits from EC

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has requested for exhibits from the Electoral Commission (EC), to assist in investigations into...

More pressure on govt as nurses demand answers on Ruth Eshun’s death

Staff of the Fomena Nursing and Midwifery Training College have called on the government to provide them and the family with findings of investigations...

Three, including a year-old child in critical condition after rival’s shooting spree

A man, believed to be in his late 40s, is feared dead after his alleged rival shot him at Gomoa Akotsi. The incident happened just...

Mfantseman MP was killed while preparing to pursue a PhD – Widow reveals

The widow of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman, Mrs Ophelia Mensah Hayford has revealed that her late husband was about to...